Episode 3 features a story by Izzy Oneiric, “Pebbles, the Tripping Stripper,” as performed by Melissa Gira Grant. The story was recorded during the Coworkers and Co-conspirators live event on July 1, 2010.
Poet and performance artist Izzy Oneiric‘s writing has appeared under various names in nearly twenty print and online publications such as $pread, Exquisite Corpse, Wheelhouse Magazine, Opium, and Burdock. For several years she was Poetry Editor for other magazine. She has lived and performed all over the country and has been a stripper, fetish model, and gay porn clerk. She holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies and an MFA in Poetry. She currently lives and teaches in Chicago.
Melissa Gira Grant is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor of the forthcoming anthology Coming And Crying. She and Izzy were once coworkers at a strip club.
Live events and podcast are hosted by Audacia Ray. The audio in this episode was recorded and edited by David Beasley, podcast bumper music by The Mercy Studio Project.
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This month’s blog carnival leads up to the August 5th Red Umbrella Diaries live event at Happy Ending, which stars Veronica Vera, Lauren Wissot, Chelsea G. Summers, E.V. Fleurima (aka Ckiara Rose), and Michael Pollack – plus one of the stories in the carnival!
