1455’s Author Series continues with Alyson Gold Weinberg, who will read from Bellow & Hiss.
About Bellow & Hiss: “Riding shotgun with Oedipus, your mother, and the pothole in your heart,” Bellow & Hiss navigates generational suffering and hurtles headlong toward reverie. The collection’s knowing “I” interrogates the dark gift of childhood trauma, the nature of family, and the weaving together of identity. Bellow & Hiss asks: “Have you ever been properly pruned? A love equation carved into your skin?” What does it mean to bear fruit from rotten seeds? Tucked among the branches and brambles of this collection are revelations about growing up and upward, spiritual endurance, and the art of creating oneself. The “scarred arms” in Bellow & Hiss—of drowning Ophelias, anthropomorphic dieffenbachias, and pandemic Penelopes—reach toward the light, “gasping for living things.”
About Alyson Weinberg: Alyson Gold Weinberg is an award-winning poet, playwright, speechwriter and ghostwriter. Her poems have appeared in literary magazines and anthologies including December, Poetica, District Fray, and others. She is a 2021 Jeff Marks Memorial Prize finalist (chosen by Carl Philips), winner of the 2021 The Inner Loop Poetry Prize, winner of the 2021 Derick Burleson Poetry Prize, a 2022 Harbor Review Jewish Women’s Poetry Prize finalist, and a 2022 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition finalist. Alyson’s play, Object Relations, had its live-streamed staged reading premiere during the pandemic to benefit mental health equity. A fully staged production is in the works.
About 1455: At 1455, storytellers are sacred, and we’re dedicated to showcasing the written word and other forms of creative expression. Curating community through year-round free programming, 1455 connects art and audience via intimate conversations and the promotion of diverse voices. Taking our name from the year Gutenberg’s printing press helped democratize content on a global scale, 1455 continues the tradition of using technology to advance an understanding and appreciation of impactful storytelling.