BOOK READING AND DISCUSSION WITH LAURIE NOTARO

Laurie Notaro gives a book reading and discussion at Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix on Sunday, October 18th 2026. Doors are at 11:30 and the event starts at 12:00. The event is all ages and free in the ballroom. The reading is for "I've Got a New Complaint", a series of essays in which Notaro explores the bruises of middle age. The essays cover office politics that drove her to casting hexes, confronting a high school bully at her 40th high school reunion, and attending a funeral that goes so awry she decides to create a run of show for her own. After getting fired again at 60, she ponders a retirement plan that includes a bank robbery. The book also addresses Old People Sex, which can result in hospitalization. Notaro is a #1 New York Times bestselling author.