Perceval Press publishes edgy books for the sheer love of it. Viggo Mortensen’s presence doesn’t hurt its chances. On a January night at Midnight Special Bookstore in Santa Monica, actor-artist-writer Viggo Mortensen reads the prose poem he wrote for an anthology about Iraq, “Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation.” It is one of the quieter pieces in the passionate volume and the author reads so softly that the entire audience leans in to hear him. [More]