The So and So Series Reading No. 12 Held at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, MA on April 7, 2007 The So and So Series celebrated its first birthday with readings by poets Ellen Kennedy, Tao Lin, Heather Madden, and Julia Story! Order of Events: 00:14 Ellen Kennedy 07:05 Tao Lin 19:45 Heather Madden 31:34 Julia Story Ellen Kennedy lives in Northeast Pennsylvania. She has an e-book with a very long title of poetry and prose and a book with Tao Lin called Hikikomori, both published by Bear Parade. She is a poetry editor for 3am Magazine and writes and designs books with Tao Lin for their website Ass hi Books. Tao Lin is the author of a poetry collection, YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT HAPPIER THAN I AM (Action Books), a novel, EEEEE EEE EEEE (Melville House), and a story-collection, BED (Melville House). The novel and story-collection will be published simultaneously on May 1st. Tao's blog is called READER OF DEPRESSING BOOKS. He lives in New York City. Heather Madden grew up in Pennsylvania. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from New Mexico State University and an MFA in Poetry from Indiana University. Her poems have appeared in Good Foot and The Tiny. Julia Story's work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in journals such as Octopus, La Petite Zine, The Iowa Review, Quick Fiction, Verse, and Ploughshares. She has two book manuscripts—a completed one called Pretend Morning and one in progress called Post Moxie. She grew up in Indiana and received an MFA from Indiana University. She now lives in Somerville, MA. Intro Music: One Big Holiday by My Morning Jacket, used with permission. Found in Wired CD on http://ccmixter.org