Lisa Gill and Don McIver duet-ing
Lisa and Don continue to duet
Lisa and Don
I find on the local scene that there is no more angelic a reader of poesie than Lisa Gill. She tells her stories like a rock floating above a waterfall with dragonflies flitting though her hair and ginger snaps in the oven back home on First Street (or wherever!). She is always a joy and comes with a lesson.
Lisa Gill
Lisa Gill is the author of five books of poetry: Red as a Lotus; Letters to a Dead Trappist; Mortar & Pestle; Dark Enough; and a long poem for two voices (which has been performed at the 516 Gallery in downtown Albuquerque, and other locations), The Relenting: A play of Sorts. Essentially this latter work is dramatic poetry while her other works are lyric poetry. A fifth book, Caput Nili: How I won the war and lost my taste for oranges, is due out in April. This work is an illustrated memoir containing poetry, prose and art.
Lisa Gill
Lisa Gill, who was the organizer of the Stir Poetry Festival a few years ago, which included poetry readings in multiple venues in the greater Albuquerque area, has read her poems around the country, most recently at the Beyond Baroque Poetry Center in Los Angeles. She holds an MFA degree from the University of New Mexico, where she studied with Joy Harjo, and serves as the Artistic Director of the Local Poet's Guild.
Don McIver
Though not as pretty as Lisa Gill, I find Don McIver to be one of the most entertaining readers of poesie on the planet. His poems string narratives through many paths with humor wit and a relaentless deirre to tear down the walls. When he stated poetry is not about rhyme, it is about silence, I was moved, as usual.
Dapper Don McIver
Don McIver is the host/producer of KUNM's Spoken Word Hour (a poetry program on Sunday evenings), a four-time member of the Albuquerque Slam Team, and the author of a book of poems, The Noisy Pen. He is the editor of A Bigger Boat: The Unlikely Success of the Albuquerque Poetry Slam Scene. He has performed his poetry all over the United States, produced poetry events big and small, and was the Media Director for the Bravo Awards, winning the 2005 National Poetry Slam (the largest in history).
Dandy Don McIver
Don no-one-looks-as-good-with-a-pen-in-his-pocket McIver
Don McIver's work has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, such as the Harwood Anthology; Shine On You Crazy Diamond: Poems by Teens and their Mentors; Earthships: A New Mexico Poetry Anthology; and Poems from the Big Muddy. Currently, and for the last few years, McIver has organized and hosted "Poetry & Beer," an open mic & featured poet, once-a-month reading at various venues, for some time now at the Blackbird Buvette in downtown Albuquerque.
[ Bio's taken from Duende Series PR; photography courtesy Jeff Hartzer & Aquila Arts LLC ]
thank you :)
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