lit community / editorial projects

 
Poet reading at a microphone in front of a seated audience at a bookstore

Khaty Xiong, photo by Hannah Stephenson

Paging Columbus

Paging Columbus is a reading series based in Columbus, Ohio at the cultural hub Two Dollar Radio HQ. The bimonthly series features all genres of local and out-of-town artists, with each event hosting about 4-5 readers / performers.

Paging Columbus was created in 2011 by poet Hannah Stephenson—then co-curated by Hannah, Paige, and Anisa Gandevivala—out of a love for the city’s creative community and a desire to connect and flaunt its brilliant writers. Paging Columbus is on hiatus, but if you are coming through Columbus check out the fabulous Two Dollar Radio HQ!

Check out our past events and more info.

"Friends Forever" by Alli Litwicki

"Friends Forever" by Alli Litwicki

The Spectacle

The Spectacle is a magazine of art, poetry, and prose supported by Washington University in St. Louis. I’m grateful to have served as Poetry Editor for Issue 6—featuring work by Jos Charles, Daniel Poppick, Heather Christle, Khaty Xiong, Montreux Rotholtz, Paul Cunningham, Ben Pelham, and Abi Pollokoff—alongside S. Yarberry and under co-editor-in-chiefs Kelly Caldwell and Cass Donish.

 
Justin Phillip Reed’s reading, photo by Allison Waltz

Justin Phillip Reed, photo by Allison Waltz

Ashland MFA Reading & Seminar Series

Ashland University’s MFA Summer Reading & Seminar Series is held in rural Ashland, Ohio where MFA students and faculty, as well as visiting writers and editors, join together in public arts programming: panel talks, readings, craft seminars, workshops, and open mics.

co-editors reading from February at font gondo gallery (left-right): Paige Webb, Grace Park, Nathaniel Rosenthalis, Lucy Clark, Paul Legault, and Cass Donish

February, an anthology

February, an anthology gathers previously unpublished poems written by 57 poets in the month of February 2015. The anthology is organized chronologically, with each poem paginated by the time and place in which it was written. It features work by Eileen Myles, Mary Jo Bang, Jericho Brown, Morgan Parker, Aditi Machado, Dan Beachy-Quick, Yusef Komunyakaa, and many more brilliant poets.

photo by Cassie Donish

photo by Cass Donish