Unspoken Words

Adam Perry used to feel doomed by a speech impediment that left him unable to talk on the phone or even in person — until he discovered writing as a way to communicate. That might be why his poetry is so “unabashedly experiential,” says the 28-year-old Naropa University student and Westword contributing music writer. “What the reader sees is basically me, naked on the page,” Perry says — hence the name of his book, Fotographs of Bones: Three Seasons of Poetry. That title is also a nod to Northwestern poet Charles Potts, “who has always saluted Lewis and Clark with his alternate spellings of everything” and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Show Your Bones” album.

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Tonight, you can hear Perry and seven other Boulder writers read from his book during a release party at Saxy’s Cafe. The book is being published by Nate Jordon’s independent Monkey Puzzle Press, and Perry says the event is a unique opportunity to check out Boulder’s exciting literary scene, made possible by Jordon, who also puts out Monkey Puzzle magazine. The party goes from 7 to 10 p.m. at 2018 10th Street, Boulder; it includes music from Perry and his partner, Irene Joyce, as well as Fabio Fina and Nate Cook of Ego vs Id. Once a rock drummer in San Francisco, Perry is now into singing and playing “weird alt-folk” music on the guitar. For more, go to monkeypuzzleonline.com.
Sat., April 25, 7-10 p.m., 2009