I’ll be reading at the Makeout Room tonight with Stephen Elliott, Michelle Tea, Will Christopher Baer, and Craig Clevenger. I’m excited about hearing from Clevenger’s new novel, Dermaphoria, the follow-up to his cultishly beloved The Contortionist’s Handbook. The reading will be emceed by MacAdam/Cage publisher David Poindexter–yes, you’ve seen him, that tall fellow with the perpetual grin who’s always buying drinks for the down-and-out writer folks. It’s all part of Litquake, which wraps up today.

If you just can’t get enough Stephen Elliott, he’ll be hosting a Writing the Novel Seminar tomorrow at 826 Valencia. Panelists include yours truly, Andrew Sean Greer, and Bharati Mukherjee.