Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Make Magazine Issue 9 Release


MAKE ISSUE 9 PARTY! THURSDAY, MARCH 18
MAKE Literary Productions presents:

MAKE: A Literary Magazine Issue 9 “Myth, Magic, & Ritual” Party
When: Thursday, March 18, doors at 8 pm / Where: Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia / Cost: $8

*Readings from contributors including poets Anthony Madrid, Nick Demske and Caryl Pagel. Also Paul Grens reads his new translation of a short story by Chilean author Luis Sepúlveda.

*Music from Paul Cary (with newly-printed vinyl on hand) + Alt-country Death Ships headline

*Intuitive Energy Healer Ryan Fukuda gives a short explanation of his craft and offers complimentary readings (Sponsored by Ruby Room)

*Late-night dance party with DJ Joel Craig and guests

*Issue 9 subscriptions and individual copies available for order at half-price and include complimentary electronic download key. Tote bags, posters, and other swag, –as well as other give-aways and prizes – also on hand.

More on participants:

Joel Craig is the author of Shine Tomorrow (Lost Horse, New Poets–Short Books Vol. III, 2009). His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Zoland Annual, A Public Space, The City Visible, and MoonLit, among others. He co-founded and curates The Danny’s Reading Series in Chicago and works as a graphic designer, DJ, and Poetry Editor for MAKE.

Nick Demske lives in Racine, Wisconsin, and works at the Racine Public Library. His self-titled manuscript was awarded the Fence Books Modern Poets Series award and will be published in Fall 2010. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Action Yes, Sawbuck, Moria, Conduit, Weirddeer, Seven Corners, and The Bathroom Magazine, among other places. He helps curate the BONK! performance series in Racine and is an editor of the online forum boo: a journal of terrific things. Visit Nick sometime at nickipoo.wordpress.com.

Ryan Fukuda: In addition to obtaining a video technology degree in Southern Maine and film producing degree at Columbia College Chicago, Ryan studied at a prestigious clairvoyant school Invision where he continued to tap into his innate gift and learned the beauty of integrating spirituality with his dream of making his mark in the entertainment world. At Columbia College he gained experience working as a production manager, line producer, and producer on various productions inside and outside of school.

Paul Grens is a Spanish translator currently based in Chicago, Illinois. A graduate of the Institute for Applied Linguistics at Kent State University, he has also studied at La Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina and the Instituto Cervantes in Chicago.

Anthony Madrid lives in Chicago. His poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in AGNI Online, Boston Review, Cincinnati Review, Forklift Ohio, Iowa Review, LIT, Now Culture, 6X6, and Web Conjunctions. His chapbook is called The 580 Strophes.

Caryl Pagel’s poems, essays, and experiments can be found in 1913: A Journal of Forms, Denver Quarterly, Gulf Coast, Konundrum Engine Literary Review, and Thermos. She currently teaches at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.

(Luis Sepúlveda was born in northern Chile in 1949 and is the author of several short stories, novellas, plays, and essays. Due to his political involvement with the student movement in the early 1970’s, he was forced to leave Chile. He then traveled throughout Latin America and eventually moved to Germany in 1980, where he lived with his family for more than ten years. Sepúlveda has lived in Gijón, Spain since 1997. His work has been translated into over thirty languages and won numerous literary awards. Most recently, he received the Primavera de Novela Prize in 2009 for his new novel, La sombra de lo que fuimos (A Shadow of What We Were).)

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