Poetry Reading: Kelley Beeson

CSCL Librarian, Kelley Beeson, will read from her new book of poetry, Undress-- Winner of the 2023 Lefty Blondie Press First Chapbook Award. Copies of the book as well as fun merch will be available for purchase! 

Praise for Undress: 

There’s a wild burning in these poems as Kelley Beeson undresses to the fire of the self. Not just sparks, but full eruption as she “throws light” on a world changing shape in the midst of leveling grief. Nothing is spared in the devastation of love lost, as the book begins: When he comes back for his things, I will ask the house to burn him down. Her staggering imagination and unruly images are unparalleled, as the speaker leaps and conjures language: I am a talkative Carolina Wren. She owns the body’s manifesto: …a great cathedral in my pelvis. A stunning book. —Jan Beatty, The Body Wars, University of Pittsburgh Press