The house was packed, and the words flowed with the wine, as poets and fiction writers hailing from NYC, LA, and the Bay Area performed to a standing-room-only crowd in San Francisco’s Mission District. It was the first event for Red Bridge Press and a wonderful night of literary mash-ups, with people who genuinely love writing that ranges far afield from the ordinary. PEN Oakland Award winner Mary Mackey was in the audience and expressed sentiments shared by many:
"The Small Press Love Fest transported me back to a time when writers wrote because they wanted to be interesting, edgy, risk-taking, ecstatic--because, in short, they loved to write. I haven't heard so much interesting work in a long time."
Each press brought its own style and swagger: from New York City’s great weather for MEDIA to Corium Magazine’s online elegance; from the Beat-influenced Ambush Review to the byte-inspired Red Bridge Press. And the large gallery space at Alley Cat Books set the mood and allowed us all to share the love. RBP’s own Deborah Steinberg emceed the night’s literary flirtations. No eyes were averted as east met west in a beautiful public display of affection. Each author molded and mixed language into a cadence all their own. Readers included R. Nemo Hill, Richard Loranger, and Kit Kennedy, and a special guest appearance from Christian Georgescu.
"The Small Press Love Fest transported me back to a time when writers wrote because they wanted to be interesting, edgy, risk-taking, ecstatic--because, in short, they loved to write. I haven't heard so much interesting work in a long time."
Each press brought its own style and swagger: from New York City’s great weather for MEDIA to Corium Magazine’s online elegance; from the Beat-influenced Ambush Review to the byte-inspired Red Bridge Press. And the large gallery space at Alley Cat Books set the mood and allowed us all to share the love. RBP’s own Deborah Steinberg emceed the night’s literary flirtations. No eyes were averted as east met west in a beautiful public display of affection. Each author molded and mixed language into a cadence all their own. Readers included R. Nemo Hill, Richard Loranger, and Kit Kennedy, and a special guest appearance from Christian Georgescu.
Liana Holmberg introduced three authors featured in Red Bridge Press' forthcoming anthology: Jenny Bitner, Jordan Reynolds, and Olga Zilberbourg. Each perfectly exemplified the boldness, creativity, and originality that we love to read and publish.
Olga Zilberbourg read from her story, “From Here to the Moon,” about a young man traveling in London who receives a message from an alien hologram, a message that may contain a key to easing the grief of loss—and a clue to altering time.
Jordan Reynolds had everyone intrigued as he first explained his “progressive translation” of Jack Spicer’s “Ballad of the Little Girl Who Invented the Universe,” then read both the original and his own curious “translation,” which he accomplished by using a combination of speech dictation software set to Spanish and Google Translate.
Jenny Bitner perfectly wrapped the evening up with her story “We ♥ Shapes,” about a mother dealing with the peculiar needs of her shape-shifting son. In an utterly convincing voice, the mother draws us into her world of playdates gone way, way off the rails.
These three pieces will appear alongside many others by talented writers from around the world in Red Bridge Press' premier publication of Writing That Risks.
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These three pieces will appear alongside many others by talented writers from around the world in Red Bridge Press' premier publication of Writing That Risks.
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