Beyond Baroque
February 2019
Reading: Lin Benedek, Alexis Rhone Fancher & Susan Hayden
Lin Nelson Benedek’s poems have been published in a variety of journals and anthologies. Her book I Was Going To Be A Cowgirl was published in 2016. Susan Hayden is a poet, playwright, and novelist. Her poetry has appeared in Hollywood Review, Sparring w/Beatnik Poets, Arete, Atlanta Journal, and more. Alexis Rhone Fancher’s poem, “when I turned fourteen, my mother’s sister took me to lunch and said:” was chosen by Edward Hirsch for inclusion in The Best American Poetry of…
Find out more »Ceremony: Ntozaka Shange Tribute
Shonda Buchanan hosts a special tribute to the great Ntozake Shange, who passed away in 2018. Regular admission. Members FREE Genre: Poetry
Find out more »How To Catch Italian Poets
Those Who from Afar Look Like Flies is an anthology of poems and essays that aims to provide an organic profile of the evolution of Italian poetry after World War II. Beginning with the birth of Officina and il Verri, and culminating with the crisis of the mid-seventies, this tome features works by such poet as Pasolini, Majorino, Pagliarani, Rosselli, Sanguineti, and Zanzotto, as well as such forerunners as Villa and Cacciatore. Each section of this anthology, organized chronologically, is…
Find out more »Discussion: Brenda Hillman, Sara Mumulo & Vanessa Angelica Villareal
Sara Mumolo is the author of Mortar (Omnidawn, 2013) and the Associate Director for the MFA in Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s College of CA. Her next book Day Counter is forthcoming in 2019 from Omnidawn. Her most recent collection is Extra Hidden Life, among the Days (Wesleyan University Press, 2018).Her collection Bright Existence (Wesleyan University Press, 1993), a finalist for Pulitzer Prize. Brenda Hillman is known for poems that draw on elements of found texts and document, personal meditation,…
Find out more »The Nebraska Girls Open Reading
Sign-ups at 1:30 PM. Hosted by Wyatt Underwood. FREE but donations are welcome. Genre: Poetry
Find out more »Discussion: Maureen Owen & Barbara Henning
Maureen Owen is the author of eleven books of poetry, most recently Edges of Water from Chax Press. Poet and fiction writer Barbara Henning is the author of four novels, seven collections of poetry, four chapbooks and a series of photo-poem pamphlets. Her latest collection of poetry is A Day Like Today. Regular admission. Members FREE Genre: Poetry
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