Venice Peach Musical Reading w/ Jessamyn Violet

Come celebrate the release of local author Jessamyn Violet's second novel Venice Peach with a musical reading, featuring a collection of local authors reading their work over the instrumental live music of Movie Club, featuring Jessamyn on drums and Vince Cuneo on guitar.

About the book:

One dark, windy supermoon night in the near future, a woman's ill-timed tarot question rips open a portal between dimensions, unleashing cosmic chaos. Step right up to Venice Peach, a flamboyantly freakish circus on the gritty Venice Beach boardwalk, where bizarre talents and mind-bending spectacles are just the beginning. Get lost in a funhouse maze of reality-shattering events and untamed, sex-fueled showdowns. Featuring a cast of gonzo characters tee-tottering on the slippery slope of ambition, only to be thrown wildly off-course by creepy canal creatures, zombie seagulls, and a robot president-this is a fast, raunchy ride with enough twists to leave you twisted.

About the author:

Jessamyn Violet is an author and musician out of Venice Beach, CA. Originally from Massachusetts, she graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Writing, Literature and Publishing. She went on to earn an MFA in Creative Writing from California College of the Arts. Her debut novel Secret Rules to Being a Rockstar was published by Three Rooms Press in April 2023. Her sophomore adult novel Venice Peach is forthcoming from Maudlin House press June 10th, 2025. Her short fiction is featured in Ploughshares, Lit Angels, 805 Art + Lit, Adelaide. She is also the drummer for the psychedelic rock band @movieclubtheband. More info can be found at jessamynviolet.com.

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