“The declarations of independence
have been submitted
for editing”
~ Frank Sherlock, from Feast Day Gone & Coming
Please join many of the bright lights in the Philadelphia Poetry Cosmos on Saturday, July 24th, for a poetic celebration of Old Philadelphia / New Philadelphia, at one of America’s birthing spots — Elfreth’s Alley.
This event is one you DO NOT want to miss. History in the making. It all begins at 6pm. Once you get to the Alley, follow the magic signs of Philadelphia to find where the reading will occur.
This reading has been brainchilded by Debrah Morkun & Carlos Soto Roman. It will open with an Old American magic spell led by them, and will end with the burial of the New Philadelphia Poetic Time Capsule.
A new America will certainly be born.
For more information, go here.
Come celebrate the wonderful Tarpaulin Sky Press & Spork Press, with a book raffle and readings by:
Jake Levine (Spork)
Gordon Massman (TSKY & Spork)
Andrew Zornoza (TSKY)
…Kim Gek Lin Short (TSKY)
JAKE LEVINE is a recipient of a 2010-2011 Fulbright Scholarship to Lithuania, the author of a chapbook The Threshold of Erasure (2010 Sporkpress), became an editor and is editor at Spork Press under Richard Siken, is on the board of directors at POG (poetry in action Tucson), is editor-in-chief at Sonora Review, has taught, teaches, and will teach poetry for The University of Arizona, Vilnius University, CHAX press, and has lectured and given talks to people in public spaces. He just recently started to eat meat again and generally likes to think of himself as somewhat of a magician or a unicorn when he is not doing poetry or is in a meeting. He also has a brother. He is working on several manuscripts at this time, all of which share the title Future History: The Rhyme and Retrobution. His work is heavily indebted to Fauvism, Abstract Expressionism, Literary Postmodernism, Hedonism, a slew of other isms, but also Leadbelly.
Gordon Massman attempts to reveal with relative objectivity his innermost urges, motivations, fantasies, and fears in hopes of touching upon something universal, to nail the unspeakable as graphically and realistically as he can. Given that beauty also resides in raw irreverent statement, perhaps, you as listener will hear a perverse unexpected beauty in his writing. Mr. Massman’s most recent book, “The Essential Numbers”, was published by Tarpaulin Sky Press. Spork Press will publish a chapbook of his work this month and next year The New York Quarterly Press will publish his next full-length collection.
Andrew Zornoza is the author of the novel Where I Stay. His short fiction and essays have appeared in magazines such as, Gastronomica, Sleepingfish, Confrontation, and CapGun, among many others. Born in Houston, Texas, he has taught at Gotham Writers’ Workshop and in Parsons Design & Technology MFA program. He is a contributing editor to the arts journal Helping Orphans Worldwide (H.O.W.). He currently lives in New York City.
Kim Gek Lin Short is the author of THE BUGGING WATCH & OTHER EXHIBITS and the chapbook RUN. Visit her website http://www.kimgeklinshort.com/
An event not to be missed!!
COME THIS FRIDAY, JULY 9th, to BOOKSPACE, 1113 Frankford Avenue, at 7pm for a CELEBRATION OF BLAZEVOX BOOKS!!!
Featured readers include:
Joseph Bienvenu
Michael Kelleher
Christophe Cassimassima
Barbara Henning
Geoffrey Gatza
There will be BlazeVox books available for purchase.
BYOB…. a small amount of wine will be available. This event is FREE as ever.
July 11th Jubilant Thicket: Winkler, Kowalski & Rushland Ridge
poet
Benjamin Winkler and
historian Matt Kowalski on
Paris, May 1968with local wines from Rushland Ridge Vineyard & Winery
Sunday, July 11th
7:00 pm Molly’s Bookstore (1010 S. 9th St. Phila, PA 19147 in the Italian Market)
$5 (includes wine) Open reading to follow
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BENJAMIN WINKLER was raised in the Philadelphia area and attends Temple University. The editor of Splitleaves Press, earlier this year he published a chapbook of his own, entitled Whereupon. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Monongahela Review, In Process, The Apiary, and Otoliths, among other journals.
MATTHEW KOWALSKI received his BA in History from LaSalle University in 2005 and his MA in Modern European History from Villanova in 2007. He has been a member of the FYWP faculty at Temple since 2007 and also teaches courses in European/Global history at CCP and Villanova. His research interests center on Soviet-Russian social and labor history, but he has also taught and researched topics in Modern French history, Modern German history, Comparative Revolutions, & Comparative Imperialisms. He has published book reviews and articles in the Journal of World War One Studies, Russian Review, and the Journal of Cold War History.
RUSHLAND RIDGE VINEYARD & WINERY: The Ullman family began winegrowing in 1968. Ed and his father planted their first vines at Kings Oak Vineyards that same year. It was there, in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, that they started honing their winegrowing skills, a process continuing to this day. In 1986, Ed and his wife Lisa purchased Rushland Ridge Vineyards. That first year they started growing vines at Rushland Ridge. The first planting was one acre of French-American Hybrid, and Native American wine grapes. By 1991 their production enabled them to open their Pennsylvania limited winery. As of today, there are four acres of vineyards with Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, & Chambourcin in the latest planting.
Saturday, June 26th
June 16th, 7pm
Come tonight to see Sarah Heady, Tyler Doherty, John Landry & Andrew Schelling.
This will promise to be a night soaked in the tradition of the Eastern Ecstatic. You will love it. And like the sun in the day we will rise.
FERGIE’S PUB, 1214 Sansom Street, 7pm. Bring your bells & whistles.
Tuesday, June 15th, 7pm
Debrah Morkun & CAConrad will present their collaborative (Soma)tic exercise & poems —
#42: TRECARTIN ALLELUJIAH DEVIANT
at Moonstone Arts Center, 108 South 13th Street, Philadelphia PA
