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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.

Wendy Burk, Courtney Czar, and Aimee Norton
Thursday, July 17, 2008
7:30 p.m.
Suggested Donation: $5

Come to the six reading of Edge: A Reading Series of Emerging and Younger Writers. Edge is a new 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:

Wendy Burk is a poet whose interest is wilderness, both exterior and interior. She is the author of a chapbook, The Deer, and the translator of Tedi López Mills’s While Light Is Built, from Kore Press. Her poems and translations have also appeared in journals including TWO LINES, Tin House, Colorado Review, and PMS. Wendy is the Library Specialist for The University of Arizona Poetry Center. She recently returned from Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida, where she and poet Eric Magrane served as Artists in Residence, finishing a manuscript of collaborative poems from three National Park Service residencies.

 

Courtney Czar has recently taken a break from writing poetry and fiction to dabble in songwriting. This year she has been seen at the Red Room, playing to a handful of two to three random folks, eating burgers and reading the paper. In 2006, she received the Grand Prize, for a poem titled, "Hot Blood" in the Frederica and John Herst Poetry Contest through University of Arizona/Pima Community College. She last read her work in a multi-media literary event, Woven Tongue, which she directed and produced at Solar Culture Gallery in 2007. She lives in Tucson.

 

 

Aimee A. Norton is a professional astronomer researching solar magnetism. Her passions include poetry and science fiction. She has published research in The Astrophysical Journal, Solar Physics, and Astronomy & Astrophysics. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals in both Australia and the U.S. including Byline, Paper Wasp, and The Blue Marmot Review. She was a finalist in the Many Mountains Moving poetry contest in 2005. She collaborated with John Latham on a dual-voice poem in 2006..

 

 

Next Edge Reading will be held in September.

Past Edge Readings:

June 2008

May 2008

April 2008

March 2008

February 2008


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