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TOMORROW! Friday! June 12! 8pm! Come one! Come all! The Supermachine Reading series in conjunction Gigantic Sequins presents... Ben Fama! Molly Finkelstein! Jeff Laughlin! & Kimberly Ann Southwick! Reading poems. In your face. At Outpost Lounge -- 1014 Fulton St. @ Grand and Classon. Take the C train to the Franklin Ave. stop OR the G train to the Clinton-Washington stop. TOTALLY FREE!!!!! (and thank you to Ben Fama for the poster image above)

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May was a good month for reading. I handed in my thesis, earned my Masters and finally had an open reading schedule, as in: I can now read whatever I damn well please, thank you very much. And so I did. I read and read and read. I plan on doing the same all summer and for the rest of my life... books read: May Trans-American Sketches by Ben Pease -- A short poetry chapbook that cohered and was beautifully crafted and well-written. Much enjoyed. Ben, when are you going to submit something to Gigantic Sequins already? The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon – I read this at work and did enjoy it. Certain chapters read like appendices, yet the point of view called for such eccentricities. Had heard a lot about this book and was glad to read it. Its surface simplicity paved way for something deeper that made this more than just a book about a kid with Asperger’s trying to solve the mystery of a dead dog. New Moon , Eclipse and Breaking Dawn b