from “Shelf Awareness,” for those of you going to BEA:
Lewis Black, the stand-up comedian, playwright, actor, author and Daily Show regular, will be the headliner-ranter for BookExpo America’s annual Saturday evening fundraiser for BEA Cares, which supports not-for-profit bookselling and publishing ventures that help protect free speech, promote literacy and develop new readers. The $35 event will be held at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles on May 31 at 9 p.m. Black’s new book, Me of Little Faith (Riverhead), in which he takes on religion and faith, appears on the following Tuesday, June 3.
Lance Fensterman, industry v-p and show manager for BEA and a bit of a stand-up comedian himself (but never a ranter), said he is “ecstatic to have a comedian of Lewis Black’s stature, who is both wickedly funny and a widely respected writer, perform at our show in support of literacy and free speech–the latter an issue that is clearly dear to him if you’ve ever heard his exceptional act.”
