Update: NYPL: Open-Mike Pynchon Imitator Contest (?) @ KGB

[Catherine P.]

I just spoke to one of the bar partners (he's apparently gotten quite a
few calls recently) --  here is the gist of the event:

Contestants participating must show up at 6:45 pm, Sunday April 27th to
read 5-10 minutes worth of original unpublished work that is 'Pynchonian
in nature.'  (No one may read from V., Vineland, COL49, Gravity's
Rainbow, Slow Learner, etc.)  The event begins at 7:00 pm and it's free. 

The winner will be chosen by audience acclimation. Prize TBA.

Melvin 'Mel' Bukiet is indeed the author of  _After_, as Steve Maas
pointed out, as well as _When the Messiah Tarries_.  In addition to being
a writer, Bukiet is one of KGB's partners.  

Hope to see a fair share of p-listers casting their votes on the applause
meter.

--Catherine

>
>While at bar KGB this past Friday night, I picked up a flyer for 
>upcoming poetry/fiction readings and was surprised to see the 
>following:
>
>Sunday, April 27th
>Open-Mike Thomas Pynchon Imitator Contest
>With Emcee Melvin Bukiet
>
>I don't know whether this will be fiction writers imitating Pynchon's 
>work or struggling actors imitating the man himself,  while reading 
>his work.....or both. 
>
>For more info, KGB lists this number:  212-505-3360.  I've so far only 
>gotten their answering machine.
>
>KGB (The Kraine Gallery Bar)  is at 85 East Fourth Street, second 
>floor, between Second and Third Avenue, in the East Village.
>
>--Catherine