Final Thursday Reading Series

FINAL THURSDAY READING SERIES

Thursday, January 31, 2008
Bought again Books
(downstairs from Vibe)
Cedar Falls

Book Release Reading By:
Aaron McNally

Thursday, February 28, 2008: Vince Gotera

This month the Final Thursday Reading Series moves downstairs to Bought again Books (Vibe will be open as usual for coffee and other drinks). Signup for the open mic begins @ 7 p.m. on a first come, first served basis. Limited slots are available, so readers are encouraged to sign up early to read your best five minutes of poetry, fiction, or creative non-fiction. Singer-songwriters are also welcome. The open mic begins at 7:30 p.m. The featured reader takes the stage between 8:00 and 8:30 (depending on how many open mic readers there are). After the reading, there will be a brief question and answer session.

Aaron McNally is the author of the new poetry collection, Out of the Blue (Caveworks Press). McNally's collaborative poems with Friedrich Kerksieck have appeared in such journals as 6X6, effing and Cricket. His reviews of poetry have appeared in journals such as Rain Taxi and The Cream City Review. He is a Master’s candidate in English at the University of Northern Iowa. This event will also feature a display of letterpress technology by Julie Russell-Steuart of Caveworks Press. You can read a sample of McNally's work below.

Tonight's reading is also part of the day-long series of events for Focus the Nation 2008. Click the link to find out more about this environmental awareness initiative.

Vibe is located at 909 W. 23rd St. in Cedar Falls on the second floor of Bought again Books. Persons needing access accommodation should call 266-7115 by the day before the event. For more information, contact Jim O'Loughlin.

Read Work By Featured Readers

Chaveevah Banks Ferguson

Eula Biss

John Bresland

Scott Cawelti
Bill Chene

Catherine A. F. MacGillivray

Nate McKeen

Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure

Cherie "Chillin'" Nelson

When I Leave America
by Aaron McNally

As these dreams cavort
with the chains of my memory,
I am simply waiting for the flag.
When it falls,
names will be lost.
I will be born again.
I will find, again, a new country, friends
with new faces, new words
to all of the melodies that I learned
as a child, a soft
and promising sense of intermission
hanging cirrus over our heads.

The spring reading schedule is set:

Thursday, Feb. 28: Vince Gotera, author of Fighting Kites (book release reading at Bought again Books)
Thursday, Mar. 27: Reading and art exhibit by frje Echeverria at Vibe Coffee House
Thursday, Apr. 24: Memorist Amy Nolan of Wartburg College at Vibe Coffee House

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