Literary Bridges celebrates 7 years!
Schedule
Sun Sep 08 2024 at 02:00 pm
Location
38 Snelling Ave S, St Paul, MN 55105-1902, United States | Saint Paul, MN
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“Literary Bridges is seven years old!” says co-host, Stan Kusunoki. “It is our tradition to celebrate by featuring host/curators of other reading series around the Twin Cities, so they get a chance to shine. Raise a glass (and a cupcake?) to these fine writers who keep poetry alive!”The roster includes: Douglas Green, Becky Boling, Rick Hilber, Frances James, George Colburn, River Maria Urke, Julie Martin, Tim Nolan, Dralandra Larkins, Ronal J. Palmer, Jeanne Lutz, Haley Lasche, and Ted King. Others are possible!
Literary Bridges began as two separate reading series—Bridges (hosted by Stan Kusunoki) and Literary Lights (hosted by Donna Isaac). When the venue they shared folded, the two series merged into Literary Bridges. The goal of Literary Bridges is to
foster connections—bridges across cultures of all kinds.
Featured writers include:
Haley Lasche
Douglas Green
An Ohio-Valley Hoosier & “naturalized” Minnesotan, Becky Boling has published prose, dramatic monologues, & poetry in online and print journals: Agates, 3rd Wednesday Magazine, Lost Lake Folk Opera, Misfit, Moss Puppy, Persimmon Tree, and Willows Wept Review, as well as anthologies, such as We Look West (Shipwreckt Press, 2024) in which she is one of the 5 poets whose work is represented. Her first poetry collection, Beyond Small Wonders, is forthcoming (Finishing Line Press). Boling and Green were recently Northfield’s Co-Poets Laureate, 2023-24.
Rick Hilber nowadays published his poetry to Facebook to Lawless Poetry and his own personal page. He hosts and promotes Birds Nest Open Mic (via zoom), Black Coffee Poets gatherings, and summers Poetry in the Park in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His self-published poetry collections are formal attempts to win an audience for his poetry: Down the Highway, a Peace (Friesen Press 2015) and In Pieces in the Plaza (Friesen Press 2016.
Frances James was born and raised in Minnesota, where she still resides with a great love for the lakes. She is an artist of many trades and uses her creative passion to produce meaningful poetry, music, photography, and artwork. Frances is known for her ability to share honest and intimate pieces of her heart with the mission to inspire others to do the same. Creativity and self-expression are her way of persevering the human experience. Her other hobbies include walks in nature, traveling, fishing, cuddling with her dog Romeo, and spending quality time with loved ones.
George Colburn is an award winning poet and a life-long resident of St. Paul, Minnesota. He was awarded the Veterans Voices Award in 2019 from the Minnesota Humanities Commission, has published four books of poetry, and has published in numerous poetry anthologies and literary magazines, including the Witness Writers Anthology 2022, the Itasca Community College Spring Thaw Literary Magazine, and will be published in the upcoming, “The Nations Underground: Writing with our Ancestors and in the upcoming 90th edition of Agates (published by the league of MN Poets), and serves as one of the hosts of Birds Nest Poetry Open Mic.
River Maria Urke has the heart of a poet and the eyes of an artist. Her work reflects the principles she lives by where imperfection is beauty, nature is appreciated, and knowledge is gold. In addition, River’s work is often influenced by her battle with multiple sclerosis, and Ojibwe heritage. River is a multimedia artist, poet, and writer currently residing in River Falls, Wisconsin with her cat, Niko. She is the author of three poetry chapbooks, a non-fiction- Women’s Obsession with Shoes, a memoir- Still Standing: Snapshots of an MS Warrior and has contributed to nine anthologies. River is the host of the seasonal program, Up Close: Meet the Poet Behind the Verse, and the publisher of Cracked Walnut’s newsletter, New Moon News. Learn about up close on their YouTube channel- search one-word upclosepoets. visit River’s website at rivermaria.org.
A poet and public school teacher, Julie Martin lives near the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers. Her work has recently appeared in the following journals: The Talking Stick, Pasque Petals, Plants and Poetry, Agates, and The Coop: A Poetry Cooperative. With poet and artist River Urke, she co-hosts Up Close: Meet the Poet Behind the Verse, a quarterly program that showcases the work of local poets in the Twin Cities and beyond.
Read more of her work at JulieMartinpoet.com.
Tim Nolan was born in Minneapolis, graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in English, and from Columbia University in New York City with an M.F.A. in writing. Tim is an attorney in private practice in Minneapolis. His poems have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, The Nation, The New Republic, Ploughshares, and on The Writer’s Almanac and American Life in Poetry. Three of his four collections—The Sound of It, And Then, and The Field have been published by New Rivers Press, and the fourth, Lines, is from Nodin Press.. Tim is the host of the series Readings by Writers at the University Club of St. Paul.
Dralandra Larkins is an award-winning spoken word poet, teaching artist and editor. She has performed her spoken word poetry for the NAACP, Button Poetry, the Mill City Museum, MN State Capitol, and MN Black Authors Expo. Her performances weave together words, rhythm, and intimacy to create a haven for healing, advocacy, and self-discovery. She is the co-editor of Cracked Walnut’s anthology Rewilding Hope, and Cabello-Hansel's The Nations Underground: Writing With Our Ancestors. She has taught youth and adult poetry classes at The Loft, Hennepin County, and the U of MN Urban Research and Outreach Center. She is a MN State Arts Board grant recipient, and a Program Assistant for the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library where she coordinates author readings for Club Book, Moving Words, and Fireside Reading series. Her poetic memoir and audiobook “Reveal” is set to publish in 2025. To follow the release of her book, visit www.dralandrawrites.com
Ronald j Palmer is the author of the book Dogged. He has been published in The Talking Stick, Shark Reef - A Literary Magazine, Martin Lake Poetry Journal 2017, The White Wall Review and elsewhere. He hosts a live poetry reading through the Minneapolis Television Network broadcasted on Facebook Live.
Jeanne Lutz is the author of the poetry collection Until the Kingdom Comes and divides her time between the family farm, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Italy. Visit her jeannelutz.com
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