Thursday, November 10, 2005

Final Paper Street Reading of 2005 - Next Week

If you haven't had the chance to attend any of Paper Street Press' readings yet, your last chance for the 2005 season is next week.

Writers Kristin Kovacic and Jim Ray Daniels will be reading from 7:00-9:00 PM on Thursday November 17, 2005 at The Coffee Den, 1082 Bower Hill Road (next to St. Clair Hospital).

Kristin Kovacic is the editor of Birth: A Literary Companion. Her poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared in many periodicals, including, Brain, Child Magazine, Puerto del Sol, The Cimarron Review, Gulf Stream Magazine, and Third Coast. Her work has been recognized by the Academy of American Poets, and she is the recipient of fellowships in poetry from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She teaches in the M.F.A. writing program at Chatham College and in the literary arts department of the Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. She appears in the Fall ’05 issue of Paper Street.

Jim Ray Daniels’' most recent work includes Street, a collection of poems and the photos of photographer and Carnegie Mellon professor Charlee Brodsky, and Dumpster, an independent feature film he wrote and produced, both of which appeared in 2005. He is the author of eight books of poems, including Show and Tell: New and Selected Poems which was a finalist for the 2004 Paterson Poetry Prize. His second book of short stories, Detroit Tales received a bronze medal for the 2004 ForeWord Book of the Year. In addition, he has edited or co-edited four anthologies of poetry, including Letters to America: Contemporary American Poetry on Race and American Poetry: The Next Generation. He wrote the screenplay for "No Pets," an independent feature film directed by Tony Buba, and wrote "Heart of Hearts," a one-act play produced at the 13th Street Repertory Theater in New York. He has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and two from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. His poems have appeared in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Poetry anthologies. He is the Thomas Stockham Baker Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University. He appeared in the Spring ’05 issue of Paper Street.
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