Visiting Writers Series
Spring 2013
01.31 Emily Barton & Melanie Rae Thon *
03.14 Lysley Tenorio ^
03.28 Clark Coolidge *
04.25 Matthew Zapruder & Brenda Shaughnessy +
* at Memorial Hall
^ at The University Club
+ at The University Museum of Contemporary Art
Upcoming events at Flying Object
Finding Manchester
by Ashley Ellen Goetz
Untitled Ashley Ellen Goetz
* Note from the Editor
It was the last class of the semester and we had brought wine and food and sat in a circle and read poetry and drank our wine and ate our food. At the end of class, I offered Ashley a bottle of wine that I had brought and had remained unopened. She accepted. She offered me brie.
Heaven
by Reynaldo Sietecase // translated by Daniel Coudriet & Mariela Méndez
Nebula Camper Sarah Hotchkiss
The sky is really
a mirror of the sea
with killer waves
swordfish
shrimp
black mermaids
old writers
armed with tridents
Burt
by Jason Larson
Sprouting Brian W. Ferry
“You ready for eggs, hero?” Burt’s morning glory said.
“Good morning morning glory,” Burt said. Burt stretched. Burt smiled.
I say take the reader take me home
by Sarah Boyer
Nina Ahn
I have the courage to stay missing I do
IOU
by Leora Fridman
Out My Window Brian W. Ferry
Finding me acceptable was easy and
done with great dignity
A Few Things to Consider
by Michael Bazzett
To Move a Body (Piggyback) Noah Krell
The blueness of snow shadows.
The flaring hoods of our simian nostrils.
The whorled inwardness of our ears.
The metaphysics of the screen porch.
The pleasant weight of a body in a hammock.
The puckered face of good whiskey.
Anthem
by Andrew Michael Roberts
Moon With Face Mirror Caleb Charland
1.
world, let’s take
each other
for granted,
I Am Walking To You Now
by Michael Teig
Peach Parts (detail) David Gilbert
Each morning for years
I sit at the desk like a treaty.
How bruising.
Studies
by Emily Hunt
One Year of Mass
by Emily Hunt
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The Gun at Kamurgersky
by Emily Culliton
Fangoria Nuria Rius
When I was twenty I spent this time in Moscow. Before I went, I studied Russian for a month and a half, learned five of the six cases, and thought I was doing pretty well. Then my teacher told me that the first year of Russian was devoted to the cases, the next four years to all the exceptions.
Two Poems
by Kyle Flak
A Reunion of Lost People Ida Rödén
What Hank Said On the Bus
she smells like a pine forest
she is a tiny secret room hidden inside the pacific ocean
The Drummer
by Sara Jaffe
Ellen Rumel
I.
He went from being a sit-down singer to a stand-up singer, but the chair was still there if he wanted it.
Echo and His Brother
by Brian Mihok
photo: Brian W. Ferry
The academy sent a car for Jesse and Milton when they were twelve. There was no discussion. Boys can’t live alone, the man said and straightened his uniform.
Falling Rock
by Heather Varnadore
Erika (detail) Ellen Rumel
[Excerpt from a novel in progress]
Widget cantered into my house that evening in a swingy, electric blue a-line coat, matching blue tights and white Chelsea boots. There was probably a skirt there if I’d scrutinized.
