Flim Forum Press presents
Aaaaaaaaaaalice by Jennifer Karmin
CHICAGO RELEASE PARTY
Sunday, May 16th from 6-8pm
at Cole's Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave
free / 21 & over
Jennifer Karmin in a live improvisation
with guest perfomers:
Joel Craig, Kathleen Duffy, Krista Franklin, Chris Glomski,
Laura Goldstein, Lisa Janssen & John Keene
Aaaaaaaaaaalice
112 pages, 7x9
travelogue in 11 cantos
scored for polyvocal improvisation
To buy online, read some early reviews
& find performance dates:
http://www.aaaaaaaaaaalice.blogspot.com
JOEL CRAIG is the author of the chapbook Shine Tomorrow (Lost Horse Press) and has poems published or forthcoming in Lungfull!, A Public Space, the Zoland Annual, and MoonLit. He is poetry editor for MAKE: A Literary Magazine, as well as co-founder of the Danny's Reading Series in Chicago.
KATHLEEN DUFFY is a writer who co-founded the public art group Anti Gravity Surprise in 2001 to forge alliances with other artists, activists, community groups, and the general public. Expanding on collaboration as political force, Kath initiated the organizing efforts of the Dill Pickle Food Coop in late 2005, and is currently serving her second three year term on the board of directors. Kathleen earns her keep as the Communications Organizer for the Campaign for Better Health Care and is a member of the concert production staff of the Old Town School of Folk Music.
KRISTA FRANKLIN is a poet and visual artist. Her poetry and mixed medium collages have been published in lifestyle and literary journals such as Copper Nickel, RATTLE, Indiana Review, Clam, Callaloo, and the anthology Gathering Ground. Franklin is a Cave Canem Fellow, and a co-founder of Tres Colony and 2nd Sun Salon.
CHRIS GLOMSKI is the author of The Nineteenth Century, a new poetry manuscript. A chapbook, Eidolon, was issued by Answer Tag Home Press in October 2008. His first poetry collection, Transparencies Lifted from Noon, was published in the fall of 2005 by MEB / Spuyten Duyvil Press. His poems, translations, and critical writings have appeared in Notre Dame Review, The Octopus, Chicago Review, Jacket, A Public Space, and elsewhere. Another chapbook, IL LA, was published by Noemi Press in 2002.
LAURA GOLDSTEIN's poetry, reviews and essays can be found in Requited, Little Red Leaves, How2, EAOGH, Text/Sound, Rabbit Light Movies, Otoliths, CutBank Reviews, Moria, and The Little Magazine. She has two chapbooks: Ice in Intervals from Hex Press and Day of Answers from Tir Aux Pigeons and has performed as part of Poets' Theaters in Chicago and New York. She currently teaches Writing and Literature at the School of the Art Institute and Loyola University.
LISA JANSSEN is a writer and archivist. Her work has appeared most recently in WSQ – Women’s Studies Quarterly, MAKE, and the chapbook Riffing on Bird and Other Sad Songs (dusi/e-chap kollektiv). She currently co-edits the literary journal MoonLit.
JENNIFER KARMIN curates the Red Rover Series and is co-founder of the public art group Anti Gravity Surprise. Her multidisciplinary projects have been presented at festivals, artist-run spaces, community centers, and on city streets across the U.S., Japan, and Kenya. A proud member of the Dusie Kollektiv, she is the author of the Dusie chapbook Evacuated: Disembodying Katrina. Walking Poem, a collaborative street project, is featured online at How2. At home in Chicago, Jennifer teaches creative writing to immigrants at Truman College and works as a Poet-in-Residence for the public schools.
JOHN KEENE is the author of Annotations and, with artist Christopher Stackhouse, of Seismosis. His poetry, fiction, essays, and translations have appeared in a wide array of periodicals and anthologies. Recent work will appear in Mandorla, A Public Space, and Spirale. He teaches at Northwestern University.
