Radical Poetry Reading with Shiv Kotecha

Shiv Kotecha curates the 80th Radical Poetry Reading featuring poetry read by Jackie Ess, Josef Kaplan, Momtaza Mehri, and Violet Spurlock.

In this talk

Shiv Kotecha

Based in New York, Shiv Kotecha writes across genre. The Switch (Wonder, 2018) makes a case for friendship over love using fiction and verse. His book EXTRIGUE novelizes Billy Wilder’s noir Double Indemnity shot-by-shot. He writes about art, film, and underwear for publications like 4Columns, BOMB, Gayletter, and frieze, where he is a contributing editor.

In the Rail: Shiv Kotecha

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•  @___shivk

Jackie Ess

Novelist Jackie Ess is the author of Darryl (Clash, 2021), which is her first book, of hopefully many. That‘s the main thing you ought to know about her for now.

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•  @@jackie_ess

Josef Kaplan

Poet Josef Kaplan is the author of Loser, just out from Make Now Books. His other books include Poem Without Suffering; All Nightmare: Introductions, 2011-2012; Kill List; and Democracy Is Not for the People. He lives in Philadelphia.

Momtaza Mehri

Poet Momtaza Mehri is also an essayist and independent researcher suffering from a fixation with translation, transitory states, and transnationalisms. Her latest pamphlet, Doing the Most with the Least, was published by Goldsmiths Press.

Violet Spurlock

Violet Spurlock is the author of Alloyed Bliss (Eyelet, 2021) and VS VS VS (GaussPDF, 2021). Her first full-length book, In Lieu of Solutions, won the Other Futures Award and is forthcoming from Futurepoem.

In the Rail: Violet Spurlock

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