Wordier Than Thou, Tampa Bay's literary fun factory, survived New Year's Eve, and they're jumping in to 2016 in their usual outrageous fashion. On January 14, they'll put the proverbial chocolate in the also proverbial peanut butter, except replace "chocolate" with "local writers" and "peanut butter" with "whores."
Granted, they state it slightly more eloquently: Story Brothel. Here's the gist: From 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. at Sawgrass Bar (2315 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg), you pay $2 per minute with a local author, who will give you a personal reading of their work.
No word as to whether or not each "couple" gets a private booth.
This article appears in Dec 24-30, 2015.