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Literary journal Danse Macabre, selected Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz’s “Taft” as their poem du jour yesterday in honor of President’s Day!

Mindy Nettifee will be one of several ferocious acts in the variety show E4P - Entertainment for People. Entertainment for Peopleis a variety show and offers an exciting and, as the title promises, highly entertaining variety show that offers a snack-sized smorgasbord of music, weird stuff, film, readings, comedy in all forms, and booze. 

8pm. BUY YOUR TICKETS BEFORE THEY SELL OUT. http://entertainmentforpeople.com/

Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz is excited to be returning to Pittsburgh for more performance & workshop engagements. On Monday March 5, Weds March 7 & Thursday March 8, Cristin will be at Shady Side Academy, where she will lecturing, performing and workshopping with students. On Tuesday March 8, Cristin will be performing and workshopping with students at Slippery Rock University. Stay tuned for further details.

Some information via the Write Bloody Website about the lovely Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz. Yes, she is that badass. See her before she enters the residency!

Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz has been awarded a prestigious 2013 Amy Clampitt Residency! The award means COA will spend six months living & writing in a “charming, fully furnished, 3-bedroom, 2-story house in Stockbridge, MA” and will receive a $2,500 monthly stipend. SWEET. COA will be touring a bunch before she enters the residency, so check her out when she comes through to your town! And pick up any (or all!) of her WB titles — Dear Future Boyfriend, Hot Teen Slut, Working Class Represent, Oh Terrible Youth and Everything is Everything — from COA herself or at your favorite local or online bookstore! CONGRATS, COA!

And if you are going to AWP 2012, you can meet Cristin at the WRITE BLOODY TABLE in the AWP Book Fair. Write Bloody is proud to be making it’s AWP debut. Come meet WB El Capitan DERRICK BROWN (and WB authors like COA, Robbie Q. Telfer, Tim Stafford, Anis Mojgani, Laura Yes Yes and Stevie Edwards, among others) and buy fresh off the presses WB books! If you ain’t satisfied yet, come to the Friday afternoon AWP panel starring Derrick, Robbie & Cristin! And if you don’t have a AWP badge but still like to party, come on out to the March 2nd WRITE BLOODY WORD PARTY (http://www.facebook.com/events/231393990284738/), featuring readings and performance from a stellar line-up of WB authors. Party starts Elastic Arts at 9:30pm, with $5 cover, $3 discounted rate for students and artists. Open to ALL and BYOB. And the B stands for BUNS.