Last night I read with two other wonderful writers at PCA for first Friday. It was so nice to hear fellow residents read from their work. The reading took place in a little nook in K-3 studios, with lots of comfy couches, exposed brick walls, and platters of delicious nibbles of cheese and crackers, grapes, and chocolate chip cookies.

Reading (poetry & prose) with April Flynn & Katey Schultz, CIAO Peoria at Prairie Center of the Arts
7 – 8:30 p.m. June 1, 2012
1506 SW Washington St., K-3 Studios
Peoria, IL 61602

I read from my forthcoming chapbook SHE WHO LOVES HER FATHER that is due out a little later this month. (Speaking of, I’m doing a reading in Chicago on June 15 at the Edge Gallery to officially launch the collection with Dancing Girl Press & Studio).

I also read from a digital collaboration that I’m working on with another resident. I hadn’t been down to the Cordage Building and the K-3 studios since my last residency here when I was working on my broadside collaboration. PCA has done a lot of work to the studios. The space was bright, welcoming, and friendly. Plus, I got to wander around and look at what some of the visual artists had created.

Thanks to my fellow readers, to Michele and Joe Richey for hosting the event, to Adam Wagler for his technical savvy, to April Flynn for stepping in as videographer in a pinch, and to the Prairie Center for creating such a perfect space to write and reflect, and for creating opportunities, like this one, to read and present new work. I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my first Friday.