BOOK READING AND DISCUSSION WITH LAURIE NOTARO
Sun, Oct 18
12:00 pm
(Doors: 11:30 pm )
Crescent Ballroom
All Ages
LAURIE NOTARO
BOOK READING AND DISCUSSION, "I'VE GOT A NEW COMPLAINT"
Ex-Phonecian Laurie Notaro is getting old.
“I’ve Got a New Complaint” is a brutal look at Gen X on the other side of ripeness; just yesterday, she was at an Alice in Chains show and today she’s getting ready to apply for Social Security. What the fuck happened? In a series of essays, Notaro explores the bruises of middle age, how office politics drove her to casting hexes, confronting a high school bully at her 40th high school reunion, attending a funeral that goes so awry she decides to create a run of show for her own, and after getting fired again at 60, ponders a retirement plan that includes a bank robbery. And then there’s Old People Sex, which can result in hospitalization.
Regardless of indignity or mishap, the #1 New York Times bestselling author finds agency with the sharp wit of a woman who refuses to go gently into that good night.
Sunday, October 18th 2026
Doors at 11:30 / Event at 12:00
All Ages
FREE IN THE BALLROOM
Artists
Laurie Notaro is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Crossing the Horizon, Spooky Little Girl, and There’s a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell, as well as essay collections and numerous works of celebrated nonfiction including The Idiot Girls’ Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life and Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem. A finalist for the Thurber Prize, Laurie was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Phoenix, Arizona where she was a reporter for The Arizona Republic and lived several streets away from the murder house. She now resides in Eugene, Oregon.
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