Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Be a Writer in the Window at Appletree Books

Appletree Books in Cleveland Heights still has slots available if you want to be one of their writers in the window for the month of November. To join the fun, apply here

Appletree Books
12419 Cedar Road
Cleveland Heights, OH 44106
(216) 791-2665

Monday, October 21, 2019

Altered Landscapes: Poets Interpreting Surrealist Landscape Photography at Mac's Backs opening 10/25

Cleveland Photo Fest presents Altered Landscapes: Poets Interpreting Surrealist Landscape Photography, opening November 25th from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mac's Backs-Books On Coventry in Cleveland Heights.

Photographers: Kat Cade, Mary Ford, Samantha Bias, Janet Century, Tim Lachina, Anthony Demarco, Todd Hoak and Catherine McManus.

Poets: Krystal Sierra, Jim Szudy, Nicole Hennessy, Jimi Remick, Miguel Moor, John Burroughs, Siaara Freeman, and Doc Janning.

https://www.facebook.com/clevelandphotofest
https://clevelandphotofest.org
https://www.macsbacks.com 

Monday, October 7, 2019

Everything Obliterated/For Good, 10/15 at Poetry+ in Lakewood

Acclaimed poet Matt Hart will bring his 2019 tour to Poetry+ at Art on Madison in Lakewood, Ohio, on October 15th, and he will be joined by Cleveland favorite Nicole Hennessy.

Matt Hart is the author of nine books of poems, including most recently Everything Breaking/For Good (YesYes Books, 2019) and The Obliterations (Pickpocket Books, 2019). Additionally, his poems, reviews, and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous print and online journals, including The Academy of American Poets online, Big Bell, Cincinnati Review, Coldfront, Columbia Poetry Review, Harvard Review, Jam Tarts Magazine, jubilat, Kenyon Review online, Lungfull!, POETRY, and Waxwing, among others. His awards include a Pushcart Prize, a 2013 individual artist grant from The Shifting Foundation, and fellowships from both the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. A co-founder and the editor-in-chief of Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking & Light Industrial Safety, he lives in Cincinnati where he teaches at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and plays in the band NEVERNEW: www.nevernew.net.

Nicole Hennessy is a poet and journalist from Cleveland, Ohio. Gypsy Queen (Crisis Chronicles Press, 2019) is her debut poetry collection, though she has been chasing poetry for more than twenty years. Her previous publications include Black Rabbit, a nonfiction profile of poet and artist Tom Kryss. Nicole also co-founded the underground art and literary bimonthly, Miser Magazine; and she will eventually launch her art and outreach effort, Universal Eccentrics, with some incredible, like-minded weirdoes. Her work has appeared in local and regional publications, and she was recently recognized as a Wild Wmn by the LA-based women’s artistic and wellness collective of the same name. Nicole is also mom to a spirited four-year-old boy. She’s probably cuddled up at home watching cartoons. You can stalk her on Instagram @nicohenness.

An open mic emceed by Ohio Beat Poet Laureate John Burroughs will follow the features.

Poetry+ usually happens on the third Tuesday of each month. For more information, visit our website at https://poetrypluscleveland.weebly.com/.

Upcoming Poetry+ features:

10/15 - Matt Hart (Cincinnati) & Nicole Hennessy (Cleveland)
11/19 - Steve Abbott (Columbus) & Leonard Kress (Toledo)
12/17 - Ray McNiece (Cleveland) & Michelle R. Smith (Cleveland)
1/21 - Chuck Salmons (Columbus) & Renay Sanders (Peninsula)
2/18 - Bill Yarrow (Chicago) & Laura Grace Weldon (Litchfield)
3/17 - Leah Mueller (Tacoma WA) & Rikki Santer (Columbus)

Art on Madison
14203 Madison Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107

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The poet doesn't invent. He listens. ~Jean Cocteau