a
series of video recordings of contemporary poets reading from their work,
prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent cancellations, shut-downs and
isolations; a reading series you can enjoy in the safety of your own protected
space,
natalie
hanna :
“deep light (i),” “the year that nothing turned”
natalie
hanna
is an Ottawa lawyer working with low income populations. her writing focusses
on feminist, political, and personal themes. She is the past Administrative
Director of the Sawdust Reading Series and served on the board of Arc Poetry
Magazine. She is the author of ten chapbooks, three with above/ground
press, and an eleventh is forthcoming with Baseline Press in the Fall of 2020.
Her poetry and interviews have been published in Canada and the U.S. Her poem
“light conversation” received Honourable Mention in ARC Magazine’s 2019 Diana
Brebner Prize. hanna runs battleaxe press, a small poetry press in Ottawa. Find
her online at: https://nhannawriting.wordpress.com/
Chris
Banks :
“Resemblances”
Chris Banks
is a Canadian poet and author of five collections of poems, most recently Midlife
Action Figure by ECW Press 2019. His first full-length collection, Bonfires,
was awarded the Jack Chalmers Award for poetry by the Canadian Authors'
Association in 2004. He is an associate editor for The New Quarterly and
poetry editor of The Miramichi Reader.
Kayla
Czaga :
“Finnish Schooling” and “Goodbye Kyla”
Kayla
Czaga
is the author of two collections of poetry—For Your Safety Please Hold On
(Nightwood Editions, 2014) and Dunk Tank (House of Anansi, 2019). You
can find out more about her at kaylaczaga.com or @kaylaczaga on twitter.
David
Koehn :
“Delta 1: What We Called Pickleweed Was Everywhere,” “Delta 11: We’ve Heard
Rumors the Water Hyacinth Was So Thick,” “Scatterplot: In a Family Room Of a
House Where a Three-Year-Old Is Raising His Parents”
David
Koehn’s Scatterplot was published by Omnidawn in Spring 2020. His chapbook Coil
(University of Alaska, 1998), won the Midnight Sun Chapbook Contest. His first
full-length manuscript, Twine (Bauhan Publishing, 2013), won the May
Sarton Poetry Prize. David co-edited Compendium (Omnidawn Publishing,
2017), a text offering Donald Justice’s original syllabus on prosody. David
holds an MFA from the University of Florida, a Bachelors in Creative Writing
from Carnegie Mellon, an M.Ed (TFA) from the University of Alaska. David’s
writing appears in a range of magazines including Prairie Schooner, Gargoyle,
Hotel Amerika, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Alaska
Quarterly Review, Volt, Carolina Quarterly, Diagram, McSweeney’s,
The Greensboro Review, North American Review, and many others.
Melissa
Eleftherion :
“in the skinned phylum,” “kletic”and “her story is my story is your story”
Melissa
Eleftherion
is a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. She is the author of field
guide to autobiography (The Operating System, 2018), & nine chapbooks,
including little ditch (above/ground press, 2018) & trauma suture
(above/ground press, 2020). Born & raised in Brooklyn, Melissa created,
developed, and currently co-curates The Poetry Center Chapbook Exchange with
Elise Ficarra. She now lives in Northern California where she manages the Ukiah
Library, teaches creative writing, & curates the LOBA Reading Series.
Recent work is available at www.apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com.
