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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.

Megan Coe , Danny Clifford, and Kimi Eisele
Wednesday, January 21, 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:

Megan Coe is a senior in English and Creative Writing at The University of Arizona. She works at the Poetry Center and thinks of it as her poetry palace. Old ladies and the desert are some of her favorite subjects to write about. She grew up in the Mojave Desert, but right now is thoroughly enjoying the Sonoran.

 

Daniel Clifford has completed a manuscript entitled Myth of Scarcity under the pen name D. Phillip Clifford which deals with the intimate dynamics of family, culture, and religion. While attending The University of Arizona he was awarded the Hattie Locket Award for Poetry, The University of Arizona Foundation Award for Poetry and was nominated for an Association of Writers and Writing Programs Intro Award. He has had poems published in Persona Magazine, Underground Voices Magazine, and Calalloo Magazine.

 

Kimi Eisele is a writer, dancer/choreographer, and educator. Her essays and articles have been published in magazines such as Orion, OnEarth, and Fourth Genre.
When she's not writing, she is the Special Projects Director for NEW ARTiculations where she recently directed We Are What We Eat in collaboration with the Community Food Bank and The Invisible City, an experimental arts lab in public spaces of Downtown Tucson in collaboration with Kore Press. She is a co-founder and member of the improv performance group, Movement Salon. She holds a MA in geography from The University of Arizona, where she founded you are here: the journal of creative geography (in 1998 and it’s still alive!). She is currently working on a novel about America in the post-apocalypse before the economy really does collapse.

Next Edge Reading will be held on February 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Past Edge Readings:

December 2008

November 2008

October 2008

September 2008

July 2008

June 2008

May 2008

April 2008

March 2008

February 2008

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