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words @ wigle: a literary happy hour to benefit GPLC feat. Barnett & Mennies
Venue
Wigle Whiskey Distillery
Date
05/18/2015
Time
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Event Type
Reading
Genre
Poetry
Sponsor
Cost
$0.00
Description and Reader Names: Delicious Wigle signature cocktails and drams will be available throughout the reading, with a portion of the drink proceeds going to the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council. Drink up!
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reader bios:
Cameron Barnett is West coast born and Pittsburgh bred. He earned BAs in English Writing and Spanish from Duquesne University. There he was a member of Sigma Tau Delta English honor society and frequently published in the University’s arts and literary journal Lexicon. Graduating in 2011, he was awarded the O’Donnell Award for Excellence in Poetry. He is a reader for Hot Metal Bridge and one of the co-hosts for the Speakeasy Reading Series run by Pitt MFAs. His latest work can be found in Lines + Stars, Blast Furnace, Off the Coast, and Pretty Owl Poetry.
Rachel Mennies is the author of The Glad Hand of God Points Backwards, winner of the 2013 Walt McDonald First-Book Prize in Poetry, and the chapbook No Silence in the Fields. Her poetry has appeared in The Journal, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Mid-American Review, Poet Lore, and elsewhere, and has been reprinted at Poetry Daily. She currently teaches in the First-Year Writing Program at Carnegie Mellon University and is a member of AGNI’s editorial staff.
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Address 1
2401 Smallman St
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Address 3
City
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Zip
15222
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Primary Contact Person
Meredith Grelli
Primary Contact Email
meredith@wiglewhiskey.com
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https://www.wiglewhiskey.com/
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Author
Joel W Coggins
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