A resounding chorus of thank-yous to everyone who helped make Reading #15 such an epic evening: Bud, Sarah, Jane, Aesop, Cooper, and Ilana for performing your flappy lits; Alibi for your seductive singing and scintillating photography; Pacific Standard for your always-gracious hospitality; and all you gorgeous people who came & graced us with your presence. Let’s do this again on June 28…

photos by Alibi Jones

Bud Smith reads his short story “Gling Gling Gling”

Sarah Bridgins reads her poem “I am Rita Hayworth and You Are Orson Welles”

Jane Ormerod performs her poem “Kiss With Recorder and Killer”

The late Aesop tells one of his latest fables

Cooper Wilhelm recites some of his magical poetry

Ilana Masad shares her moving essay “Seven For a Secret, Never to Be Told”