Naked Girls Reading to Present LADIES OF LETTERS, 6/19

New York's "Best Story Hour" (The Village Voice Best of NY) celebrates some of the women whose words have made history, as Naked Girls Reading presents LADIES OF LETTERS. The hit nude literary salon shares an evening of great female authors both historical and modern: from Enheduanna's hymns to Inanna, to Virginia Woolfe's musings on women who write, to a certain contemporary wordsmith's beloved world of magic ... and many more in between.

Host Nasty Canasta welcomes Galatea, Iris Explosion and brand-new Naked Girl Marlo Marquise for a night of writing by gentlewomen and grrrls alike, as the Naked Girls share their favorite female authors at Naked Girls Reading LADIES OF LETTERS.

Naked Girls Reading is the perfect intimate live event: a monthly nude literary salon featuring in-the-buff readings by local burlesque luminaries, professional librarians, authors and other Naked Girls. Past themes have included Banned Books, Science Fiction and Tween Lit, as well as their annual holiday presentation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Guests to the salon are invited to sip a drink and listen with their eyes wide open as full-frontal literature meets fine art in the intimate theatrical setting of Under St. Marks.

Readers' Choice Nominee, "Best NSFW Night 2012" Time Out New York

Naked Girls Reading is on the third Wednesday of every month at UNDER St. Marks (94 St. Marks Place between 1st Ave and Ave A) at 9pm. Tickets ($20; 2 for $35) may be purchased online at www.NakedGirlsReadingNYC.com or by calling Smarttix at 212-868-4444. Seating is limited to 45; advance tickets are strongly recommended.

NAKED GIRLS READING began in Chicago in March 2009 as the creation of international showgirl Michelle L'Amour and Franky Vivid. The idea had rolled around in their heads for a few years in different formats, but with the opening of Studio L'Amour in 2008 it materialized as the perfect intimate live event. Naked Girls Reading now has branches across the country and around the world; the New York chapter, produced by Nasty Canasta, was opened in October 2009 to great acclaim ("Great literature stripped bare" -Entertainment Weekly; "It was a remarkable experience." -Tor.com) and was named "New York's Best Story Hour" by the Village Voice in 2010.

HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP is a self-sustaining theater development group; with a focus on new work, it has produced a massive quantity of stimulating downtown theater. Horse Trade's Resident Artist Program offers a home to a select group of Independent Theater artists, pooling together a great deal of talent and energy. It is also the home of FRIGID New York - the first and only festival of its kind in New York City.

LADIES OF LETTERS is set for Wednesday, June 19th at 9:00pm at UNDER St. Marks - 94 St. Marks Place (between 1st Ave & Ave A), NYC. Tickets: $20 or two for $35 | Advance purchase available at www.NakedGirlsReadingNYC.com or call SmartTix at 212-868-4444. Hosted by NASTY CANASTA, with GALATEA, IRIS EXPLOSION and MARLO MARQUISE.