Friday, March 26, 2010

Myopic Poetry Series

THE MYOPIC POETRY SERIES — a weekly series of readings and occasional poets' talks

Myopic Books in Chicago —
1564 N. Milwaukee Avenue, 2nd Floor
All readings begin at 7:00

http://www.myopicbookstore.com/poetry.html

Contact curator Larry Sawyer for booking information and requests.
E-mail: larrysawyerpoet@yahoo.com


This SUNDAY at Myopic Books:


Sunday, March 28 – Joshua Corey & Carrie Olivia Adams



Joshua COREY is the author of Selah (Barrow Street Press, 2003) and Fourier Series (Spineless Books, 2005). His new book, Severance Songs, won the Dorset Prize from Tupelo Press and will be published next spring. He lives in Evanston and teaches English at Lake Forest College.





Carrie Olivia ADAMS lives in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood of Chicago, where besides being a poet, she is a poetry-filmmaker, book publicist, and the poetry editor for the small press Black Ocean and the journal Hunger Mountain. She also blogs on poetry and publishing for “The Constant Conversation.” She is the author of Intervening Absence, published by Ahsahta Press and the chapbook “A Useless Window.” Her second full-length collection, 41 Jane Does is forthcoming from Ahsahta Press along with a DVD of poem films. Her poems have appeared in such journals as Cannibal, DIAGRAM, the Laurel Review, No Tell Motel, and Dear Camera.



UPCOMING

Saturday, April 3 – Laura Carter
Sunday, April 4 – Steve Halle & John Keene
Wednesday, April 21 – Jerome Rothenberg
Saturday, April 24 – Ben Doller & Sandra Doller
Sunday, April 25 – Barry Schwabsky & Matvei Yankelevich
Sunday, May 2 – Connor Stratman
Sunday, May 9 – Robert Archambeau
Saturday, May 15 – Brandon Downing & Macgregor Card
Sunday, May 16 – Aaron Fagan

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