A Night of Royalty featuring Roddy Bottum presented by Midnight Mass Books x Standard Time
Midnight Mass Books and Standard Time present a night of royalty featuring readings from: Roddy Bottum Damian Rogers Bechdel Test Stevie Manning Knowah Holder Marni Marriott Vidal Wu Roddy Bottum is best known as a musician (Imperial Teen, Nastie Band)
A Night of Royalty featuring Roddy Bottum presented by Midnight Mass Books x Standard Time
Midnight Mass Books and Standard Time present a night of royalty featuring readings from: Roddy Bottum Damian Rogers Bechdel Test Stevie Manning Knowah Holder Marni Marriott Vidal Wu Roddy Bottum is best known as a musician (Imperial Teen, Nastie Band)
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Fri 19 Jun
12:00 am - 4:59 am
Standard Time
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Midnight Mass Books and Standard Time present a night of royalty featuring readings from: Roddy Bottum Damian Rogers Bechdel Test Stevie Manning Knowah Holder Marni Marriott Vidal Wu Roddy Bottum is best known as a musician (Imperial Teen, Nastie Band) and the founder of the iconic Faith No More. His new book, The Royal We (Akashic) is an ode to San Francisco, bicycle messengering, sex work, heroin, dreadlocks, the birth of politics in punk rock, wheatgrass, witches, crystal meth, coming out, self love and the burning down and obliteration of a great American city. Damian Rogers is the author of the concisely titled memoir An Alphabet For Joanna: A Portrait Of My Mother In 26 Fragments (KnopfCanada), Dear Leader (Coach House Books), and Paper Radio (ECW Press). She currently teaches creative writing at Toronto Metropolitan University and in private workshops. She also practices, writes about, and teaches Tarot. Bechdel Test is a performance art group from Toronto ON, comprised of three self-serving transsexuals. On June 18th, Marni Marriott, Knowah Holder & Stevie Manning will perform as Brooke LaBrooke LaBrooke; an homage to the inimitable Bruce LaBruce. Stevie Manning is a celebrated Toronto poet and artist. She is the author of Joan Would Say (KFB) and Shampoo Boy (Midnight Mass Books). Her poems were solicited by the Canadian Medical Association, but rejected after closer examination. Knowah Holder is a very serious Black transsexual writing and living in Tkaronto. She is a co-founder of Groundwork TO and her work has been published in The White Wall Review and Cunt Magazine. Marni Marriott is an artist living in Toronto. Vidal Wu is a writer and wine professional. Their articles have appeared in Louis Vuitton, Flaunt, Chatelaine and Toronto Life. Tickets are $20 advance (+ taxes and service charge) - more at the door. Thursday June 18th - 7pm doors 165 Geary Ave. Toronto Flyer by Andrés Original Photo by G.B. Jones