Quit Eying My Ions Press

So usually it drives me crazy when bookstores advertise for "summer reading" or people talk about their "summer reading" as though what you read in the summer is supposed to be a dumbed down version of what you would read in the winter. That the sun somehow blots out your ability to read interesting literature. HOWEVER, I succombed to the stereotype and read:

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Watch out Brooklyn!:
The Sixth Annual Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival
Saturday, August 21, 3pm
@ the Monument in Fort Greene Park
Brooklyn, NY

Featuring Kwame Dawes, Gregory Pardlo, Willie Perdomo, Carl Hancock Rux, Patricia Smith, and Cheryl Boyce Taylor, six poets who have appeared at the Calabash International Literary Festival and in the anthology So Much Things to Say reading alongside young writers from NYWC's workshops. This exciting event brings several generations of writers together to build on the rich literary traditions of the neighborhoods surrounding the beautiful Fort Greene Park.

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I went to Mexico. Here are some wee little photos: