The Fresno State Creative Writing Alumni Chapter presented Fresno Writers Live, a virtual reading to celebrate the new nonfiction book “Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal,” the second book from Fresno writer J.J. Anselmi.
Time: 7 to 8 p.m.
Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Location: Zoom Room
Admission was $5, and advance registration was required. All proceeds were split 50/50 between the chapter and the author.
Books are for sale in advance, from the author’s preferred online bookseller, Bookshop.org.
J.J. Anselmi is the author of “Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal”; and “Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, Drugs, and Heavy Fucking Music,” which was also his thesis manuscript for the Fresno State MFA Creative Writing Program. He lives in Long Beach, California, where he plays drums in Drainage, a sludgy metalcore band.
Author website: jjanselmi.com
Archive recording:
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