KGB Monday Night Poetry is pleased to present…
Yona Harvey + Lynn Melnick
Monday, April 15th, 2013
Doors open at 7:00 pm
Reading starts at 7:30pm
Admission is FREE
85 East 4th Street * New York, NY
Hosted by John Deming and Matthew Yeager
Series founded in 1997 by Star Black and David Lehman
Yona Harvey is a literary artist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is the author of the poetry collection,
Hemming the Water (Four Way Books: New York, 2013), and the recipient of an Individual Artist Grant from The Pittsburgh Foundation. Her poems can be found in
jubilat, Gulf Coast, Callaloo, West Branch, and various journals and anthologies, including
A Poet’s Craft: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Sharing Your Poetry (Ed. Annie Finch). She lives with her husband and two children in Pittsburgh, PA, and teaches at Carnegie Mellon University.
Lynn Melnick’s first book of poetry is
If I Should Say I Have Hope, published by YesYes books. Her poetry has appeared in
BOMB,
Denver Quarterly,
Guernica,
Gulf Coast,
jubilat,
The Paris Review,
A Public Space, and elsewhere. Her fiction has appeared in
Opium and
Forklift, Ohio, and she has written essays and book reviews for
Boston Review,
Coldfront,
Los Angeles Review of Books,
Poetry Daily, and
VIDAweb, among others. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.
Upcoming, Spring 2013
Apr 22 Sharon Olds + Michael Dickman
Apr 29 Michael Klein + Will Schutt
May 6 Glyn Maxwell + Louis Jenkins
May 13 Sarah Arvio + David Kinloch
May 20 Eileen Myles + Rebecca Wolff + Season Finale Party