Friday night I made it over to Stain Bar for an event sponsored by MiPOesias Magazine. MiPOesias is edited by Amy King, a local poet and educator. I think I first encountered Amy on StumbleUpon, and I am happy I did. She’s a terrific poet and a champion of art. Her latest book I’m The Man Who Loves You impresses the heck out of me.
I’m glad I went. I was very impressed by the strength of the pieces read, and the poets were all charming and entertaining. I’m hardly an expert when it comes to poetry, but I know when I hear something good, and this was good.
MiPOesias is a very cool online mag. I recommend it highly.
Amy King has seriously good taste. (She also has very cool hair, so if you go attend the events she is involved with, you can see for yourself.)
BIOS of the poets who read Friday night:
CYNTHIA SAILERS is currently writing a dissertation on Narcissism and
Perversion in Pathological Group Organization. She is a board member
of Small Press Traffic, and previously co-curated New Yipes Reading
Series (formerly New Brutalism).
DANA WARD is the author of New Couriers (Dusie 2006), I Didn’t Build
This Machine (Boog Literature, 2004) & The Imaginary Lives of My
Neighbors (Duration, 2003). Recent poems have appeared in Mirage
#4/Periodical, string of small machines, Small Town, & other places.
He lives in Cincinnati & edits Cy Press.
PETER DAVIS’ book of poems is Hitler’s Mustache. He edited Poet’s
Bookshelf: Contemporary Poets on Books That Shaped Their Art. His
poems have appeared in journals like MiPOesias, Octopus, Court Green,
Rattle, and McSweeney’s. His music project, Shot Hand, is available
through Collectible Escalators. He lives in Muncie, Indiana with his
wife, son, and daughter and teaches at Ball State University.
AMY KING is the author of I’m The Man Who Loves You (BlazeVOX Books, 2007), Antidotes for an Alibi (BlazeVOX Books, 2005), and The People Instruments (Pavement Saw Press, 2003). She teaches Creative Writing and English at SUNY Nassau Community College, is the editor-in-chief for the literary arts journal MiPOesias, and is also a member of the Poetics List Editorial Board.
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