Literary Jamboree!
An Ugly Accent Benefit
Café Montmartre - Madison, Wisconsin - July 27, 2006
Eddie Kilowatt, Ugly Accent Author Readings
Joseph Fronczak, Ugly Accent Author Readings
Ron Czerwien, Ugly Accent Author Readings
Broom Street Theater Performance of "Melvin the Angry Magician"
Broom Street Theater - This skit took place in the midst of a "Border's Bookstore" and involved an in-depth philosophical analysis of children's literature,
Harry Potter and dragons
Melanie Pappadis of Sunday Salon Chicago reading
from her most recent chapbook
Mike Zapata, co-founder, co-publisher, and fiction editor of
MAKE : A Chicago Literary Magazine
UGLY ACCENT Non-fiction Editor Matt Friauf
with generous supporters Jim and Cindy Friauf
Contributing Editor Gabe Gossett with UGLY ACCENT Milwaukee
Street Team Peter and Howard
Merchandise Table featuring books by Melanie Pappadis and Eddie Kilowatt, UGLY ACCENT T-shirts, MAKE magazine, Nerve House and the Painted Saints feature CD "Company Town"
The official UGLY ACCENT T-shirt, ONLY $10
To Buy Your Very Own ...
MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine donated to the auction by
Fiction Editor Mike Zapata
COMPANY TOWN donated to the auction by Musical Guests Painted Saints. Rumor has it you can snag yourself a copy on their website.
Amanda and Suzanne bidding on one of many broadsides
donated by Copper Canyon Press at the Silent Auction table
The many items up for bid in our auction donated by This American Life,
including two compilation CDs signed by Ira Glass himself
Supporters Heidi and Dan throwing their dirty dollars our way.
Fiction Editor Juli Obudzinski with Contributing Editor Gabe Gossett
taking a moment to reflect on the night
The Painted Saints traveled from the Twin Cities to perform for a zealous
crowd that would morph into instant fans by the night's end
The last act of the night, The Painted Saints closed the jamboree with
haunting melodies that swept through the cafe like a ghost