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Edge 62: a Reading Series of Emerging and Younger Writers
w/Cory Aaland, Stephanie Balzer & Farid Matuk

Curator: Melissa Buckheit Melissa Buckheit's Bio

A note from the curator: I have often wanted to listen to authors who are in the same place in their career as myself--emerging, published in journals, with a chapbook and/or a first full-length book, still growing but full of passion, new ideas, and an edge. But there is often infrequent opportunity for this; in fact, I have often felt disappointed in the lack, that such an open community might often be circumscribed in its literary 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.

Wednesday, February 19
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:

Cory Aaland is a recent graduate of the University of Arizona MFA program in creative nonfiction writing. His play Scabs was performed by the Boog City Poets Theater in August 2012 and his essay entitled, Essay about Pacman is forthcoming from Sundog Lit. And he lives and works in town.

Stephanie Balzer earned her MFA from the University of Arizona in 2004. Her chapbooks include Revenant (Kore Press), faster, faster (CUE Editions), and WED JAN 30 12:58:10 2013 — THU DEC 20 14:16:36 2012: An Elegy (Flying Guillotine Press.) Her poems have also appeared in The Destroyer, Coconut Poetry, MidAmerican Review, and CUE, A Journal of Prose Poetry.

 

Farid Matuk is the author of This Isa Nice Neighborhood (Letter Machine, 2010), recipient of a 2011 Arab American Book Award, finalist for the Norma Farber First Book Award, and chosen by Geoffrey G. O’Brien for the Poetry Society of America’s New American Poets series. Matuk is also the author of several chapbooks including, most recently, My Daughter La Chola (Ahsahta, 2013). New poems appear in Third Coast, Iowa Review, Poets.org, Critical Quarterly, The Baffler, and Denver Quarterly, among others. He serves as contributing editor for The Volta and poetry editor for Fence. With the poet Susan Briante and their daughter Matuk has recently moved to Tucson to take on an appointment as Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Arizona.

Next Edge Reading will be held March 26.

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