Some photos from the Brent Cunningham, Kathleen Miller and Summer I’m embarrassed I don’t remember her last name reading on Saturday night, hosted by Melissa Benham. Including the group photo, my new annoying obsession, attempted three times thus far, twice successfully. Also the lovely sangria and a rail from the smoking deck outside. The next Artifact reading on March 19 features Ryan Newton and once again ‘I don’t remember,’ in this case the name of the other reader. Exciting to see the proliferation (this might be less a proliferation than a widening along my own sight lines) of house readings. Artifact particularly exciting because of Melissa’s connections w. Naropa and so also w/ New College in SF, and in hosting a reading, this colliding/collapsing of poetic scenes (that is people) gets physically expressed in a multitude of ways not least of all the sounding of texts aloud. (David Hadbawnik’s readings do this, too, I think.) Plus the reading room is enormous and the walls are a terrific shade of light green. Viva la mixer!





February 22, 2005 * 9:59 am
