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Swink Magazine
May 21, 2005 @ M Bar
 Wilson Cruz |
 Edi Gathegi |
 Howard Hesseman |
 Dylan Landis |
 Amanda Seyfried |
 Leelila Strogov |
 Julie Warner |
Story readings from Issues 1 and 2. All of the writers (except Etgar Keret who lives in Israel) in attendance and available to sign copies of their stories.
Program:
- Julie Warner ("Nip/Tuck, "Mr. Saturday Night") read Breakage by Dylan Landis
- Howard Hesseman ("About Schmidt", "Head of the Class") read Pride and Joy by Etgar Keret
- Amanda Seyfried ("Big Love", "Mean Girls") read Fatso by Leelila Strogov
- Edi Gathegi (Gone, Baby, Gone; Twilight) read Waltraud by Ben Ehrenreich
- Wilson Cruz ("My So Called Life", "Party Monster") read The Comeuppance of Lupe Rivera by Manuel Muñoz
Produced and directed by Cedering Fox
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Location
M Bar1253 North Vine (SW corner of Vine and Fountain) in the mini-mall right next to Il Floridita