Bellevue Literary Review Spring Reading

To celebrate the publication of the BLR’s latest issue, editor-in-chief Danielle Ofri hosts an evening of readings by contributing authors from the issue, including Caitlin Kuehn (winner of the 2017 Felice Buckvar Prize for Nonfiction), Colter Jackson, Jay Kidd, and Gardner McFall.

Join us to learn more about the BLR and to enjoy an evening of poetry and prose in one of the most unique venues for great literature in New York City, Bellevue Hospital.

May 31, 2017, 6pm
Bellevue Hospital - Rotunda area
1st Avenue at 28th St, NYC

Free and open to the public

OUR READERS:
Jay Kidd has published poems in The Florida Review, Atlanta Review, Ruminate Magazine, Burningword, Mason’s Road, Chelsea Station Magazine, and the Bellevue Literary Review. He was the 2013 winner of Ruminate's McCabe Prize for Poetry, and 2015 winner of Atlanta Review’s International Poetry Competition. Jay lives in New York City and studies the craft of writing at The Writers Studio.

Gardner McFall is a poet, librettist, and children’s book author. She has recently published poems in Barrow Street, Hanging Loose, and The Hopkins Review. She lives and works in New York City.

Caitlin Kuehn is from small-town Wisconsin, where she graduated with a bachelor of science in biology, and, for one whole year, attended medical school. Now residing in New York City, she is advancing towards an MFA at City College. "Of Mothers and Monkeys" is her first published work.

Colter Jackson works as a freelance writer and illustrator in New York City. She has written scripts for both Tina Fey and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, only one of which was funny. She is the author and illustrator of the picture book Elephants Make Fine Friends (Penguin, 2015) and is at work on a novel. You can find more of her work in GOOD Magazine, Tin House, and The Rumpus.