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Friday, March 14, 2008
Rose Metal Press Program Schedule
Rose Metal Press announces its 2008 reading schedule, featuring readings by Claudia Smith, Kathy Fish, Elizabeth Ellen, and Amy Clark, the winner and finalists of Rose Metal's first annual chapbook competition, respectively. The four authors and their individual chapbooks will be featured together in a book titled A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness, due out at the end of March.
APRIL
Tuesday, April 15: Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness in The Foundation Room at Pine Manor College, Newton, MA, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
Pine Manor College
The Foundation Room
400 Heath Street
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-731-7000
Friday, April 25: Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness with local poet Dan Boehl at Book Woman Bookstore, Austin, TX, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
Book Woman
5501 North Lamar #A-105
(between North Loop and Koenig Ln.)
(512) 472-2785
Saturday, April 26: Peter Jay Shippy reading from How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic in the PEN/New England Reading, Boston University Bookstore, Boston, MA, 4:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
Boston University Bookstore
660 Beacon Street (Kenmore Square)
Boston, MA
(617) 267-8484
MAY
Thursday, May 1: Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness and doing a book talk with creative writing students at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Cambridge, MA, 12:00–1:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
Cambridge Center for Adult Education
42 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA
Ph: (617) 547-6789 x247
Friday, May 2: Kathy Fish reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Miss Prothero's Books, Denver, CO, 6:30 to receive guests, 7:00 pm to read. Free and open to the public.
Miss Prothero’s Books
1112 Santa Fe Dr
Denver, CO 80204
(303) 572-2260
Wednesday, May 7: Elizabeth Ellen reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness with local author and professor Kim Chinquee at Shaman Drum, Ann Arbor, MI, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
Shaman Drum Bookshop
311-315 South State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(734) 662.7407
Saturday, May 10: Peter Jay Shippy reading from How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic and Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness with Emerson College poet and memoirist Richard Hoffman at Jamaicaway Books, Jamaica Plain, MA, 2:30 pm. Free and open to the public.
Jamaicaway Books & Gifts
676 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Tel: 617-983-3204
Thursday, May 15: Peter Jay Shippy reading from How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic and Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Rhythm & Muse, Jamaica Plain, MA, 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public.
Rhythm & Muse
470 Centre Street
(between Boylston St & Huntington Ave)
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 524-6622
Thursday, May 1: Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness in the “Just Buffalo” Reading Series through the Just Buffalo Literary Center, Buffalo, NY. Reading at Rust Belt Books at 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
Rust Belt Books
202 Allen St
Buffalo, NY 14201
(716) 885-9535
JUNE
Sunday, June 1: Peter Jay Shippy reading from How to Build the Ghost in Your Attic and Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness reading at The Book Rack, Newburyport, MA, 2:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
The Book Rack
52 State Street
Newburyport, MA 01950
(978)462-8615
Thursday, June 19: Amy L. Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Longfellow Books, Portland, ME, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
Longfellow Books
One Monument Way
(207)772-4045
Thursday, June 26: Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at The Twig Bookshop, San Antonio, TX, 5:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
The Twig Bookshop
5005 Broadway
San Antonio, TX 78209
(210)826-6411
JULY
Wednesday, July 16: Peter Jay Shippy, Amy L. Clark, and Geoffrey Forsyth reading at The Brookline Booksmith, Brookline, MA, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard St
Brookline, MA 02446
Late-July or early-August date TBD: Claudia Smith reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness with local poet Dan Boehl at BookPeople Austin, TX. Free and open to the public.
BookPeople
603 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78703
(512) 472-5050
AUGUST
Wednesday, August 18: Elizabeth Ellen and Kathy Fish reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Powell’s City of Books, Portland, OR, 7:30 pm. Free and open to the public.
Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside
Portland, OR 97209 USA
Thursday, August 19: Elizabeth Ellen and Kathy Fish reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at the University of Washington Bookstore, Seattle, WA, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
University of Washington Bookstore
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
206.634.3400
Toll Free: 1.800.335.READ
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, September 7: Geoffrey Forsyth reading from his award-winning chapbook In the Land of the Free and Elizabeth Ellen reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at Myopic Books, Chicago, IL, 7:00 pm. Free and open to the public.
Myopic Books
1564 N Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 862-4882
September date TBD: Amy L Clark reading from A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness at the UUA Bookstore.
UUA Bookstore
25 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
1-800-215-9076
Labels: Claudia Smith, Elizabeth Ellen, Kathy Fish, reading, Rose Metal Press
posted by Kelly Spitzer at 9:10 AM 1 commentsThursday, December 27, 2007
Sonny Brewer Reading
On December 14, 2007, I had the opportunity to hear Sonny Brewer read from his new novel, "Cormac, The Tale of a Dog Gone Missing." The book is based on actual events, and tells the tale of Brewer's Golden Retriever, who ran away from his Alabama home while the owner was on a book tour in San Francisco.
Mr. Brewer read the prologue from the book which is about the death of his childhood dog. The prologue sets the stage for the narrator's love of his dog and the lengths anyone who truly loves his dog will go to in order to get his dog home.
The book does draw a grayed view of dog rescues groups as being over-zealous, seeing pet-owners as irresponsible rather than being empathetic to some one searching for a lost pet. This is the viewpoint of someone who loves animals; the same point of view that leads people to become animal rescuers. As a result, there is a message here for folks on both sides of the fence. The concerns of the pet parent and the rescuer are often the same with the welfare of the pet paramount. Love is at the heart of the matter and communication is key in making sure every dog has a safe and happy home.
Mr. Brewer is the owner of a book store in Fairhope, Alabama and founder of the annual "Southern Writer's Reading" held there each fall. He is also the editor of the anthology series "Stories from the Blue Moon Cafe," from MacAdam/Cage, and the author of "The Poet of Tolstoy Park" (Ballantine) and "A Sound Like Thunder" (Ballantine). The fifth volume in the Blue Moon Cafe series is published under the title "A Cast of Characters and Other Stories." Mr. Brewer advised that the sixth volume in the series has been assembled and will be published in the near future. There are plans for nine volumes in all.
Labels: reading, Sonny Brewer
posted by Thomas White at 1:09 PM 0 commentsThursday, December 13, 2007
Reading in Seattle
Come warm yourself by the fiery words of Melanie Noel, Jared Leising, and Bret Fetzer! Thursday Dec. 13 at 7:00 PM at Tougo Coffee, 1410 18th Ave. at Union in the Central District."But there was the sensation of wind having been there. Tie my old shoes, Casanova. The laces are dying brown cosmos in your uncalloused hands."
Melanie Noel is a poet and lives in Seattle. Her poems have appeared in Fine Madness, Filter and on the audio magazine Weird Deer. She has written poems for the installations Partsong and Collocation, and as a live score for What Remains Unseen, an experimental documentary by James Merle Thomas. She is a co-curator for the dance, music and poetry series APOSTROPHE with Gust Burns and Beth Graczyk.
"This is how we talk, how we listen---in duendeandinnuendo. To say it straight would be easy"
Jared Leising, originally from the Midwest, received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Houston. His stories and poems have appeared in various Washington publications such as Pontoon, Crab Creek Review, Stringtown, as well as on Metro Buses and local radio. Jared has worked as a writer-in-residence for Ballard and Nathan Hale High Schools. Currently, he teaches English at Cascadia Community College and is a volunteer for 826 Seattle, a youth writing center in Greenwood.
"While scrupulous and diligent at his celestial task, on his own time the moon was lazy and prone to complain. Long were his stories of the slights he received from envious stars and comets."
Bret Fetzer writes plays and short stories. His collections of original fairy tales, 'Petals & Thorns' and 'Tooth & Tongue', are available at www.pistilbooks.com. He is the Artistic Director of Annex Theatre and curates Spin the Bottle, Annex's monthly late-night variety show. His ISO was published in SLQ issue two.
Labels: Bret Fetzer, Jared Leising, Melanie Noel, reading, Seattle
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