John Jodzio / Knockout [w/ special guests Dave Madden, Kara Vernor, and Kate Folk]

Thursday, September 8, 2016 - 7:30pm
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The Booksmith presents John Jodzio, celebrating the release of Knockout with a night of readings from local writers Kate Folk, Dave Madden, author of If You Need Me I'll Be Over There, and Kara Vernor, author of Because I Wanted to Write You a Pop Song

 

Knockout is the unified collection of stories that create flawless portraits of deeply flawed figures on the edge of the American Dream.

 


 


 

 

 

John Jodzio's work has been featured in This American Life, McSweeney's, and One Story, among others. He's the author of three short story collections -- Knockout, Get In If You Want To Live and If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home. He lives in Minneapolis.
 


Kate Folk’s stories have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Colorado Review, Puerto del Sol, Joyland, and elsewhere. She lives in San Francisco. Visit her on Twitter @katefolk.
 


Dave Madden is the author of If You Need Me I’ll Be Over There and The Authentic Animal: Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy. His shorter work has appeared in Harper’s, Prairie Schooner, The Rumpus, DIAGRAM, Rappahannock Review, The Normal School, Denver Quarterly, and elsewhere. He teaches in the MFA program at the University of San Francisco.
 


Kara Vernor’s fiction has appeared in Wigleaf, No Tokens, PANK, The Los Angeles Review, and elsewhere. She is an Elizabeth George Foundation Scholar at the Northwest Institute for Literary Arts and was a Best Small Fictions 2015 finalist. Her chapbook, Because I Wanted to Write You a Pop Song, is available from Split Lip Press.

 

 

RSVP appreciated but not required. If you cannot attend the event, but would like to request a signed copy of Knockout, If You Need Me I’ll Be Over There, or Because I Wanted to Write You a Pop Song, please order below and put your request in the comments field. 

Books: 
Knockout: Stories By John Jodzio Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781593766351
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Soft Skull - March 15th, 2016

If You Need Me Iall Be Over There (Break Away Book Club) (Break Away Books) By Dave Madden Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780253020628
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Indiana University Press (Ips) - May 1st, 2016

Because I Wanted to Write You a Pop Song: Stories By Kara Vernor Cover Image
$12.00
ISBN: 9780990903574
Availability: Out of Stock - Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Split Lip Press - June 3rd, 2016