NEWFANGLED returns to the Bureau! Robert Siek introduces poets Joey De Jesus, Ryan Doyle May, & Roberto Montes for a night of poetry readings.

JOEY DE JESUS is originally from the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx. He received his BA from Oberlin College and his MFA in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College. His work has appeared in The Cortland Review, Devil’s Lake, Dislocate, Guernica, Kin Poetry Journal, LUMINA, Rhino, Versal, and elsewhere. He recently moved to Harlem.

RYAN DOYLE MAY’s work has appeared in various journals and performances. He is the author of the chapbook The Anatomy of Gray (Corresponding Society Press) and acted as the lead in the short film August, which was selected for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School and is currently finishing a novel. He lives in Brooklyn.

ROBERTO MONTES is the author of I DON’T KNOW DO YOU and “HOW TO BE SINCERE IN YOUR POETRY” WORKSHOP, which is now available in full at napuniversityonline.com. He lives in Queens.

ROBERT SIEK is a poet who lives in Brooklyn. He is the author of the chapbook Clubbed Kid, published in 2002 by the New School, and the full-length collection of poetry Purpose and Devil Piss, published by Sibling Rivalry Press in 2013.