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Check these bodies out! Vol. 3.1 Launch Photos!
We are so thankful to all the folks who came out last Wednesday night to celebrate the launch of the fifth issue of untethered, the “body issue!” It was a jam packed launch, we ran out of chairs, and truthfully, we couldn’t have been happier. We had so much fun and really hope you did too. The featured readers blew us away with their body (and sometimes bawdy) talk. We didn’t realize until after, but this was our first launch ever featuring solely poets. We were so impressed by everyone’s individual stage presence and reading style, we were completely immersed in the night. Sometimes we got so into the poets, we forgot we had to get on stage when they were done!
Big thanks again to everyone who read and came out to support the magazine and hear our talented contributors.
Here are some rad photos from the evening thanks to Julia Heximer and Michelle Liu!
Our beautiful, body-filled stage!
First Half.
First up, William Kemp, co-founder of words(on)pages, reading his poem “SKINNY”
Terry Trowbridge reading us his poems about coyotes in Niagara in the new issue of untethered
Forrest Jamie reading “The Way We Used to Breathe”
Victoria Butler, before she reads her poem “Confessional”
Inspired by the last line of Victoria Butler’s poem, “Confessional” (“my body keeps leaving me voicemails telling me it’s tired of feeling weak”), we had a contest before the break. We asked launch attendees to write on our sweet mannequins, or tweet (@untetheredmag #untetheredbodies) their answer to the question: if your body left you a voicemail what would it say?
Shout outs to the best launch bartenders ever, Joe and Fraser of the Monarch Tavern
Before we kicked off the second half, we pulled for raffle winners, and our Fairy Gawdmother, Lesley Kenny, joined us on stage to talk a little bit about DescantOnline, and to introduce Karen Mulhallen, the poet, and editor of Descant Magazine for over forty years.
Pulling for the raffle
Introducing Fairy Gawdmother, Lesley Kenny to the stage
Our Fairy Gawdmother, Lesley Kenny, introducing Karen Mulhallen, a real “gibbous moon”
Second Half.
Karen Mulhallen reading three poems published in untethered 3.1 from Seasons In the Key of J, forthcoming from Tightrope Books 2017
Anjalee Nadarajan reading her poetry
Yusuf Saadi reading his Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Poetry Award-winning poem
Trevor Abes reads another haunting poem about the Mount Sinai Indigo store
After the readers, we pulled for more raffle winners, and read aloud the tweets and writings “on the body” of the mannequins while the audience cheered for a winner.
Multi-tasking with mannequins
There were so many thoughtful, haunting and/or funny tweets and responses to the contest, but we let the audience decide which they liked best. Congrats to our “what would your body say if it left you a voicemail” contest winners, who got the biggest claps and laughs, and a prize of a drink on us.
We had SO much fun, and we were impressed by all of the readers who shared their work and inspired by the feedback we received from the audience. untethered would be nothing without all of you.
Big shout out to all of our helpers throughout the night: Kelsy Vivash and Lesley Kenny, raffle ticket pushers extraordinaire; Danielle Haldoupis, Michael Ricci, and Alex DiCintio, untethered table volunteers; Julia Heximer and Michelle Liu, our bad ass photographers for the evening; and all our friends and family who came out to support us.
THANK YOU!
We hope to see you all at the winter launch of 3.2!
we’re launching tomorrow!
August 17th. Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton Street). 7 p.m. Be there!
Our raffle draw will feature prizes from places such as Arc Poetry Magazine, Words on Pages, Brick, A Literary Journal, The Quilliad, Shameless magazine, Taddle Creek, as well as a special prize — a print by our fabulous featured artist, Zoé Fortier!
We will also have a surprise guest…
Issue 3.1 Launch: Reader Profiles
Don’t miss this amazing lineup of readers who will be taking over the second floor of the Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton Street) with us NEXT Wednesday, August 17th at 7 pm!
Trevor Abes is a poet and essayist with a penchant for conceptual art. As part of the Toronto Poetry Slam team (2015), he represented the city in both the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word and the National Poetry Slam. He is currently theatre critic at The Theatre Reader. Photo by Sandro Pehar Photography.
Victoria Butler is a twenty-year-old certified Mom friend, born and bred in Barrie, Ontario but trying to find her future in Toronto. When she’s not having an existential crisis over how to answer the question “What are your plans after university?” she can be found trying to find a unique way to photograph a sunset, attempting to write non-cliche love poetry, or crying on the subway because she saw a cat and couldn’t adopt it. Photo by Hana Nikčević.
Forrest Jamie is a young, passionate creator in several different mediums. Emerging writer and freelance artist, including makeup and traditional art. Also invested in mental health advocacy, having been affected by it greatly.
William Kemp is the co-founder of words(on)pages, a micropress based in Toronto that publishes the bi-monthly literary magazine (parenthetical), as well as chapbooks. He has been published in in/words, The Hart House Review, and his writing on video games can be found at First Person Scholar. His life goal is to pet all the dogs in the world.
Karen Mulhallen, who edited Descant magazine for more than forty years, has published eighteen books and numerous articles on the arts. Her most recent poetry book is Code Orange: An Emblazoned Suite (Black Moss Press, 2015), a bilingual edition with French translations of the poems by Nancy Huston. “Cardinals in Our Gardens,” “Sub Rosa” and “Twelfth Night” are the first three of a five poem suite, an “Enfilade,” which will be published in her new book of poems, Seasons in the Key of J, due out from Tightrope Books in Spring 2017.
Anjalee Nadarajan is an emerging writer who recently graduated from the University of Toronto. Despite majoring in math and economics, her love has always been for literature and writing. In particular, she is interested in the confluence between the personal and the political, the interplay between historical events and human relationships. She has been published in The Quilliad.
Yusuf Saadi’s writing has appeared in magazines including The Malahat Review, Grain, Prairie Fire, PRISM international, and Vallum. He won The Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Poetry Award (forthcoming) and won second place in Grain’s Short Grain contest. He recently completed his MA at the University of Victoria.
Terry Trowbridge is a PhD student in socio-legal studies at York University, Toronto. His poems have appeared in venues in Canada, the USA and England, including: Briarpatch, Orbis, (parenthetical), The Broadkill Review, Carousel, CV2, The Dalhousie Review, The Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, The Nashwaak Review, The New Quarterly, Canadian Woman Studies, subTerrain, Whether Magazine, and many more. Check out his chapbooks with Grey Borders Books.
Summer Issue Launch 6 Days Away!! Here’s a Sneak Peek!!
This issue is all about “the body” and it’s going to be our baddest, biggest, bawdiest launch yet! You definitely don’t want to miss this!
Where: The Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton St.)
When: August 17th @ 7 p. m.
What to expect:
• readings by Trevor Abes, Victoria Butler, Forrest Jamie, William Kemp, Karen Mulhallen, Anjalee Nadarajan, Yusuf Saadi and Terry Trowbridge.
• raffle prizes from The Quilliad, BRICK, Taddle Creek, (parenthetical), Arc, and more!
• cash bar
• copies of our NEW summer issue for sale for $10 (launch exclusive deal) AND copies of our past issues for $5
Wanna sneak peek?
Have a look at our Vol. 3.1 excerpts page for a little piece of what’s in store when you finally open up the new issue!
Issue 3.1 Launch Party
We’re getting ready to take over the Monarch Tavern (12 Clinton Street) once again on Wednesday, August 17th at 7pm and we are so excited for you to get a look inside this issue and listen to some readings by some of our amazing contributors! Readers include Trevor Abes, Victoria Butler, Forrest Jamie, William Kemp, Karen Mulhallen, Anjalee Nadarajan, and Terry Trowbridge.
We will be selling copies of our new issue for a special launch price of only $10! Back issues will be available for $5, so make sure you bring cash!
We will also have our beloved and always fabulous raffle, featuring prizes from some cool literary places, such as Arc Poetry Magazine, words(on)pages, Brick Magazine, as well as a special prize — a print by our fabulous featured artist, Zoé Fortier!
untethered issue 3.1 cover art, “I’m a Swan” by Zoé Fortier.
we need your help!
Hey friends! We’re working away to put together our FIFTH issue of untethered and we’re so excited to show you some of the ridiculously amazing work we will be featuring in this issue.
We need your help to make this issue the best it can be, as you know printing books is a bit of a pricey endeavour — any amount you would be able to donate to help us with printing costs and paying our amazing contributors would be greatly appreciated!
