Inaugural Reading: (not quite the) Ides of March

Caesar was a Roman guy. One day someone told him to "beware the Ides of March." Caesar ignored him and was consequently killed. Now all that's left is this statue and some boring revisionist history of the Gallic War. Don't be like Caesar, heed good advice at this crucial time of year. To whit:

COME TO THIS READING!

March, 19th
9 pm
Mostly Books
529 Bainbridge St, between 5th and 6th
Philly, PA

For your civilized delectation, we offer the following poetic experiences

Marion Bell, lives in Philadelphia. She is a member of the New Philadelphia Poets. You can see some of her work on the collective anthology site Elective Affinities. She has a chapbook coming out this summer from Splitleaves Press.


Bela "3 Bios" Shayevich, who sent me three bios.

1: Bela Shayevich lives in Brooklyn, NY. To find out more about Bela Shayevich, you may call her at 847 494 9011. That's a Chicago number. Can't wait to chat.

2: Bela Shayevich: I see without seeing. To me, darkness is as clear as daylight. What am I? The Riddler: Please, you're as blind as a bat!

3: BS are the initials of Bela Shayevich. There are thirteen letters in Bela Shayevich, four in Bela and nine in Shayevich. Backwards, Bela Shayevich is Hciveyahs Aleb. Backwards, Hciveyahs Aleb is Bela Shayevich.

Leeann Thomas, who's responsible for this amazing thing, lives in Stafford, VA, is Assistant Professor of English at Northern Virginia CC and Germanna CC, a Temple & George Mason U alumni, and vagina warrior.

and last and least The Neo-Baroque Variety Hour, which will not last anywhere near an hour, but will feature Steve Dolph and your humble narrator reading translations of Argentina's Nestor Perlongher and Osvaldo Lamborghini, two major figures in the Neo-Baroque movement.

Refreshments will most definitely not be served, but you may bring them with you. See you at the Coliseum.