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Edge: a Reading Series of Emerging and Younger Writers

Curator: Melissa Buckheit

A note from the curator: I have often wanted to listen to authors who are in the same place in their careers as myself, emerging, published in journals or with a chapbook, but without a major book, still growing but full of passion, new ideas, and an edge. But there has been little opportunity for this; in fact I have often felt disappointed in the lack, that such an otherwise open community might often be so circumscribed in its programming. Additionally, featuring emerging writers engages other young as well as established writers, to support, frequent and attend Casa Libre and other writing events. This cycle creates the foundation for a writing community which self-generates, remains true, open, and allows many voices the opportunity for visibility and being heard. I want Tucson to be an artistic community which includes and features many voices and peoples. Literature is the province of communication, but also reflectivity, the reflection and representation of all our narratives and of new narratives and ideas, voices which are challenging and also challenge us.

Maggie Golston, Jenny Gubernick, and Kristen Nelson
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
7:30 p.m.
Suggested Donation: $5

Come to Edge: A Reading Series of Emerging and Younger Writers. Edge is a series of local and national writers and cross-genre artists, emphasizing diversity of narrative, identity and literary source. Its purpose is to create community, visibility and voice for emerging and younger writers. Broadsheets of the authors' work will accompany each reading. Books and journals will be available for purchase and signing by the authors. Refreshments will be available after the reading.

Readers:

photo by JL Manser

Maggie Golston Maggie Golston is a poet and musician who lives in Tucson. She received her MFA from The University of Arizona and studied at the University of Utah with poet Donald Revell. Her unpublished manuscript About a Red Mouth was a finalist for the National Poetry Series. Her
poetry has appeared in several journals, including Spork and Ploughshares. Her mini-album Spaceman was released in 2006.

Maggie is currently working on both a sophomore book and a sophomore album. She plays with her little dog Jojo and teaches poetry to whoever will let her. Like so many these days, she is a workforce supernumerary.

Jenny Gubernick is a senior at The University of Arizona majoring in English and Creative Writing. She was unschooled all her life until she started taking classes at Pima Community College. She attended Pima part-time for seven years, during which time she also worked at bookstores, record stores, and even a dreaded sandwich shop. She finally ended up at the UA, where she's having a great time in the English Honors Program, writing a senior thesis on oral history satire, working at the Southwest Center and Project Vote Smart, and interning with you are here magazine. She has published a short story in Persona Magazine (the UA undergrad literary journal), and writes fiction and nonfiction as well as poetry. She enjoys reading, snark, xkcd, and abandoned buildings.

Kristen Nelson writes short prose and poetry. She is a founder and the executive director of Casa Libre, and an editor of the quarterly curatorial project Trickhouse.org. You can read some of her published writing in Cranky, Quarter After Eight, Tarpaulin Sky, and In Posse Review.

She is currently writing a chapbook entitled The Hole Family and is the photographer for a portrait project of sex workers and sex worker advocates in Tucson. She will begin her MFA studies in creative writing at Goddard College in June.

 

 

ext Edge Reading will be held in May.

Past Edge Readings:

March 2009

February 2009

January 2009

December 2008

November 2008

October 2008

September 2008

July 2008

June 2008

May 2008

April 2008

March 2008

February 2008

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