homo-centric's Hot July Nights is Thursday the 19th

The heat wave that's been criss-crossing the country has everyone fanning themselves like they're in a Mississippi revival tent sitting next to the snakes.  Plus, there's no reprieve in sight--the weather forecast says it's going to stay hotter than a Danell Leyva ESPN photo spread.  (It's okay, go ahead, check out the link.  I'll wait...)

Well, there's nothing that will cool down those ESPN photos, but homo-centric does have a remedy for the weather: an evening of cool words by cool people.  Come join us Thursday the 19th for homo-centric's Hot Summer Nights.  This month we're featuring Larry Buhl, Andrea Lambert and Anthony Moses Sanchez.

Larry Buhl has written hundreds of magazine articles, created content for dozens of company web sites, five screenplays (with one in development), six teleplays, four stage plays, two manuscripts, a handful of poems, and scores of ads for products such as cars, garden tools, and panties. "Box o Crap," a young adult dark comedy about a brilliant foster teen with asperger's syndrome, will be published sometime between now and the end of his life (check back for details). It is, in his humble opinion, the best debut novel he's ever written. Larry lives with a dog and several anxieties. 

Andrea Lambert is the author of Jet Set Desolate (Future Fiction London) and Lorazepam and the Valley of Skin / 730910-2155 (valeveil) She is co-curator of the Featherless reading series at Stories Books.  Her work has appeared in HTML Giant, Queer Mental Health.com, 3:AM Magazine, SUNSET.UNFO!, Chronometry, Ready, Able, and is forthcoming in Off the Rocks. She has performed at Rhapsodomancy, the Echo, the West Hollywood Book Fair, the Los Angeles Road Concerts, the 2nd New Los Angeles Folk Festival, homo-centric and REDCAT.

Anthony Moses Sanchez is a Los Angeles native and gracious supporter of homo-centric. Anthony was a contributor for the 2011 Silver Lake Posada for Mama Pancha’s Queer Life Rituals.  Also, a muse to painters Raul Pizarro and Angel Villanueva.  Additionally, he is known as a playwright, producer, and the director of Robotica.  In 2009 was the host of the UCLA Open Mic series.  His poetry is self-published as well as published in La Gente de Aztlan. Currently, he is the producer of the podcast Sass Academy, and also in the process of digitizing his independent press, Siluspress.

Please join us at 7:30pm next Thursday the 19th on the back patio at Stories Books & Cafe in Echo Park.  Stories is located at 1716 Sunset Blvd., between Le Moyne and Logan. Metered parking is available in the lot behind the store on Le Moyne St.  Map here.

Make sure you come early to support the store and cafe!

We usually get there around 7pm to

* Order a coffee or tea and have a sandwich!

* Hang out and meet other people.

* Wander the aisles and buy a book.

Remember that we depend on the word of mouth - so tell a friend, and bring two or three. See you there!