Brenda Cardenas
Sun., May 30, 7 p.m.
Dragonlady Lounge
3188 N. Elston Ave.
Brenda Cardenas reads at Dragonlady Lounge from her first full collection of poetry, Boomerang, published by Bilingual Review Press. In Boomerang, Cardenas spins lyrically taut free verse, sculpts prose poems, sapphics, and sonnets, and punches the rhythms of spoken word in what Juan Felipe Herrera has called “a sonic calligraphy, hand-thrown spirals of spirit.” Copies will be available for sale. Poet Roberto Harrison is also featured. Free event, with cash bar.
Open mic first half hour. Arrive early to sign up.
This free event takes place at a new venue, Dragonlady Lounge (773-597-5617). Come on by this special Sunday night, the day before Memorial Day. Bonus: You won’t have to get up early on Monday morning. This event organized by March Abrazo, Inc.
Brenda Cardenas is the author of a poetry chapbook Tongues of Brick and Stones and co-editor of the women’s anthology Between the Heart and the Land. She is an assistant professor at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Boomerang is her first full published collection.
