OCTOBER, 2016 AUSTIN POETRY SOCIETY P.O. BOX 41346, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78704 WWW.AUSTINPOETRYSOCIETY.ORG OCTOBER Monthly Meeting Saturday, October 15th, 1:30-3:30pm Presenter: Karla Morton (former Texas Poet Laureate) This month’s feature will be “Karla K. Morton, the 2010 Texas Poet Laureate and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. Described as "one of the more adventurous voices in American poetry,” she has been featured on Good Morning Texas, NPR, ABC News, CBS News and in countless newspapers, blogs and magazines. As a speaker, poet and photographer, Karla’s work spans many subjects and forms. “She is a Betsy Colquitt Award Winner, Eric Hoffer Award Winner, Montaigne Medal Finalist, a two-time Indie Book Award Winner, a North Texas Book Festival Award winner, a nominee for the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. “Literary journals that have published her work include: descant (winner of Betsy Colquitt Award), AmarilloBay, the Concho River Review, the Southwestern American Literature, Right Hand Pointing, Oak Bend Review, Borderlands, Wichita Falls Liter- ary and Art Review, The Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas, the Texas Poetry Calen- dar, Illya's Honey, Austin International Poetry Anthology, New Texas, Denton Writer's League Anthology, REAL, Right Hand Pointing and ARDENT.” For the APS meeting, Karla will be reading from her 11th book, Accidental Origami: New and Selected Works (Texas Review Press). She will also workshop Response Poet- ry. From the presenter: "Knowing the tight time restrictions, participants may choose to bring a favourite poem and their pre-written response poem to read out loud (minimum 10 lines), or, she will have a few poems to choose from in class." Location: Yarborough Branch Library – 2200 Hancock Dr, Austin, TX 78756 [NOTE: Monthly Contest: Winners of the September Monthly Contest will be announced at this meeting. Entries for the next monthly contest will be taken at the November meeting] Please visit the Ausn Poetry Society's website for more informaon (or possible changes) about these and other APS related events. APS OCTOBER EVENTS The APS SATURDAY CRITIQUE GROUP: Meets Saturday, October 29th, 1-3 pm. Bring 10 copies of a poem-in-progress to discuss with friendly poets. Facilitat- ed by Elizabeth Kropf, the group meets at the Yarborough Branch Library, 2200 Hancock Drive, Ausn. The APS 4th THURSDAY OPEN MIC: To be held on Thursday, October 27th, 7-9 pm, at NeWorlDeli. Located at 4101 Guadalupe, Ausn. The APS monthly reading is hosted by Linda Marie Cossa. This month’s featured poets are Barbara Gregg, Neil Meili, Claire Vogel Camargo, Christa Pandey, Laurie Coker, and Steve Quakenbush. Arrive early to purchase a meal from the deli and visit with other poetry lovers. HAIKU WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! We want to welcome our new and re- turning members. Hope to see you at some of our monthly meengs and po- etry events. Thank you for joining APS! Lauren Kinzie Jodi McMaster Anand Jayan Blowing from the west Fallen Leaves gather In the east. —Yosa Buson From me to me The clouds give rest To the moon-beholders. —Matsuo Bashō
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OCTOBER, 2016
AUSTIN POETRY SOCIETY P.O. BOX 41346, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78704 WWW.AUSTINPOETRYSOCIETY.ORG
OCTOBER Monthly Meeting
Saturday, October 15th, 1:30-3:30pm
Presenter: Karla Morton (former Texas Poet Laureate)
This month’s feature will be “Karla K. Morton, the 2010 Texas Poet Laureate and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. Described as "one of the more adventurous voices in American poetry,” she has been featured on Good Morning Texas, NPR, ABC News, CBS News and in countless newspapers, blogs and magazines. As a speaker, poet and photographer, Karla’s work spans many subjects and forms.
“She is a Betsy Colquitt Award Winner, Eric Hoffer Award Winner, Montaigne Medal Finalist, a two-time Indie Book Award Winner, a North Texas Book Festival Award winner, a nominee for the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee.
“Literary journals that have published her work include: descant (winner of Betsy Colquitt Award), AmarilloBay, the Concho River Review, the Southwestern American Literature, Right Hand Pointing, Oak Bend Review, Borderlands, Wichita Falls Liter-ary and Art Review, The Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas, the Texas Poetry Calen-dar, Illya's Honey, Austin International Poetry Anthology, New Texas, Denton Writer's League Anthology, REAL, Right Hand Pointing and ARDENT.”
For the APS meeting, Karla will be reading from her 11th book, Accidental Origami: New and Selected Works (Texas Review Press). She will also workshop Response Poet-ry. From the presenter: "Knowing the tight time restrictions, participants may choose to bring a favourite poem and their pre-written response poem to read out loud (minimum 10 lines), or, she will have a few poems to choose from in class."
Location: Yarborough Branch Library –
2200 Hancock Dr, Austin, TX 78756
[NOTE: Monthly Contest: Winners of the September Monthly Contest will be
announced at this meeting. Entries for the next monthly contest will be
taken at the November meeting]
Please visit the Austin Poetry Society's website for more information (or possible changes) about these and other APS related events.
APS OCTOBER EVENTS
The APS SATURDAY CRITIQUE GROUP: Meets Saturday, October 29th, 1-3 pm. Bring 10 copies of a poem-in-progress to discuss with friendly poets. Facilitat-ed by Elizabeth Kropf, the group meets at the Yarborough Branch Library, 2200 Hancock Drive, Austin. The APS 4th THURSDAY OPEN MIC: To be held on Thursday, October 27th, 7-9 pm, at NeWorlDeli. Located at 4101 Guadalupe, Austin. The APS monthly reading is hosted by Linda Marie Cossa. This month’s featured poets are Barbara Gregg, Neil Meili, Claire Vogel Camargo, Christa Pandey, Laurie Coker, and Steve Quakenbush. Arrive early to purchase a meal from the deli and visit with other poetry lovers.
HAIKU
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
We want to welcome our new and re-turning members. Hope to see you at some of our monthly meetings and po-etry events. Thank you for joining APS!
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
TOLEDO BEND REVIEW Literary Journal still has room for submissions! New deadline is November 2016. They want poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and photography. They accept unsolicited manuscripts from new and emerging authors as well as seasoned professionals. They do not accept simultaneous submissions. Poetry on any subject (no more than 5 poems at one submission). Photography may stand alone as art with a brief caption that tells a story . . . or you may submit with articles. Print Edition published once every month. Authors receive 2 copies of the publication along with a personalized acceptance letter. For more info you can visit their website at http://toledobendreviewlitmag.com/, BLOG: https://toledobendreport.com/ , EMAIL: [email protected].
POETRY CARAVAN
The Poetry Caravan still has spots available for more readers. Please volunteer to read. Contact Elizabeth Kropf for questions at:
You may also visit the APS website for details and to veiw the PC reading schedule: CLICK HERE
MORE UPCOMING APS MONTHLY EVENTS
APS Monthly Meeting: Saturday, November 19th, 1:30-3:30pm
Presenter: Ben Myers
(current Oklahoma Poet Laureate and the author of two books of poetry: Lapse Americana (New York Quar-terly Books, 2013) and Elegy for Trains (Village Books
Press, 2010).
Location: Yarborough Branch Library –
2200 Hancock Dr, Austin, TX 78756.
Further details forthcoming! Please check the APS
website for ongoing updates: CLICK HERE
[NOTE: Monthly Contest entries for the next contest
will be collected at this meeting.]
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NOTE: The APS Critique Group will
NOT meet in November.
The critique group is facilitated by Elizabeth Kropf.
HAIKU SOCIETY OF AMERICA “The Haiku Society of America is a not-for-profit organ-ization founded in 1968 by Harold G. Henderson and Leroy Kanterman to promote the writing and apprecia-tion of haiku poetry in English. Membership is open to all readers, writers, translators, and students of haiku.” CLICK HERE TANKA SOCIETY OF AMERICA “Here you can learn more about the society, its activi-ties, and membership benefits. You can also learn more about our journal, Ribbons, our annual tanka contest, and our membership anthologies”. CLICK HERE Journals that Accept Long Poems: “Excellent list of lit mags/journals that accept long po-ems of three pages or more” CLICK HERE
SoundCloud “Audio of poet interviews/readings” CLICK HERE
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Barbara Gregg APS President Barbara Gregg has been in APS between five to six years. During that time, she has served as treasurer and president. This year Barbara was editor of the APS anthology and the annual contest chair. Presently she is also assisting with the monthly contests, since Judith Austin Mills has stepped down.
When did you start writing poetry? I began writing poetry as an adult when I took Scott Wiggerman’s class on “How to Jumpstart Your Writing,” about 6 or 7 years ago. I had so much fun I didn’t want to stop. Then I found out just how difficult some forms of poetry are to write (when I took his sonnet writing class), but I love a challenge, so I keep trying to write poems.
What types, styles, or forms of poetry do you write? I have tried writing many different types of poems in the past few years, and through those ex-periences, I’ve found I’m most comfortable when there is some kind of story involved, especially ones about family. Writing persona poems for Bearing the Mask: Southwestern Persona Poems this year, was a new form for me, and I loved it. I also enjoy describing experiences about the out-doors and from some of my travels.
What poets have you read, and which ones are you presently reading? I’ve read many different poetry books and anytime someone tells me about another good one, I read it as well. I just bought some books of Rilke’s po-ems, and before that it was Marie Howe’s books. I always go back to Ted Kooser’s work—as I feel like he is writing just for me when I read his po-ems. They are so accessible and written about ordinary things and people. His poems always have a thought or observation that stays with me through the day. Then there are other poetry books that are so fearless, like Karla Morton’s book Redefining Beauty—where she expresses anger at the can-cer that invaded her body. Or Sharon Olds book Stag’s Leap, about her painful divorce. With books like that, I see that pain and anger are shared by all humanity, and that expressing them in poetry can create a beauty and thoughtfulness that soothes.
Explain your writing process (the way/s you go about writing a
poem). I don’t have a single process I use for writing. I’m not saying that having a process that you always use is not a good thing! Seems like most people strive for something that will consistently get their muse’s juices flowing, with good reason. I guess one way I work is to type a short para-graph about whatever topic is in my mind, and then I begin a long process of cutting and pasting to break it up, imagify it, enjamb lines, find some rhymes or slant rhymes… etc., etc., etc….
What are you presently working on? Truth Time: I am presently trying to come out of a long dry spell. I recently gave a presentation to the Poetry Society of Texas called “What to Do When the Muse has Left the Barn?—in which I talked about the many ways we all try to break up the ‘word-jam’ that interferes with our writing. The one point I was able to put togeth-er was some of the tricks that have worked for me in the past. I wish I could create a poetry energy-bar that could stoke the writing fires whenever we need it. Best thing I could come up with is finding some short exercise like the ones in Wingbeats, or the one that Anjela and Gloria introduced at the September APS meeting, or finding some phrases or poetry lines to collage together in a new way to stir your creativity. Those ‘found’ poems give you a jump-start . . . and that may be all you need.
Sonny Regelman APS Membership
Director
Sonny Regelman is a 20-year editori-al professional in the publishing indus-try. She has a master’s degree in Writ-ing, Literature, and Publishing from Emerson College in Boston. Sonny and her husband have been Austin residents for 11 years. This is her second year serving as the Membership Director of APS.
When did you start writing poetry? I started writing poetry as a sixth grader on a field trip to Gring's Mill Park in Eastern Pennsylvania. Before then, I had only written novels and short stories. But poetry seemed like the best form for the really gnarly life ordeals I was facing. It was the form I used to write my father's eulogy a year later. I was frequently published in the "Musings" section of the local newspaper because they loved the idea of a young, local poet. What types, styles, or forms of poetry do you write? I mostly write free verse. I have tried to dabble in more tradi-tional forms such as the Elizabethan sonnet, but I have now almost accepted that I suck at them. I am partial to Japanese tanka, as it gives you a few more syllables than haiku but still really telegraphs an idea.
What poets have you read, and which ones are you pres-
ently reading? I have always enjoyed Alicia Ostriker, Philip
Larkin, Robert Frost, and William Carlos Williams. I read the
"Poem-a-Day" emails from Poets.org that are emailed to me
each day; what a fun surprise in my inbox!
Explain your writing process (the way/s you go about writ-
ing a poem). I might categorize myself as a storytelling poet,
in that many of my ideas for poetry are based on experiences I
have had. Usually an idea or a line will float around in my
head for a while (could be years) before it makes its way to
the surface and is ready to be a poem.
What are you presently working on? Although I studied
poetry and writing in graduate school, I took a 20-year break
from writing due to career and personal reasons, so I am just
focusing on becoming a poet again and letting those ideas get
all the way to the page.
FIVE-QUESTIONS INTERVIEW
(learn about our APS members)
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Claire Vogel Camargo's poem, " Peace is a Plant," will appear in Blue Hole – A magazine of the Georgetown Poetry Festival 2016 (October). She looks forward to attending the Georgetown Poetry Festival 2016, and reading her haiku: “wraiths waltz” in the Texas Poetry Calendar 2017 and “rain-puddled yard” in The Enigmatist Volume 11, 2016. Her haiku, "spiny arms," in LIFTNG THE SKY: Southwestern Haiku & Haiga, was presented at the Waco Wordfest 2016 haiku workshop by Jan Folk Benson. Claire also had two hai-ku posted on My Haiku Pona for 1000,000 Poets for Change. There will be a Celebration and Book Signing of Ute Carson's new novella, "Save the Last Kiss," on Sunday, October 23rd from 3-6pm, at MALVERN BOOKS. Located at 613 W 29th Street, Austin.
Doyle Morgan Fellers’ poem, “A President’s Prayer,” has become a part of the George Bush Presidential Library. He received a personal
letter from the President thanking him for his thoughtful expression of one of America’s greatest tragedies. The poem was included in Doyle’s book, Come Sit With Me. The book is included in archives of the library, along with a framed copy of the poem.
Nancy Fierstien's poem, " Palatable Advice," took a cash pr ize from APS in May . . . then quickly found a " home" in W ordFest Anthology 2016—released Oct.1 in Waco, TX.
Barbara Gregg will be one of the featured readers at New Wor ld Deli in October . She also gave a presentation to the Poetry Soci-
ety of Texas at their monthly meeting in September.
Carie Juettner is delighted to announce that her chapbook, Death Can't Sleep, won fir st place in the Y ellow Chair Review chap-book competition, and will be published in 2017.
LaVern Spencer McCarthy r ecently won 1st place and two honorable mentions in Missour i Poetry Society Summer Contest. She
won two 2nd Places and two honorable mentions in Poetry Society of Tennessee Annual Awards
Christa Pandey r ead her poem, " Car l Hilmar Guenther ," at the Bearing the M ask anthology reading at the Twig Bookstore in San Antonio. "If we must die" was published in the Tyler Peace Festival anthology, and "Icons transformed" appeared in the Wa-
co Wordfest anthology. Her poem ,"Salvation," was published in The Ekphrastic Review, and three of her poems were accepted for
future publication by Sequestrum.
Anjela Villarreal Ratliff had two tanka accepted for publication: “My flower beds…” appeared in Ribbons Anthology,” and “reams of notes…” appeared in Tanka Society of America Anthology.
Susan Rooke was thr illed and honored to learn that two of her poems, “When He Leaves” and “Those Silenced by the Storms,”
have been included in the 2010-2015 Best Of edition of the online journal Halfway Down the Stairs. The poems first appeared in the journal’s June 2011 “Time” issue and the March 2013 “Tomorrow” issue, respectively.
Paula Starche’s poem, " Cabellero of the Night," appeared in the August 2, W eekly Avocet. This is an online journal based
in Arizonia that focuses on nature. Her poem is about bird watching in the Texas Valley. Caballero de la noche is the Mexican name for the bird Common Pauraque, because it has a throaty nocturnal sound thought to make young women feel amorous.
Brad Strahan’s poem, " Road Tr ip," was accepted by Main Street Rag. His poems, "Ars Longa . . . " and "How Summer Sang," were
accepted by California Quarterly Review.
Saturday, October 8. Matt Donovan, author of Vellum , and winner of the Rome Pr ize will be teaching a one-day fair-cost, fee-based workshop at Gemini Ink, 111 Navarro Street, San Antonio, TX 78205. For more info visit their website: www.geminiink.org, OR http://geminiink.org/events/category/workshops/.
Sat Oct 8, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. POETRY ALOUD! At Georgetown Library, second floor . Hosted by Mike &Joyce Gul-lickson. 2nd and 4th Saturdays ongoing through December. The prompt is "What Got Left Behind” (just to stimulate writing and only a suggestion). Sunday, October 9th, 4-6pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. Austin Writers Roulette. Featuring a different monthly theme and line up of artists who love to perform their original written works such as poetry, essays, and spoken word. Saturday, October 8th, from 5pm. Malvern Books will be celebrating its third bir thday in fine style, with readings, cake and mu-sic! Come on down and join the party at 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. (Parking: if parking is unavailable in the store parking lot, please use residential streets for parking. Or, for evening events, you can park at Breed Hardware, 718 W. 29th Street, when they're closed (they close at 7pm on Monday - Friday, and at 6pm on Saturdays). Also worth noting: footage from past events can be viewed on their YouTube channel, and updates about their events are posted regularly on their Facebook page.
Sunday, October 9th, 2-3pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. Texas State MFA Faculty Reading. Join us for a reading with Texas State MFA faculty. Featuring Doug Dorst, Jennifer duBois, Steve Wilson, and Roger Jones.
Friday to Sunday, Oct 14-16. 7th Annual Georgetown Poetry Festival. Held at Georgetown Library, second floor . Hosted by Mike &Joyce Gullickson. Readings from contr ibuting poets of Blue Hole, The Enigmatist, and Texas Poetry Calendar.
Saturday, October 15th, 7-8pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. L.E. Kinzie Book Launch. Join us in celebrating the launch of L.E. Kinzie’s first poetry collection, Ignite. With readings from L.E. and Robin Bradford. Sunday, October 16, Noon to 1 pm: " SPIRIT SPEAKS" POETRY HOUR - AWESMIC CITY EXPO 2016, at the Palmer Event Center - Main Stage - Exhibit Hall 2. "Awesmic City Austin Texas Day!" Poetry by AwesMIC Poets: Thom The World Poet, Louise Gail Richardson, Robbin Barratt, and David Lester Young. For more info please contact Anyah Dishon, Direc-tor: 512.577.5171.
Wednesday, October 19th, 7-8pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. The Poetry of Max Ritvo with Sarah Matthes. Join us for a poetry reading from the late Max Ritvo’s fir st collection, Four Reincarnations (Milkweed Editions). Max’s poetry will be read by Sarah Matthes. Thursday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m." Shore Lines" is the Open Mike theme for Thirsty Thursday, which meets in the Council Chambers at Dripping Springs City Hall, 511 W. Mercer St. Get the scoop on how to become a featured reader here on the third Thursdays of each month (excluding December), by contacting venue host Nancy Fierstien at 512-858-2024.
Friday, October 21st, 7-8pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. Joe Doerr Book Launch. Join us in celebrating the launch of Joe Doerr’s third book, Tocayo: New & Selected Poems & Songs (Shearsman Books). With a reading from Joe, and a performance of the song lyrics from the book from Joe and his band Churchwood. Thursday, October 20, 7:30 pm. Poet Lawrence Raab reads on UT Campus in the Avaya Auditorium, POB 2.302, southeast corner of Speedway and 24th Street. Sponsored by the UT Michener Center for Writers. Raab is the author of nearly a dozen books of poetry, most recently MISTAKING EACH OTHER FOR GHOSTS , and teaches at Williams Collage in Massachusetts. For more info visit the website: https://michener.utexas.edu.
Saturday, October 22nd, 4-5pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. John Domini Book Launch with John Domini, Lowell Mick White & Alysa Hayes. Domini will read from his recent shor t story collection, M OVIEOLA!; White will read fiction from Inside Outside Upside Down; and Hayes will read poetry from her forthcoming collection.
Saturday, October 22nd, 7-8pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. E. Kristin Anderson Book Launch & Costume Party. Celebrating the launch of E. Kristin Anderson’s new chapbook, We’re Doing Witchcraft (Hermeneutic Chaos Press).
Tuesday, October 25th, 7-8pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. Malvern’s Multi-Verse. Join us for a FREE monthly reading series, Malvern’s Multi-Verse. This month’s Malvern’s Multi-Verse features readings and discussion from ire’ne lara silva and Alan Altimont.
Thursday, October 27th, 7-8pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. An Evening with Bryce Milligan. Join us in celebrating the launch of Bryce Milligan’s Take to the Highway: Arabesques for Travelers, a collection of poems and prose poems. With readings and music from Bryce Milligan.
Friday, October 28th, 7-8pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. I Scream Social. Get your cones ready for I Scream Social, featuring young women poets and fiction writers from the Austin community. Saturday, October 29: Brian Turner, author of Here, Bullet and My Life as a Foreign Country will be teaching a one-day fair-
cost, fee-based workshop at Gemini Ink, 111 Navarro Street, San Antonio, TX 78205. For more info visit their website: www.geminiink.org, OR http://geminiink.org/events/category/workshops/.
Saturday, October 29th, 7-8pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. Joseph Somoza Book Launch. Join us in celebrating the recent release of Joseph Somoza’s poetry collection, As Far As I Know (Cinco Puntos).
Sunday, October 30th, 4-5pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. The Lion & The Pirate Unplugged. In asso-ciation with VSA Texas and the Pen2Paper Creative Writing Contest, we’re delighted to present an inclusive (mic-less) open mic for writers and musicians.
Saturday, November 5: Tarfia Faizullah, author of Seam will be teaching a one-day fair-cost, fee-based workshop at Gemini Ink, 111 Navar ro Street, San Antonio, TX 78205. For more info visit their website: www.geminiink.org, OR http://geminiink.org/events/category/workshops/.
Sunday, November 6th, 4-5pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. John Jodzio Book Launch with Kendra Fortmeyer & Tatiana Ryckman. Join us in celebrating the Austin launch of John Jodzio’s latest short story collection, Knockout. With readings from John, Kendra Fortmeyer, and poet Tatiana Ryckman.
SHORTS FOR the APS WEBSITE Members, Where do you find poetic inspiration? Who first introduced you to poetry? How has poetry changed your life? Do you have a funny poetic anecdote to share? APS is looking for short, po-etry-related blurbs to post on our website homepage each month. If you're interested in providing a snippet of poetic prose, email us at:
Blurbs should be 200-300 words long and ac-companied by a photo of you. We look forward to hearing from you!
-Carie, APS Communications Director
AUSTIN POETRY SOCIETY’s September 17th meeting was held at the Yarborough Branch Library. APS President Barbara Gregg welcomed the attendees and introduced the presenters: Anjela Villarreal Ratliff and Gloria Amescua. They led the participants in the “Open-Ended Prompt Poetry Workshop.” A highly productive and fun time was had by all!
Saturday, November 12th, 7-8pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. An Evening with readings from George Drew, Wendy Barker & Barbara Ras. Sunday, November 13th, 2-3pm, Malvern Books, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705. Borderlands: Issue 45 LaunchParty. Join us for a reading to celebrate the launch of the latest issue of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review! Readers include featured poet Carrie Foun-tain.
