by rudyards | November 15th, 2013
Gulf Coast Reading Series featuring
Sara C. Rolater, Claire Fuqua Anderson, and Martin Rock (7pm Free)
Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts
https://www.gulfcoastmag.org/
Gulf Coast is proud to present its 2013-2014 Reading Series, featuring twenty-one readers from the University of Houston’s nationally-acclaimed graduate program in creative writing. All readings are free and open to the public. They begin at 7 p.m. on Fridays in the upstairs room at Rudyard’s British Pub, 2010 Waugh Dr., Houston, Texas, 77006.
Sara C. Rolater is a graduate of Rice University and an MFA candidate at the University of Houston, where she is an assistant editor in fiction forGulf Coast. She has written for offcite.org and been a fellow at the Writing Immersion Retreat in Bali. Her fiction has appeared in Ghost Town, and her Facebook status collage poetry is available at plagiarizemyface.com.
Claire Fuqua Anderson is an assistant editor of nonfiction for Gulf Coast and an MFA candidate in fiction at the University of Houston. She received her B.A. in English and Linguistics at Rice University, where she won the George Guion Williams Prize for fiction. Claire has been a contributing writer for Shelf Awareness and Spoon magazine, and she has a thing for India Pale Ales and hot, hot sauce.
Martin Rock is the author of two chapbooks, most recently Dear Mark, an epistolary response to the work of Mark Rothko (Brooklyn Arts Press). His poems have appeared widely in publications such as Black Warrior Review, Conduit, Third Coast, Salamander, and Best New Poets 2012. He has worked as a cheesemonger, web designer, and editor, and lived for four years in Japan where he taught both young and old the idiosyncrasies of the English language.
Lovable Old James (doors 9pm)
The Loveable Old James (Houston, TX)
https://thelovableoldjames.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/LovableOldJames
The Lovable Old James formed in 2000 in Houston Tx, when vocalist/synth player PJ Yruegaz and guitarist/vocalist Carlos Martinez’ previous band disbanded. After many lineup changes and extended hiatuses, The Lovable Old James are back and getting ready to release our 1st E.P.and 1st full length L.P!!!These recordings also feature vocalist/ violinist Veronica Horn, and drummer David Gomez
