NAKED GUYS READING Great Women Writers June 11, 2010

When Marguerite Duras said "Men like women who write. Even if they don't say so," she didn't count on the men of Naked Girls Reading. On Friday June 11, for the first time ever, the works of great female writers take center stage at Naked Girls Reading NYC ... even as the women readers step off it.

"But how," it has been asked, "can boys star in Naked Girls Reading?" Because in June, Naked Girls Reading NYC bends genders to become Naked GUYS Reading, as Pinchbottom puts a new twist on the international hit nude literary salon. Top male stars in New York burlesque and alternative performance take the NGR stage for a special celebration of the works of Great Women Writers - scheduled to include Dorothy Parker, Penny Arcade, Anaïs Nin, Virginia Woolf, Mary Shelly, Sylvia Plath, and more.

"When we started doing Naked Girls Reading in New York, people kept asking us, 'But what about boys?', to which we always responded 'The salon is called Naked GIRLS Reading,'" recalls host and co-producer Jonny Porkpie. "But the time has finally arrived for the guys to get up there and share their literary prowess. And there's no doubt in my mind that naked guys have just as much prowess as naked girls."

But what about the fact that boys are missing certain ... assets ... that audiences have come to expect from the performers of Naked Girls Reading? "Never fear," says co-producer Nasty Canasta, "What they lack in rack, these boys more than make up for in other areas."

"Like talent," she clarified. "I meant areas like talent."

The June salon continues the run of Naked G—— Reading NYC at the plush and decadent upstairs lounge at Madame X in Greenwich Village. $25 reserved seating in this intimate space is limited to 40 patrons (and includes one drink from Madame X's 'Foreplay' menu), with a few standing room tickets available at $20.

"Rest assured, this will be exactly the same sultry literary experience audiences enjoy at NGR NYC each and every month," says co-producer Nasty Canasta, "but for one month only, the 'G' stands for 'Guys.'" Albert Cadabra, Mancandy, Tigger! and Machine Dazzle join host Jonny Porkpie in a salute to literary ladies at Naked Guys Reading Great Women Writers, a very special edition of Naked Girls Reading NYC at Madame X for one night only, Friday June 11 at 8pm.

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