[Detroit]

[UDP:D] POETRY: Christopher Stackhouse, Francine Harris, Barbara Henning & Christine Hume
April 19, 2014, 7:00 pm
at Salt & Cedar

Detroit native Christopher Stackhouse is author of a chapbook Slip (Corollary Press); co-author of image/text collaboration, Seismosis (1913 press), which features his drawings with text by writer/translator John Keene; and most recently, a volume of poems, Plural (Counterpath Press). He is contributing editor at FENCE, BOMB, and VANITAS magazines. With artists Jared Friedman and Jomar Statkun, Stackhouse is a founding member of the roving artists in residence project is Red Door. He teaches at the Maryland Institute College of Art.Barbara Henning is the author of three novels and seven books of poetry. Her most recent are two collections of poetry and prose, A Swift Passage from Quale Press (2013) and Cities and Memory from Chax Press (2010). A former Detroiter, she has lived in New York City since 1983.Francine J. Harris’s first collection, Allegiance, reached the number one spot on the national poetry bestseller's list and was a finalist for the 2013 Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the PEN Open Book Award. Originally from Detroit, she is a Cave Canem fellow and is the Front Street Writers Writer-in-Residence in Traverse City, Michigan for the 2013/14 school year.Christine Hume is the author of three books, most recently Shot (Counterpath, 2010), and three chapbooks, Lullaby: Speculations on the First Active Sense (UDP, 2008), Ventifacts (Omnidawn, 2012), and Hum (Dikembe, 2014). She teaches in the interdisciplinary creative writing program at Eastern Michigan University. * Schedule is subject to change. Check www.saltandcedar.com/Events-Workshops for updates.* Doors will open one half-hour before start time; feel free to come early and browse the shop.* For all readings there will be a suggested donation of $5, unless otherwise noted. We welcomeany additional amounts to help defray the cost of bringing in presenters.* Books and ephemera will be on sale before and after the readings. Refreshments provided.* Please call the curator, Matvei Yankelevich, with any inquiries: (718) 243 - 0446.* All events will be held at Salt & Cedar, 2448 Riopelle Street in Detroit’s Eastern Market.