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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Hobart #4

Tonight I went to the Hobart #4 launch party at the University Bookstore. Hobart is a small Michigan-based on-line literary journal of the McSweeney's ilk. The reading tonight featured Ryan Boudinot who was the guest editor of issue #4, Heidi Barack who did most of the art, and Ray Vukcevich and Matthew Simmons who both contributed stories to the issue.

I have seen Ryan Boudinot read a couple of times before, the first time with Dave Eggers and the second time with Neal Pollack and Stephen Elliott. The first two times he read hilarious pieces (including this one called 'The Sofa') which were largely responsible for my interest in seeing him read again tonight. The highlight of the night though belonged to Vukcevich who read an excellent story titled "The Button", his contribution to the new issue. Vukcevich came by train all the way up from Eugene, Oregon, just to participate in the reading.

In addition to the contributors present tonight, Hobart #4 also features stories by Rick Moody, Aimee Bender, Sjon (an Icelandic writer who has written lyrics for Bjork), and Brian Ames, so it's quite the deal for a mere $10.

posted by Jamie at 12:21 AM

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey. I'm just killing some time stumbling through the internet and saw that you made it out to the Ho4 reading. cool to see a write up of it; I wish I coulda been there. Ryan is awesome. Hope you enjoy the issue - assuming you picked it up.

7:41 AM

 

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