Join us at the Librairie
tonight at
7 p.m. for the launch of two new novels from
BookThug:
Polyamorous Love Song by Montreal's own
Jacob Wren and
Air Carnation by
Guadalupe Muro.
The evening will feature readings by both authors, as well as a short acoustic set by Guadalupe Muro, Ana López and Julián Muro - all the way from Argentina, featuring original music from "Songs for Runaway Girls", the soundtrack to
Air Carnation.
Jacob
Wren creates literature, performances and exhibitions. His books include
Unrehearsed Beauty (1998),
Families Are Formed Through Copulation (2007), and
Revenge Fantasies of the Politically Dispossessed (2010). As co-artistic
director of Montreal-based interdisciplinary group PME-ART, he co-created the
performances En français comme en anglais, it's easy to criticize (1998), and
the HOSPITALITÉ / HOSPITALITY series including Individualism Was a Mistake
(2008), The DJ Who Gave Too Much Information (2011), and Every Song I've Ever
Written (2013). International collaborations include a stage adaptation of the
1954 Wolfgang Koeppen novel Der Tod in Rom (Sophiensaele, Berlin, 2007); An
Anthology of Optimism (co-created with Pieter De Buysser / Campo, Ghent, 2008);
Big Brother Where Art Thou? (a project entirely on Facebook, co-created with
Lene Berg / OFFTA / PME-ART, 2011); and, No Double Life For The Wicked
(co-created with Tori Kudo / The Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan, 2012.) Wren
travels internationally with alarming frequency and frequently writes about
contemporary art. Follow Wren at
http://www.radicalcut.blogspot.com and http://jacobwren.tumblr.com or on Twitter @EverySongIveEv
Guadalupe Muro is an Argentinian writer, producer and artist. Her first collection of poems,
Con quién dormías? was published in 2007.
Air Carnation is her first novel. She is currently working with musicians to compose a soundtrack to the novel, a project called "Songs for Runaway Girls," which can be heard
here. Muro lives in Sc. de Bariloche, a small town in Patagonia, where she directs the collaborative literary project "Las Cartas de Guadalupe." Follow Muro at
http://facebook.com/lascartasdeguadalupe or on Twitter @GuadalupeMuro
Do come out! We promise refreshments, high society, and literary satisfaction.
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