September 2, 2017
Beast Crawl Literary Festival
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Bridge To The World
Leg Two | 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 20. SomaR Bar and Lounge

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Event Description

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Now in its 18th year, Big Bridge is one of the oldest and most visited English language literary arts magazines on the web. A powerful online presence, it strives to build "bridges" that bring all artistic communities together to create and share ideas in an open and supportive environment. 

Co-Curators: Michael Rothenberg, Terri Carrión, and Youssef Alaoui

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Michael Rothenberg is a poet, songwriter, editor and publisher of the online literary magazine Big Bridge, www.bigbridge.org and co-founder of the global poetry movement 100 Thousand Poets for Change.

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Terri Carrión’s writing and photography have been widely published online and in print. Terri is assistant editor at Big Bridge and co-founder of 100 Thousand Poets for Change.

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Youssef Alaoui is an original creator of Beast Crawl, associate editor at Big Bridge, and publisher at Paper Press. His writings appear in books and magazines both foreign and domestic.

Event Readers

Sharon Doubiago

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Sharon Doubiago’s South America Mi Hija was nominated twice for the National Book Award. She holds three Pushcart Prizes and the Oregon Book Award for Psyche Drives the Coast.

Owen Hill

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Owen Hill Chandler Apartments was called one of the best mysteries of 2002 by the Chicago Tribune: “Owen captures ... the yeasty street & bed life of his native turf ... fresh & appropriately amoral.”

Genevieve Lim

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Genny Lim activist poet, playwright, educator. Her award winning historical drama, Paper Angels, aired in the U.S. and internationally. Lim is the author of Paper Gods and Rebels.

Daniel Yaryan

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Daniel Yaryan, Mystic Boxing Commissioner, founded Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts, and resurrected Poetry Festival Santa Cruz. Wanda Coleman said he is “one of the new generation of poetry mavens."

S.J. Cruz

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S.j. Cruz born & raised in NYC. Currently resides in Oakland. His poetry & fiction have been published extensively on-line & in-print. "The Flowers Won't Die" is his first published novel. 

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