Bethanie Humphreys & Heather Judy @ Joe Montoya's Poetry Unplugged @ Luna's Cafe!
Schedule
Thu Jul 28 2022 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
Luna's Cafe | Sacramento, CA
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**Please note this is *not* a Sacramento Poetry Alliance event, though the emcee is on the SPA board** Join us at JOE MONTOYA'S POETRY UNPLUGGED at Luna's Cafe as Frank Dixon Graham (of SPA) hosts the fabulous duo of Bethanie Humphreys & Heather Judy!
A team of two experienced LGBTQ+ writers, poets who double as writing workshop leaders, will give their best reading performance in the extra fun place where all the poets of Sacramento gather each week, every Thursday night.
Art Luna has the very finest licuados and tastiest nachos north of the Mexican border, so be sure to grab some eats and drinks before the feature begins, promptly, at 8:00 pm. Open mic follows this feature, which you do not want to miss!
Bethanie Humphreys is a writer, editor, and mixed-media visual artist. Her poetry, short fiction, and art have appeared in various publications in the U.S. and U.K. including: Artemis, Nonbinary Review, The Found Poetry Review, American River Review, and Sacramento Voices. She serves as board member for the Sacramento Poetry Center and co-curator for the SPC Art Gallery. She was Editor-in-Chief of the 2015 American River Review, and is was Associate Editor for Tule Review. She is a Squaw Valley Community of Writers Poetry Workshop Alumni, has a Bachelors in Spanish from CSU, Sacramento, and a Creative Writing Certificate in Literary Publishing from American River College. She is also a California Certified Naturalist, and certified in the Amherst Writer’s and Artists Method. Her chapbook, "Dendrochronology," was published by Finishing Line Press in June, 2019, and is available for purchase.
Poem by Bethanie Humphreys:
I think I dreamed we were birds
Yardstick ruler strapped
across our shoulders
feathers dyed jewel-tones
taped in streamer-fashion
along measurements
that no longer matter
Heather Judy is a poet and artist living in Sacramento. She earned her MFA in Poetry from Mills College in 2009. Before attending Mills, she received her BA in English from CSU, Sacramento where she won the 2005 Bazzanella Award for first place in poetry. Her poems have appeared in Tule Review, The California Quarterly, Flatmancrooked’s Thin Volume of Contemporary Poetry, and others. She is a Sacramento Poetry Center board member, an Associate Editor and Art Director for Tule Review, and co-curates for the Sacramento Poetry Center Art Gallery. Her chapbook, Inosculation, was a semi-finalist for the CutBank Chapbook Contest in 2018.
Poem by Heather Judy:
PUEDO BAILAR
They danced in the street, bare breastbones, crouching,
aprons nestled low. She held her lover, wing
lifted, right arm round lover’s waist, palm resting in
her smallness. They danced in blood, a banner hung
behind them: Puedo bailar. Black hightops sung
against dove stone, sandals treading hymns. Young
heads bowed, eyes, closed, brows together, no sin
between them. Nectar drips and shifts, bodies glint.
They dance in sheets, bare breasts, bones clinging,
open, nestled low, lovers folding into wings.
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Where is it happening?
Luna's Cafe, 1414 16th St,Sacramento,CA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: