This talk was originally delivered, in slightly shortened form, as part of the panel titled “Environmental Dreamscapes and the Heedless Sublime” at the 2013 Conference on Eco-poetics at U.C. Berkeley. Other participants were Jed Rasula, Brian Teare, and Nathan Brown.
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Evelyn Reilly: “Environmental Dreamscapes and Ecopoetic Grief”
Poetry: Bruce Bagnell
Balanced
I am not symmetrical
my right arm
reaches past the left –
I think more than I take
my left ball
is heavier than my age
scars are not balanced
on skin
or me.
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Poets, Presses & Periodicals: Octopus Books
Poets, Presses & Periodicals is a regular feature of OmniVerse, created and curated by Sara Mumolo: a conversation with the publisher of a small press or periodical, a poet they have chosen to highlight, and one of our OmniVerse staff writers.
In this installment a poem and audio recording of the featured poet, Patrick Culliton, follows the conversation.
Sara Mumolo is the Program Manager for the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Saint Mary’s College of CA. She curated the Studio One Reading Series from 2008-2012 and co-edits Calaveras with Alisa Heinzman. Her first collection of poems, Mortar, is forthcoming from Omnidawn in fall 2013.
Alisa Heinzman works for a translation company and lives in Nebraska with Jake Gillespie. She co-edits Octopus Books with Mathias Svalina and Zachary Schomburg and Hajara Quinn, and co-edits the chapbook series Calaveras with Sara Mumolo.
Patrick Culliton is a small blue sock from Ohio. He is the author of the chapbooks Hornet Homily (Octopus Books) and Horse Ballast (Pavement Saw Press).
Bay Area Lit Scene: Featherboard Writing Series
Review by Pepper Luboff, Omnidawn feature writer
Who: Evan Karp, erica lewis, and Gloria Frym
What: Featherboard Writing Series, a text-based art event
When: Reading at 5 p.m. on May 4, 2013 (recurs monthly); A Trapped in Your Mind Feeling art show exhibited from April 5 to May 4 (new exhibitions monthly)
Where: Aggregate Space, 801 West Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA
Websites: www.featherboard.wordpress.com and www.aggregatespace.com
Contact: Steffi Drewes at skdrewes@aggregatespace.com
Pieces from each reader follow the review.