Mouth and Thistle February 2008

Part 1: Chris Klingbeil & Just Desperation




Part 2: Erik Leavitt



Mouth and Thistle February 2008

Featuring readings by poet Erik Leavitt and fiction writer Chris Klingbeil.

With the music of Just Desperation and Jacob P Powers, piano.


BIOs:

Chris Klingbeil has lived in WI, MN, UT, ID; swam in two oceans;
survived a 30 ft cliff fall; been to Canada enough times to warrant his
use of the word 'eh'; he has, from time to time, been mistakenly
confused for a homeless person; he thinks sticks are find substitutes
for silverware; and once, he made his friend hike until he puked
blood...Chris slept great.

Erik Leavitt is a graduate student and professor student at Boise
State. His work has appeared in AGNI and New York Quarterly. He will
be reading and lecturing from his master's thesis "Vanishing Twin
Syndrome, a Novel in Verse" which is about, among other things, the
discovery of a supernova by Dutch astronomer Tycho Brahe-famous for his prosthetic silver nose.

Jacob Powers has played the piano on and off for over 18 years. He
began his career with "Hot Cross Buns" At Satchel's he will be
playing music from the film, Amelie (composer: Yann Tiersen), in
addition to a few other recognizable tunes.