Issue 12 Curators of KGB
INTRO: A re-launch featuring current and former curators; intended to stoke inspiration from the past and exhibit commitment to the future of the literary community that's developed within the walls at 85 East 4th Street. It will be organized by genre then chronological order of each contributor’s timeline in programming.
Non-Fiction
Found Object - by Rebecca Donner-Former Litmag program coordinator
What Everyone Gets Wrong About ‘70s New York - by Mark Jacobson-KGB Bar Radio Hour and Non-Fiction programming
A MAGA Meltdown: How My White Family is Letting me Down in the Age of Trump - by Christian Felix-Co-host of We Don’t Even Know Podcast
Before - Alex Vara-TNS After-hours; The New School MFA Creative Writing Program Monthly Reading
Poetry
A Good Week for a Birthday - by David Lehman-Monday Night Poetry co-founder
Urinals - by Matthew Yeager-Monday Night Poetry Curator
The Last Mirror - by Jason Schneiderman-Monday Night Poetry Curator
Three Poems - by John Deming-Monday Night Poetry Curator
Watching "The Color Purple" During Quarantine - by Jada Gordon-Monday Night Poetry Curator
Unraveling - by Olena Jennings-Poets of Queens
Poem - by Akeem K. Duncan-Art in the Red Room with Quiet Lunch Magazine
It's Taxing, isn't it - by Leah Umansky-Couplet Quarterly Poetry Reading and Social
Science Fiction
The Writing's On the Wall - Matt Kressel-Fantastic Fiction
Fiction
The Cry - by William Electric Black-Theater Development
Overcoat Guy - by Paul Beckman-F Bomb Flash Fiction
Funhouse- by Shanna McNair-The Writers Hotel, introduction by Rick Moody
When the Staleys Came to Visit - by Rachel Aydt-Crystal Radio Sessions
The Frenchman - by Gessy Alvarez-Digging Through The Fat