Poetry! Athens, GA

You are warmly invited to the Action Books launch party and poetry reading at 7:00PM on Saturday, October 22 at Little Kings Club (corner of Hull and Hancock). We will be celebrating the publication of Action Books’ inaugural three titles: The Hounds of No, by Athens’ own Lara Glenum, Arielle Greenberg’s My Kafka Century, and Remainland, the selected poems of Swedish poet Aase Berg. All three poets will read from their books, and there will be general celebratory mayhem.

Action Books is an independent poetry press launched in 2005 by Johannes Goransson (Athens, GA) and Joyelle McSweeney (Tuscaloosa, AL).

Arielle Greenberg is the author of Given (Verse, 2002) and the chapbook Fa(r)ther Down: Songs from the Allergy Trials (New Michigan, 2003). Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in the anthologies Best American Poetry 2004 and 2005, Legitimate Danger: American Poets of the New Century, and Isn't It Romantic: 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets and in journals including Conjunctions, Denver Quarterly, and American Poetry Review.

Aase Berg is a poet, literary critic and translator. She is the author of four books: Hos rådjur (With Deer, 1997); Mörk Materia (Dark Matter, 2000 ), a book-length science-fiction prose poem; Forsla fett (Transfer Fat), which was nominated for the prestigious Augustpriser for the best poetry book of 2002; and Uppland (2005). She currently resides in Stockholm.

Lara Glenum’s poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in Conjunctions, New American Writing, Denver Quarterly, Fence, American Letters & Commentary, and elsewhere.

For more information on Action Books titles: www.actionbooks.com

The Vox Reading Series Hurricane Relief Benefit is
this Saturday, October 8th, 4pm-11pm at Little Kings
Club (223 Hancock Avenue on the corner of Hull
Street). We'll have:

-A marathon reading (schedule of readers below)!

-An auction every hour; each hour we'll auction off
great literary items--signed books, chapbooks,
packages of books from Hill Street Press and
Soft Skull Press, and more!

-Live music at 4pm, 6pm, 8pm, and 10pm featuring local
guitarists and bluegrass performers including Adam
Henne, Honest Engine, Brian Connell
and members of The Dickens,
and we might even get a few writers to join in!

-Treats and snacks donated by The Grit, Marti's at
Midday, and other such local establishments, and our
own English department gourmets!

We're looking forward to a great afternoon for a
worthy and timely cause. Please join us and lend your
support to those recovering and rebuilding in the wake
of Hurricane Katrina. The suggested donation is $10, or
whatever you can spare, and all proceeds from the event
go to The Red Cross. Donate at the door.
Checks can be made out to the American Red Cross
(note "Hurricane Katrina" in the memo line).

Please e-mail dpafunda@yahoo.com with general queries!


Schedule of Readers and Performers
4:00 – 5:00
*Live Music*
Danielle Pafunda
Sian Griffiths
Andy Frazee
*Auction*
Bruce Covey
Heather Matesich

5:00 – 6:00
Jeff Newberry
Dorine Preston
AC Hoff
*Auction*
Patrick Denker

6:00 – 7:00
*Live Music – Brian Connell and guests*
TR Hummer
*Auction*
Kristen Iskandrian
Laurel Snyder

7:00 – 8:00
David Ingle
Patrick Hargon
Lowry Pressly
*Auction*
Lisa Hargon-Smith
Kirsten Kaschock

8:00 – 9:00
*Live Music – Brian Connell and guests*
Lara Glenum
Melisa (Misha) Cahnmann
*Auction*
Andrew Leidner

9:00 – 10:00
Jan Burkins
Chris McDermott
Sabrina Orah Mark
*Auction*
Cannon Daughtrey

10:00 – 11:00
*Live Music - Brian Connell and guests*