A Reading? A Gym? A Reading at a Gym!

May182007

For our May reading, we decided to have the reading at Clay, our favorite gym just five doors down from Paragraph. We had some reservations. A reading at a gym? Will that be weird? And we wanted to have our usual post-reading celebration, which, because it includes wine and cheese, is best hosted at Paragraph. Will people be willing to walk a few doors down for the after party? But because Clay is not just any gym, but a gracious, accommodating, immaculately designed one, it wasn't weird at all. It was a delight.

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I love readings at gyms!

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Paragraph co-founder Lila Cecil entertains the crowd and kicks off the reading.

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Tom Hopkins reads a selection of short stories and confesses he never thought he would do a reading that followed a yoga class.

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Josh Harmon can't believe he has to read after Tom. Is that really fair?

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Josh Harmon tells us what we need to know before he reads from his forthcoming novel Quinnehtukqut (pronounced like the state).

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Two Paragraph members, one incredulous about the picture, not the reading.

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Josh Harmon continues to read and we like this double reflection in the picture. It really was a room full of mirrors.

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Tom Hopkins and Emily Barton enjoy the lush descriptions of Harmon's work.

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Janet Liff, the real estate broker responsible for Paragraph's space, maintains her perfect attendance record for Paragraph readings.

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