Teleportal Readings is a monthly multimedia series designed for those who love reading but hate readings. In partnership with Monofonus Press, the Hotel San Jose, and Domy Books, Teleportal Readings does away with the fluorescent lights, folding chairs, and library atmosphere of typical literary events. As for that opposite extreme of the reading world, the poetry slam, you can rest assured that this is a curated series – we’re all for democracy, just not when it means suffering through awful poems. Teleportal presents live and virtual readings from some of the nation's most exciting authors, as well as video transmissions from independent presses and literary magazines such as McSweeney's and Electric Literature. This month's Teleportal features a live reading by Amelia Gray, author of AM/PM (Featherproof) and Museum of the Weird, forthcoming this fall through Fiction Collective 2.