Next up in the "Meet Readers" are the extraordinary poets Casandra Lopez and our featured reader, Michelle Peñaloza. (In case you missed the first installment, you can read it here.)
Looseleaf is a new Seattle-based reading series co-founded by Spark A'wesome, Shelley Casey, Dawn Quinn, Samantha Updegrave, and Suzanne Warren to create a space for woman-identified emerging and established writers to step out of their binders and share the stage. Combining storytelling and music, the series is held at The Den in Chop Suey.
Our next reading is coming up on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Doors at 7 pm, and it's gonna rule. Over the next few days, I'll feature a couple of the readers (and the musician) with a quick Q+A.
CASANDRA LOPEZ
What are you reading at Looseleaf on 1/26?
I am planning to read some poems. At the last Looseleaf reading, Suzanne Warren and I were discussing her reading selections. She mentioned that she thought the best fit for a bar reading was work that dealt either with sex or humor. I think I am going to take her advise.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
Writers that excite me right now are Wendy Ortiz and Kiese Laymon. They both write in a way that speaks to me in a visceral way. I'm also a huge fan of Nayyirah Waheed's poetry so much that I have both ebook and physical copies of her books because I want to be able to easily access her words. I read a bit of it almost everyday.
Why are you out of your binder? Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
Haha. I don't know if I'm completely looseleaf. It feels like this stepping out of a binder or binders is a continual process that one needs to be conscious of.
Is there a quote / soundtrack for how your week is going?
the wounds have changed me.
i am so soft with scars
my skin breathes and beats stars.
Nayyirah Waheed
Why are you out of your binder? Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
Anything coming up for you in the near future?
I will be reading for Margin Shift on February 19 at CAM in Belltown
Where can we find online?
twitter: @casandramlopez
http://asusjournal.org/
https://casandramlopez.wordpress.com/
MICHELLE PEÑALOZA
What are you reading at Looseleaf on 1/26?
I'll be reading a poem or two from each of my chapbooks and then several new and not-in-chapbooks poems.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
I've read Cathy Linh Che's Split, but then I heard her read at Margin Shift last week, which made me return to it; that book is just incredible. So unflinching. So moving. So good. I also have been doing a sort of slow-burn read of Aracelis Girmay's Kingdom Animalia. I admire her control and her trust in her poems' syntax.
Why are you out of your binder?
Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
Looseleaf is a new Seattle-based reading series co-founded by Spark A'wesome, Shelley Casey, Dawn Quinn, Samantha Updegrave, and Suzanne Warren to create a space for woman-identified emerging and established writers to step out of their binders and share the stage. Combining storytelling and music, the series is held at The Den in Chop Suey.
Our next reading is coming up on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Doors at 7 pm, and it's gonna rule. Over the next few days, I'll feature a couple of the readers (and the musician) with a quick Q+A.
CASANDRA LOPEZ
What are you reading at Looseleaf on 1/26?
I am planning to read some poems. At the last Looseleaf reading, Suzanne Warren and I were discussing her reading selections. She mentioned that she thought the best fit for a bar reading was work that dealt either with sex or humor. I think I am going to take her advise.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
Writers that excite me right now are Wendy Ortiz and Kiese Laymon. They both write in a way that speaks to me in a visceral way. I'm also a huge fan of Nayyirah Waheed's poetry so much that I have both ebook and physical copies of her books because I want to be able to easily access her words. I read a bit of it almost everyday.
Why are you out of your binder? Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
Haha. I don't know if I'm completely looseleaf. It feels like this stepping out of a binder or binders is a continual process that one needs to be conscious of.
Is there a quote / soundtrack for how your week is going?
the wounds have changed me.
i am so soft with scars
my skin breathes and beats stars.
Nayyirah Waheed
Why are you out of your binder? Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
Anything coming up for you in the near future?
I will be reading for Margin Shift on February 19 at CAM in Belltown
Where can we find online?
twitter: @casandramlopez
http://asusjournal.org/
https://casandramlopez.wordpress.com/
MICHELLE PEÑALOZA
What are you reading at Looseleaf on 1/26?
I'll be reading a poem or two from each of my chapbooks and then several new and not-in-chapbooks poems.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
I've read Cathy Linh Che's Split, but then I heard her read at Margin Shift last week, which made me return to it; that book is just incredible. So unflinching. So moving. So good. I also have been doing a sort of slow-burn read of Aracelis Girmay's Kingdom Animalia. I admire her control and her trust in her poems' syntax.
Why are you out of your binder?
Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
Is there a quote / soundtrack for how your week is going?
Anything coming up for you in the near future?
In March and April I'll be doing some traveling (I think? Offers have been made but contracts have not been signed so...).
Where can we find online?
michellepenaloza.com
On the Twitter: @pennyzola
In March and April I'll be doing some traveling (I think? Offers have been made but contracts have not been signed so...).
Where can we find online?
michellepenaloza.com
On the Twitter: @pennyzola
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