Oscar Presents celebrates magical, experimental, and curious poetry while fostering friendship in the Midwest and beyond. Books will be available for purchase, along with limited edition ephemera printed specifically for the event by Oxeye Press.
OSCAR PRESENTS: Silence Merry Roads + Chelsea Tadeyeske
Silence Merry Roads, AKA Cynthia Spencer, is a queer poet and witch with a degree in text and media arts from The Evergreen State College. They are the author of several chapbooks including, most recently, Girl Tramp (Horse Less Press, 2016) and Day (MOLD Editions, 2018). They are a founding organizer of The Midwest Small Press Festival, founding member of Convex Mirror Poetry Collective, and a seasoned performer who has shared their poetry, music and performance art in basements, living rooms, DIY spaces, experimental theaters, old churches, coffeeshops, wineries, county fairs, riverside docks and clearings in the woods since 2011.
Chelsea Tadeyeske is a poet, performer, and bookmaker from and currently based in Milwaukee, WI. She is the founding editor of pitymilk press where she publishes short-run chapbooks and edits both online and print journals. Her most recent works, ‘if you bend it backwards nothing really happens’ and ‘we were are born with the right to be angry’ were released from Rabbit Catastrophe Press and bathmatics, respectively. Poems of hers can be found online at Pretty Owl Poetry, Delirious Hem, Smoking Glue Gun, and Leopardskin & Limes, among others. She is a Virgo sun/Libra rising/Aquarius moon born in the year of the snake.
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