Backwards City Review is sponsoring the first of many Greensboro readings this Wednesday at 7 pm, and we hope you can come.

Kurtis Davidson (aka Kurt Jose Ayau and David Rachels), authors of What the Shadow Told Me (winner of the 2003 Faulkner Society of New Orleans Award), will be reading at The Green Bean (341 S Elm St.) at 7 pm on May 25 (this Wednesday). Among other notable accomplishments, one of their excellent stories will be appearing in the second issue of the incredible Backwards City Review.

Praise for the work of Kurtis Davidson:

"Admirable if wicked entertainers . . . an aggressive, devil-may-care satire that flies like a Scud missile in the face of political correctness."
--Julia Glass, National Book Award Winner, Three Junes, 2002

"One wild ride of a novel . . . redefines black humor."
--T.C. Boyle, Inner Circle, Riven Rock, and Drop City

"Put an insider-mystery worth of Dick Francis through a Dave Chappelle blender, and you'd get What the Shadow Told Me. Funny as hell."
--Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow

Hope to see you there.