What a special reading this was today. Thanks to Saba Keramati and Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi for saying the said and for speaking both to and into.
The reading is available on the youtube channel of the reading series HERE
Next reading is tomorrow. Info is below.
Email bluejawedsnake@gmail.com for the Zoom link and to sign up for the open mic.
Sunday, July 14th, 4pm EST:
featured Melissa Eleftherion and Kaylee Young-Eun Jeong
Melissa Eleftherion (she/they) is a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. Born & raised in Brooklyn, she holds degrees from Brooklyn College, Mills College, and San Jose State University. They are the author of two poetry collections, field guide to autobiography (The Operating System, 2018), & gutter rainbows (Querencia Press, 2024), twelve chapbooks including abject sutures (above/ground press, 2024), & several books currently touring the rejection circuit. Her work has been widely published & featured in venues like Quarter after Eight, Sixth Finch, Entropy, & Barren Magazine. Melissa now lives in Northern California where she manages the Ukiah Branch Library, curates the LOBA Reading Series, and serves as Poet Laureate Emeritus of the City of Ukiah. Recent work is available at www.apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com.
Kaylee Young-Eun Jeong is from Oregon. Her poems can be found in ONLY POEMS, Shenandoah, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and The Columbia Review, among others. She is a Wednesday's child.
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other readings for the I Think I Can't Speak For Everyone Here series:
4/21/24 Benjamin Niespodziany and NC Smock
4/28/24 Tom Snarsky and Darren C Demaree
5/18/24 Jay Besemer and Nadia Arioli
5/19/24 Pamela Kesling and Bee Morris
5/26/24 Alina Stefanescu and Dylan Krieger
7/7/24 Devan Murphy and William Erickson
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