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Collage quickies from last night’s Collage & Cry w/@currycheeks at @bookshowla ✂️😢✂️😭✂️ . . #art #collage #series #woven #bookshowla #highlandpark (at BOOK SHOW)

Collaging on a Tuesday night: “The High Priestess” #collage #bookshowla #thestaincollective #collageandcry #tarot

Collage quickie results from this month’s Collage and Cry at @bookshowla ✂️ #collage #collageandcry #bookshowla #highlandpark #collageart #la (at BOOK SHOW)

"How's the Weather up there?"- My March collage ✂️ #crafty #craftylady #crafts #collage #collageandcry #bookshowla

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION: ALEXANDRA NAUGHTON RETURNS FOR FALL READINGS Summer is a time to unwind. It's also a time to discover, to think, and to write. After announcing a performance hiatus in June, Bay area poet Alexandra Naughton of Richmond, California spent her summer writing, reading, and doing non-poetry related things. She didn't really get much time to relax. "I love performing. Live readings are how we get the opportunity to interact with other writers and meet people who care about literature." But readings can be grueling, too, especially after a long work day, traversing the Bay by bicycle, rushing from office to washroom to train stop and then on to the gig. The high points are always the readings themselves, coupled with listening, and socializing with many of the Bay's most promising talent. The low points include trying to catch that last train home and getting enough sleep for the next day... then doing the very same thing every other night for months. "I love it, but it's hectic," says Naughton. "I needed to recharge my batteries. I took the whole summer off from performing and concentrated on reading and research. I did some creative projects, I helped make a film with my friend in Los Angeles, and saw some old friends". She pauses. "I actually did perform a couple of readings, one was booked months in advance, but the others were on the fly, more or less, and often by happenstance." Naughton used her summer time to write I WISH YOU NEVER EMAILED ME (https://gumroad.com/l/neveremail published by Ghost City Press, June 2016) and is currently working on a book called I CAN DO GOOD ALL BY MYSELF. Naughton's Fall 2016 schedule will be as follows: October 8: Indie Author Day at the Berkeley Central Library 2090 Kittredge St. (at Shattuck) Berkeley, CA 94704 at 1pm - 5pm https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/events/indie-author-day-central October 8: Libra Birthday Party & Reading for Alexandra & Cassandra at Cassandra Dallett's house at 5pm - late night October 21: BookshowLA Dryland Lit Reading at 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm at Highland Park, Los Angeles November 19??? Something in Philly for more information [email protected]

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