INSTAR BOOKS invites you and your fellow GUESTS OF QUALITY to the official launch party at The Gallery at LPR.
Enjoy the decadent, synaesthetic reading stylings of:
TODD ANDERSON
CLARE LOUISE HARMON
MIRACLE JONES
JEANNE THORNTON
and musical guests:
MAD MEG
JASON LANEY
KEVIN CARTER
Learn the secrets of their launch title, The Black Emerald by Jeanne Thornton, and witness the prototype Wunderkammer Seed that will transform the world of publishing! Take a complimentary copy of their catalog zine to see what they are planning! And above all, come meet the plucky young publishers of INSTAR BOOKS, a partner of O/R BOOKS! Drink with them, dance with them, have whispered conversations with them in awful neon alcoves, and learn about how they will change ALL THE PUBLISHING ASSUMPTIONS UPON WHICH YOU RELY, SINNER.
Business! Pleasure! Which is this?? How will you know?! Forget “knowing!” Come and join them for an evening of readings, music, and transactions, out here in the darkness!
This is a general admission event in The Gallery at LPR.
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Todd Anderson
Todd Anderson creates poetic experiences using a projector, code, sound design and a wireless USB keyboard he wears around his neck. He calls this Hotwriting. He is a co-owner of Babycastles, host of the monthly WordHack language+technology series, and has a futuristic ebook forthcoming from Instar Books. See more at toddpoet.com.
Clare Louise Harmon
Clare Louise Harmon has published poetry in Quaint and PANK Magazines, among others. She pursued graduate studies in music performance under the tutelage of Yuri Gandelsman and Marcie Ray at Michigan State University, and has been invited to present her research and writing at symposia and conferences in Europe, New Zealand, South America, and throughout the United States. Check out her site at ontologyofthus.tumblr.com.
Miracle Jones
Miracle Jones is from Texas. He is a Sagittarius. He is a very private person. You can read more of his work at miraclejones.com.
Jeanne Thornton
Jeanne Thornton lives and writes in Austin, Texas. Her first novel, The Dream of Doctor Bantam, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award in 2012. She is the copublisher of the alt-comics newspaper “Rocksalt” and the creator of the comic strips “The Man Who Hates Fun” and “Bad Mother.” She has an undying love for the Beach Boys and is writing her next novel about them. She maintains a website at fictioncircus.com/Jeanne.