What a great weekend. Got a chance to meet up Jesse Glass, John Byrum, Paolo Javier, and Richard Peabody. David Kirschenbaum served as gracious host for our reading at the ACA Galleries in Chelsea. Afterwards, we hit the Cuba Cafe on Eighth for some grub, a “Tapas bar featuring the best mojitos in Chelsea.”

More soon about the reading. For now, however, we have some pics up over in the gallery, courtesy of John Byrum. Also, I’ve placed videos of the event here.

While I was able to meet a lot of new faces, and connect with old ones, I was happy to finally meet Derek White, of sleepingfish.net fame. I’ve always enjoyed Derek’s work, and have had the pleasure in the past of publishing him in my eponymously titled ezine a few years ago; presently he’s doing some cool things with his Calamari Press. It was great to meet him. Derek was kind enough to post his thoughts on the reading over at “5cense Reviews” wherein he writes reviews that stimulate all five senses.

Well, that’s it for now — back soon with more about some great books that I picked up at St. Mark’s Bookshop. Notably, Sarah Gambito, whose company Jesse and I had the pleasure of sharing over a Lychee Martini at Verlaines on Rivington. I’m reading her new book, Matadora, presently.