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Edge 65: a Reading Series of Emerging and Younger Writers
w/Gregory Colburn, Justin Petropoulos, & Tygel Pinto

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, May 21
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:

Gregory Colburn holds a B.S. in Dance Therapy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing and Bikram Yoga, and has extensive training in the Alexander Technique from the Barstow Institute and in Experiential Anatomy and Developmental Movement from the School for Body Mind Centering. He is a senior teacher at Yoga Vida, an actor/performer in the children's theatre ensemble, Stories That Soar, and a founding member of the improvisational dance ensemble, Movement Salon.His love of improvisation and approach to movement art was instilled by his teachers: A.A. Leath, Ellen Moore, Claudia Gittleman, Ruth Zaporah, Simone Forti, Barbara Mettler, the Architects, Jennifer Kayle, Katherine Ferrier, Pamela Vail, and Lisa Gonzalez.

Photo by: Manuel Tejada

Justin Petropoulos is the author of two collections of poetry, Eminent Domain (Marsh Hawk Press 2011), selected by Anne Waldman for the 2010 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize and <legend>   </legend> (Jaded Ibis Press 2013), a collaborative work with multimedia artist, Carla Gannis. His poems have appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Crab Creek Review, Gulf Coast, Mandorla, Portland Review, and Spinning Jenny. He received an MFA in creative writing from Indiana University. Justin is a contributing editor of digital/interactive and collaborative literature for Entropymagazine. He is currently the site director of an after school program for at-risk, elementary age children and is an adjunct faculty member at New Jersey City University, where he teaches composition and creative writing. You can follow him on twitter @redactioneer.

Tygel Pinto is from Crystal, New Mexico, born to the Bitter Water Clan and born for the Tangle Clan. He has been playing the flute for over 11 years, and has performed, improvised, as well as collaborated with other musicians and artists, such as poets, throughout the US, particularly the Southwest and California, and also Europe. Tygel says of his work: "Music is what I feel is the proverbial glue that keeps the people together. It is what makes the walls that keep us hidden from each  other fall for just a moment and allow us to see each other as we truly  are, real human beings. The things in our lives that keeps us guarded  are also the same things that weigh us down. As a musician I like to  challenge these boundaries and bring our youthful selves to the surface  so that our spirits can freely come together as a community as well as a unified family. The ebb and flow of this musical force is something  that can be felt in the far most places of the earth. My greatest dream  is that we may be as we use to be, guardians of our lands. Not just as a scattered tribes and nations but as a race that has made a conscience decision to better ourselves. may the music of our past come together  with the here and now so that we may celebrate this beautiful life with which we are blessed."

Next Edge Reading will be held June 18.

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