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.
First up, Kristen Millares Young and Jenny Hayes. Both formidable forces of writing nature.
KRISTEN MILLARES YOUNG
What are you reading at Looseleaf on 1/26?
I'll be reading from my novel Subduction, a tragic love story between an anthropologist and a hoarder's son.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
I've been reading Eula Biss, who seamlessly weaves her personal experience with deep research in On Immunity: An Inoculation.
Why are you out of your binder? Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
I'm out of my binder by the grace of Samantha Updegrave, who created an opportunity for me and others to share our work.
Anything coming up for you in the near future?
I'll be reading with Jordan Hartt at Hugo House on Friday, March 11th, to celebrate the second printing of Leap, his book of poetry.
Where can we find online?
Find me at kristenmyoung.com or on Twitter, @kristenmillares.
*****
JENNY HAYES
What are you reading at Looseleaf on 1/26?
I'll be reading some bit of short fiction (specifics to be determined at the last minute, most likely) ... and maybe a poem or two if I'm feeling fancy.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
I've read several of my friend Margaret Elysia Garcia's stories, both in publications and in writing classes we've taken together, and now I'm finally making my way through her collection Sad Girls, published by SolsticeLit Books last year. It's an eBook ... and I really prefer reading print, so if I'm actually reading an eBook it's gotta be worthy. I just love her writing: it's lyrical and heartfelt and also has hilarious lines like "Ewww. Yuck! There's a Goth asleep in my Jacuzzi!"
Why are you out of your binder? Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
Be the binder you want to see in the world. Or even better, be your own loose leaf. (I'm not sure exactly what this means, but I'll stand by it.)
Is there a quote / soundtrack for how your week is going?
I love this quote from John Cage because I always need to remind myself. It works for pretty much any week, and this one is no exception: "I really think it's important to be in a situation, both in art and in life, where you don't understand what is going on."
Anything coming up for you in the near future?
The future is wide open. See also: the quote above.
Where can we find online?
jennyhayes.com and @jennyha_yes on Twitter!
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.
First up, Kristen Millares Young and Jenny Hayes. Both formidable forces of writing nature.
KRISTEN MILLARES YOUNG
What are you reading at Looseleaf on 1/26?
I'll be reading from my novel Subduction, a tragic love story between an anthropologist and a hoarder's son.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
I've been reading Eula Biss, who seamlessly weaves her personal experience with deep research in On Immunity: An Inoculation.
Why are you out of your binder? Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
I'm out of my binder by the grace of Samantha Updegrave, who created an opportunity for me and others to share our work.
Anything coming up for you in the near future?
I'll be reading with Jordan Hartt at Hugo House on Friday, March 11th, to celebrate the second printing of Leap, his book of poetry.
Where can we find online?
Find me at kristenmyoung.com or on Twitter, @kristenmillares.
*****
JENNY HAYES
What are you reading at Looseleaf on 1/26?
I'll be reading some bit of short fiction (specifics to be determined at the last minute, most likely) ... and maybe a poem or two if I'm feeling fancy.
Who’s a writer you’re stoked on right now? What’s exiting about their work?
I've read several of my friend Margaret Elysia Garcia's stories, both in publications and in writing classes we've taken together, and now I'm finally making my way through her collection Sad Girls, published by SolsticeLit Books last year. It's an eBook ... and I really prefer reading print, so if I'm actually reading an eBook it's gotta be worthy. I just love her writing: it's lyrical and heartfelt and also has hilarious lines like "Ewww. Yuck! There's a Goth asleep in my Jacuzzi!"
Why are you out of your binder? Or, advice for stepping out of binders if you still feel stuck in one?
Be the binder you want to see in the world. Or even better, be your own loose leaf. (I'm not sure exactly what this means, but I'll stand by it.)
Is there a quote / soundtrack for how your week is going?
I love this quote from John Cage because I always need to remind myself. It works for pretty much any week, and this one is no exception: "I really think it's important to be in a situation, both in art and in life, where you don't understand what is going on."
Anything coming up for you in the near future?
The future is wide open. See also: the quote above.
Where can we find online?
jennyhayes.com and @jennyha_yes on Twitter!
 |  |  |
