I will definitely be attending this press club event. If you're in SoCal, join me here:
The Los Angeles Press club invites you to:
News Junkie and Prisoner of X grilled by Generation Kill.
WHAT: A reception sponsored by Vampire for two now-sober journalistic troublemakers: Allan MacDonell , whose incendiary memoir, Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine (Feral House), has been featured in the NY Times, NY Post, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and NPR; and Jason Leopold , the obsessive-compulsive investigative journalist very much in the news lately . His News Junkie (Process) details the felonious conduct prior to his rise and fall at the Los Angeles Times, Salon and Dow Jones Newswires, and later his rise once again in the independent media.
FOLLOWED BY: A discussion with the two writers moderated by Evan Wright, whose bestselling Generation Kill, about American grunts in Iraq, won the 2005 PEN award for the best work of researched nonfiction.
WHEN: Thursday, May 18. Reception with Vampire wines, vodka and energy drinks begins at 6:30 p.m., with presentation and Q & A starting at 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Steve Allen Theater located in Los Feliz/East Hollywood, 4773 Hollywood Blvd., one block west of Vermont. Plenty of free parking. Check out www.steveallentheater.com for details.
WHY: Because Chuck (Fight Club) Palahniuk sez, "Prisoner of X is hours of guilty pleasure that pass like seconds. Here's the unsafe, hook-up sex of memoir. You'll need to indulge before the restraining orders pull this great book off of store shelves." Because Greg Palast ( The Best Democracy Money Can Buy) sez, "Every author in America should read News Junkie, then quit or riot." And Jason Leopold's TruthOut.org stories have been subpoenaed by Scooter Libby's attorney in Plamegate, and Jason's Halliburton in Iran story was selected for inclusion in this year's Project Censored collection.
YOU MIGHT BE LUCKY: And win free signed copies of Prisoner of X and News Junkie.
COST: Free for members, $5 for non-members, so why don't you join!
RSVP IS A MUST! To: rsvp@lapressclub.org
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