No Alternative: A Reading with William Dickerson and Live Music by ORDER44

It’s been 18 years since Alternative Music’s greatest icon Kurt Cobain has passed. As a tribute to this time in the 90’s, William Dickerson and his new novel, No Alternative, take us back to a day when grunge, flannels, and apathetic angst ridden lyrics flooded MTV.

Join Dickerson and ORDER44—a Los Angeles based audio and visual arts collective— as they bring back an era with live literature and electronic based sounds that traverse genres. ORDER44 will perform original songs and a cover of No Alternative’s character Bri Da B's "Pimptooth," as featured in the novel. No Alternative probes the lives of rebellious kids who transition into adulthood via the distortion pedals of their lives in an era when the “Sex, Drugs & Rock’n’Roll” ethos was amended to include “Suicide” in its phrase.

This is going to be a literary experience many won’t forget.

William Dickerson graduated from The College of The Holy Cross with a degree in English and received his Masters of Fine Arts in Directing from The American Film Institute.  He is a writer/director whose work has been recognized by film festivals across the country and who recently completed his debut feature film, Detour, which was acquired by Level 1 Entertainment whose company credits include RENDITION, GRANDMA’S BOY and STRANGE WILDERNESS. No Alternative is his first novel.