{apparently even most of my moons are in Cancer}

Monday's my birthday. And that means that not only am I in NYC for my birthday for the first time ever, but I'll spend it at Bar 13. And more than that, I'll be previewing the three-woman show (working title: DAMAGE) I've been working on steadily forever with Lynne Procope and Rachel McKibbens. New poems, some multi-voice, good times!

Come by if you can! Here's all the info:

MONDAY June 27: A quadruple-header of poetic goodness is in store for you at Bar 13! Witness the very first preview of DAMAGE, featuring new poetry by LYNNE PROCOPE, RACHEL MCKIBBENS, and MARTY MCCONNELL. A work in progress, Damage voices the overlapping and undulating experience of female selves in fragment, healing, explosion, and growth. And as if that weren’t enough, experience transplanted New Yorker and spinner of the glorious metaphor CORIEL GAFFNEY! And next up in the summer of theme slam love: THE FORM SLAM! (insert spooky music here.) First round: sestina! Second round: sonnet! Third round: death match haiku! And of course, NYC’s happeningest open mic.

13 Bar/Lounge / 35 E. 13th St., Union Square NYC / 7 p.m. sign-up / $5($4 with student ID) / always 2-for-1 drinks all night long