Mason Jar Press Reading
Date and Time
Jul 31, 2018 6:30 pm
Location
450K
450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001
Jul 31, 2018 6:30 pm
450K
Join us for a selection of readings from local literary luminaries organized by Baltimore-based independent press, Mason Jar featuring: Dan Brady, Erin Dorney and Alexa Patrick.
Come for the poetry; stay for the poetry!
Mason Jar Press has been publishing handmade, limited-run chapbooks and full-length books since 2014. The Press is dedicated to finding new and exciting work by writers that push the bounds of literary norms. While the work Mason Jar publishes is meant to challenge status quos, both literary and culturally, they also have significant merit in both those realms.
Author Bios:
Dan Brady is the author of the poetry collection Strange Children (Publishing Genius, 2018) and two chapbooks, Cabin Fever / Fossil Record (Flying Guillotine Press) and Leroy Sequences (Horse Less Press). Dan’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Apt, Big Lucks, Sink Review, and So & So Magazine among others. He is the poetry editor of Barrelhouse and lives in Arlington, Virginia with his wife and two kids.
Alexa Patrick is a singer and poet from Connecticut. She is a graduate of American University, where she studied Psychology, African-American and African Diaspora Studies, and Spanish. Alexa is a Cave Canem Fellow, and holds teaching positions through Split This Rock, The University of the District of Columbia, and the Center for Creative Youth at Wesleyan University. She has also coached the slam teams of American University and George Washington University for the College Union Poetry Slam Invitational. You may find Alexa's work published in CRWN Magazine and The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic.
Erin Dorney is the author of I Am Not Famous Anymore: Poems after Shia LaBeouf (Mason Jar Press). Her writing has been featured in Dream Pop Press, Entropy Magazine, Yes Poetry, Passages North, and The Laurel Review, among other publications. Erin is cofounder of FEAR NO LIT and volunteers with VIDA: Women in Literary Arts. You can find more of her writing plus events and updates at erindorney.com and at @edorney.
