Please join us Thurs., Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. for the Bon Mot/ley Reading Series, featuring Jaswinder Bolina, Lesley Jenike, and Joshua Marie Wilkinson.
Jaswinder Bolina is the author of Carrier Wave, winner of the 2006 Colorado Prize for Poetry, selected by Lyn Hejinian. His more recent work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Black Warrior Reivew, Ploughshares, and other journals.
Lesley Jenike's first book of poems Ghost of Fashion is now available from CustomWords Press. Her poems have appeared or will appear soon Poetry, Quarterly West, The Journal, Drunken Boat, diode, Sou'Wester, Pool, Gulf Coast, and others. She'll be working on her new full-length play project at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts this spring. A UC alum, she's currently Assistant Professor of English at Columbus College of Art and Design.
Joshua Marie Wilkinson was born and raised in Seattle. He is the author of four books, most recently The Book of Whispering in the Projection Booth (Tupelo 2009). Two new projects are due out in 2010: Selenography (a collaboration with the Polaroids of Tim Rutili to be published by Sidebrow Press) and Poets on Teaching (an edited collection of 99 essays from 101 poets) forthcoming from University of Iowa Press. He lives in Chicago and Athens, Georgia.
The Bon Mot/ley Reading Series takes place in the Clifton Cultural Arts Center on the second Thursday of each month. The CCAC is located at 3711 Clifton Ave., and you can learn more about the center here: www.cliftonculturalarts.org. Readings are free and open to the public.
In March, the readers are Christine Hume, author of Musca Domestica, Alaskaphrenia, and, most recently, Shot; Richard Greenfield, author of A Carnage in the Love Trees and Tracer; and Julie Carr, recent winner of the National Poetry Series Open Competition and the Sawtooth Poetry Prize.
Audio files of previous readings are also available on our reading series blog: www.bonmotley.blogspot.com.
We hope to see you there.
Kindly,
Kristi Maxwell & Michael Rerick
Series Curators
Friday, January 29, 2010
Saturday, December 19, 2009
January Readers
Please join us at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center at 7 p.m. on Jan. 14 to hear Jen Tynes, Josh Butts, and Noah Falck read.
Jen Tynes edits horse less press and is the author or co-author of Heron/Girlfriend (Coconut Books), See Also Electric Light (Dancing Girl Press), The Ohio System (w/ Erika Howsare, Octopus Books), and The End of Rude Handles (Red Morning Press). a chapbook, Pins & Needles, is forthcoming from Cinematheque Press.
Joshua Butts is an alum of the Ph.D. program in English and Comparative Lit at the University of Cincinnati. His chapbook, To Learn to Fingerpick Guitar was published in 2006 by Pudding House. His poems have appeared in Quarterly West, The Hat, Shampoo and The Adirondack Review.
Noah Falck is the author of three chapbook collections, Homemade Engines from a Dream (Pudding House, 2007), Measuring Tape for the Midwest (Pavement Saw, 2008) and most recently Life As A Crossword Puzzle, which won the 2009 Open Thread Chapbook Award. His work has appeared in Bat City Review, Gulf Coast, Copper Nickel, Kenyon Review, and LIT. He teaches elementary school in Dayton, Ohio.
Jen Tynes edits horse less press and is the author or co-author of Heron/Girlfriend (Coconut Books), See Also Electric Light (Dancing Girl Press), The Ohio System (w/ Erika Howsare, Octopus Books), and The End of Rude Handles (Red Morning Press). a chapbook, Pins & Needles, is forthcoming from Cinematheque Press.
Joshua Butts is an alum of the Ph.D. program in English and Comparative Lit at the University of Cincinnati. His chapbook, To Learn to Fingerpick Guitar was published in 2006 by Pudding House. His poems have appeared in Quarterly West, The Hat, Shampoo and The Adirondack Review.
Noah Falck is the author of three chapbook collections, Homemade Engines from a Dream (Pudding House, 2007), Measuring Tape for the Midwest (Pavement Saw, 2008) and most recently Life As A Crossword Puzzle, which won the 2009 Open Thread Chapbook Award. His work has appeared in Bat City Review, Gulf Coast, Copper Nickel, Kenyon Review, and LIT. He teaches elementary school in Dayton, Ohio.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
2010 Readings
All readings start at 7 p.m. at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center (www.cliftonculturalarts.org). Readings take place on the second Thursday of the month.
January 14: Jen Tynes, Josh Butts, and Noah Falck
February 11: Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Lesley Jenike, and Jaswinder Bolina
March 11: Christine Hume, Richard Greenfield, and Julie Carr
April: No Reading
May 13: Ana Božičević, Amy King, and Rob Schlegel
June 10: Farrah Field, Jared White, and Cynthia Arrieu-King
January 14: Jen Tynes, Josh Butts, and Noah Falck
February 11: Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Lesley Jenike, and Jaswinder Bolina
March 11: Christine Hume, Richard Greenfield, and Julie Carr
April: No Reading
May 13: Ana Božičević, Amy King, and Rob Schlegel
June 10: Farrah Field, Jared White, and Cynthia Arrieu-King
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Upcoming Readings
All readings start at 7 p.m. at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center (www.cliftonculturalarts.org).
Nov. 20: Allison Titus, Andrew Grace, and Matt McBride
[Please note, this reading is on the third Friday of the month, unlike our regular readings, which are on the second Thursday of the month.]
Allison Titus's first book, Sum of Every Lost Ship, is forthcoming from CSU Press. Her chapbook, Instructions from the Narwhal, won the first annual Boom Chapbook contest from Bateau Press. She lives in Richmond, VA with her husband and their three dogs.
Andrew Grace’s 3rd book of poems, Sancta, is forthcoming from Ahsahta Press in 2012. He was a 2006-8 Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry at Stanford University. His poems have appeared in Poetry, Denver Quarterly, Boston Review, Poetry Daily, TriQuarterly, Iowa Review,and the Crab Orchard Review among others. His second book Shadeland recently won the 2008 Ohio State University Press / The JournalAward for Poetry. He lives in Hyde Park with his wife Tory and his daughter Lily.
Matt McBride received his MFA from Bowing Green State University where he was the recipient of a Devine fellowship. His chapbook, The Space between Stars, was released by Kent State’s Wick Poetry press in 2007. His work has recently appeared or is forthcoming from Alice Blue, Cranky, Dark Sky Magazine, Marginalia, Packingtown Review, Past Simple, Phoebe, Poet Lore, and The Toledo City Paper. Currently he is a PhD student at the University of Cincinnati and works as a poetry reader for Memorious Magazine.
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January 14: Jen Tynes, Josh Butts, and a third reader TBA
February 11: Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Lesley Jenike, and Lily Brown
March 11: Christine Hume, Richard Greenfield, and Julie Carr
April: No Reading
May 13: Ana Božičević, Amy King, and a third reader TBA
June 10: Farrah Field, Jared White, and Cynthia Arrieu-King
Nov. 20: Allison Titus, Andrew Grace, and Matt McBride
[Please note, this reading is on the third Friday of the month, unlike our regular readings, which are on the second Thursday of the month.]
Allison Titus's first book, Sum of Every Lost Ship, is forthcoming from CSU Press. Her chapbook, Instructions from the Narwhal, won the first annual Boom Chapbook contest from Bateau Press. She lives in Richmond, VA with her husband and their three dogs.
Andrew Grace’s 3rd book of poems, Sancta, is forthcoming from Ahsahta Press in 2012. He was a 2006-8 Wallace Stegner Fellow in poetry at Stanford University. His poems have appeared in Poetry, Denver Quarterly, Boston Review, Poetry Daily, TriQuarterly, Iowa Review,and the Crab Orchard Review among others. His second book Shadeland recently won the 2008 Ohio State University Press / The JournalAward for Poetry. He lives in Hyde Park with his wife Tory and his daughter Lily.
Matt McBride received his MFA from Bowing Green State University where he was the recipient of a Devine fellowship. His chapbook, The Space between Stars, was released by Kent State’s Wick Poetry press in 2007. His work has recently appeared or is forthcoming from Alice Blue, Cranky, Dark Sky Magazine, Marginalia, Packingtown Review, Past Simple, Phoebe, Poet Lore, and The Toledo City Paper. Currently he is a PhD student at the University of Cincinnati and works as a poetry reader for Memorious Magazine.
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January 14: Jen Tynes, Josh Butts, and a third reader TBA
February 11: Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Lesley Jenike, and Lily Brown
March 11: Christine Hume, Richard Greenfield, and Julie Carr
April: No Reading
May 13: Ana Božičević, Amy King, and a third reader TBA
June 10: Farrah Field, Jared White, and Cynthia Arrieu-King
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Reader Bios
OCTOBER 8th READERS (Jillian Weise, Micah Ling, Nate Pritts, and Nathan Graziano)
Jillian Weise is just back from a Fulbright to Argentina where she worked with Darwin's notebooks and helped translate Bob Dylan's first novel into Spanish. Her books are The Amputee's Guide to Sex and The Colony, a novel forthcoming this spring. Recent poems are featured on PBS's Poetry Everywhere and in TIn House. Since leaving Cincinnati, she has been teaching workshops and seminars at Clemson University. She hopes you will crash the Clemson Literary Festival in April.
Micah Ling is the author of the collection Three Islands, which is forthcoming from sunnyoutside press. She earned her MFA at Indiana University. Her poems have appeared in Harpur Palate, Flyway, Fifth Wednesday and others. Her chapbook, Thoughts on Myself, was published by Finishing Line Press. She teaches writing and literature classes at Indiana University and at Butler University. She also serves as Deputy Editor for Keyhole Magazine. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana.
Nate Pritts is the author of two full length books of poetry - Sensational Spectacular and Honorary Astronaut - with a third, The Wonderfull Yeare, due in early 2010. The founder & editor of H_NGM_N, Nate teaches poetry at the Downtown Writers Center/YMCA in Syracuse, NY.
Nathan Graziano lives in Manchester, New Hampshire with his wife and two children. He is the author of Teaching Metaphors (sunnyoutside, 2007), Not So Profound (Green Bean Press, 2004), Frostbite (Green Bean Press, 2002) and seven chapbooks of poetry and fiction. His work has appeared in Rattle, Night Train, Freight Stories, The Coe Review, The Owen Wister Review, and others. His third book of poetry, After the Honeymoon, will be published in fall 2009 by sunnyoutside press. For more information, visit his website:
www.nathangraziano.com.
NOVEMBER 20th READERS
*Please note, this reading is on the third Friday of the month rather than our usual second Thursday*
Allison Titus's first book, Sum of Every Lost Ship, is forthcoming from CSU Press. Her chapbook, Instructions from the Narwhal, won the first annual Boom Chapbook contest from Bateau Press. She lives in Richmond, VA with her husband and their three dogs.
Mathias Svalina is the author of numerous chapbooks & the full length book Destruction Myth from the CSU Poetry Center. He is a coeditor of Octopus Magazine & the small press Octopus Books. He lives & teaches writing in Denver.
Matt McBride received his MFA from Bowing Green State University where he was the recipient of a Devine fellowship. His chapbook, The Space between Stars, was released by Kent State’s Wick Poetry press in 2007. His work has recently appeared or is forthcoming from Alice Blue, Cranky, Dark Sky Magazine, Marginalia, Packingtown Review, Past Simple, Phoebe, Poet Lore, and The Toledo City Paper. Currently he is a PhD student at the University of Cincinnati and works as a poetry reader for Memorious Magazine.
Jillian Weise is just back from a Fulbright to Argentina where she worked with Darwin's notebooks and helped translate Bob Dylan's first novel into Spanish. Her books are The Amputee's Guide to Sex and The Colony, a novel forthcoming this spring. Recent poems are featured on PBS's Poetry Everywhere and in TIn House. Since leaving Cincinnati, she has been teaching workshops and seminars at Clemson University. She hopes you will crash the Clemson Literary Festival in April.
Micah Ling is the author of the collection Three Islands, which is forthcoming from sunnyoutside press. She earned her MFA at Indiana University. Her poems have appeared in Harpur Palate, Flyway, Fifth Wednesday and others. Her chapbook, Thoughts on Myself, was published by Finishing Line Press. She teaches writing and literature classes at Indiana University and at Butler University. She also serves as Deputy Editor for Keyhole Magazine. She lives in Bloomington, Indiana.
Nate Pritts is the author of two full length books of poetry - Sensational Spectacular and Honorary Astronaut - with a third, The Wonderfull Yeare, due in early 2010. The founder & editor of H_NGM_N, Nate teaches poetry at the Downtown Writers Center/YMCA in Syracuse, NY.
Nathan Graziano lives in Manchester, New Hampshire with his wife and two children. He is the author of Teaching Metaphors (sunnyoutside, 2007), Not So Profound (Green Bean Press, 2004), Frostbite (Green Bean Press, 2002) and seven chapbooks of poetry and fiction. His work has appeared in Rattle, Night Train, Freight Stories, The Coe Review, The Owen Wister Review, and others. His third book of poetry, After the Honeymoon, will be published in fall 2009 by sunnyoutside press. For more information, visit his website:
www.nathangraziano.com.
NOVEMBER 20th READERS
*Please note, this reading is on the third Friday of the month rather than our usual second Thursday*
Allison Titus's first book, Sum of Every Lost Ship, is forthcoming from CSU Press. Her chapbook, Instructions from the Narwhal, won the first annual Boom Chapbook contest from Bateau Press. She lives in Richmond, VA with her husband and their three dogs.
Mathias Svalina is the author of numerous chapbooks & the full length book Destruction Myth from the CSU Poetry Center. He is a coeditor of Octopus Magazine & the small press Octopus Books. He lives & teaches writing in Denver.
Matt McBride received his MFA from Bowing Green State University where he was the recipient of a Devine fellowship. His chapbook, The Space between Stars, was released by Kent State’s Wick Poetry press in 2007. His work has recently appeared or is forthcoming from Alice Blue, Cranky, Dark Sky Magazine, Marginalia, Packingtown Review, Past Simple, Phoebe, Poet Lore, and The Toledo City Paper. Currently he is a PhD student at the University of Cincinnati and works as a poetry reader for Memorious Magazine.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
2009/2010 Readings @ the Clifton Cultural Arts Center
Sept. 10: Laura Sims, Shelly Taylor, and Ruth Williams
Oct. 8 at 7 p.m.: Jillian Weise, Nathan Graziano, Nate Pritts, and Micah Ling
Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. [PLEASE NOTE: This reading is on the third Friday of the month rather than our usual second Thursday]: Allison Titus, Matt McBride, and Mathias Svalina
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January 14 at 7 p.m.: Cynthia Arrieu-King, Jen Tynes, and Sandra Simonds
February 11 at 7 p.m.: Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Lesley Jenike, and Lily Brown
March 11 at 7 p.m.: Christine Hume, Richard Greenfield, and Julie Carr
More 2010 readings to be announced.
Oct. 8 at 7 p.m.: Jillian Weise, Nathan Graziano, Nate Pritts, and Micah Ling
Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. [PLEASE NOTE: This reading is on the third Friday of the month rather than our usual second Thursday]: Allison Titus, Matt McBride, and Mathias Svalina
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January 14 at 7 p.m.: Cynthia Arrieu-King, Jen Tynes, and Sandra Simonds
February 11 at 7 p.m.: Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Lesley Jenike, and Lily Brown
March 11 at 7 p.m.: Christine Hume, Richard Greenfield, and Julie Carr
More 2010 readings to be announced.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Revisit August's Reading with Your Ears
Readings by Eric Baus, Gina Myers and Dana Ward are now available on PennSound. Thanks, Michael!
Please join us for the Sept. 10 reading featuring Laura Sims, Shelly Taylor, and Ruth Williams.
October's readers are Jillian Weise and sunnyoutside press authors' Nathan Graziano and Micah Ling.
Please join us for the Sept. 10 reading featuring Laura Sims, Shelly Taylor, and Ruth Williams.
October's readers are Jillian Weise and sunnyoutside press authors' Nathan Graziano and Micah Ling.
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