In 2012, the Lexington Public Library recorded and produced a reading held at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. This event featured readings from Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems.
For the full list of videos, click here.
The poets were asked to read one of their poems as well as someone else’s. Below are the poets, the time stamp where they appear in the video, and the poems they read. The emcee is Katerina Stoykova-Klemer.
NOTE: The anthology was dedicated to the Memory of Mark Russell Brown. In this video, Katerina discusses who he was at 08:59 and a poem of his is read by K. Nicole Brown.
- Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, 00:00-01:17
- Introduction
- tina andry, 01:17-02:30
- “Today I Threw out Your Toothbrush” by Jesse Manley
- “considerate” by tina andry
- Bianca Bargo, 02:35-03:48
- “Longing” by Kate Angus
- “Brave Fly” by Bianca Bargo
- Elizabeth Beck, 03:58-04:49
- “Gift” by George Ella Lyon
- “Incest Survivor” by Elizabeth Beck
- Jennifer Beckett, 04:56-06:07
- “Single-Parent Math” by Jennifer Beckett
- “Love Me” by Claudia Serea
- D.M. Benningfield, 06:10-07:42
- “Being Born, Then Dying” by Elizabeth Oakes
- “Bad Fruit” by D.M. Benningfield
- Don Boes, 07:45-08:58
- “Rain” by Greg Bachar
- “Mute Zoo” by Don Boes
- K. Nicole Brown, 08:59-10:29
- “The Day I Came Out to Aunt Wib” by Mark Russell Brown