Gina Abelkop's Blog, page 2
February 16, 2015
nyfw fall '15 favorites
Zac Posen
(this is to diiiiiiieeeeeeeeee)
Rachel Antonoff
(this is to diiiiiiieeeeeeeeee)Rachel Antonoff
January 21, 2015
January 17, 2015
January 5, 2015
December 31, 2014
favorite readings of 2014
I got to hear so many of my favorite/much admired poets read in 2014, for which I am always grateful. Notably: Lara Glenum, Kate Durbin, and Monica McClure at their Spork/Wonder AWP '14 reading; Nicole Steinberg, Lucas de Lima, Sam Cohen, Janice Lee, Megan Milks, and Kristen Stone at the BoL/Spooky GF/Solar Luxuriance AWP '14 reading; Morgan Parker, Lindsay Hunter, CAConrad, Bruce Covey and Leesa Cross-Smith at the Letters Festival; Jericho Brown at New Town Revue; Claudia Rankine at Avid Poetry Series; Anna Joy Springer and Lucy Corin at the Old Globe; JD Scott at AWP '14; Dorothea Lasky, Christine Shan Shan Hou, Niina Pollari, JD Scott, and Morgan Parker at the NYC Poetry Festival; Cathy Park Hong, Niina Pollari, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs and Christine Shan Shan Hou at Berl's Poetry; Jasmine Dreame Wagner at the Poetry Project, and many more that I can't conjure up in my head right now. Here's to much more poetry aloud in 2015
December 30, 2014
favorite live music of 2014
Charli XCX in Charlotte, NC
Fleetwood Mac in Atlanta
Outkast in Atlanta
Bootsy Collins in Athens
Jenny Lewis in Atlanta
Tori Amos in Atlanta
December 29, 2014
favorite reads of 2014
(and i still have several more books from this year that i haven't gotten through yet)
December 26, 2014
favorite movies of 2014
Under the Skin
Only Lovers Left Alive
And am still very much wanting to see Inherent Vice, Selma, and White Bird in a Blizzard.
Only Lovers Left Alive
And am still very much wanting to see Inherent Vice, Selma, and White Bird in a Blizzard.
November 25, 2014
October 29, 2014
Letters Festival
I am so excited to be participating in Atlanta's Letters Festival next weekend! They have a rad three days of programming for you including free workshops, readings, and a small press book fair. I'm reading with CA Conrad, Lauren Watel, & Leesa Cross-Smith on 11/7, and then moderate a panel on "Female Perspectives in Independent Literature" on 11/8 with panelists Bruce Covey, Morgan Parker, Esther Lee, Leesa Cross-Smith and Aaron Burch. Much more info here.
