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On Returning: Welcome Back Nikki Allen
Venue
East End Book Exchange
Date
06/04/2016
Time
12:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Event Type
Reading
Genre
Poetry
Sponsor
Jason Baldinger
Cost
$0.00
Description and Reader Names: Former Pittsburgh Poet Nikki Allen is returning to town for a vist and we're celebrating with a night of poetry at East End Book Exchange. Readers for the night include Renee Alberts, Nikki Allen, Jason Baldinger, Dan Shapiro, Scott Silsbe and Vanessa Vesch. The shindig will be hosted by Red Bob Junghanz.
This event is free! This event is BYOB! I believe this will be the first event held by the new owners of EEBX so there will be plenty to celebrate.
Bios to follow for those that read those kinda things
Jason Baldinger has spent a life in odd jobs, if only poetry was the strangest of them he’d have far less to talk about. He’s traveled the country and written a few books, the latest of which are The Lower 48 (Six Gallery Press) and The Studs Terkel Blues (Night Ballet Press). A short litany of publishing credits include Blast Furnace, The Glassblock, Lilliput Review, Green Panda Press, Pittsburgh Poetry Review, In Between Hangovers, Your One Phone Call and Fuck Art, Let’s Dance. You can hear audio versions of some poems on Bandcamp, just type in his name.
Dan Shapiro is the author of How the Potato Chip Was Invented (sunnyoutside press), Heavy Metal Fairy Tales (Throwback Books), and The 44th-Worst Album Ever (NAP Books). His work has appeared in Word Riot, Barrelhouse, Menacing Hedge, Forklift, Ohio, and elsewhere. He is a poetry and reviews editor for Pittsburgh Poetry Review.
Scott Silsbe was born in Detroit and now lives in Pittsburgh. His poems and prose have appeared in numerous periodicals including Kitchen Sink, Third Coast, Nerve Cowboy, Chiron Review, The Chariton Review, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He is the author of two poetry collections: Unattended Fire (Six Gallery Press: 2012) and The River Underneath the City (Low Ghost Press: 2013; 2nd ed.: 2015). He was also a finalist for the Cultural Weekly’s 2014 Jack Grapes Poetry Prize. He is currently at work on a new collection of poems.
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jason baldinger
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underwaterculprit@hotmail.com
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Is this an open mic event?
No
Is this a book signing?
No
Will author's books be for sale?
No
More Venue Information
Address 1
4754 Liberty Avenue
Address 2
Address 3
City
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Zip
15224
Days/Hours of Operation
Tue - Sat: 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Primary Contact Person
Lesley Rains
Primary Contact Email
eastendbookexchange@gmail.com
Telephone
(412) 224-2847
Website
http://eastendbookexchange.com/
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Author
Jason Baldinger
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Short bio: In another dimension Jason Baldinger is a labor activist who catalogs species of bats. He has a split book of poetry coming in early winter 2011 with Jerome Crooks on Six Gallery Press.
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