“People would come up to me and say, ‘That was cool, but, man, I hate slam,” says Arkind, an American National Poetry Slam Champion who tours the world performing and teaching poetry. “But I haven’t slammed in two years. I’m just a writer, stretching out in different ways. When Charly and I read at rock shows, we’re the first poets to do that.”
This weekend, Arkind and Fasano celebrate their first official collaboration: Denver, a new book that explores a spirit of Western restlessness and futility: “Raising glasses in Denver is a middle finger against natural law.... We still live in a cow town/but it’s full of wolves,” Arkind writes. Fasano’s linocut block illustrations recall both ancient wood art and modern, DIY screen prints, and refer to landmarks from Tom’s Diner to the Lion’s Lair.
Come hear more tonight at a free, all-ages multimedia art show at Fast Geek Boutique, 311 West 11th Avenue, at 7 p.m. The party continues tomorrow with a reading and music from special guests at the Deer Pile, 206 East 13th Avenue, at 8 p.m. Get more information at cmousefasano.com.
Fri., March 29, 7 p.m., 2013
