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Poetry & The Letterpress
Opening May 9th, 7-9 pm
Please join us on Friday, May 9th from 7-9 pm for an opening reception celebrating the release
of thINK, a locally produced chapbook featuring the poetry of John Yohe, Aaron Curtner, Tim Lane, Joshua Poteat, Arielle, Allison Titus, Cynthia Lotze, Liz Canfield, Angela Lehman-Rios, Danielle Shutt, Patty Paine, Heather Abner, Rich Murphy, Eric Adams, Angela Vasquez-Girou, and Susan Settlemyre Williams.
thINK was conceived and designed at Brown House Press by VCU Graphic Design students Jamie Mahoney and Ben Gaydos, Sean Kuhnke, Eric Wolinsky, Jordan Weaver, Eric Gilkey, Lauren O'Neill, Petra Mihai, Vickie Misch, Carissa Schmidt, Kathleen Anderson, Ashley Turbide, Alex Egner, Adam Snyder, Sage Brown, Vineet Gordhandas, Milton Contreras, and Cassandra Ellison.
It is an attempt to reintroduce the letterpress as a vital form of artistic communication. Prints
from this projects will be on display through June 8th. Copies of thINK will be available
through Chop Suey Books and Chop Suey Tuey.
The opening reception will also feature readings by Angela Lehman-Rios, Cynthia Lotze, Allison Titus,
Susan Williams, Joshua Poteat, and Liz Canfield.
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Upcoming Events
May 17th, 4 pm: Kristian Williams, author of Our Enemies in Blue and American Methods:
Torture and the Logic of Domination, will read from recent writings.
May 18th, 2-4: Poetry reading with Jennifer Chang, Adam Chiles, Keith Montesano, Morgan Lucas Schuldt.
June 8th, 1 pm: Poetry reading with Amy Tudor and John Pineda.
June 13th, 6-9: Opening reception for an art exhibition by Kate Duffy.
July 11th, 6-9: Opening reception for an art exhibition by Adam Juresko.
July 13th, 4 pm: Ellie Morris will read from and sign copies of her new book, Cooling The South.
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Books On Wheels
Along with Shelley Briggs, Ward from Chop Suey Books started the non-profit
Books On Wheels, an organization dedicated to giving out free books and free
bike repair. We operate out of a small, blue bus known city wide as the Mo'Book
Mo'Bike Mobile, or Moby for short. We are always looking for donations of childrens
books, bikes, and gas money, all of which can be dropped of at our 1317 W. Cary
location during regular business hours. If you are interested in "booking" Books
On Wheels, feel free to contact us at mobookmobikemobile@yahoo.com.
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