Performing on Stage for an Audience of One

An excerpt from Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright Check out the audiobook edition of this excerpt, read by award-winning actress Chloë Sevigny, from Simon & Schuster Audio. Simon & Schuster Audio · ALICE SADIE CELINE Audiobook Excerpt – Chapter 1 AliceFRIDAY Opening night and, as soon as they could get Leontes’s detachable sleeves Velcroed […] The post Performing on Stage for an Audience of One appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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