Kristen Arnett and Lupita Aquino for STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE

Loyalty is super psyched to welcome Kristen Arnett and Lupita Aquino to celebrate Stop Me If You've Heard This One! This event will take place at Jackie Lee's (116 Kennedy St NW, Washington, DC 20011). **This event is ticketed, and registration is required** Please RSVP via Eventbrite to reserve your space and a copy of the book! We'll also have copies of Kristen's books available for sale at the event.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mostly Dead Things, a sparkling and funny new novel of entertainment, ambition, art, and love.
Cherry Hendricks might be down on her luck, but she can write the book on what makes something funny: she’s a professional clown who creates raucous, zany fun at gigs all over Orlando. Between her clowning and her shifts at an aquarium store for extra cash, she’s always hustling. Not to mention balancing her judgmental mother, her messy love life, and her equally messy community of fellow performers.
Things start looking up when Cherry meets Margot the Magnificent—a much older lesbian magician—who seems to have worked out the lines between art, business, and life, and has a slick, successful career to prove it. With Margot’s mentorship and industry connections, Cherry is sure to take her art to the next level. Plus, Margot is sexy as hell. It’s not long before Cherry must decide how much she’s willing to risk for Margot and for her own explosive new act—and what kind of clown she wants to be under her suit.
Equal parts bravado, tenderness, and humor, and bursting with misfits, magicians, musicians, and mimes, Stop Me If You've Heard This One is a masterpiece of comedic fiction that asks big questions about art and performance, friendship and community, and the importance of timing in jokes and in life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Kristen Arnett is the author of the New York Times-bestselling novel Mostly Dead Things and the award-winning collection Felt in the Jaw. A queer writer based in Florida, she has written for The New York Times, Guernica, McSweeney’s, The Guardian, and elsewhere. She has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and a winner of the Ninth Letter Literary Award in Fiction and the Coil Book Award.

ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER:

Lupita Aquino, better known as @Lupita.Reads on Instagram and TikTok, passionately spreads her love for books online. Her vibrant platforms overflow with book recommendations and discussions, resonating with readers globally. She has also contributed her insightful book coverage to outlets such as like Today.com, Bomb Mag, Aster(ix) Literary Journal, She Reads, the Washington Independent Review of Books and many more. When she’s not reading or writing you can catch her visiting local bookstores and libraries with her son and wife.

Please note Loyalty has a zero tolerance policy for harassment or intimidation of any kind during this event.

Event Venue

Jackie Lee's, 116 Kennedy Street Northwest, Washington, United States