Rhapsody – Sarah María Medina

April 11, 2019

Sarah María Medina’s contribution to the 2018 Jack Straw Writers Anthology is a collection of poems from her poetry manuscript Oshun’s Daughter. In her conversation with curator Daemond Arrindell, they discuss the decolonization of art and its form, responding to music, and spontaneity on the page. “I’m not knocking the sonnet, but for me I […]

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Cicada – Jalayna Carter

March 22, 2019

Jalayna Carter’s poems in the 2018 Jack Straw Writer’s Anthology are both a “report on human behavior” and a “love story to how humans cope.” In her conversation with Daemond Arrindell, they discuss being Southern, legacies, and exploring fear. “It’s great to be someone who people can look up to and say, ‘Oh, that person […]

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Body – Danielle Bero

February 26, 2019

2018 Jack Straw writer Danielle Bero is working on a chapbook of poetry about her relationship to her body and queer identity. She and curator Daemond Arrindell talk about finding passion and connection with an audience, the rhythm of her writing, and working in schools. “Even my own students, you know, I want to get […]

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Dave Knott – What Remains: The Great Old Time Piano Drop Soundboard

February 14, 2019

This piece (performed by Jeff Huston, Mike Shannon, David Stanford, Mark Wheeler, Dave Knott, and Sheri Cohen) is part of the installation Piano Drop, commemorating the 1968 dropping of a piano from a helicopter in Duvall, WA. Knott and many other composers will perform their original music for dropped piano at Jack Straw on February […]

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Luke Fitzpatrick – 3144

February 14, 2019

This piece, composed by Luke Fitzpatrick, is part of the Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Piano Drop, commemorating the 1968 dropping of a piano from a helicopter in Duvall, WA.

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Brandon Lincoln Snyder – quiet time

February 14, 2019

This piece, composed by Brandon Lincoln Snyder, is part of the Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Piano Drop, commemorating the 1968 dropping of a piano from a helicopter in Duvall, WA.

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Amy Denio – Music for a Dropped Piano

February 14, 2019

This piece, composed by Amy Denio, is part of the Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation Piano Drop, commemorating the 1968 dropping of a piano from a helicopter in Duvall, WA.

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