Reading Report from Open Books, Poems in Pirene’s Fountain, Jack Straw Reading this Friday!
- At April 29, 2013
- By Jeannine Gailey
- In Blog
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I’m happy to report that yesterday’s reading – my first for the new book – with Kelly Davio at Open Books went really well. And Glenn, my wonder-husband, set up a surprise 40th birthday for me afterwards at a nearby restaurant with 20 of my nearest and dearest. It was really wonderful but now I have completely lost my voice! Ha! The crowd for the reading was not only healthy in size but included some old friends I rarely get to see and some new faces, and was really warm and supportive, and Kelly was a great reader – full of energy and combustion. The interesting thing about this first reading from the new book was how the characters in the poems sort of possessed me – I was angry when I read one character’s poems, sad when I read another’s, etc. It occurred to me that some of my persona poems might be taking on their own life, which I am just channeling when I read. I don’t remember that happening with my other books, but maybe it did!
My friends – based on their Facebook posts – may have better pictures from the reading than I do, but here are a few with my reading partner Kelly Davio, poets Kelli Russell Agodon, Kathleen Flenniken, and Raul Sanchez, who were among the warm and wonderful aforementioned crowd members.
Thanks to Pirene’s Fountain, where I have a few new poems up (including two from Unexplained Fevers:)
http://pirenesfountain.com/poetry/gailey.html
It’s a wonderful issue so if you have time read the whole thing.
And, I have another reading on Friday May 3rd at 7 PM with the Jack Straw Writers – which you can read more about here.
It’s a great group to read with and if you haven’t been out to the Jack Straw building downtown, it’s fascinating – a recording/studio space and a reading space and rooms where they teach artists, writers, and other creative types how to record and perform on the radio. Pretty cool!
Carol
Hey Jeannine,
I’d love to read those poems, but the link seems to be broken, just so you know.
Congrats on all your news!
Jeannine Gailey
Dear Carol,
Thanks for the catch! The link should be fixed now!
Take care, Jeannine:
http://www.pirenesfountain.com/poetry/gailey.html