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TONIGHT: Danny’s Reading Series
Danny’s Reading Series
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:30 sharp
Danny’s Tavern, 1951 W. Dickins, Chicago
Poetry by Rob Schlegel and Catherine Theis
Catherine Theis is the author of the chapbook The Fraud of Good Sleep (SUN SUN SUN Press) and co-author of In Fortune (dusie kollectiv) with Jared Stanley and Lauren Levin. Her new poems are forthcoming in Action Yes, LIT, Sonora Review, and Volt and a poem appeared in MAKE issue 3, edited by Kevin Coval. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and is the recipient of a 2009 Individual Artists Fellowship from the Illinois Arts Council.
Rob Schlegel is the author of The Lesser Fields (Center for Literary Publishing). His poems have appeared in Boston Review, Handsome, Octopus, Volt, MAKE issue 8 and elsewhere. He was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and has lived in California, Montana, and Iowa.
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TONIGHT: Issue 8 Contributor Dorothea Lasky Reads!
The Danny’s Reading Series
Wednesday, June 10th
7:30PM
With Dorothea Lasky and Joshua Marie Wilkinson
In the forthcoming issue of MAKE (just a few more weeks!) Dorothea Lasky talks with Univ. of Chicago’s George M. Pullman Professor Lauren Berlant about being an educator and the role of affect in both Berlant’s work and her own. She is the author of AWE (Wave Books, 2007) and Black Life (Wave Books, 2010) and several chapbooks. Her poems have also appeared in American Poetry Review, Boston Review, The Laurel Review, Puppy Flowers, and Columbia Poetry Review, among other places. She has been educated at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Harvard University, and Washington University. Currently, she studies creativity and education at the University of Pennsylvania. She can be found online at www.birdinsnow.com.
Born and raised in Seattle, Joshua Marie Wilkinson’s 2 new books are just out: The Book of Whispering in the Projection Booth, from Tupelo Press, and 12×12, a collection of conversations, poetry, and poetics, from Iowa, which he co-edited with Christina Mengert. He lives in Andersonville and Athens, Georgia.
Danny’s Tavern is located at 1951 W. Dickens (near the corner of Armitage and Damen), 773-489-6457, 21+, please bring ID.