Gorman Heading to The Cell

Oct. 14, 2009 - PRLog -- John has decided to "Let the monkeys loose," Gorman said with regards to his next reading. "I introduced everybody to Benny and Luz at Telephone Bar, but I want to share a scene with Benny teaching his prized monkey Thelonious for next time."

The Cell is a great theatrical location, in the heart of Chelsea. John has read there before, earlier this year. Karen Heuler, author of "Soft Room" and Wah-Ming Chang, host of Page Reading Series will be running the event.

With the move to do more and more podcasting nowadays and blog radio John has decided to include the more traditional book touring method. He will begin adding audio to his website shortly, but right now there are a host of great venues that are doing exciting things with the lit scene.

"Things are multimedia now," Gorman said. "Take for instance an event I attended at Bowery Electric last week. Anya Ulinich, the author had a Q and A with Opium impresario, Todd Zuniga which was followed by a concert by upcoming star Zee Avi. That's happening. It's weird, I love to hate readings sometimes, but I do them to get facetime with the audience, but when you have a cool venue or an MC who lets you do something original that's when the crowd really digs the vibe."

For more information on John's booktour, he can be found on http://shadesofluz.blogspot.com.  A number of newbies have recently tacked onto his tour and he will soon be shipping to go out west for some book-storming.

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Writer of novels and short stories. Creator of Paper Cut blog focusing on the writing world, pop culture and the many cracks in between. http://www.shadesofluz.com