DAY 14 * ELISA GABBERT * MICHELE BATTISTE *

MICHELE BATTISTE reads ELISA GABBERT. She is the author of four chapbooks and two poetry collections: Ink for an Odd Cartography (2009) and Uprising (2014, forthcoming), both from Black Lawrence Press.  She lives in Boulder, CO where she raises money for organizations undoing corporate evil. 

ELISA GABBERT  reads MICHELE BATTISTE. She is the author of The French Exit (Birds, LLC) and The Self Unstable, recently released from Black Ocean Press. She lives in Denver, tweets at @egabbert, and blogs at The French Exit.

DECEMBER 13 * JENN McCREARY * ADRIENNE RICH *

JENN McCREARY READS ADRIENNE RICH'S, The Burning of Paper Instead of Children.

(May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", and was credited with bringing "the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse." (from Wiki)

JENN McCREARY is a Philadelphia poet & the author of several books & chapbooks, most recently &now my feet are maps (Dusie Press), brand spanking new & now available! She lives in fashionable East Passyunk with her twin sons, their pet snake, a bitey cat, & Chris McCreary, with whom she co-edits ixnay press.

JENN reads from her new book.

DAY 12* LAURA RIDING * ELIZABETH TREADWELL *

ELIZABETH TREADWELL READS
LAURA RIDING

RIDING'S (1901-1991) works include The Close Chaplet (1926), Progress of Stories (1935), The Lives of Wives (1939), and The Word “Woman” (1993).

ELIZABETH TREADWELL'S (1967-  ) works include Eve Doe (1997),
Chantry (2004), Birds &Fancies (2007), and Virginia or the mud-flap girl (2012). TREADWELL READS her own poem, Sophiakin.

DAY 11 * METTA SAMA * KHADIJAH QUEEN *

METTA SAMA READS KHADIJAH QUEEN

KHADIJAH QUEEN is the author of Conduit (Black Goat/Akashic 2008), and Black Peculiar (Noemi Press 2011). Her digital chapbook, I'm So Fine: A List of Famous Men and What I Had On, was just released from Sibling Rivalry Press. She has a day job and a teenager, so therefore cherishes the holiness of naps and can't take herself too seriously.khadijahqueen.com

METTA SAMA read her own work here. She is the author of Nocturne Trio (YesYes Bøøks 2012) and South of Here (New Issues Press 2005 (published under Lydia Melvin)). Her poems, fiction, creative non-fiction, & book reviews have been published or forthcoming in Blackbird, bluestem, Drunken Boat, The Drunken Boat, Esque, hercricle, Jubilat, Kweli, The Owls, Pebble Lake Review, Pyrta, Reverie, Sententia, Vinyl, among others.

DAY 10 * STACY DORIS * SARAH ROSENTHAL *

SARAH ROSENTHAL READS fledge from STACY DORIS AND FROM HER OWN WORK

In 1962, STACY DORIS was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She received her AB in literature and society from Brown University and an MFA in English and creative writing from the University of Iowa. Her books include Knot (University of Georgia Press, 2006), Cheerleader's Guide to the World: Council Book (Roof Books, 2006), Conference (Potes & Poets, 2001), Une Année à New York avec Chester (P.O.L., 2000), Paramour (Krupskaya, 2000), La vie de Chester Steven Wiener ecrite par sa femme (P.O.L., 1998), Kildare (Segue Foundation, 1994). About Doris's work, the poet Jackson Mac Low has said, "Doris's treatment of her themes and forms is radically different from poem to poem and most contemporary practice." She taught at several colleges and universities including the University of Iowa and Hunter College. Doris passed away in 2012.

 (from Poets.org)

SARAH ROSENTHAL is the author of Manhatten (Spuyten Duyvil, 2009) and the chapbooks The Animal (Dusie, 2011), How I Wrote This Story (Margin to Margin, 2001), sitings (a+bend, 2000), and not-chicago (Melodeon, 1998). Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous journals including Sidebrow, Zen Monster, textsound, dusie, and Fence, and is anthologized in Building is a Process / Light is an Element: essays and excursions for Myung Mi Kim (P-Queue, 2008), Bay Poetics (Faux, 2006), The Other Side of the Postcard (City Lights, 2005) hinge (Crack, 2002), and Kindergarde: Avant-garde Poems, Plays, and Stories for Children (Black Radish, forthcoming). Her essays and interviews have appeared in journals such as Jacket, Denver Quarterly, Rain Taxi, Otoliths, and New American Writing. She serves on the California Book Awards poetry jury and manages programs for the Developmental Studies Center.

DAY 9 * ANNA AKHMATOVA * TARA REBELE *

ANNA AKHMATOVA (1889-1966) is considered one of Russia's greatest twentieth century poets. This poem is from her first book, Evening, published in 1912. 

TARA REBELE'S book, And I'm Not Jenny, was published by Slope Editions and her poems

have appeared in Poetry International,

Handsome, Shearsman,Volt, and How2, among

other places. She has performed her live works in cities nationwide and has exhibited her new media works in international festivals, galleries, and universities. She is Director of the low-residency MFA Creative Writing Program at New England College. Rebele reads her poem, Our Remnants.


Akhmatova/Rebele COMBO

DAY 8 * SEAN BONNEY * JAYNE CORTEZ *

SEAN BONNEY READS JAYNE CORTEZ

 JAYNE CORTEZ was an African-American poet, activist, small press publisher and spoken-word performance artist whose voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic and dynamic innovations in lyricism and visceral sound. 

SEAN BONNEY READS HIS POEM (after SAPPHO) SEAN BONNEY lives in London, UK, and would prefer not to. His books include "Happiness" and "The Commons". "Letters Against Enchantment" will be published next year. He is currently conducting experiments in alchemy and insurrection."