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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.

Renee Angle, Leslie Clark, and Shelly Taylor
Wednesday, June 17, 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:

Renee Angle is the Program Coordinator at the University of Arizona Poetry Center. She holds an MFA from George Mason University, where she was editor of the journal So to Speak. Her poems can be found in Practice and Diagram.

Leslie Clark has been teaching writing for over thirty years, and has been writing and publishing short fiction and poetry for more than twenty years. Currently, she is full-time English faculty at Cochise College in Douglas, Arizona. She established Voices on the Wind online poetry journal, www.voicesonthewind.net which she edits and publishes quarterly, six years ago. Her chapbook, Cardiac Alert, was published in March 2009 by Finishing Line Press. Leslie lives in Sierra Vista, Arizona, with her husband, Gary, and assorted pets.

Shelly Taylor is from southern Georgia. A chapbook, Peaches the Yes-Girl, was released from Brooklyn-based Portable Press at YoYo Labs in Fall 2008. Another chapbook titled Land Wide to Get a Hold Lost In will be released in August 2009 from Dancing Girl Press and Tarpaulin Sky will release a first whole-length book, Black-Eyed Heifer, in September 2010.

 

 

 

Next Edge Reading will be held in July.

Past Edge Readings:

May 2009

April 2009

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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