Ugly Duckling Presse — Bay Area Reading, featuring Cedar Sigo, Brent Cunningham, Micah Ballard, Dodie Bellamy, John Sakkis, Clark Coolidge, Sarah Wintz, Patrick Dunagan, and Tom Comitta: March 7, 2014

Julian Poirier and Matvei Yankelovich alternate introductions and discuss each poet's relationship with Ugly Duckling Presse. 

Cedar Sigo opens the reading with two poems from his recently published Language Arts, "An Emotional Memoir" and "The Underwater Box Escape". He then finishes with three new poems from a manuscript in progress, “LA Odyssey," “Panavision," and “Gauntlet." 

Brent Cunningham follows with a reading of the preface to an abandoned manuscript written before his first book with Ugly Duckling Presse, Bird & Forest. He then reads "Farewell Forward Thinkers" a poem that didn't make it into Bird & Forest. 

Micah Ballard reads six poems from a new manuscript titled Vesper Chimes -- "Indivisadero," "Untitled Florence," "Ticket to Tel Aviv," Helios," "Chicago" and a translation of the Venezuelan poet José Antonio Ramos Sucre (translated by Carlos Soto Roman). 

Dodie Bellamy reads an excerpt from her recently published The TV Sutras. 

John Sakkis reads a section from a new manuscript titled Mirror Magic. 

Clark Coolidge reads a handful of poems from a new manuscript titled The Land of All Time, including "Goodbye," "At the Haywire Brink Hotel," and "The Glass of Snake." 

Sarah Wintz reads a couple long pieces from a new manuscript titled Everyday Fashion. 

Patrick Dunagan reads three poems from Das Gedichtete. 

Tom Comitta reads five pieces from a new manuscript titled Warmup.