Lauren Russell & Friends to Perform at Unnameable Books in Brooklyn, 6/7

Lauren Russell and friends will perform on Friday, June 7, 2013, 7:00 p.m., featuring music from Bob Kerr and readings from Edmund Berrigan, Jessica Fiorini, Joanna Fuhrman, and the in from Pittsburgh, Lauren Russell. It all takes place at Unnameable Books, 600 Vanderbilt Ave., Brooklyn. Hosted by David Kirschenbaum.

Edmund Berrigan is the author of two books of poetry, Disarming Matter (Owl Press) and Glad Stone Children (farfalla press/McMillan & Parrish), and a quasi-memoir, Can It! (Letter Machine Editions). He is editor of the Selected Poems of Steve Carey (Sub Press), and is co-editor with Anselm Berrigan and Alice Notley of The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan and The Selected Poems of Ted Berrigan (both University of California Press). He is an editor for poetry mags Vlak and Brawling Pigeon, and on the editorial board of Lungfull!.

Jessica Fiorini is the author of two chapbooks, Sea Monster at Night (Goodbye Better) and Light Suite (Pudding House Publications). Hew poems have appeared in Lungfull!, The Brooklyn Rail, The Poetry Project Newsletter, and Vlak. She lives in Brooklyn and makes video games.

Joanna Fuhrman is the author of four books of poetry, most recently Pageant (Alice James Books) and Moraine (Hanging Loose Press). In 2011, Least Weasel published her chapbook The Emotive Function. She is the poetry editor for the journal Ping Pong and used to host readings at the Poetry Project at Saint Mark's Church. Recent poems appear in Volt, The Believer, Hanging Loose, and Maggy. She teaches poetry writing at Rutgers University, in her apartment, and in New York City public schools through Teachers & Writers Collaborative. Her essays on teaching appear regularly in Teachers & Writers Magazine. http://www.joannafuhrman.com

Robert Kerr is a playwright living in Brooklyn. He was in the band Alien Detector while he lived in Minneapolis, where he also served as musical director for Bedlam Theatre's production of Land Without Trees. He wrote the book and lyrics for the 10-minute musical The Sticky-Fingered Fiancee with composer Mat Eisenstein, and often writes songs for his own plays. http://www.robertkerr.net

Lauren Russell is the author of the chapbooks Dream-Clung, Gone (Brooklyn Arts Press) and The Empty-Handed Messenger (Goodbye Better). She is an M.F.A. student at the University of Pittsburgh, where she also teaches writing and serves as a poetry editor of Hot Metal Bridge. http://www.readlauren.com

Directions: 2, 3 to Grand Army Plaza,; C to Clinton-Washington avenues, Q to 7th Ave. Venue is bet. Prospect Pl./St. Marks Ave. Info: 212-842-BOOG (2664); editor@boogcity.com.