HUGE Thanks to writers NC Smock and Benjamin Niespodziany for reading yesterday at the first of the I think I can't speak for everyone here reading series. Had a blast. Thanks to all who attended and to all who took part in the open mic.
The SECOND of the reading series will be held over Zoom on Sunday, April 28th, at 3pm EST.
Featured writers will be Tom Snarsky and Darren C. Demaree.
Please email bluejawedsnake@gmail.com for the Zoom link and to sign-up for the open mic.
Darren C. Demaree is the author of twenty-one poetry collections, most recently “in defense of the goat as it continues to wander towards the certain doom of the cliff”, (April Gloaming, February 2024). He is the recipient of a Greater Columbus Arts Council Grant, an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Louise Bogan Award from Trio House Press, and the Nancy Dew Taylor Award from Emrys Journal. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Best of the Net Anthology and the Managing Editor of Ovenbird Poetry. He is currently working in the Columbus Metropolitan Library system.
Tom Snarsky is the author of the chapbooks Threshold (Another New Calligraphy) & Complete Sentences (Broken Sleep Books), as well as the full-length collections Light-Up Swan and Reclaimed Water (both from Ornithopter Press). His book A Letter From The Mountain & Other Poems is forthcoming from Animal Heart Press in 2025, and the title poem is available to read on Metatron Press’s GLYPHÖRIA platform. He lives in the mountains of northwestern Virginia with his wife Kristi and their cats. You can find him on Twitter, Instagram, & Bluesky @tomsnarsky.
All upcoming events as of today:
Sunday April 28th, 3pm EST, featured: Tom Snarsky and Darren C Demaree
Saturday May 18th, 4pm EST, featured: Nadia Arioli and Jay Besemer
Sunday May 19th, 3pm EST, featured: Pamela Kesling and Bee Morris
Sunday May 26th, 3pm EST, featured: Dylan Krieger and Alina Stefanescu
(no events will be held in June)
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