An evening of reading performances by ITNA PRESS authors Slava Mogutin, Christopher Stoddard, and Prix de Flore winner Bruce Benderson (also reading on behalf of La JohnJoseph).

ITNA PRESS is a Brooklyn-based company dedicated to publishing honest works of American literature deemed too provocative for the mainstream.

Slava Mogutin is the author of two monographs of photography published in the US and seven books of writings in Russian. His artwork has been exhibited internationally and featured in a wide range of publications, including i-D, Flash Art, Dazed & Confused, L’Uomo Vogue, Stern, and The New York Times. Food Chain is his first book in English.

La JohnJoseph is the author of the critically acclaimed solo memoir play Boy in a Dress. He’s performed at MOMA, the Royal Opera House, and across Europe, the US and the Middle East. He’s been published in The Gay Times Book of Short Stories, Bird Song, P.S. I Love You, Fat Zine, and 21st Century Queer Artists Identify Themselves. Everything Must Go is his first novel.

Christopher Stoddard is the founder of ITNA PRESS and the author of White, Christian (Spuyten Duyvil, 2010), chosen by the American Library Association for their 2012 list of commendable LGBT literature. His writing has also been published by Lambda Literary and Go Deeper Press. Limiters is his second novel.

Bruce Benderson is a novelist, essayist and translator whose most well-known book, The Romanian: Story of an Obsession, was awarded the prestigious Prix de Flore in its French edition. Other publications include the essay collection Sex and Isolation, the novels Pacific Agony and User, and the story collection Pretending to Say No. He has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Libération and many other American and French publications. He regularly translates books from the French. His new book, Urban Gothic: The Collected Stories, is forthcoming from ITNA PRESS.