November’s Prose in Pubs

Just a reminder that my reading series, Prose in Pubs, will be held this Sunday, November 20th at Jack’s Draft House in Scranton. The show starts at 7pm.

What can you expect? Well, we have Dr. Nate Pritts coming in from Syracuse. Here’s a bit more on Nate:

Nate Pritts is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Sweet Nothing. POETRY Magazine called his third book, The Wonderfull Yeare, “rich, vivid, intimate, & somewhat troubled” while The Rumpus called Big Bright Sun, his fourth book, “a textual record of mistakes made and insights gleaned…[in] a voice that knows its part in self-destruction.” His poetry & prose have been widely published, both online & in print, at places like Southern Review, Columbia, Washington Square, Gulf Coast, Boston Review & Rain Taxi where he frequently contributes reviews. He is the founder & principal editor of H_NGM_N, an online journal & small press.

We are also so fortunate to have Jennifer H. Fortin, who will be reading from her first full length book, Mined Muzzle Velocity. Here’s more about Jennifer:

Mined Muzzle Velocity is Jennifer H. Fortin’s first book. Her work has appeared in, among other places, Action, Yes, alice blue, Blackbird, BlazeVOX, Coldfront, Copper Nickel, Court Green, Everyday Genius, GlitterPony, H_NGM_N, LIT, Sink Review, and TYPO. Dancing Girl Press published her chapbook If Made Into a Law in 2011. Another chapbook, Nicole C. (Apartment 4), was published as part of the Dusie Kollektiv in 2011. Another is forthcoming from Poor Claudia. With three other poets, she founded and edits LEVELER. She has been named a Finalist for the Poetry Foundation’s Ruth Lilly Fellowship. Fortin is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Bulgaria 2004-2006).

And, just when you thought things couldn’t get better, we have Scranton’s own legendary slam poet, Mike Ambrose! Mike has been on the local scene for quite a while, and is always a highly requested reader.

And last, but certainly not least, we will be hearing from Alexis Belluzzi, author of Practicing Distance, a wonderful chapbook published by Big Table Publishing. Alexis has her BA from Susquehanna University, her MFA from Hollins University, and her M.Ed. from Bloomsburg University. Her writing has won the Andrew James Purdy Prize in Fiction. She lives in Lake Ariel with husband, daughter, 2 cats, and 1 neurotic dog.