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How, in this day and age, do you make it abundantly clear that you love to read? Sure, you can carry around a giant book, buy a tote that says \u201cI Love Reading,\u201d or carry an e-reader in a tote that says \u201cI Love Reading on My E-reader (I\u2019m NOT Looking at the Internet).\u201d But the easiest way to inform people that you are literary is by hosting a reading series. You\u2019ll want yours to have a catchy premise. Here are some we\u2019re thinking about.<\/p>\n

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Oops! All Trauma:<\/strong> A totally unthemed reading series across all genres, at which fiction writers, poets, and essayists all happen to read the most depressing shit you have ever heard in your life. Sorry about your cousin!<\/p>\n

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Schadenfreude:<\/strong> Every piece is in German. We do not speak German.<\/p>\n

A Hundred Thousand Words:<\/strong> A reading series at which all the pieces are just too good<\/em> to edit down.<\/p>\n

Nice\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. Seeing You?:<\/strong> Everyone in the audience of this reading series looks vaguely familiar. Is that weird-looking guy literary-famous, or did one of us sleep with him in 2014? Did that girl write a buzzy essay in The Cut<\/em>, or does she just look like every other brown-haired lady we have ever seen?<\/p>\n

Mike Drop:<\/strong> A reading series at which the microphone keeps malfunctioning. Some people choose to abandon it, saying, \u201cYou know what? I don\u2019t need the mike!\u201d Those people absolutely need the mike.<\/p>\n

Sick Piece!:<\/strong> All the readers are sneezing, sniffling, congested, feverish, or hacking up a lung. There is no more intimate way to become a member of the literati than by catching your favorite writer\u2019s whooping cough.<\/p>\n

Snack Attack:<\/strong> A reading series at which the writing is probably good, but there\u2019s really no way to know, because snacks are provided, and the snacks are carrots and stale Doritos.<\/p>\n

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Copy-Paste:<\/strong> Everything is plagiarized.<\/p>\n

Caps Lock:<\/strong> Everything is yelled.<\/p>\n

Can a Metaphor Be a Simile?<\/strong> Everything is poetry (pejorative).<\/p>\n

Just \u201cWar and Peace\u201d:<\/strong> Everyone takes turns reading \u201cWar and Peace\u201d out loud, followed by a discussion of the book that is not really about the book. (This is also known as a book club.)<\/p>\n

My Midlife Crisis Is New and Different:<\/strong> A series at which everyone reads a piece about their midlife crises, each of which makes us even more sure that our<\/em> midlife crises are new and different.<\/p>\n

Next Time, on \u201cCouples Therapy\u201d:<\/strong> Everyone writes about their least favorite couple on \u201cCouples Therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next Time, on \u201cCouples Therapy\u201d (Illegal Edition):<\/strong> We kidnap Orna and force her to read all her session notes and reveal where she gets her clothes.<\/p>\n

A Reading-Series Zine: A Reading Series:<\/strong> This is a reading series. But it\u2019s also a zine. The zine is mandatory. It costs a hundred and fourteen dollars. But you can carry it around in public to let everyone know that you love<\/em> reading!\u00a0\u2666<\/p>\n

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