PhillySound: new poetry

This Saturday at 4pm I'll be reading as part of the The Nor’easter Exchange, a floating literary reading series that brings together writers of various styles and backgrounds to perform at venues in Philly and New York. This one's here, at Robin's Bookstore, 110A S. 13th St, and will also feature Cihan Kaan, Aziza Kinteh, Eliel Lucero, and Yolanda Wisher. Hosted by Nina Sharma and Quincy Scott Jones.

-R Eckes

First, at 4pm at Fergie's Pub, 1214 Sansom St: Further Landscapes: a reading and discussion on writing about ecology in urban environments.

Then, at 8pm at Chapterhouse Cafe, 9th & Bainbridge: a poetry reading by Hoa Nguyen, Jonathan Skinner, and Chris McCreary. Details here.

-RE

for Brenda Iijima
(Soma)tic #50

for Brenda Iijima
Her poem "PANTHERING"
is the 2010 CAConrad Sexiest Poem Award

This annual award goes to a finely crafted poem demonstrating a fearlessness which confronts injustice. Click HERE for all details about Iijima's poem.

The poem is in her amazing new book IF NOT METAMORPHIC! Very, very highly recommended!
CAConrad

AFSC Arch Street Meeting House
4th & Arch Street
November 5 @ 8pm

Frank Sherlock, Carlos Soto Roman, Mytili Jagannathan & CAConrad will join members of Warrior Writers for a reading at the Windows and Mirrors exhibition. The traveling exhibit provides an opportunity to see ourselves in depictions of the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of artists and children.

Come at 7pm for an artists' dialogue with Joe Brenman, Deborah Gross-Zuchman, Cathleen Hughes, Karen Light, Ann Northrup and Philip Zuchman.

For more on the Windows and Mirrors project, click here.

- Frank Sherlock