On February 15th, Valentine’s Day will quite literally be so YESTERDAY. Come navigate the ruins with three first-year MFA writers at LSU–Victoria Mansberger, Emily Nemens, and Lee Tyler Williams–and special guest Greg Koehler of Austin, TX.
As always, admission is completely free, thanks in large part to our sponsor and venue, Chelsea’s Cafe. RSVP on facebook!
The first-years are coming! The first-years are coming!
Help us close the fall semester by welcoming four of our new MFA candidates to their first Underpass reading!
HEAR! Min Kang and Jackie Kari read poetry!
HEAR! Aeron Kopriva and Alyson Pomerantz read fiction!
HEAR! Your own wild applause!
HEAR! The endless silence of outer space aka how quiet you are during the reading!
As usual, it’s completely free (and sponsored in part by our venue, Chelsea’s Cafe.) Poster below, with address! Facebook event here.
Hello, everyone! In case you haven’t heard through facebook or a poster already, this Saturday, at 8pm, a special edition of The Underpass unfolds at Red Star, right before the Delta Mouth Drag Ball!
The fun begins at 5pm on the capitol steps, where Louisiana Book Festival-goers will crawl to to Boudreaux & Thibodeaux’s where the Unofficial After Party kicks off, featuring readers from Baton Rouge and New Orleans, as well as a screening of selections from Zach Godshall’s Lord Byron! (Free admission.)
THEN, it’s time for the Underpass, just a few blocks away at Red Star! 2nd Year MFA candidates Aimee Davis, Alison Grifa, and Maia Elgin will be joined by special guest Anne Marie Rooney of New Orleans. Ladies night! (Or fellas night?)
Since this Underpass helping to fundraise for Delta Mouth Literary Festival, Louisiana’s biggest free literary festival, attendees will be charged $5 at the door if they’re in drag (and $7 if they’re in normative dress). But you get more than a reading–you get live music, DJs all night, and eleganza extravaganza as far as the eye can see! See you there/there/there?
The 2011-2012 Season of The Underpass kicks off on Thursday, September 22nd.
At 7pm, join us for a reading by three 2nd-year MFAs at LSU–Jenny Brosseau, Julia Carey, and Kim Vodicka–as well as special guest Ben Kopel.
It’s all completely free (and sponsored in part by Chelsea’s Cafe)! Check out the facebook event here.
Poster (with address) below. See you there!
This blog is the new official hub for all Underpass news and events. We hope you’ll bookmark it, check in regularly, and most importantly, attend some readings! If facebook is more your style, check us out there, too. Our fall dates will be announced soon!
The Underpass is an annual reading series, held during the fall and spring semesters, featuring poets and writers from LSU’s top-ranked MFA program. Readings take place about once a month at Chelsea’s Cafe and are totally free and open to the public!
For information on readings held before August of 2011, check out the old blog.
