Boog City Presents THE PORTABLE BOOG READER 10

Boog City presents THE PORTABLE BOOG READER 10 Portland, Ore. and N.Y.C. Release Party on Sun., June 11, 1:00 p.m. at Unnameable Books, 600 Vanderbilt Ave. in Brooklyn.

With Readings From Pbr10 Contributors N.Y.C. poets Ray DeJesús, Frank Grisanzio, Urayoán Noel, Ryan Nowlin, and Jean-Paul Pecqueur, and music from
Michelle Beth Herman.

Curated and hosted by Portable Boog Reader 10 N.Y.C. editors Maria Damon, Mark Gurarie, Barbara Henning, and David A. Kirschenbaum; and, in absentia, Portland, Ore. editors Sarah Bartlett and Phoebe Wayne.

Hosted and curated by Boog City editor and publisher David A. Kirschenbaum.

For further information, call 212-842-BOOG (2664) or email editor@boogcity.com.

**Ray DeJesús
Ray DeJesús was born in, and resides in, Brooklyn. His work has been published in 1913, a journal of forms; The Equalizer 2.0; Peaches and Bats; Gondola; et al. He teaches at St. Francis College.

**Francesco Grisanzio
http://www.bortquarterly.com/
Francesco Grisanzio is a founding editor of BORT Quarterly and the author of the chapbook Stories & Centauries (Strange Machine Books). His work has appeared in Poor Claudia, Banango Street, and Powder Keg among other publications.

**Michelle Beth Herman
https://www.michellebethherman.com/
Michelle Beth Herman is an upcoming singer/songwriter here in NYC. Michelle received her B.F.A. in music theatre from The Hartt School of Music, Dance and Theatre and is a full-time actor. Writing is a passion and living in Manhattan and experiencing the ups and downs, especially with love, has strengthened that muscle. Some credits include: (A very exciting one which she can't quite announce officially yet), In the Heights (Nina), Theatre Under The Stars. A Little Night Music (Petra),The Barnstormers, Spamalot (The Lady of The Lake), and New London Barn Playhouse. Proud member of AEA.

**Urayoán Noel
http://www.wokitokiteki.com/
Urayoán Noel lives and improvises in the South Bronx, teaches at NYU, and most recently published Buzzing Hemisphere/Rumor Hemisférico.

**Ryan Nowlin
http://acrossthemargin.com/tag/ryan-nowlin/
Ryan Nowlin is the author of the chapbooks Banquet Settings and Not Far From Here, and the recently completed full-length manuscript Kugel. His poems and reviews have appeared in Sal Mimeo, The Operating System, and The Poetry Project Newsletter, among others.

**Jean-Paul Pecqueur
Jean-Paul Pecqueur's first book, The Case Against Happiness, was published by Alice James Books. Two chapbooks, To Embrace Sea Monsters and The Imaginations, have been published by Greying Ghost Press and Forklift, Ink. Some more recent poems have appeared in H_NGM_N, Sink Review, Vinyl, and Ping Pong. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, he teaches composition and creative writing to fine arts students at the Pratt Institute and lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

**Boog City
http://www.boogcity.com
Boog City is a New York City-based small press now in its 27th year and East Village community newspaper of the same name. It has put out approximately 200 publications, including 35 volumes of poetry and various magazines and a newspaper, featuring work by Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti among others, and theme issues on baseball, women's writing, and Louisville, Ky. It hosts and curates two regular
performance series-d.a. levy lives: celebrating the renegade press, featuring a non-NYC small press, its writers, and a musical act; and Classic Albums Live, where up to 13 local musical acts perform a classic album live. Past albums have included Elvis Costello, My Aim is True; Nirvana, Nevermind; Sleater-Kinney's, Dig Me Out; and Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville.

Directions: 2, 3 to Grand Army Plaza, C to Clinton-Washington avenues, Q to 7th Ave.
Venue is bet. Prospect Pl./St. Marks Ave.