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APRIL 2015

 

4/9
LitFest2015 Featuring the Authors of Willow Books of Aquarius Press
10 PM - Midnight
Gamut Gallery
Minneapolis, MN
*LIVE BROADCAST*

4/9 - 4/11

Associated Writing Programs Conference & Bookfair

Hilton Minneapolis

Minnepolis, MN

TABLE #557


 
 

 4/22

*Wednesdays LIVE @ Bert's*

Weekly Music & Literary Series

Kickoff Party April 22, 2015

6-9 PM 

Featuring Kahn Santori Davison, Tracy Kash Trio & Scheherazade Washington

Bert's Entertainment Complex

2739 Russell
Detroit, MI 48207
bertsentertainmentcomplex.com

 

4/29

*Wednesdays LIVE @ Bert's*

National Poetry Month Party #2 

6-9 PM 

Featuring Kahn Santori Davison, Tracy Kash & John Jeffire

Bert's Entertainment Complex

 

 

COMING UP NEXT!


April Gibson
Emerging Author
Chapbook debut @ AWP


Rachelle Linda Escamilla
Imaginary Animal


David Garvin
White Sun: Stories from Hispanoamérica  


 

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  NATIONAL POETRY MONTH PARTY APRIL 22

Kickoff for new music and literary series in Detroit's Eastern Market

 

  


Bert's Entertainment Complex will host a new music and literary series every Wednesday evening beginning April 22 through Fall. The Wednesdays LIVE @ Bert's will showcase musical, literary and dramatic acts with an "after-work affair" flair. Headliners include:

Tracy Kash, flautist, vocalist, pianist, composer and Detroit Music Awards winner

Angela Celeste May , vocalist, bandleader, and producer

Dwayne Collins, Motown Guitarist and member of the Next Generation Funk Brothers

YOUR POETRY HOST:
Kahn Santori Davison, famed Detroit-area photographer and author of the upcoming poetry collection BLAZE. Kahn will host the "Kahn & Friends" segment with featured authors.

 

The kickoff party for Wednesdays LIVE @ Bert's begins on April 22, 2015, featuring
Scheherazade Washington, a writer and educator with Inside Out. The following week will feature noted Detroit area poet  John Jeffire .

 

 

 

Scheherazade Washington
John Jeffire, Founding Aquarius Press poet

 

Wednesdays LIVE@Bert's  (Kickoff party on April 22, 2015)

Bert's Entertainment Complex

2739 Russell

Detroit, MI  48207

6-9 p.m.

www.BertsEntertainmentComplex.com

 
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Third annual All-Star reading with the authors of Willow Books, featuring Elmaz Abinader (This House, My Bones), Randall Horton (Hook: A Memoir), Derrick Harriell (ROPES and Cotton), Rich Villar (Comprehending Forever), Curtis L. Crisler (WONDERKIND), Willow Books Literature Awards Grand Prize Winner Rachelle Linda Escamilla (Imaginary Animal), Cedric Tillman (Lilies in the Valley), Adrienne Christian (12023 Woodmont) Mahogany L. Browne (Redbone) and April Gibson, Willow Books' 2014 Emerging Poet. Special guest Brian Gilmore (We Didn't Know Any Gangsters). Free and open to the public. 

 

LIVE ONLINE BROADCAST (Details TBA)

10 PM

Gamut Gallery

1006 Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, MN  55403

 

 


 

 

 

 2015 WILLOW BOOKS 
LITERATURE AWARDS

DEADLINE APRIL 30!

 

 

WILLOW BOOKS LITERATURE AWARDS

Prose Grand Prize: 

$1,000, book contract, and sponsored reading

Poetry Grand Prize: 

$1,000, book contract, and sponsored reading

 

The Willow Books Literature Awards recognize literary excellence in prose and poetry by writers from culturally diverse backgrounds. The 2014 Grand Prize winners are David Garvin and Rachelle Linda Escamilla.

 

The submission deadline for entries is APRIL 30, 2015. 

 

 SUBMIT HERE:

  

https://aquariuspress.submittable.com/submit

 

 

  ANNOUNCING

 

Pre-Order thru 4/9

 

 

AUTOMATION by April Gibson

Chapbook

Willow Books Emerging Poets & Writers Series

 

 

April Gibson is a poet and essayist. Her work has appeared in Pluck!, Naugatuck River Review, As/Us, Tidal Basin Review, Literary Mama and elsewhere. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Chicago State University. April was selected for the Loft Literary Center's 2014 Mentor Series Award in Poetry. She resides in the Twin Cities with her two sons, though Chicago is where her heart lives.

 

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About Us

 

H. Buchanan, Owner & Publisher

Randall Horton, Poetry Editor

Kahn Santori Davison, Editor, AUX Media Division

Curtis L. Crisler, Contributing Editor

Qiana Towns, Contributing Editor

Jen Welzel, Operations Assistant