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Truth or Dare
Date:
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Truth or Dare--that game you played as a teenager where you had to either truthfully answer an embarrassing question or else perform an embarrassing act. Our teen years are behind us now, but the old game continues--and the stakes are higher: will you regret that one-night stand in the morning? Should you tell the kids the real reason for the divorce? Do you really want to know he doesn't love you? What are those truths you told or heard--or wish you hadn't? How about the risks you didn't take--or wish you had?
Rebecca Brown's 12th book, recently published by City Lights, is a collection of gonzo "essays" called "American Romances." Brown's other titles include "The Last Time I Saw You;" "The End of Youth;" "The Dogs;" "The Terrible Girls;" "Excerpts from a Family Medical Dictionary" and "The Gifts of the Body." A frequent collaborator, Brown has written numerous texts for dance; a play, "The Toaster;" and "Woman in Ill Fitting Wig," a book-length collaboration with painter Nancy Kiefer. Her work has been translated into Japanese, German, Italian, Norwegian and Dutch. Brown recently co-edited, with Mary Jane Knecht, "Looking Together: Writers on Art," an anthology of writers' responses to work at the Frye Art Museum.
Keri Healey is a writer, director and actor living in Seattle. Her work includes the plays "Don't You Dare Love Me;" "The Ikea Cycle: Tiny Domestic Dramas" and "Ikea Bedtime Stories" (co-written with playwright Bret Fetzer and produced by IKEA in Renton, WA and Frisco, TX), the teen musical "High Tide at Threeforks;" "Parrot Fever (Or, Lies I've Told in Chat Rooms);" "No Demerits for Dancing" and "Cherry Cherry Lemon." Healey is also the author of a collection of short stories, "Jealous of Boys" and frequently participates in Seattle's noted 14/48 Play Festival. Her work has won numerous awards including Best Production (The Stranger), Best Touring Production (Austin American-Statesman) and Best New Play runner-up (The Seattle Times), and she was selected as One to Watch in The Stranger's annual Genius Awards.
Eric McHenry's first book of poems, "Potscrubber Lullabies," won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. His poems have appeared in The New Republic, Harvard Review, Northwest Review, Orion and Agni. He also writes about poetry for The New York Times Book Review and Slate.
Rebecca Brown's 12th book, recently published by City Lights, is a collection of gonzo "essays" called "American Romances." Brown's other titles include "The Last Time I Saw You;" "The End of Youth;" "The Dogs;" "The Terrible Girls;" "Excerpts from a Family Medical Dictionary" and "The Gifts of the Body." A frequent collaborator, Brown has written numerous texts for dance; a play, "The Toaster;" and "Woman in Ill Fitting Wig," a book-length collaboration with painter Nancy Kiefer. Her work has been translated into Japanese, German, Italian, Norwegian and Dutch. Brown recently co-edited, with Mary Jane Knecht, "Looking Together: Writers on Art," an anthology of writers' responses to work at the Frye Art Museum. Keri Healey is a writer, director and actor living in Seattle. Her work includes the plays "Don't You Dare Love Me;" "The Ikea Cycle: Tiny Domestic Dramas" and "Ikea Bedtime Stories" (co-written with playwright Bret Fetzer and produced by IKEA in Renton, WA and Frisco, TX), the teen musical "High Tide at Threeforks;" "Parrot Fever (Or, Lies I've Told in Chat Rooms);" "No Demerits for Dancing" and "Cherry Cherry Lemon." Healey is also the author of a collection of short stories, "Jealous of Boys" and frequently participates in Seattle's noted 14/48 Play Festival. Her work has won numerous awards including Best Production (The Stranger), Best Touring Production (Austin American-Statesman) and Best New Play runner-up (The Seattle Times), and she was selected as One to Watch in The Stranger's annual Genius Awards.Eric McHenry's first book of poems, "Potscrubber Lullabies," won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. His poems have appeared in The New Republic, Harvard Review, Northwest Review, Orion and Agni. He also writes about poetry for The New York Times Book Review and Slate.
Macklemore, born and raised in Capitol Hill, is an emcee and a vital part of the Seattle hip-hop scene. His debut album, "The Language of My World," was released in 2005 and delves into issues of politics, race and class.
