TRACI BRIMHALL, JAMES D'AGOSTINO & JOSE FAUS

Saturday, February 17th, 7pm, KCAI Crossroads Gallery: 
Center for Contemporary Practice (1819 Grand Blvd. KCMO) 

Traci BRIMHALL is the author of Saudade (Copper Canyon, 2017), Our Lady of the Ruins (W.W. Norton, 2012), and Rookery (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010). Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Slate, Poetry, The Believer, The New Republic, and Best American Poetry. She’s received fellowships from the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing and the National Endowment for the Arts. She’s an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Kansas State University.

James D'AGOSTINO is the author of Nude With Anything, and the chapbooks, Slur Oeuvre and Weathermanic. His poems have appeared in Conduit, Forklift Ohio, Third Coast, and TriQuaterly. He teaches at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO.

José FAUS is a Kansas City based writer and visual artist. His writing appears in a variety of anthologies and journals including Primera Página: Poetry From the Latino Heartland, Scapegoat Press, Cuentos del Centro: Stories from the Latino Heartland, Scapegoat Press, Whirlybird Anthology of Kansas City Writers, Poets & Writers, Luces y Sombras Journal, Raritan. His chapbook This Town Like That was published by Spartan Press and his second book of poetry The Life and Times of Jose Calderon was published by 39 Street Press in 2017.