The Problem Drinker Book Release Party

Schedule

Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

45 3rd St, Downtown Troy, NY | Troy, NY

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Join us on Saturday May 30th at 6 pm for Kyle Kouri’s release party for The Problem Drinker. @clashbooks will be selling copies and we will be featuring readings from @kylekouri @motelsiren @scottlaudati & @deanmgiagni
Every guest will receive a drink ticket with a chance to win at a book raffle! Come try one of our featured cocktails!
This will also be the premiere of The Last Dive Bar in Transylvania starring @kylekouri @motelsiren & @deanmgiagni
Kyle Kouri (@kylekouri on Instagram) received his MFA in Fiction from Columbia University. He is the co-founder of Slashtag Cinema, a film production company, and has directed and acted in several films and plays. This includes directing and starring in the award-winning horror short film KEEP COMING BACK, and acting in FAMILY MOVIE, which premiered at SXSW. His writing has appeared in Hobart Pulp, Maudlin House, Pool Party Magazine, Cleaver Magazine, the Columbia Journal, Farewell Transmission, Bruiser Magazine, BULL, and Icebreakers Lit. The THE PROBLEM DRINKER is his first book. His first novel, GRAVEYARD, is forthcoming from Rejection Letters. He lives nowhere with his rescue dogs and his girlfriend, the writer CJ Leede.
lauren badillo milici is a jersey-born, florida-raised, and brooklyn based poet. she is the author of 2023’s Sad Sexy Catholic and Unlikable Female Protagonist, which hits shelves in 2027. @motelsiren
Scott Laudati lives in NYC with his dog, Josie. His work has been published by The Columbia Journal, The Stockholm Review, XRAY, Hobart, and others. Visit him @ScottLaudati.
Artist and author Dean Giagni has exhibited in Philadelphia, Detroit and New York City. Dean was raised in upstate NY where his interest in the arts was encouraged by his family, and supported with giant stacks of construction paper, access to the family’s 8mm movie camera and private art instruction. He attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn with a major in Graphic Design and a minor in Painting. Dean served as Operations Director for CPOP Gallery in Detroit and a partner in Subculture Gallery NYC and Subculture Galleries of Philadelphia.
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45 3rd St, Downtown Troy, NY, 45 3rd St, Troy, NY 12180-3907, United States

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