Literary Firsts

What a night last Monday was.

Anthony D’Aries read about teaching in prisons and building Boston and Jack Nicholson. Michael Thurston read about cat violence, among other things. Danielle Jones-Pruett read about feathers and blush and bicycles. And Sarah Sweeney read about picking up her life and moving it, about falling in and out of love, about tension and release.

Watch the videos here.

See the photos here:

Anthony D’Aries reads an essay

Michael Thurston reads short fiction

Danielle Jones-Pruett reads poetry

Sarah Sweeney reads her confessional tale

Thanks to Anthony, Michael, Danielle, and Sarah for reading, thanks to Randolph Pfaff for taking photos and videos, and thanks to everyone who came out to listen!

Sarah Sweeney is a stolen breath.

Sarah Sweeney is a native of North Carolina. Her poems and essays can be seen in Rattle, Thrush, Quarterly West, Pank, Cream City Review, and Barrelhouse, among others. She was nominated this year for a Pushcart Prize for her essay “Before Adrian Grenier Got Famous,” which is about stalking.

Sarah is the confessional writer for the January 21 reading.

January 21, 2013!

Anthony D’Aries! Danielle Jones-Pruett! Sarah Sweeney! Michael Thurston!

BE THERE.