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Amber Adams, Jenny Molberg, and Emily Pérez Reading to Welcome August!
This note arrived I my inbox this morning, from poet Emily Pérez: If you, like me, are not quite ready for August, here’s something to help you turn the calendar page: I’ll be reading with Colorado’s own amazing Amber Adams and Missouri’s masterful Jenny Molberg at Counterpath on August 1. Jenny is coming to town to launch her new book: The Court of No Record and we’re ready to celebrate. We’ll be at Counterpath Gallery (7935 E 14th Ave, Denver) on Tuesday, August 1st from 6:30 – 7:30 PM on August 1.Read More
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Two Excellent Poets Reading from New Collections!
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Adventures in Reading 2018
Old Reading Room at BookBar (Photo: Tricia M.) Let me admit up front that I’ve included half a dozen books here that were read as part of my work with the Professional Creative Writing program at University College. But they all turned out to be worthwhile reading experiences. Even those I couldn’t quite connect with—Juan Gelman’s The Poems of Sidney West, Ben Lerner’s Angle of Yaw, and Adonis’s powerful Concerto al-Quds, which is also recondite and nakedly anguished by turns—continue to haunt me. This is usually an early indicator of re-readings in the offing.Read More