Join us Wednesday, October 31 from 7-9 PM at Brooklyn’s Pacific Standard as we celebrate the season of the witch with our 3rd Annual Halloween reading!
starring
& the late ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
facebook event page here
Join us Wednesday, October 31 from 7-9 PM at Brooklyn’s Pacific Standard as we celebrate the season of the witch with our 3rd Annual Halloween reading!
starring
& the late ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
facebook event page here
A sky-full of thank-yous to everyone who helped make our 25th reading such a heavenly evening: Karisma, Carly, Monica, and Khaholi for performing your flappy lits; Alibi for your scintillating singing and photography; Pacific Standard for the always-gracious hospitality; and all you lovers & dreamers who came to hear our voices.
Let’s do this again on All Hallows’ Eve…
[photos by Alibi Jones]
Karisma Price performs poetry about family, Greek mythology, and James Booker
Carly Joy Miller recites poems of desire from her new book Ceremonial
Joseph P. O’Brien reads a new children’s story, “The Dog Who Played Dead During the National Anthem”
Monica Lewis shares a new “Game of Thrones”-inspired poem
Khaholi Bailey reads “New Names,” a story about identity, religion, and Madonna
Alibi Jones leaves the nightlight on inside the birdhouse in your soul
Join us as Wednesday night, 9/26, at Brooklyn’s Pacific Standard as we filibuster vigilantly and celebrate the flight of our Fall 2018 issue with our 25th reading!
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KHAHOLI BAILEY
&
the late MATT CHRISTOPHER
Admission is FREE, and you can buy copies of our new issue for the special reading price of $5. We’ll also be fundraising for RAICES to help provide legal assistance to underserved immigrant families.
An infinite cycle of thank-yous to everyone who helped make last night’s reading such a magical, memorable evening: George, Denise, Kwame, and Rax for performing your flappy lits; Alibi for your scintillating singing and photography; Pacific Standard for the always-gracious hospitality; and all you fantastic folks who came to witness it all.
Let’s do this again on September 26…
[all photos by Alibi Jones except the last one by JO’B]
George Kovalenko reads passionate poems about donkey sanctuaries & black metal
Denise Jarrott reads some invocational poetry from her book NYMPH
Join us Wednesday night, August 15 from 7-9 PM at Pacific Standard in Brooklyn as we dance with the faeries for a Mid-Summer Night’s reading!
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Admission is FREE, and you can purchase print copies of our latest issue, FLAPPERHOUSE #18, for the special reading price of $5. Facebook event page here.
A tremendous tidal wave of thank-yous to everyone who helped make last night’s reading such a blast: Leland, Kailey, John, Olivia, and Ariel for performing your flappy lits; Alibi for your scintillating singing and photography; Pacific Standard for the always-gracious hospitality; and all you gorgeous humans who came to join the party.
We hope to see y’all again later this summer…
[photos by Alibi Jones]
Leland Cheuk reads his sharp & satirical tale about “Social Media Selves”
Kailey Tedesco reads some of her ring-themed poems from She Used to Be on a Milk Carton
John J. Trause praises the variety of colors of women’s turtlenecks offered by L.L. Bean
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Join us Wednesday night, June 27 from 7-9 PM at Pacific Standard in Brooklyn as we celebrate the flight of our Summer 2018 issue, FLAPPERHOUSE #18, with our 23rd reading!
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Admission is FREE, and you can purchase print copies of FLAPPERHOUSE #18 for the special reading price of $5. Facebook event page here.
A googolplex of gargantuan gratitudes to everyone who made our 22nd Reading one of the all-time greats: Keegan, Melissa, Mary Boo, Jess, Ron, and Shy for performing your flappy lits; Alibi for your show-stopping singing and fab photography; Pacific Standard for the ever-gracious hospitality; and of course, all you gorgeous & enthusiastic individuals who came to be part of the audience.
Let’s do this again on June 27…
photos by Alibi Jones
Keegan Lester recounts an unforgettable road trip soundtracked by Fleetwood Mac
Melissa Mesku talks about The Game and how to lose it
Mary Boo Anderson shares some love poems from the NSA
Jess Rizkallah shares poems both silly & sad
Ron Kolm tells stories about his days as an encyclopedia salesman
Shy Watson recites poems from her latest book “Cheap Yellow”
Alibi Jones prepares to teach the audience how to do the Dada Polka
Join us as we dance the dance of the seven veils, and bring us the head of John the Baptist– it’s our 22nd reading! Wednesday, May 23, 7-9 PM at Brooklyn’s Pacific Standard.
Starring:
MARY BOO ANDERSON
ALIBI JONES
RON KOLM
KEEGAN LESTER
MELISSA MESKU
JESS RIZKALLAH
SHY WATSON
Admission is free; facebook event page is here.
A billion bouquets of flowery gratitude to everyone who helped make last night’s reading such a glorious gathering: Katie, Laura, Abigail, Gregory, and Gabriela for performing your flappy lits; Alibi Jones for your scintillating singing & photography; Pacific Standard for the ever-gracious hospitality; and all you gorgeous people who came to witness it all…
we’ll see you again sometime in May, perhaps?…
[photos by Alibi Jones]
Katie Longofono shares some of her infectious “Virus” poems
Laura Podolnick Dukhon reads her hilariously hellish story “The Underworld is a Multiverse and All Your Lovers Are Invited”
Abigail Welhouse performs some of her Greatest Hits from Bad Baby