Join us to celebrate the release of Josh Bettinger’s newest poetry collection IN THE POOL AT THE MOTEL ON THE INTERSTATE, a sequence of poems that take place in the vestiges of travel— to and from our loves and regrets, unknown encounters with ubiquitous ghosts, the funereal struggles of modern architecture, celebrity, fatigue, and a litany of events that occur in one’s mouth. Guest readings by press mates Susannah Lodge-Rigal, Caleb Nichols, and Zedekiah Schild.
READERS & BIOS:
JOSH BETTINGER is the author of the chapbooks A Dynamic Range Of Various Designs For Quiet (2019), and In The Pool At The Motel On The Interstate (2023) both from GASHER. Random publications include Handsome Poetry, SLICE, flock, Columbia Journal, Atlas Review, Crazyhorse, and Boston Review, among others. He lives in Northern California with his family.
SUSANNAH LODGE-RIGAL is the author of the poetry book WHERE THE LIGHT FEEDS (Gasher Press), a poet and educator based in Berkeley, California. Raised in Bloomington, Indiana, she received a B.A. from Knox College and M.F.A. from Colorado State University, where she was awarded the 2019 Academy of American Poets University Prize. Susannah's work has appeared in Black Warrior Review, Colorado Review, Seneca Review, and elsewhere.
CALEB NICHOLS is a queer poet and musician from California. His poems and prose have been published widely in places like Poetry Wales, 14 Poems, Queerlings, Redivider, 45th Parallel, Talkhouse, and Truthout. His Kelp Books chapbook Teems/Recedes was called "a gorgeous abundance" by Chen Chen and his pamphlet of prose Don't Panic was published by Broken Sleep in 2022. Caleb is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at Bangor University in North Wales, where he currently lives and he records music for the iconic indie label Kill Rock Stars.
ZEDEKIAH SCHILD is a multidisciplinary artists who lives and practices in Oakland, California. His work has or will appear in Academy of American Poets, West Trade Review, Heavy Feather, The Seattle Review, The Burnside Review, and elsewhere. Zedekiah Schild was a 2022 Carlos Villa fellow and is currently pursuing an MFA in studio arts at Californian College of the Arts.