I was definitely excited to go to this reading because of all the good things that I heard about Dave Housely. I heard that he was funny and quite entertaining so I knew that this was one of the outside readings that I was going to attend because, honestly everything else sounded a bit boring. When I got to the reading it was obvious that this was going to be a very relaxed and easy going reading. There was music playing and Dave was interacting with everyone, making sure that they had a copy of Barrelhouse Magazine, and just being very friendly.
The reading itself was also very interesting because the short stories that Dave read were not just average short stories, the characters all had something “special” about them. The last story that Dave read, there was a guy who was missing one of his fingers and was looked upon as though he had a gift because he had the “Jerry Garcia finger.” This was also my favorite story because all of the characters were a little sketchy and I didn’t know where the story was going to go. Overall I really enjoyed this reading because Dave Housely is such a lively person and he’s also a very talented writer. I would attend another one of his readings if he comes back to Penn State and I would also recommend that everyone should try to attend one, or at least read one of his books!
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