Join the Racine Public Library in celebrating the one year anniversary of BONK!, the free monthly performance series created to expose the public to both local and nationally recognized artistic talents. The series showcases poets, writers, musicians, film makers and other talented artists and is being held on Saturday, October 17 from 6-9 pm. The event has moved back to its original venue at the NEW BLUEBERRIES CAFE, 515 Sixth St., in downtown Racine. Doors open at 5:30 pm and seating is available on a first come/first served basis. Saturday's event will feature writer Daniel Borzutzky, poet K. Silem Mohammad, and musician Brent Mitchell. Each BONK! event features a short question and answer session with the artists.
K. Silem Mohammad is the author of Deer Head Nation (Tougher Disguises, 2003), A Thousand Devils (Combo Books, 2004), Breathalyzer (Edge Books, 2008), and The Front (Roof Books, 2009). He edits the poetry magazine Abraham Lincoln with Anne Boyer, and is a co-editor of the forthcoming Flarf: An Anthology of Flarf (Edge Books, 2010). He teaches literature and creative writing at Southern Oregon University.
Daniel Borzutzky's books include The Book of Interfering Bodies (Nightboat Books, forthcoming), The Ecstasy of Capitulation (BlazeVox, 2007), Arbitrary Tales (Triple Press, 2005), and the chapbooks One Size Fits All (Scantily Clad Press, 2009) and Failure in the Imagination (Bronze Skull Press, 2007). He is the translator of Song for his Disappeared Love by Raul Zurita (Action Books, forthcoming); Port Trakl by Jaime Luis Huenún (Action Books, 2008); and One Year and Other Stories by Juan Emar, which was published as a special issue of the Review of Contemporary Fiction. Journal publications include Fence; Chicago Review; TriQuarterly; Action, Yes; Conjunctions; Words Without Borders; Circumference; American Letters and Commentary; Mandorla; Denver Quarterly and many others.
The new Racine-based, online literary journal Boo features both Borzutzky's and Mohammad's writings, as well as work from many other BONK! performers (boojournal.wordpress.com).
Also appearing this month is Brent Mitchell, one of BONK!'s first performers. Brent has been a Texas rancher, an urban street person, and is now a student of religion and literature at Carthage College. He has played in a variety of bands throughout the Southwest, Mexico, and England performing Blues, Country, and even Latvian and Cajun. He has recorded for jazz bassist Drew Phelps, and has shared studio and stage with a long list of professional musicians from Americana and Country music charts. His songs have been included in many movies and can be found on CDs by Colin Boyd and Bonnie Whitmore. Whitmore's version of Mitchell's song Hand of God was listed for a Grammy in 2007. Brent Mitchell has recorded three CDs of his own available for purchase at the event.
Local artists and performers are encouraged to consider sharing their talent/craft with the community via the BONK! series. For more information on how to participate or to view video of past performances please visit http://bonkperformanceseries.wordpress.com. You may also contact the Racine Public Library at 262.619.2571, Becky Spika at becky.spika@racinelibrary.info , or Nick Demske at nick.demske@racinelibrary.info.
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