No One Listens to Poetry: A Reading
Five young writers from the U.S. and Canada will gather to read both works-in-progress and works past. Five different readers, five different styles, five different ways of addressing silence. Not slam poetry, not diaristic autofiction, not gently narrative epiphanic verse, the work to be presented will challenge the conventional scope of poetry and what it means to write something “new” in our current climate. If “no one listens to poetry,” as Jack Spicer has it, then come and find out why some should.
$5 Entry (suggested donation NOTAFLOF)
6-9 p.m.
Cash bar
Carlos Lara is a poet and translator from San Diego, California, where he currently resides. He is the author of over twenty books and chapbooks, the most notable being Like Bismuth When I Enter (Nightboat, 2020), No Material (as Losarc Raal; Black Sun Lit, 2023), and Vesuvio (co-written with Tamas Panitz and Joel Newberger; New Books, 2023). He was tyrant over the infamous online journal NOMATERIALISM from 2019-2022, and he currently serves as Department Chair of the Creative Writing Department (IG @creativewritingdepartment).
https://www.instagram.com/creativewritingdepartment
Jules Galbraith is a Montreal based artist and writer working across poetics, risograph printing, creative web development, 3D, and editorial design. They are a founding member of cyberlove, a community-oriented tech studio, where they facilitate the formation of para-academic, peer-to-peer networks of knowledge exchange. They run Amor Mundi, an independent publishing initiative focused on poetry, translation, and polemics.
https://www.instagram.com/drowsy.wave/
colin russell is a poet from walnut valley, west virginia. he has a mom in kentucky, and lives in flatbush, brooklyn.
https://www.instagram.com/thisverymoment_/
Emilie Lafleur is a writer from Montreal.
https://www.instagram.com/cbcradio2/
Marie Ségolène holds a BA in Creative Writing and a BFA in Intermedia Cyberarts from Concordia University. She completed her MFA in Performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2019. Marie has read and exhibited work in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Marie is the director of Espace Maurice, an apartment gallery located in Montreal (Canada), where she has curated and coordinated over twenty exhibitions since 2021.
https://www.instagram.com/marie.segolene/
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ACCESSIBILITY:
Rocket Science Room is on the second floor. There is a single flight of stairs off the main entrance with no wheelchair access, however there is a functioning elevator on the main floor. If you require assistance of any kind, please let us know! We'd be happy to accommodate any of your needs to the best of our ability.
Rocket Science Room est au deuxième étage. Il y a un seul escalier à l'entrée principale sans accès en fauteuil roulant, mais il y a un ascenseur qui fonctionne au rez-de-chaussée. Si vous avez besoin d'une assistance quelconque, faites-le nous savoir! Nous serons heureux de répondre à tous vos besoins au mieux de nos capacités.
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