Lit News - Austin, Austin!

- First up, please read Austinite Michelle Mirsky's second installment of her column "No Fear of Flying: Kamikaze Missions in Death, Sex, and Comedy" on McSweeneys, entitled "My Real Passion Is Improv Comedy." It's heavy, though, so be prepared for that.

- This story for Poets and Writers magazine has Oscar Casares talking about some of our cities weirdest, hottest spots. SPAMARAMA is mentioned. Artwork by Nina Goffi.

- Remember, the Texas Book Festival is this weekend, along with the first ever Lit Crawl.

- Chuck Klosterman is reading at BookPeople tonight. His latest book, The Visible Man, is set here. "SPOILER ALERT: The best part of this book is when the characters walk into BookPeople," says BookPeople.

- Monofonus has some zines for the fall.