Clara Hsu at Beast Crawl, Oakland

Small Press Distribution features authors Michelle Detorie, Jamie Townsend, Cheena Marie Lo and Clara Hsu. This event will be jointly curated by Johnny Hernandez & Zoe Tuck.

BEAST CRAWL is Uptown Oakland’s annual free literary festival featuring more than 200 writers in a single night, in dozens of events, spread out over three hours and thirty-five local galleries, bars, restaurants, cafés, performance spaces, and storefronts.

Each leg of The Beast lasts one hour, and offers a dozen different readings to chose from. There’s a half hour break between literary legs for socializing and relocating to a new venue before the next reading begins. We recommend choosing one reading per leg. You can even plan your route in advance.

Learn more about Beast Crawl: http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/

(Photo by Mary-Marcia Casoly.)