Tues, December 7th: Poets George Rachel, James Gendron, Michael Roberts. Artwork by Nicholas Nemo Bottman + Music (TBA)

The ever talented artist, writer and poet George Rachel will be reading this December Switch, along with poet James Gendron, who has a new, wonderfully sharp book called Money Poems with Poor Claudia.

This night is poet Michael Roberts' birthday, and he will be joining us from SoCal to read poems from No More Poems About the Moon, & new poems. There will also be a very special musical guest, who we're keeping under our hats until the event. Trust us, it's gonna be good. Nicholas Nemo Bottman's artwork will be featured as well. Info after the hump.

xox
Paul & Jeremy

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Tuesday, Dec. 7th

@ 7:30 p.m.

George Rachel

James Gendron

Michael Roberts

+ A secret performance (TBA)

Featured artwork by Nicholas Nemo Bottman

Bring your own what-have-yous

including your listening ears (a must)

George Rachel is a writer, print artist, and student of literature. She is the recipient of the Jackie Mosier Emerging Writer Award, and her most recent work can be viewed in the forthcoming literary journal Habit, as well as the online journal M Review. http://www.marylhurst.edu/mreview/Rachel_Lines.html

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James Gendron is 28 1/2. His poetry has appeared in Fence, The Indiana Review, Salt Hill, Poor Claudia, etc. He received his MFA from Syracuse University, and currently teaches writing at PSU. His chapbook, Money Poems, was published last summer by Poor Claudia Press.

http://indianareview.org/content/issue262/262poetry3.html
http://www.lafovea.org/La_Fovea/james_gendron.html

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Michael Roberts is sitting under a blue a sky. It's November. He can see the ocean. According to his sources, the Sirens, the water is 61°F. So inviting. He is the author of the book No More Poems About The Moon and co-creator of the poetry blog Don't Fog The Feelers. He is also a weekly photo columnist for Small Doggies Magazine. He lives with billions of others on a pale blue dot. His work can be read here:

http://www.smalldoggiesmagazine.com/poetry/new-work/michael-roberts-orange-county/ and here:

www.thehopemeat.com

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Lifelong artist Nicholas Nemo Bottman is chiefly a painter and printmaker. Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Nicholas relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 1998, eventually landing in Portland where he received his B.A. with honors from Portland State University in Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking in 2005

http://www.nemobott.com