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Christopher Luna

Luna & LeHew @ Annie Bloom’s (Jan 11, 2022)

December 9, 2021 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

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Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this event was via Zoom. 

Annie Bloom’s Books  host Laura LeHew and Christopher & Angelo Luna via ZOOM

Tues, Jan 8, 2022
at 7:00 pm (waiting room opens at 6:45)

 

Enjoy a video from the show!


 

Cover-Front-DearJohnYou’ll find yourself deeply moved and inspired by its bold honesty.

Dear John— is a collection of poems that investigate and explore the multi-facets of love by using diverse points of view to reveal romantic love, loving friendships, and love that is complicated. The namesake poem for which this book was conceived, the final poem, “Dear John—,” is an epistolary poem in multiple stanzas ultimately on which the theme of this book is derived. “what happens between the notes // is the living.”

 

CoverFront-ExchangingWisdomA collaboration and celebration of life.

Exchanging Wisdom features poems for and about Christopher’s son Angelo Luna, as well as a few pieces Angelo wrote for Christopher. The earliest poem was written when Angelo was three, and the most recent at age 21. Christopher endeavored to encourage his son to be an autonomous, freethinking individual. Angelo grew to become that and so much more. Taken as a whole, the poems in this collection track the development of Angelo’s personality and the strong bond between father and son.

Filed Under: past events, Readings & Events Tagged With: Angelo Luna, Annie Bloom's Books, Christopher Luna, Laura LeHew, Reading

The Poetry Box LIVE (Nov 13, 2021)

October 11, 2021 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

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The Poetry Box LIVE – November Edition

November 13, 2021@ 4:00 PM (Pacific) / 7:00 PM (Eastern)

November Featured Poets:

  • Laura LeHew (Oregon) – author of DEAR JOHN—
  • Kristin J. Leonard (Maine) – author of THE NINETIETH DAY
  • Christopher & Angelo Luna (Washington) – author of EXCHANGING WISDOM

Enjoy a Video from the Show:

 

ABOUT THE POETS 

Cover-Front-DearJohn

AuthorPhoto of Laura LeHew headshot (by Dean Davis)
cr: Dean Davis

Former girl scout Laura LeHew is enthralled by negative spaces. Her collections include: Buyer’s Remorse (Tiger’s Eye Press—Infinities) poems on abuse; Let Widows be Widows (Unsolicited Press—forthcoming) themed around the elegiac; Becoming (Another New Calligraphy) a non-linear discourse on alcoholism & dementia; Willingly Would I Burn, (MoonPath Press) math & science; It’s Always Night, It Always Rains (Winterhawk Press) murder/noir; and Beauty (Tiger’s Eye Press) fairy tales.

In her alternate life Laura has been active in the high-tech industry for over thirty-five years. Her company Deer Run Associates provides Computer Forensic investigations & Information Security consulting services working with law enforcement & commercial organizations on some of the largest and most high-profile cybercrime cases in recent years.

Laura received her MFA from the California College of the Arts. She is on the steering committee for the Lane Literary Guild and facilitates the 1st & 3rd critique group. Laura held various positions for the Oregon Poetry Association. She co-hosted a reading series, Poetry for the People. Recent residencies include Hypatia-in-the-Wood & PLAYA. Laura owns/edits Uttered Chaos, a small press which publishes books of poetry.

Order Laura’s book HERE


Front Cover of The Ninetieth Day

photo of Kristin J. Leonard

Kristin J. Leonard is an adjunct college instructor that resides in Maine. She is a proud mother (of both children and chihuahuas) and looks forward to summer vacation, when she’ll finally have the opportunity to dig in her garden. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from University of Southern Maine, an MA in English (Literature), and a Graduate Certificate in Rhetoric, Writing, & Digital Media Studies from Northern Arizona University, where she is also completing doctoral studies in Education.

Her critical and creative work have appeared in The Explicator, The Atlantic, Postcolonial Text, The Ekphrastic Review, and more. She is the 2019 recipient of the Maine Literary Award for Drama, the 2019 recipient of Meetinghouse Theatre Lab’s Maine Playwright’s Award, and Lit Fest’s 2019 Dramatic Writing Fellow for Emerging Writers. She is currently working on yet another revision of her first novel, an historical fiction that takes place during the housing crash of 2007. On most mornings, she can be found typing away at her kitchen table, still struggling to find the right word.

Order Kristin’s new book HERE


CoverFront-ExchangingWisdom

Christopher Luna is a poet, editor, teacher, writing coach and collage artist. He served as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Clark County from 2013-2017. Luna has an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, and is the co-founder, with Toni Lumbrazo Luna, of Printed Matter Vancouver, an editing service and small press for Northwest writers. He founded the popular LGBTQ+ friendly, all ages and uncensored Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic in Vancouver, WA, in 2004. Christopher Luna’s books include Message from the Vessel in a Dream (Flowstone Press, 2018), Brutal Glints of Moonlight, and The Flame Is Ours: The Letters of Stan Brakhage and Michael McClure 1961-1978.

Christopher believes that the parent-child power dynamic is inherently fascist, so he endeavored to raise his son to think for himself, question authority, and make his own decisions. He respected his son’s humanity enough to trust him to be responsible, to “allow” him his autonomy. Despite what some saw as tragic indulgence, Angelo grew up to be a sweet, kind, polite, philosophical, compassionate young man who will surely accomplish things his father could not. Christopher could not imagine being more proud of the person Angelo became.

Angelo Luna is a poet, son, and LEGO connoisseur. Originally from New York, with a migration to Washington as a young child, he grew up with a fiery bloodline and cold weather. Currently employed as a teller for Wells Fargo, he loves writing, working, and finance and is interested in what every human has to offer.

Order their book HERE


Filed Under: past events, Poetry Box LIVE, Readings & Events Tagged With: Angelo Luna, Christopher Luna, Kristin J. Leonard, Laura LeHew, Poetry Book Launch, Poetry Box LIVE, Reading

Edward Albee Knew the Score by Christopher Luna

December 1, 2016 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

“Edward Albee Knew the Score” by Christopher Luna, published in The Poeming Pigeon: Doobie or Not Doobie?, released April 20, 2016 by The Poetry Box

Edward Albee Knew the Score

an arousing nexus
of sex, weed,
and chocolate
holds unimagined rewards
for the brave traveler

a far better evening for
hardened hearts
to be coaxed open
the perfect moment
to pass through the portal

(rediscovered)

suddenly the shrieks of children
are indistinguishable from the birds’ cry

sorrow, laughter, and hunger
bubble up
to remind us
not to die
before we die

Filed Under: Pushcart Poems Tagged With: Christopher Luna

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