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Dan Chaon at V Lounge
October 6, 2009 @ V Lounge
 Dan Chaon Author |
 Dean Chekvala |
 Graham Hamilton |
 Marin Hinkle |
 Dorian Missick |
 Mark Moses |
We honored Dan Chaon's brand new novel 'Await Your Reply' (check out http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/20/books/20maslin.html and http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-dan-chaon23-2009aug23,0,5640758.story) with an evening of his stories old and new along with a little taste of 'Await Your Reply' from the man himself.
Featuring:
- Marin Hinkle (Two and a Half Men) performing "Prosthesis"
- Mark Moses (Mad Men, Desperate Housewives) performing "The Hobblers"
- Dorian Missick (The Manchurian Candidate) performing "Never Ending Math Equation"
- Dean Chekvala (Harper's Island) performing "To Psychic Underworld"
- Graham Hamilton performing "Sure I Will"
- Dan Chaon performing a selection from 'Await Your Reply'
Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox
Dan Chaon's collections and his new novel were available for purchase at the event from Small World Books.