Calendar of the Spectral… an eastern edition

Time	Wednesday, June 22 at 7:00pm - July 9 at 7:00pm
Location	Great Lakes, Rust Belt, Upstate, Eastern Seaboard
	link to the FB event
	A clinquant invitation to the finest and crude alike:Your presence is humbly requested …Come, bear witness to the raconteurs of now as they find their way through twirling and twisting landscapes, bringing with them things that shine and things that swallow wholly the life around them.Come! Feast with us! Readings & Performances by: Joseph Bienvenu Joseph S. Makkos Edwin R. Perry Connor Stratman W H E N___W H E R E : J U N E : Weds. 22nd – Kalamazoo, MI – Asylum Lake Gallery / 326 w. Kalamazoo Ave. 4th floor / (Inside the Park Trades Center) Thurs. 23rd – Youngstown, OH. – The Lemon Grove / 122 W Federal St w/perpetual dusk at curtsy caverns Fri. 24th – Buffalo, NY – Rust Belt Books / 202 Allen Street Sat. 25th – Ithaca, NY – Gimme Coffee / 506 West State Street w/Meg Prichard Sun. 26th – Lowell, MA – Sock Hop / 738 Central St. Apt. #2 7pm Sun. 26th – Jamaica Plain, MA – White Haus /Seaverns ave. 9pm. Mon. 27th – Providence, RI – Ada Books / 616 Westminster St # 2 / RI 02903 Tues. 28th – Brooklyn, NY – Unameable Books / 600 Vanderbilt Ave (between Dean St & St Marks Ave)/ (Prospect Heights) Brooklyn, NY 11238 Weds. 29th – New York, NY – 6:30 pm -The Four-Faced Liar / 165 W. 4th St (between 6th and 7th Aves) Thurs. 30th – Philadelphia – VWVOFFKA Gallery / 2311 Frankford Ave. / Philadelphia, PA 19125 / 8pm / vwvofska.blogspot.com J U L Y : Fri. 1st – Help?? Pittsburgh/Central, PA/Morgantown, WV – TBA Sat. 2nd – Cleveland – The Literary Cafe / Cleveland, OH (Tremont) Sunday 3rd -Cleveland – The Rock & Roll Hame of Fame & Myoozium, Agharta Branch w/perpetual dusk at curtsy caverns Monday 4th – Cleveland – All Things Permitted / Independence Day Bike Jaunt Tuesday the 5th – day off. Weds. the 6th – Chicago – The Milk Factory Gallery / 907 N. Winchester Ave. rear. w/Monadnoc Thursday the 7th – Chicago / Ball Hall w/perpetual dusk at curtsy caverns Friday the 8th – Detroit – w/Leyya Tawil Saturday the 9th – Detroit – w/Leyya Tawil W H O: Joseph Bienvenu is the author of a book-length collection of poetry Atom Parlor (BlazeVOX, 2010) and also the chapbook Pool Hall Quartet (Verna Press, 2008). Joseph is a native of New Orleans where he lives and teaches Latin and English at a local high school. He received his B.A. in Classics from Loyola University of Chicago and his M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is currently working on a translation of Catullus’ complete poetry, a selection of which was published as a chapbook from Verna Press (2010). joseph s. makkos as a poet primarily focuses on visual & performance work. He is author of When She Goes Down (Hobby Horse, 2010) and a book length collection of visual work, Paper Trumpet (Lavender Ink, forthcoming). J.S. is an art book designer and publisher (Language Foundry), who’s projects heavily focus on outré media. He is a college level educator who is a native of Cleveland, Ohio and currently lives in New Orleans where he operates a bookmaking & letter press studio. He received his B.A. in Literature from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his M.F.A. from the University of New Orleans. edwin r. perry is currently a resident of michigan. he is the proprietor of plumberries press, a mobile endeavor which invests in short run edition chapbooks and journals. he is editor of humble humdrum cotton frock, a project to cultivate an aesthetic of “organic esoterics”, and drupe fruits, a journal spurred to life in celebration of the prose poem. he has hosted readings in chicago, milwaukee, and in various places throughout michigan, and traveled extensively as a performer under various hats. his work has appeared in OX mag, Burdock, Shepard’s Check, Sawbuck and others. peek productions at plumberriespress.wordpress.com Connor Stratman is the author of the full-length book of poems An Early Scratch (Erbacce Press, 2011) and the chapbook Invisible Entrances (Erbacce, 2010). Connor received his B.A. in English from Loyola University of Chicago and is currently working on his M.A. thesis on Samuel Beckett. He also edits the online journal The Balloon when he’s not substitute teaching at a middle school in Rogers Park.

Next up in the chapbook series.

this is a little premature… but we are posting to say that within the week we should know about the next few chapbooks, as well as who will be included in humdrum #4… if you’ve sent things and are waiting on a response… we apologize, it’s coming.

Goldstein’s book.

is now ready to be mailed. we spent some long nights making it happen… couldn’t make it to chicago to deliver them, so we sent them through the post… they have made it into Laura’s hands and she and Brett will be hosting a gathering at her place tomorrow night to celebrate it officially.

you should go and tell us how it went.

Laura and Brett’s Place
1124 N Milwaukee Ave. #2
Chicago, IL

fri. may 27th, 8pm.

thumbprint, facts of light, humdrum #4.

it’s been a moment… i’m terrible at posting here… likely i would keep folks checking it if stuff happened more often. oh well… is what it is. so, we hosted a reading in port huron, mi for the Binge instant press tour with Gina Myers, Robin Brox, and Ashley Niedzwiecki at The Shop… turn out was a little disappointing aside from a special guest from across the state in the form of Michael Sikkema… a pleasure and a half to meet the fellow… anyhow, for the time being we intend to keep attempting a reading series here donned “thumbprint” in reference to the geography of our current existence. we’ll see.

in addition we are working on finishing up Laura Goldstein’s book entitled “facts of light”, it’ll be nice… we would finish it tonight if not for going to the woodward line series in detroit to see Cathy Wagner and Dana Ward… it’s a long drive with much to talk about. anyhow… Goldstein’s book will be celebrated at Ball Hall in chicago on the 24th of may… i’ll try to post up here all the details on the soon… if anyone is listening.

finally… submissions for humdrum #4 are closed… and we’ve been sifting them slowly, should have something by the beginning of june or so… no plans for a celebratory gathering upon completion…. which is a bummer… so we’re taking our sweet time.

hope you’re well… who ever you are.

love,
edwin.

halfsteps + cloudfang, drupe #2, spencer, armstrong.

all of these are finally up for sale… buy em… make mummy proud.

the rite of spring event… celebrate olszewska’s “halfsteps + cloudfang”

The, once again, anticipated introduction of Spring. A movement out of death, into life and a movement in general. A full moon, a new season, another evening of new work ending with the sacrifice for the vernal equinox.

Featuring:

laura goldstein – “facts of light”

laboratory dancers – “dove tales” choreographed by haley bergschneider

jennifer karmin – “America, A Love Poem”

daniela olszewska
celebrating the birth of “halfsteps + cloudfang” from plumberries press.

edwin r. perry – “annuals”

kg price – “The Sacrifice”

sat. march 19th @ ball hall

1621 n. kedzie ave. #3 chicago

8pm.

the dollhouse presents people reading poetry.

the first of a continuing reading series hosted by the fabulous dolly lemke. a gathering in chicago in celebration in part of daniela olszewska’s “halfsteps + cloudfang”

link to the FB event

Time	Friday, March 18 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location	1850 W. Belle Plaine Ave., #3, Chicago, IL 60613
More Info	This is the first ever reading for the new series The Dollhouse.  Come and enjoy people reading poetry, drinking beer, and eating delicacies TBD. BYOB. This is a residence so be nice. Bring people and bring 2-3 books to swap. Featured Presenters: Daniela Olszewska Edwin R. Perry Kathleen Rooney Whitney Holmes

moving along.

goodbye milwaukee…

on the way out we celebrated drupe fruits #2 and cynthia spencer’s “in what sequence will my parts exit” soon as in real soon… we’ll be putting both of those books up on here… as well as hosting the first issue of “humble humdrum cotton frock” as a pdf book on the free. … did i already promise that?

 

thanks so much to jennifer karmin, mc hyland, jeremy berheandt, dolly lemke, and sarah fox for coming out to the laundry chute to celebrate… bunch a beauties i tell you.

 

chicago mid-month… “halfsteps + cloudfang” by daniela olszewska… readings at dolly lemke’s place on the 18th and ball hall on the 19th… details soon soon.

celebrate drupe goodbye in what sequence.

Friday, February 25 · 8:00pm - 11:30pm
Location	the laundry chute  728 e. locust st. milwaukee, wi
	come celebrate!  the making! the doing! the leaving! the story? drupe fruits issue two will be finished up and ready to take home, and we are inviting folks who’ve found their way into the pages of it to come and read things your our listening pleasure. such monsters of modern rock as: mc hyland, jen karmin, jeremy behreandt, sarah fox, and so many inspirit!!! but wait… a double heap!! we will also be celebrating “in what sequence will my parts exit” by cynthia spencer. and cynthia will be bathing us with a huge, very natural sponge. also… ’tis my goodbye milwaukee… kiss my cheek. see you there!! lovems, edwin.

Very slowly.

things are coming together here… eventually it will be replete with options to pdf books… example work from each journal… and the opportunity to the chapbooks. working slowly. very slowly. thanks for visiting… whoever you are. i love you deep.