Sunday, April 1, 5:30pm – Poetry
The Moles Not Molar Reading & Performance Series Presents
A Sunday Extravaganza of Poetry, Puppet Theatre, Invented Infrastructures, & More!
Featuring JEN HOFER (Poet/Translator; Los Angeles), SALEM COLLO-JULIN (Writer & Artist; Philadelphia), ADELAIDE WINDSOME (Musician, Puppeteer & Writer; Philadelphia)
JEN HOFER is a poet, translator, bookmaker, interpreter, public letter-writer, knitter and urban cyclist. Her publications include Lead & Tether (Dusie Kollektiv, 2011); Ivory Black, a translation of Negro marfil by Myriam Moscona (Les Figues Press, 2011); one (Palm Press, 2009); The Route, a collaboration with Patrick Durgin (Atelos, 2008), sexoPUROsexoVELOZ and Septiembre, a translation from Dolores Dorantes by Dolores Dorantes (Counterpath Press and Kenning Editions, 2008); and lip wolf, a translation of Laura Solórzano’s lobo de labio (Action Books, 2007). She also works as a social justice interpreter as part of Antenna: A Language Justice Collaborative, and is a founding member of the City of Angels Ladies Bicycle Association, also known as The Whirly Girls.
SALEM COLLO-JULIN is an artist and writer, and a recent resident of West Philadelphia who is happy to be in a walkable city but misses good Chicago hot dogs. She is a member of Temporary Services, an art group that has been collaborating on projects and publications since 1998. Temporary Services has co-run the imprint and web store Half Letter Press since 2008. You can read more at: http://www.temporaryservices.org.
ADELAIDE WINDSOME is a queer fabulist and multimedia artist with an affinity for crude patchwork, rusty treasures, and gruesome fairy tales. Her puppet theater, short film, and visual art have been featured with Fresh Meat Productions, Heels on Wheels Roadshow, and Painted Bride Art Center’s Lets Make a Ruckus, among other venues. For more information please email molesnotmolar@gmail.com.