Everyone’s favorite event, Pie & Whiskey, is returning to The Washington Cracker Building! Pie & Whiskey is hosted by
Samuel Ligon and
Kate Lebo. Sam is the author of three novels—
Miller Cane: A True & Exact History, published serially in the Inlander,
Among the Dead and Dreaming and
Safe in Heaven Dead—and two collections of stories,
Wonderland, and
Drift and Swerve. Kate is the author of the cookbook
Pie School, and a collection of essays,
The Book of Difficult Fruit, which won the Washington State Book Award in 2022. Sam and Kate also co-edited the anthology
Pie & Whiskey: Writers Under the Influence of Butter and Booze, which will be available for purchase at the event. Pie & Whiskey features 11 authors reading flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and poetry inspired by a deep affinity and abiding appreciation for pie and whiskey. Readers include
Karina Agbisit, Lisa Brown, Rufina Garay, Eric Greenwell, Joni Harris, Kate Lebo, Sam Ligon, Megan Dhein, Mery Smith, Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, Alexandra Teague, and
Spencer Young. And yes, you read that correctly—we're thrilled that Spokane’s Mayor Lisa Brown will be participating year! Purchase the author's books
via Auntie's Bookstore!This event is $10 at the door, 21+, no advance tickets. Please come prepared to pay via credit card at the door!Pies served at the event are baked by Kate Lebo and a crew of volunteers. A limited number of chapbooks containing work from the readers will be on sale for $10. The chapbooks are designed by Lost Horse Press, printed by Gray Dog Press, and hand-stitched by EWU students and alumni. While sales of the chapbook help support the event, donations are also gladly accepted.
*Credit cards are very strongly preferred for entry and all sales.We would like to thank Don Poffenroth and
Dry Fly Distilling for generously donating the whiskey. We would also like to thank
Gray Dog Press, Lost Horse Press, Culture Breads, West Central Abbey, DOMA Coffee Roasting Company, and Terry and Rebecca Patano. This event would not be possible without their donations of time, space, energy, and funds. Thanks also to Megan Dhein for coordinating.
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our festival survey after you have attended this event. The information you provide will help us obtain critical grant funding and will help make next year’s festival even better!
