Cherry Bomb heats up the GRILL

By: Brittney Schering

Grand Rapids' most explosive reading series, Cherry Bomb, invites everyone to attend the next "bomb" on Monday, Sept. 13. Doors are at 6:30 p.m. and readings begin at 7.

In the spirit of welcoming four Illinois authors to GR, the GR-ILL themed event will be held at Corez Neighborhood Eatery & Bar at 919 Cherry Street.

Cherry Bomb consists of classic texts, newly published writers, wild card performances, and delicious cocktails. The event is described as, "tying literature into a knot with your tongue."

Gina Frangello, co-founder and executive editor of the indie press, "Other Voice Books," and editor of the fiction section of the online collective, "The Nervous Breakdown," is coming from Chicago.

Zoe Zolbrod backpacked around Southeast Asia, and when she came back, she wrote about it. Her new novel, Currency, is set in Thailand and inspired by her experience there.

Davis Schneiderman's novel, Drain, just came out from Northwestern University Press. He will talk about that, deconstruction, and throwing a first edition Moby Dick into Lake Michigan.

Southern California native, Cris Mazza, struggles to come to terms with why she no longer resides in California. She wrote more than 15 books with San Diego settings. Her latest, Trickle-Down Timeline, looks at the Regan '80s in California.

For more information, head over to http://cherrybombgr.blogspot.com.