Dan Savage (Savage Love), Dan Kennedy (McSweeney's), Jonathan Ames (Wake Up, Sir!) September 1, 2007

T h e M o t h presents:
S e x, D r u g s, and R o c k and R o l l s t o r i e s...

Featuring stories on stage from Jonathan Ames, Kimya Dawson, Dan Kennedy, and Dan Savage.

Saturday, September 1, 2007
Seattle, Wa.
Bumbershoot Festival
Boeing Performing Arts Stage @ Bagley Wright Theater
5:45 PM

The Bagley Wright Theater

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Dan Kennedy

The author of Loser Goes First, Dan's work also appears in anthologies including the Los Angeles Times Best Seller "Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney's Humor Writing" and the recent "Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists." His next book, "Rock On," is due out in 2008.

Dan Savage

As a best-selling author and journalist, Dan's beloved and controversial sex-advice column Savage Love is nationally syndicated. His work also appears in The New York Times, and can be heard on National Public Radio's This American Life. He is currently the editor-in-chief of The Stranger and has published three books.

Jonathan Ames

Jonathan is a writer, performer and the author of I Love You More Than You Know, I Pass Like Night, The Extra Man, What's Not to Love, My Less Than Secret Life and Wake Up, Sir! Ames is a recurring guest on The Late Show with David Letterman; his graphic novel The Alcoholic will be published in 2008.

Kimya Dawson

This singer/songwriter is best known as part of the New York City anti-folk outfit the Moldy Peaches. In 2002, Dawson released her debut solo album, I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean, a collection of spare tunes featuring an acoustic guitar and Dawson's voice, which breaks with hurt over tales of abuse and longing.

Official Website: http://www.bumbershoot.org/lineup/moth-sex-drugs