"Second Last Rites" in College Park!

Will you receive Second Last Rites?

Second Last Rites -- College Park's version of Baltimore's long-running literary reading series Last Rites -- is a new reading series that gives edgy, independent authors of all stripes the chance to bare their souls in front of adoring fans and total strangers.

Be part of this new effort to put College Park on the Literary map!

Readers:

Nik Korpon -- Korpon is a resident of Baltimore and a co-founder of Baltimore's Last Rites. His novel Stay God was just published by Otherworld Publications. His stories have ruined the reputation of Out of the Gutter, Everyday Genius, Sex and Murder, Cherry Bleeds and a bunch more. Old Ghosts, his crime novella, will be released in March 2011. Give him some danger, little stranger, at nikkorpon.com

Goodloe Byron -- Byron lives on a mountain battlefield where he whiles away the evenings writing books and songs. In addition to his day job, he spends some time designing book covers for soft skull press, disruptive publishing and others. Along with Pablo D’stair he started Brown Paper Publishing back in the day. The last couple years his life has been swallowed up by the Zero Dollar Tour, which basically consists of printing up thousands of books and handing them out during haphazard voyages.

Pat King -- King is a resident of Baltimore and a co-founder of Baltimore's Last Rites. He is cofounder of the online writers community, Outsider Writers, and a former editor of the OW magazine, 1,000th Monkey. He is currently finishing up his first book, Exit Nothing.

Local Author TBA

When: January 29, 2011; 6:00 pm
Where: Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Road, College Park, MD 20740
Cost: The event is free to the public, but a suggested donation of $2 is appreciated to help cover the costs of refreshments.

Hosted by the College Park Arts Exchange, a local independent 501(c)(3), supported in part by the City of College Park and the Prince George's Arts Council. For more info, contact the CPAE at 301-927-3013.

Sponsored by Manual Publishing (of College Park) and Last Rites Baltimore.