Literary Night: A Galère of Poetic Autopsies

This galère gathering isn’t simply about the poems, but also the poet’s muse, how the verse came to be. So, if writers write to expose themselves and actors act to hide themselves . . . poets pose as spiritual coroners—examining both the living and the dead—via self-evisceration. A psychic operation that allows the assemblage to decide if the work’s DNA is that of an archangel . . . or Frankenstein.

Sallie Fullerton, Philip Good, Rik Letendre

Sallie Fullerton is a writer based in Hudson, NY. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, their work has been featured in Bennington Review, Prairie Schooner, Frontier Poetry, Literary Hub, and Rejected Lit. Their debut book, Baby Face, will be published by Anteism Books in Spring 2025.

Philip Good is the Director of Poetry State Forest - a place to preserve the legacy of poet Bernadette Mayer’s creative force through programming in her writing space including her poetry library. His most recent chapbook, published by Vehicle Editions, is Subatomic Moss, a collaboration written with Bernadette Mayer. Philip’s work can also be found in Hurricane Review published by Pensacola State College.

Rik Letendre is an artist, musician, and writer who worked through 70’s-80’s NYC. Along with many other endeavors, he’s been the founding member of the No Wave group Circle X, co-editor of the artists book Anti-Utopia, and author of the collection of short fiction, Nineteen Stories. A bon vivant to the limit of patience, Rik wears soft slippers and wields a societal stiletto. A second short story collection is presently in the hands of his editor.