tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58950715831758270702024-03-05T08:34:24.866-08:00Colleen McKeeColleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-18681882082859468472021-05-09T12:57:00.000-07:002021-05-09T12:57:11.113-07:00Queer Poetry Workshop!<p> </p><p class="MsoTitle"><span style="font-size: 26.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Queer
Poetry Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoSubtitle"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">*An eight-week class*</span></p><p class="MsoSubtitle"><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">with Colleen
McKee</span></b></p>
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<h2><span style="color: #ff6600; font-family: "Carnivalee Freakshow";">*</span>About
the workshop<span style="font-family: "Carnivalee Freakshow";"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="color: #993366; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In an environment of honesty
and encouragement, queer writers of all levels of experience will stretch their
poetic muscles. We’ll try a variety of topics, moods, and structures. We’ll
explore what it means to write poetry that can celebrate as well as mourn, be
silly as well as serious, that honors the body yet is intellectual. We will
also explore the process of writing, what hinders us and what pushes us further.
To help us explore new directions and unknown strengths, we’ll use the book <i>The
Poet’s Companion</i> by Kim Addonizio and Dorianne Laux. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="color: #993366; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In addition, we’ll learn
about the history of queer poets and their poetry. As we only have 8 weeks, we’ll
focus on writers who have lived in the U.S., writers from different backgrounds
in terms of ethnicity, culture, age, gender/gender expression, sexual
orientation, region, and country of origin. We’ll mostly study writers of the
20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> centuries, brave poets who tried different
styles and who belong/ed to various poetic schools or circles. So we’ll read
work from <i>Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay American Poetry</i>, edited by
Timothy Liu, as well as poems we can find online at <i>Lavender Review</i>, a
queer women’s literary journal, and possibly other work online. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="color: #993366; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">(What do I mean by queer? Gay,
lesbian, bisexual/pansexual, transgender, gender non-binary, etc…)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="color: #993366; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The class is limited to four
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<h2><span style="color: #3366ff;">*</span>About the instructor<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Colleen Shoshana McKee earned her MFA in Creative Writing from
the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she taught English, and Gender Studies,
including classes on queer literature and creative writing. Her 20 years of teaching
experience also includes many small creative writing workshops for adults. She
is the author of 6 books of poetry, memoir, and fiction. Her latest collection
of poetry, <i>Routine Bloodwork</i>, was aa finalist for the Charlotte Mew Award
from Headmistress Press, a queer women’s press.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h2><span style="color: magenta;">*</span>Class details<o:p></o:p></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">~ Sundays, 12-2 pm. (with a 10-min. break)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">~ Meets online (Zoom or Google Meet) from May 30<sup>th</sup>-July
18<sup>th</sup>, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">~ Tuition Cost: $280 (ask if you need an installment plan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #993366; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">~ For more information or to register for the class, contact
Colleen Shoshana at 314.898.8289, at misscolleenmckee@yahoo.com, or on
Facebook. </span><span style="color: #993366; font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-27336996299506827022021-05-09T12:55:00.000-07:002021-05-09T12:55:00.661-07:00Upcoming Reading<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">MoonDrop Equinox</span></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Wed., June 19th, 6 p.m.</span></h1><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">The Cascades, Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Free, books for sale.</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier;">Authors whose books were released during quarantine will read from their work. There will also be snacks and music available TBA. </span></h2><h1 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h1><div><br /></div>Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-59276200448913777292020-05-15T17:35:00.001-07:002020-07-27T11:39:00.673-07:00New Book!<img height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJ2aFzPdNgZfdbXXVzWCodQ_Q-1qoWDIlU8tyJUhyphenhyphenaFQ9IJ-pXa9tqzQHCq_u6FiXTYIZh7ZljpGvntlBfBofhHybF4iHXN1cA4onjywXkHVQL6bTC_Rx1nF6zrYt2NfdxPWb_j39q7s/s200/Routine+Bloodwork+cover.jpg" width="129" /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">This chapbook was released just before the quarantine, so our exciting Oakland book launch at E.M. Wolfman and fabulous San Francisco book launch at Dog Eared Books Castro are postponed TBA. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">However, <b>the chapbook is</b> <b>still available from these websites:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><i>Headmistress Press at headmistresspress.blogspot.com</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>And these bookstores in San Francisco, which are open</b>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><i>Globus Books</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><i>Dog Eared Books Castro</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">One may also contact me directly at misscolleenmckee@yahoo.com to <b>buy it directly from me.</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">"My heart is not a dove. There is nothing/peaceful about it," declares the speaker in "The Pigeon." Accordingly, we see the airports, schedules, and trysts that attend this restlessness. A beautifully crafted villanelle, "The Wayside Inn," anchors this chapbook and the lovers in a temporary harbor."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> --<b>Robin Becker, judge of the Charlotte </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b> Mew Prize and author of <i>The Black Bear</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b><i> Inside Me</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">"Fierce, funny, wise, and particular, Colleen McKee's poems speak of love and loss across cities and bodies where the mind is a dryer set on 'maximum setting,' and the words of a 'mean, cute, crazy ex...ricochet' across the heart like a cascade of balls in a pinball machine. Like the most brazen of tightrope walkers, <i>Routine</i> <i>Bloodwork</i> crackles and delights."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> --<b>Hugh Behm-Steinberg, author of <i>Animal </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">"Although I have long admired Colleen McKee's prose and verse collections--her poems, memoirs, and stories--this is the book we've been waiting for: a complete, sustained collection of verse from a poet both technically gifted and passionate. It's sexy, witty, unnerving, tragic, and joyous. I love it."</span></div>
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Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-14103155400306353622018-09-03T11:12:00.001-07:002021-05-09T11:32:31.497-07:00Where to Find My Other Books During Quarantine<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">he <i style="font-weight: bold;">Kingdom of Roly-Polys </i>and <i style="font-weight: bold;">Routine Bloodwork </i>are now available at the following fine locations:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Dog Eared Books Castro, San Francisco</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Globus Books, San Francisco</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b> (both are open for browsing)</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Live Worms Gallery, North Beach, San Francisco</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: courier new, courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Routine Bloodwork is also available through Amazon and Headmistress Press: </b></span><a href="https://headmistress-press.square.site/product/routine-bloodwork-by-colleen-mckee/76?cs=true&cst=custom">Routine Bloodwork by Colleen McKee | Welcome to Headmistress Store (square.site)</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b><i>Are We Feeling Better Yet? Women Speak About Healthcare in America</i></b>, co-edited with Amanda Crowell Stiebel, is still available through <b>Amazon</b>. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Feeling-Better-Yet/dp/0976067528/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1535998165&sr=1-1&keywords=are+we+feeling+better+yet">https://www.amazon.com/Are-We-Feeling-Better-Yet/dp/0976067528/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1535998165&sr=1-1&keywords=are+we+feeling+better+yet</a></span></div>
Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-52452790992222063152018-09-02T11:13:00.000-07:002020-07-27T11:44:56.154-07:00The Sigh Press/Ampersand Interview<a href="http://thesighpress.com/portfolio/ampersand-10-colleen-mckee/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">http://thesighpress.com/portfolio/ampersand-10-colleen-mckee/</span></a>Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-45896349008705195022018-08-17T17:30:00.002-07:002019-01-06T20:28:13.568-08:00Past Appearances<div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 24pt;">Perfectly Queer: Great Gift Books!</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 24pt;">Tues.,
Dec. 11th, 2018, 7 p.m.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 24pt;">Dog-Eared
Books in the Castro</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 18pt;">489
Castro St., San Francisco</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hosted by Wayne Goodman and Richard May</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 18pt;">Reading
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 18pt;">Free
admission.Books for sale. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 18pt;"><a href="http://www.dogearedbooks.com/castro.html">http://www.dogearedbooks.com/castro.html</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/perfectlyqueerreadings/">https://www.facebook.com/perfectlyqueerreadings/</a></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>11th Annual Beat Museum Poetry Festival</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">Sat., Sept. 29th or Sun., Sept. 30th</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">The Beat Museum</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">540 Broadway, San Francisco</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Two days of poetry and music, hosted by </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Corman-Roberts and Fred Dodsworth. (I will</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">read on one of these days--day and time</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">TBA.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">List of readers TBA.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Free with museum admission ($5 for students</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">and seniors, $8 for other adults). Books</span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">for sale. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.kerouac.com/beat_event/11th-annual-beat-museum-poetry-festival/">http://www.kerouac.com/beat_event/11th-annual-beat-museum-poetry-festival/</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>Alt Beast</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">Sat., Oct. 6th, 12-5 p.m.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">Mosswood Park, Oakland</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Near MacArthur BART</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Reading times for writers (including me) TBA.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Collectives and authors include: Association</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> of Black and Brown Writers, hosted by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> Vernon Keeve III; Be About It Press, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> hosted by Alexandra Naughton, with Jesse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> Prado and Riss Rosado; Rag Zine, with</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> editor Cassandra Rockwood-Rice, Audrey T.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> Laura Close; The Intrinsically Difficult</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"> Collective, curated by Alex Smith; Paul</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">St. Mark's Florence, Italy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">Via Maggio 16, 50125 Firenze</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;"><i><b> Making It to the Next Whatever</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">Fri., Apr. 6th, time TBA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">The Beat Museum, 540 Broadway, San Francisco</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>Featured reader at Poetry Express</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">Mon., July 23rd, 7 p.m.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">Himalayan Flavors, 1585</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;"> University Ave., Downtown</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Free. Dinner and books for sale. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;">Rolling Out Bakery, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="line-height: 16.8667px;">1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 16.8667px;">Hugh Behm-Steinberg, “Bibles” published in <i>Atticus Review</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="line-height: 16.8667px;">8.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 16.8667px;">Bob Dickerson, “Stagecraft”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="line-height: 16.8667px;">9.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 16.8667px;">Tarn Wilson, “A Single Mother’s Survival Guide: Money”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Memoir reading on beautiful mistakes. I'll read with Joseph Kim, Christine No, and Tony Press. Curated by Allison Landa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The Octopus Salon, 2101 Webster St. (at 22nd in BARTable Downtown Oakland)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I will sing from Shakespeare's <i>Othello</i>; others will do literary and musical performances.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My new book of poetry and memoir, <i><b>The Kingdom of Roly-Polys</b></i>, is now available at <b>EM Wolfman Bookstore</b> in downtown Oakland, at <b>Dog-Eared</b> <b>Books</b> in the Castro, San Francisco, and through <b>Pedestrian Press.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">San Francisco Writers Workshop Reading</span><b style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Alley Cat Books</b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>3036 24th St., San Francisco</b></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Sun., June 26, 2-5 pm</b></span></h2>
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<i style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;">Kingdom of Roly-Polys</i><span style="font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace;"> Book Launch</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Ruth Reese, the owner and director of Reese Gallery, is also the sculptor of <i>Oh Daphne</i>, the artwork on the cover of <i>The Kingdom of Roly-Polys</i>. With readings by <b>Colleen McKee, francine j harris, Paul Thiel</b>, and <b>Andrea Jackson</b>. Paintings on display by <b>Laura Panella.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">With readings by <b>Colleen McKee, Susan Cohen, Rick May, Benjamin Wachs, Lenore Weiss </b>and maybe more TBA. </span></div>
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<br />Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-43513681402637859362016-05-09T06:29:00.002-07:002016-05-09T06:33:11.231-07:00Next Appearance<span style="color: white; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black;">NOMADIC PRESS</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">Saturday, May 14th</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">Reading with </span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 18.76px;">Mike Edison</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;"> on his Bay Area blast to celebrate his new book, YOU ARE A COMPLETE DISAPPOINTMENT: A TRIUMPHANT MEMOIR OF FAILED EXPECTATIONS (Sterling) with a typically rock’n’roll book tour!!!! </span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;" /><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;" /><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">THRILLS! SURPRISES! TALES OF SUBURBAN DYSFUNCTION! FREE ATOMIC FIREBALLS!!!!! 21st CENTURY BEATNIKS! TROUBADORS FOR A NEW WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">featuring "World's Greatest Piano Player" </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-size: large; line-height: 18.76px;">Mickey FInn</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;"> and the Astounding Rocket Tone Theremin!!! THIS WILL BE A FULL SET FEATURING X-RATED BLUES AND PSYCHEDELIC COMEDY!!!!! NOT A "BOOKSTORE READING"</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">www.mikeedison.com</span></span>Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-42247716796470674422015-06-02T18:03:00.001-07:002015-06-02T18:03:49.048-07:00June-Nov. 2015 Appearances<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Old Standard TT'; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i>NAKED BULB READING SERIES</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i>BAY AREA BOOK FESTIVAL</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Sun., June 7, 2015</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">11 a.m. (My performance is at 11,</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> but the festival takes place</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> all day Sat., June 6, and </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"> Sun., June 7.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">Allston Way (in front of the old Berkeley </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"> Post Office, a few blocks from the</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"> Downtown Berkeley BART Station)</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">Free, but see Bay Area Book Fest website </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"> http://www.baybookfest.org/</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"> to reserve tickets. </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 14.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Come listen to some featured readers, open-mic readers, musicians.<br />Mail a letter.<br />Bring a picnic.<br />Sit on the steps and watch the spectacle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">10 Sharon Coleman<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">1 Cassandra Dallett<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">2 William Taylor Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">4 Joel Landmine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">11 Colleen McKee<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><span style="font-size: large;">PRIDE POETRY</span></span></i></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Fri., June 26, 2015</span></span></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">7 p.m.</span></span></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Books Inc. in the Castro</span></span></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">2275 Market St., San Francisco</span></span></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">Poetry readings by Dean Kostos, Gr Keer, Erika Atkinson, Robert F. Santiago, and yours truly at a Castro institution. </span></span></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">Free event; books for sale. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sfpridepoetry2015/timeline" style="color: #cae532; cursor: pointer; line-height: 19.3199996948242px; text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/sfpridepoetry2015/timeline</a><span style="line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><br /></span>www.booksinc.net</span></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">415.864.6777 (Books Inc. in the Castro)</span></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i>BAY AREA GENERATIONS</i></span></span><br /><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i>BEAST CRAWL</i></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Sat., July 11, 2015</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">First Leg, 5-6 p.m.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Sweet Bar Bakery</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">2355 Broadway (near 19th St. BART Station)</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At this series, each writer is paired with another writer of a different generation (or at least 10 years older/younger).</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">Readings by Jon Sindell + me; Eileen Malone + Kathleen McClung; Nina Serrano + Garrett Murphy; and musician Stella Peach</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">Free event; books, food, and beverages for sale.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">http://beastcrawl.weebly.com/bay-area-generations.htm</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><i>ROLLING WRITERS: DOUBLES</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Sat., Nov. 14th, 2015</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Time TBA</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Rolling-Out Bakery</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">1722 Taraval St., San Francisco</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">William Taylor, Jr. and I will read from each other's stories. So will some other pairs of writers, TBA, and there will likely be musical guests.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;">Free event; books, food, and beverages for sale</span></div>
Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-28881498602063126412014-09-28T13:15:00.002-07:002014-09-28T13:15:41.741-07:00Interview: Writer on WriterNovelist Sarah Shotland interviews me for Writer on Writer, a feature on Karen Lilis' Small Press Librarian blog.<br />
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Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-69389594169885675272011-07-16T21:19:00.000-07:002011-07-17T09:40:31.655-07:00At the Edge of the EarthDear readers, I am now living in Berkeley, California, where the streets are lined in jasmine but often smell like piss. I'm working on a short story, a prose poem, and a poem.<br /><br />Next magazine publication: real-life spy poems in <span style="font-style: italic;">eleven eleven</span><br /><br />Next book publication: <span style="font-style: italic;">A Partial List of Things I Have Done for Money</span>, a book of poems + two stories from JK Publishing. There will be a deluxe art version and a "regular" version. Both will feature the photos of John Walker Eckles (aka St. Johnnie Walker), Alison Carrick, and Bob Reuter.<br /><br />Next reading: The Magic Eight (Bitchez Brew series), on Sat., July 30, 7:30-10:30, Viracocha SF, 998 Valencia, San Francisco. I'll read with Kathleen Wood, Maw Shein Win, James Warner, Siamak Vossoughi, Janey Smith, and Nicholas Karavatos. Music by the Beehavers, with Beeface Killah. I promise to be at my most magical bitchiest.Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-510636849767674052010-03-29T11:28:00.001-07:002010-03-29T11:29:46.248-07:00So You Want to Edit An AnthologyThis week I am a guest columnist for Ruth Ellen Kocher's blog, aboutaword.blogspot.com If you've ever been curious about the glamorous world of editing a creative writing anthology, check it out.Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-82805612342849303092010-03-06T13:09:00.000-08:002010-03-06T13:15:50.435-08:00Blue Like an Orange<em>La terre est bleue comme une orange.</em><br /><em> (The world is blue like an orange.)</em><br /><em> --Paul Eluard</em><br /><em></em><br />I am riding the bus<br />with a pumpkin in my lap--no pass<br />or pocketbook, no notebook, map<br />or keys. I only hold the pumpkin,<br />a perfect size, not so large<br />I have to stretch my arms<br />to keep it in its place, but not so small<br />that it could roll or bounce beneath the seats.<br />I wear a dress the color of lettuce, iceberg<br />to be exact. I like that it is scalloped<br />like leaves around the hem. I have no plans<br />for my spherical squash,<br />no thoughts of pie or lanterns,<br />salted seeds or soup. No, no plans at all.<br />I look out the window with something like interest<br />though there is nothing to see, no foliage,<br />no fences, no birds or bustling men,<br />only a sky with that light<br />peculiar to October,<br />light like a golden ball<br />sunk in a deep blue pond,<br />this gold so blue so bright it wavers,<br />common, strange, unasked for grace.<br />Little kids behind me<br />sling their bodies across my seat to <em>Ooh,</em><br /><em>you've got a pumpkin! Oh, can I</em><br /><em>pet your pumpkin?</em> Of course,<br />I say. Of course. I continue to stare<br />at the sky as these children--strangers to me--<br />touch for the sake of touch. Somehow I know<br />the bus has turned yellow, that yellow<br />only buses can be. I sit<br />with the sun in my lap.Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-35960793012517733492010-03-06T13:05:00.000-08:002010-03-06T13:08:58.491-08:00Temp Girl on the 91 OliveI watch ants swarm about on the sidewalk<br />locked in mathematical fury,<br />a maze of imperatives<br />wobbling around a chicken bone<br />nearly as thin as their legs.<br /><br />From my eyes, fifty-eight<br />inches away, the bone looks picked pretty clean,<br />shines like a stick pin of pearl,<br />but there must be some treasure<br />I cannot see, some miniscule morsel of gristle,<br />some scrap of sun-baked fat.<br />We all have our reasons for living.<br /><br />I step up to the bus<br />and hear a soft crack--<br />feel it more than I hear it--<br />look under my heel, see marrow<br />and something like feathers,<br />filaments really,<br />waving in a breeze<br />I hadn't even noticed.<br /><br />Next morning, I step off the Olive,<br />pull my name tag out of my purse<br />as the ants climb around inside the bone<br />scaling those brittle, arid canyons,<br />in search of oases of grease.Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-51741451304773366382010-03-06T12:59:00.000-08:002010-03-06T13:03:59.440-08:00A Midnight Smoke on the PorchI can see why no one really wants to give this up:<br />the tongue burning as though with wisdom,<br />the tongue that feels rough as a cat's,<br />the fingers that gesture with controlled flame,<br />a daydreaming conductor in the night.<br />It's an excuse to spend seven full minutes<br />staring at the moon.<br /><br />Just me on the stoop, a little maudlin.<br />I imitate how you used to hold your cigarette.<br />I can feel in my body<br />when I borrow your gestures<br />how you must have felt then, young<br />and sexy in your thrift store finds,<br />your mod gold velvet,<br /><br />coffee and cigarettes at three a.m.,<br />a girl at your side, a whole<br />lifetime to talk. The only reason<br />to ever get up from the table<br />was the cigarette vending machine,<br />its emerald green glow in the lobby.<br />Complimentary matches at the cashier's.<br /><br />Do you remember that diner?<br />Has death made an improbable angel of you?<br />Can you see and recall everything<br />without pain? Or is death<br />the cessation of memory, and isn't<br />that the point<br />of suicide?<br /><br />Who am I to say? Only<br />your insomniac ex. I'd like to think<br />I come and go for you in intervals of light,<br />just a small bright thing in the darkness,<br />the way your memory envelops me like smoke,<br />the way my hands, just for now, smell like you.Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-68717462440358004752010-03-06T12:35:00.000-08:002010-03-06T12:57:40.104-08:00Front Stoop Poem for You, Two Days After Your DeathThe starlings are going<br />through their stilted motions, hunting<br />and pecking and gathering. This one troops<br />down the rain-sputtered sidewalk--<br />in his jaw, a piece<br />of spring's profuse litter,<br />a cluster of seedlings.<br />For a nest, I suppose.<br />I don't know why I tell you this.<br />You never liked starlings. You despised them.<br />They were loud, like the drunks you served.<br />You'd close down the pub, get home<br />at five a.m., lie in bed with the sheet<br />over your face, and wish<br />you could shoot them<br />one by one.<br />They blackened the tree outside your window, screamed<br />just to see the sun.<br /><br />I should think of something nicer to write<br />than how you hated cute little birdies.<br />You were my friend<br />for thirteen years. I should come up<br />with something better. I could write<br />what you loved: me, for example,<br />Diamond Dogs by David Bowie,<br />squirrels and fine scotch,<br />chicken curries from Pho Grand,<br />slingers from the Buttery,<br />the green velvet dress you got for me<br />from the AmVets Thrift Store on Grand--<br />you loved that place--and thick stacks<br />of pancakes from Uncle Bill's,<br />your mom's collard greens with bacon,<br />your granny's macaroni and cheese--<br />you ate more than anyone I ever met,<br />all one hundred-fifteen pounds of you--<br />you loved snow globes, Scrabble, your nieces,<br />silk ties from the twenties,<br />prank calls, Jimmy Stewart,<br />your blue bowling shirt...<br /><br />The list isn't you. Nor is this poem,<br />which, I know, is kind of long.<br />Nothing is you but you, and<br />you're gone, but that just can't be,<br />so I stare at the starlings<br />who have survived you,<br />all their days spent in tiny motions<br />of sustenance. I resent all the people<br />on my street who aren't you.<br />I give them the St. Louis Stink-Eye<br />just because they have the nerve to exist.<br /><br />I turn the ring you gave me<br />on my bony finger, the only ring<br />that ever fit. I wait on the stoop<br />for your friend to pick me up<br />to go through your things, to find<br />a shirt for you to wear to your funeral.<br />I think I'll wear the sexy green dress<br />with extravagantly high heels.<br />It's not appropriate, but neither were you.<br /><br />Today it's cold, and the car is late,<br />so I keep writing, and the poem<br />doesn't end. I don't want<br />it to. Besides,<br />I don't know how.Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-71676877409730736382010-03-06T12:25:00.000-08:002010-03-06T12:34:47.112-08:00Natural CausesI had to live long enough to perfect my own funeral.<br />I'd saved my pennies for an open bar<br />at the chapel, only rail liquors,<br />no cheap shit. You only die once.<br />I'd saved my sequins<br />for the just-so<br />little black dress.<br /><br />I'd spent every Sunday<br />of the last year of my life<br />rolling out rugelach dough,<br />that, and sewing on sequins.<br />It turns out rugelach<br />thaws very nicely.<br /><br />I'd spent every Saturday night<br />accumulating suitors<br />so I would have plenty of mourners, men<br />to cry and shuffle their feet,<br />clutch the pale stems of flowers<br />in clammy palms,<br />clench and unclench their handsome jaws,<br />clean-shaven for once. They wish<br />they had treated me better.<br />Tattooed and virgin-skinned,<br />beer-bellied and svelte in their suits,<br />blonde and red-headed and bald,<br />they look sideways at each other<br />over my plain pine box.<br />They drink and hope my family<br />doesn't still hate them.<br /><br />My friends whisper: <em>She really could</em><br /><em>pick em</em>. Some guests<br />get in fist fights, of course,<br />a few ties loosened and rugelach-stained...<br />But after a few tears, a little blood,<br />some loose petals, people sigh.<br /><br />They say things like,<br /><em>I'm sorry.</em> They say,<br /><em>I wouldn't go...</em>They say,<br /><em>I have work</em><br /><em>in the morning.</em><br />So they go.<br /><br />One final man sticks around<br />to turn off the lights.<br /><br />We are alone in the dark, fragrant<br />with living white jonquils,<br /><br />each bunch in its world<br />of sugary water.<br /><br />He pats my hand, the naked ring finger.<br />Each vase will be spilled<br /><br />with the sun.Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-82612258622200043452010-03-06T11:59:00.000-08:002010-03-06T13:17:25.480-08:00Poems About Love, Death, and Chicken BonesI am posting some poems today. If you like them, check out the literary magazines and small presses that originally published them.<br /><br />"Natural Causes" appeared in my all-time favorite literary journal, <em>Criminal Class Review</em> (criminalclasspress.com), which publishes work by "emotionally damaged people...scumbag elite."<br /><br />"A Midnight Smoke on the Porch" appeared in <em>Literal Chaos</em>, a lit-rag for the landlocked writers (literalchaos.com).<br /><br />"Temp Girl Waiting on the 91 Olive" and "Blue Like an Orange" appeared in my chapbook of poems about food and sex, <em>My Hot Little Tomato</em> (cherrypiepress.blogspot.com).<br /><br />"Front Stoop Poem for You, Two Days After Your Death" appeared in <em>Untamed Ink,</em> Lindenwood University's literary journal (<a href="http://www.lindenwood.edu/untamedink">www.lindenwood.edu/untamedink</a>).Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-27077061901527870622010-03-06T11:54:00.000-08:002010-03-28T10:33:29.706-07:00Spring 2010 ReadingsAnne Earney and I will read at the Meramec Writing Festival on Wed., Apr. 7th from 12-12:50 p.m in the library. The theme this year is creative writing about health care. Anne is a contributor to my book <em>Are We Feeling Better Yet? Women Speak About Health Care in America. </em>This reading is also free, as are all Writing Festival events. Books will be available for sale at $20 apiece.<br /><br />I'll also be reading with writers from Fast Geek Press, which publishes punk fiction, poetry, music and other weird, wonderful stuff at the Holiday Club in Chicago on Fri., Apr. 23rd at 7:30. Here's who else is reading: John Franklin Dandridge, Brian Polk, Rik Villanueva, Krystle Ratticus, Charles Griller, and Charly "the city mouse" Fasano. Free, booze available, 21 and over only. See fastgeekpress.com.Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5895071583175827070.post-22727617670136902762009-10-12T20:14:00.000-07:002009-10-16T16:02:53.077-07:00I Have a Website; I ExistRecently a young woman said she wanted me to read for her series, but--"I looked you up online," she said breathlessly, "and you didn't have a website!" It was clear that she was shocked, and I knew that the fault was mine. Be it good, bad, or peculiar, it seems obvious that these days, one does not exist unless documented and presented online. As I have books, readings, talks, literary parties, variety shows, poems, vignettes, and other odd bits of musings and mental meanderings I would like to share with you, dear reader, it is only right that I have a website, so here it is. For whomever may be so inclined to peek in on this cluttered room that is my literary life, that is to say my only life, I will try to keep this updated, at the very least, with upcoming readings and events, and recent publications online and in print where you can read my work.Colleen McKeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13803510015653973926noreply@blogger.com1