Random Name Poetry presents a Monday night reading hosted by Davy Knittle:

HOLLY AMOS is an animal rights advocate and vegan. She is the author of the full-length poetry collection CONTINUAL GUIDANCE OF AIR as well as the chapbook THIS IS A FLOOD, both from H_NGM_N BKS. Currently living in Chicago, she is the editorial assistant for Poetry and a poetry editor for Pinwheel; she also co-curated the recently wrapped Dollhouse Reading Series.

JENN McCREARY’s most recent full-length collection, & NOW MY FEET ARE MAPS, is available from Dusie Press; sections were recently adapted, with the playwright Kathy Vinogradoff, for performances at Small Press Traffic’s Poets Theater in Oakland, CA, & at the Asian Arts Initiative in Philadelphia. Other works include THE DARK MOUTH OF LIVING (Horse Less Press), :AB OVO: (Dusie Press), A DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURES (Singing Horse Press), & ODYSSEY & ORACLE (Least Weasel Press). A 2013 Pew Fellow in the Arts for poetry, she lives in Philadelphia with her family where she edits ixnay press.

This event is free. DAHLAK PARADISE serves delicious Eritrean/Ethiopian cuisine and a variety of beverages. It is near to Septa’s 34 trolley route, and there is free parking nearby.