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These are times of ethical and interpersonal disassociation, when venality and xenophobia are not only normalized, but demanded. Meanwhile, that great beast “morality” is used to cudgel those who, for whatever reason, appear to deviate from the norm: trans and other queer people, most notably, but also those of minority religions and philosophies. All these dysfunctions require one central behavioral pattern: conformity. We have weapons against conformity: art, poetry, and everything absurd.
“Less Likely as We Go” is a poetry reading by masters of wild craft, original metaphor, and absurd re-imaginings of what art is and can do. This reading will directly challenge the status quo, not through political sloganeering, but through imaginative re-inventing of societal norms. We will play with structure and substance, presenting poems of wild courage.
“Less Likely As We Go” features poets of Unlikely Stories, a web-journal active since 1998, based in New Orleans. Readers will be Sheila E. Murphy (Phoenix, AZ), Rone Shavers (Salt Lake City, UT), Joel Chace (Lancaster, PA), and Joani Reese (Dallas, TX) with Jonathan Penton as MC.