MONDAY OCTOBER 25 / 8PM
BEN FAMA & NATALIE LYALIN 

Ben Fama is the author of the chapbook Aquarius Rising (Ugly Duckling Presse) and co-author of the chapbookGirl Boy Girl Boy (The Corresponding Society). He is the founder of the Brooklyn-based Supermachine Reading Series and poetry journal. His work has appeared in GlitterPony, notnostrums, EOAGH and No, Dear Magazine, among others.

Natalie Lyalin is the author of Pink and Hot Pink Habitat (Coconut Books 2009) and the chapbook Try A Little Time Travel (Ugly Duckling Presse 2010). She lives in Philadelphia and teaches at Temple University and The University of the Arts.
 

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 27 / 8PM
RACHEL LODEN & JEROME SALA

Rachel Loden is the author of Dick of the Dead (Ahsahta Press), a finalist for the California Book Award and one of the three most-cited books in Attention Span 2009 (“a collectively-drawn map of the field”), landing on lists by Rae Armantrout and others. Loden’s first book, Hotel Imperium, won the Contemporary Poetry Series competition and was selected as one of the ten best poetry books of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle. Her work has appeared in New American Writing, the Paris Review, Jacket, two editions of the Best American Poetry series, and many other magazines and anthologies. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Fellowship in Poetry from the California Arts Council, an &NOW Award, and a grant from the Fund for Poetry. This is her first reading in New York City. 

Jerome Sala is a poet and critic.  He is the author of cult favorites such as Spaz Attack, I Am Not a Juvenile Delinquent and Look Slimmer Instantly.  Forthcoming is a chapbook of goth-horror poems titled Prom Night, done in collaboration with artist Tamara Gonzales. His blog on poetry and pop culture is espresso bongo.

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