Join us for the Office Hours Poetry Broadside Fundraiser Event! We’ve paired up eight LGBTQ+ poets with visual artists to craft unique broadsides showcasing their remarkable poems. All broadside sales go toward funding the Office Hours Poetry Workshop fellows. The event will include both a poetry reading and a Q & A with the visual artists moderated by Founding Director, Sarah M. Sala.
The broadsides will be available for purchase on the Office Hours virtual gallery, launching on the day of the event.
Suggested donation for this event is $5 to $10. All are welcome to join, with or without donation. All donations and broadside sales go towards funding Office Hours Poetry Workshop fellows.
Registration required.
Office Hours Poetry Workshop provides post-MFA poets continued support for manuscript-development and everyday writing. The workshop culminates in a public reading each fall and spring to showcase sizzling new work. We welcome all poets, especially people of color, LGBTQ+, and those who are femme-identified. Our name derives from our side hustle. Many of us are freelance, adjunct instructors, and creatives who continue to thrive in the margins of academia.
Featured Poets: CAConrad, Marty Correia, Alexis Garcia, Benjamin Garcia, Omotara James, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, Christina Quintana (CQ), and Crystal Valentine.
Featured Visual Artists: Reba Billips, Esteban Delgado, Sy Klipsch-Abudu, Brandon Menke, Meesh Nah, Umang Antariksh Sagar, and Sherie Weldon
Check out books by or including the featured poets on the Bureau’s online store!
“[Omotara James’s] limited-edition chapbook was selected by Kwame Dawes, Chris Abani, and the African Poetry Book Fund, in collaboration with Akashic Books, for the 2018 New-Generation African Poets Box Set, and I am tickled pink for its release this month. James’s voice is so unique and genuine; she’s definitely a poet to have on your poetdar, and I’m sure this whole collection will be stellar.”
–The Coil, Omotara James’s “Daughter Tongue” included in Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2018 and Most Anticipated April 2018 Books
And Marty Correia’s Pigeon Mothers (paperback, $15) is available from Triple Decker Press!
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