4/4: Betsy Fagin, Joseph Mosconi, Ara Shirinyan

Betsy Fagin is an activist, poet and librarian who explores the territory where art, information access and political engagement through direct action meet. She is the author of Poverty Rush (Three Sad Tigers, 2011), the science seemed so solid (dusie kollektiv, 2011), Belief Opportunity (Big Game Books Tinyside, 2008), Rosemary Stretch (dusie e/chap, 2006) and For every solution there is a problem (Open 24 Hours, 2003).

Joseph Mosconi is the author of Fright Catalog (Insert Blanc, 2013) and Demon Miso/Fashion in Child (Make Now Press, 2014). He lives in LA where he co-curates Poetic Research Bureau and is the editor of Area Sneaks, a magazine for art and writing. 

   

Ara Shirinyan lives in Glendale, a suburb in Los Angeles County. He was born in the Armenian SSR and moved here by his parents in 1987. Issues of identity, nationalism (imagination) & habitat (reality) cause him much grief. He writes, often appropriates, textures, works in the book form, both material and digital. Since 2003 he has edited and published Make Now Press, a publisher of innovative writing. He has made or authored several books, including Syria Is in the World, Your Country Is Great, Handsome Fish Offices, Speech Genres. He likes starting or instigating gatherings. He has played music (Godzik Pink), co-founded an all ages venue (The Smell Club) and co-directs at Poetic Research Bureau. He divides his time between adjuncting at a local community college (ELAC!), trying to be a great parent/partner, working in construction, and publishing. He is working on things.

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