H.I.P. is an acronym for our surnames: Harris, Inman, Perel. Launching the reading series has been a true team effort. We wanted to choose a name that connoted our individuality but also our shared vision. The letters are discrete, yet when taken together, they accrue meaning. For us, that meaning is best characterized by Jack Kerouac's definition of the word "hip": " interest in everything . . . the disinclination to brawl and the recognition of foolishness in arguments and wranglings . . .to dig the diggings, which leads to involved friendship groups." We think amazing things happen when driven, creative people band together. We want to promote that!
This video introduces H.I.P. Reading Series, hosted by Erin Harris, Brittney Inman, & Kim Perel, in NYC. And invites you to join in their next event, a circus-themed literary extravaganza!
It’s happening on June 14th at The Paper Box in Brooklyn, and its featured readers will include: Téa Obreht (The Tiger’s Wife), Jason Porter (Why Are You So Sad? forthcoming 2014), and Ayad Akhtar (American Dervish).
And that’s not all! There will be sideshows from Stonecutter, Slice, and Gigantic literary magazines, as well as hipshakin’ Hill Country blues music from Pork Chop Willie.
Learn more & RSVP, here!
Gearing up for this Friday’s LITERARY CIRCUS with featured readers Téa Obreht, Jason Porter, and Ayad Akhtar! And with Stonecutter Journal, Gigantic, and Slice Literary, each of which will host a literary sideshow. Also, there will be a SURPRISE performance, a raffle to benefit The Center for Strategic Art and Agriculture, & live blues music from Pork Chop Willie. We simply cannot wait. RSVP, here!
We’re delighted to see that Electric Literature has included H.I.P. Reading Series: Circus Edition (happening this Friday!) in their Lit List:
Some people named Tea Obreht, Jason Porter, and Ayad Akhtar are going to read things they wrote that a lot of people ended up liking. Slice Magazine, and Stonecutter, and Gigantic are also going to show a slideshow of their joint vacation to the Poconos.
Fantastic short story from Antal Szerb’s brilliant collection, Love in a Bottle!
The Incurable
By Antal Szerb
Recommended by Pushkin Press
PETER RARELY WAS ON HIS WAY HOME BY TRAIN from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands, where he supported a course for students on the bagpipes, at his own expense, since everyone was complaining that with the advance of the gramophone and the radio this illustrious and ancient form of music was dying out. He had just been up for the closing ceremony and was feeling very pleased with the way things had gone. If only my bear sanctuary would do as well, he mused. Another of his great concerns was that these remarkable animals had become extinct in the British Isles, and he had made a home in the Welsh forests for some bears imported from Transylvania.
But his main worry was his number-counters. He had hired some unemployed people to count up to 7,300,000 without stopping. Two had already given up, three were still counting, but when he had left London even the best of them had only managed something like 1,250,000. Where might he have got up to since?
In the express dining car he caught sight of a familiar face. It was the writer Tom Maclean. Maclean was sitting on his own, sipping spoonfuls of mock turtle soup, gazing thoughtfully into the distance, and jotting down the occasional word on his notepad.
“May I?” Rarely asked, settling himself down beside the writer. “I’m not disturbing you?”
“You certainly are, very much so,” Maclean replied with obvious delight. “Please stay and disturb me some more. It would be a real kindness.”
Rarely began to feel somewhat alarmed. The thought had flashed through his mind that he might not be the most eccentric person on the train.
H.I.P. Reading Series: Circus Edition is quickly approaching! Please join us on Friday, June 14th at The Paper Box for readings by Téa Obreht, Jason Porter, and Ayad Akhtar, as well as literary sideshows by Stonecutter Journal, Gigantic Magazine, and Slice Magazine. And that’s not all! There will be live blues music by Pork Chop Willie, a raffle to benefit The Center for Strategic Art and Agriculture, and circus-related surprises. RSVP here!
Poster design by Christopher Russell.
Upcoming exhibit at the Center for Strategic Art an Agriculture:
We’re looking forward to attending this exhibit in a couple of weeks!
Our first H.I.P. video, starring the very talented B.C. Edwards, Courtney Maum, & Joseph Salvatore! Enjoy.
If you’re in the NYC area, please join us on Friday, December 7th at Pianos on the Lower East Side, for an evening of readings, drinks, cupcakes, and more! Benjamin Hale, Alex Gilvarry, and Kristopher Jansma will read from their work, each dealing with the meaning of freedom in some way.
Find more details and RSVP on our Facebook event page, here.
