Events for October 7th, 2008

The Marshall McLuhan - Finnegans Wake Reading Club

6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

This is not for the faint of heart. We nearly passed out typing the headline. Gerry Fialka hosts a monthly discussion on all things related to James Joyce's maddening last novel and old-school media guru Marshall McLuhan. "The world of discontinuity came in most vividly with the telegraph and the...

The Moth StorySLAM

Tangier - 2138 Hillhurst Ave. - Los Angeles (Los Feliz)

This gathering of literary wits meets every first Tuesday of the month at Tangier. You can join in if you've got the gumption. It's a storytelling competition where 10 people get the floor for five minutes each. Prepare a five-minute story on the theme. Sign up at 7 p.m. to tell a story, volunteer...

Savannah Knoop / J.T. Leroy / whatever

Book Soup - 8818 W. Sunset Blvd - West Hollywood

7 p.m.

You remember the whole debacle that followed an announcement that author J.T. Leroy wasn't a real person? That she was two? Or three? It was a mind-bender for sure, but after the dust settled, one of the guilty parties stepped forward—a young lady named Samantha Knoop. Her new book is called,...

Naomi Wolf reads from "Give Me Liberty"

Vroman's Bookstore - 695 E. Colorado Blvd. - Pasadena (Playhouse District)

7 p.m.

Naomi Wolf's new book, "Give Me Liberty," delves into the topic of ordinary Americans putting their political shoulders to the wheel.