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Watch Strays on Stage: Full Video

Julianne Neely and Rachelle Toarmino Live in Conversation; Recorded Reading by Mary Ruefle

On Saturday June 26, 2021, Foundlings Press launched Strays Pack 4 at the North Park Theatre in Buffalo, New York.

The event featured live readings and conversation from poets Julianne Neely and Rachelle Toarmino, plus a surprise recorded performance by Strays 4 packmate Mary Ruefle.

All three poets read from their Strays chapbooks (available for purchase here). Seated on the North Park’s historic stage and beneath the theatre’s golden dome, Neely and Toarmino also discussed each other’s work, the sonnet form and “broken sonnets,” repetition and punctuation, influences, “confessional” poetry, readings and misreadings of contemporary women poets, MFA and PhD programs and workshops, and their experiences reading and studying with Mary Ruefle.

Watch here:

Note: Reading starts at 8:59. Aidan’s introduction and Rachelle’s reading are difficult to hear due to mic placement and acoustics issues. Audio quality picks up during Julie’s reading; the discussion and Mary’s reading are entirely audible.

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Blazes Launch: November 7 at Duende

Join Foundlings on Saturday, Nov. 7, 7pm at Duende’s outdoor Watu Cantina for a reading to celebrate the launch of Blazes, the debut collection by poet Zack Graboksy.

Guests can enjoy food and drink from the cantina and sit at an appropriate distance around the venue’s outdoor stage, south of downtown Buffalo and in the shadow of the grain silos. Zack—coming up from Carlisle, PA—will read from his new collection and copies of Blazes and other Foundlings titles will be available for purchase.

We’re requiring masks for anyone moving about the venue, and requesting them for seated guests who aren’t eating or drinking. We’ll also be following and enforcing the latest Erie County health guidelines and notifying guests of any changes to the same in the weeks and days leading up to our event.

Click here for more info about Blazes.

Click here to RSVP to the event.

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