let me be less aesthetic w/ this entry + more friendly b'cause my time in Buffalo was so kind----
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electric city spectacular invited many artists, poets, filmmakers, + musicians, + I saw 'em all. th'delight was great. flim forum press kicked off the spectacular w/ M. Klane, Christopher Fritton, Eric Gelsinger, Aaron Lowinger + me [insert Adam Golaski here]. The beloved Jonathan Minton, ed. of
word for/word, could not attend and we were sorry. a warm room in the back of Rust Belt Books suited us poets fine, and was packed w/ good folk.
Oh One Arrow was sold w/ whale Male----
post Rust Belt we went to see our founding fathers. others were: Clark, Melissa, Kevin, Becky----
friday electric city kicked off at 6pm. all the readers here
here is a list of all the readers----
the films of Ekrem Serdar, Francesco Gagliardi, Linsey Lodhie, + Scott J. Puccio were about light----
saturday w/
The Small Press Book Fair. at least three copies of
Oh One Arrow were sold. good to be in a room full of folk who make their own paper contraptions. bought
Broken Records. read to a hardworking audience----
electric city resumed. Eric, Christopher, + Aaron all performed with flimtastic grace; marvelous Jessica Smith called on Alix Bamford + Eric to demonstrate the plasticity of her poetry; + we enjoyed lit paper + Angela Szczepaniak's recipes + Jessica Fiorini's brooklynity. then music spectacular where G Lucas Crane faded tapes + jackson jackson junk-built gorgeous sound----
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flim forum editorial board retired at 3am. sunday we ate w/ jessica, jen, chris, + alix. after which we hit the road for a rainy elegy----
