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Edge 63: a Reading Series of Emerging and Younger Writers
w/Michael Dauphinais, Teré Fowler-Chapman, & Sharon Suzuki-Martinez

Curator: Melissa Buckheit Melissa Buckheit's Bio

A note from the curator: I have often wanted to listen to authors who are in the same place in their career as myself--emerging, published in journals, with a chapbook and/or a first full-length book, still growing but full of passion, new ideas, and an edge. But there is often infrequent opportunity for this; in fact, I have often felt disappointed in the lack, that such an open community might often be circumscribed in its literary programming.  Additionally, featuring emerging writers engages other young as well as established writers, to support, frequent and attend Casa Libre and other writing events. This cycle creates the foundation for a writing community which self-generates, remains true, open, and allows many voices the opportunity for visibility and being heard. I want Tucson to be an artistic community which includes and features many voices and peoples. Literature is the province of communication, but also reflectivity, the reflection and representation of all our narratives and of new narratives and ideas, voices which are challenging and also challenge us.

Wednesday, March 26
7:30 p.m.
Suggested Donation: $5

Come to Edge: A Reading Series of Emerging and Younger Writers. Edge is a series of local and national writers and cross-genre artists, emphasizing diversity of narrative, identity and literary source. Its purpose is to create community, visibility and voice for emerging and younger writers. Broadsheets of the authors' work will accompany each reading. Books and journals will be available for purchase and signing by the authors. Refreshments will be available after the reading.

Readers:

Michael Dauphinais is a Tucson-based musician who integrates improvisation, electronic sounds, and field recordings into rich sonic tapestries. An accomplished pianist, Michael has enjoyed a multi-faceted career including serving as a rehearsal pianist and vocal coach at opera companies across the US, including the cities of Tulsa, Sarasota, Princeton, Louisville, Albuquerque, Phoenix, and others. He has also devoted much of his energy toward new and experimental music, having performed in recent years with composers Stephan Moore and John King, choreographer Yanira Castro, Art.If.Act Dance Project, and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, as well as in several contemporary music symposia at The University of Arizona, where he currently serves as a vocal coach and instructor of solo and collaborative piano. www.michaeldauphinais.com

Photo by: Sam Ace

Teré Fowler-Chapman is an artist whose medium is black ink. Her creative works possess fluidity that allows her work to bend into multiple genres. She has empowered her audiences by sharing her truths through spoken word. Her work has been featured on the national radio show KXCI. She has been featured at venues ranging from Davis Monthan Air Force Base to events such as Tucson’s All Souls Procession, a gathering for the community to celebrate and honor those they have lost. She has also made appearances at evenings like Take Back the Night, a night dedicated to empower those who have been victims of sexual violence. As well as facilitated innovative writing workshops that create awareness to the importance of healing through expression for youth, and in turn has provided young adults safe spaces to express themselves. Teré Fowler-Chapman currently resides in Tucson where she hosts a community open poetry reading called “Words on the Avenue” at Café Passé every last Sunday of the month.

Sharon Suzuki-Martinez is the author of The Way of All Flux (2012), winner of the New Rivers Press MVP Poetry Prize. She received Pushcart and Best of the Web nominations, a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and writer fellowships from the Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and Kundiman. She grew up in Hawaii, earned a PhD in English from the University of Arizona, and now lives in Tempe where she runs the music/literary blog, The Poet’s Playlist.

 

 

Next Edge Reading will be held April 16.

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