Julia Bloch and erica lewis: October 6, 2016

Steve Dickison introduces Julia Bloch who reads "Welcome Abroad," "Etiological," "Without Ceres and Baccus, Venus Would Freeze," "Fourth Walk," "Wolverine," "Valley Fever," "Hard Long," "The Sacramento of Desire," "Bakersfield," "Why Do We Still Live Here, In This Repulsive Town?," "Apology to Los Angeles," and "Hollywood Forever," from her book Valley Fever. She then reads the title essay from her forthcoming chapbook, Like Fur.

Steve Dickison introduces erica lewis who reads "day to day, today... today," "you know i can't imagine you were the magic," "all the days i've lost hoping and pretending," "i can't always see what's fantasy and what's real," "i need you more than anything else in the world," "i'm just looking at you through crazy eyes," "have i been away too long," "i'm only joking but you better be right," "words of comfort too," and "the silver leaves the drone of clever talk," from her book daryl hall is my boyfriend. She then reads "if it's magic," "and i am you," "there might be another star," "took me riding in your rocket, gave me a star," and "make me feel like paradise," from her forthcoming book mary wants to be a superwoman.

Julia Bloch and erica lewis take questions from the audience. They discuss music as inspiration, the accessibility of humor, the effects of pop culture, and the challenges of both embracing and resisting the lyric.