Book nerds and literati rejoice. Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival announces its lineup for the literary arts program that will take place in conjunction with the festival’s wide-ranging arts events. This year, S.E. Hinton (The Outsiders), McSweeney’s, Christian Lander (Stuff White People Like), Zak Smith (We Did Porn), writers of the T.V. show Lost and comedian David Cross (debuting his first book I Drink for a Reason) will attend festivities during this year’s Labor Day weekend. Alongside events featuring theatre, dance, cinema and music, Bumbershoot will encompass poetry, spoken word, food writing and the indie press, making it a truly comprehensive arts and culture festival. Full lineup after the jump.

2009 Bumbershoot Festival literary arts lineup:

David Cross / S.E. Hinton / Melvin Van Peebles / Writers of LOST: Carlton Cuse, Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz / McSweeney’s New Fiction / Christian Lander’s Stuff White People Like / The Enablers Have Spoken and You’re Fine with Spencer Moody / Zak Smith / Tom Douglas / Manic D / Youth Speaks Seattle w/ Staceyann Chin & Prometheus Brown (Geo of Blue Scholars) / Jessica Anthony / Bill Cotter / Ross Simonini / iLL-Literacy / Seattle Noir / Jess Walter / Kathleen Flinn / Daniel Wilson / Kevin Emerson / Writers In The Schools / Jon Longhi / Amber Tamblyn / Lynn Breedlove / Tara Hardy / Jack McCarthy / Danny Sherrard / Kevin Sampsell / Kerry Cohen / Lyall Bush w/ Devin Sullivan

Also, if you haven’t already, check out the music lineup for this year. While the headliners are admittedly underwhelming, the festival has booked a solid lineup of supporting players, including Os Mutantes, Akron/Family, No Age, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Metric and Parenthetical Girls.

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Visit http://www.bumbershoot.com/ for more info.

via EM Staff, 25 June 2009 1:26pm | |