Short Order Poems @ 3pm (Taproom Patio)
Timothy Bradford, Chad Reynolds, and Lesley Wheeler @ 5pm
Sunday, August 28th
Timothy Bradford is the author of the poetry collection
Nomads with Samsonite (BlazeVOX [books], 2011) and the introduction to
Sadhus (Cuerpos Pintados, 2003), a photography book on the ascetics of South Asia. Recent work has appeared in
No Assholes, Atticus Review/Boo’s Hollow, Art Focus Oklahoma, This Land, The Oklahoma Review, and
Upstairs at Duroc. He cofounded Short Order Poems in 2014 with Chad Reynolds and is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University.
Chad Reynolds is the author of six poetry chapbooks, including
Drummer (Greying Ghost, 2015),
Eau-de-Vie (Sixth Finch Books, 2015), and
Indian Hills, OH (Migrant Press, fall 2015). His poems have appeared in
Washington Square, Cutbank, Meridian, Puerto del Sol, Redivider, minnesota review, Octopus, Sink Review, Spork Press, and elsewhere. He lives in Oklahoma City where he runs Short Order Poems, which he co-founded with Timothy Bradford in early 2014. In 2015, with poet Alexis Orgera, he founded Penny Candy Books, a children's book press dedicated to publishing books that reflect the diverse realities of the world we live in.
Lesley Wheeler is a writer and illustrator in Lawrence, Kansas. Her photo-essay "A Little Hell of Its Own" won the 2013 Bone Bouquet Experimental Prose Contest, and other work has appeared in
Omniverse, Forklift, Ohio, and
ILK. She studied at the Pratt Institute, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and currently at KU. You can find her at home with her dogs.
