Join us in celebrating the launch of Love&Wages, Jim Trainer’s fifth full-length collection of poetry and prose through Yellow Lark Press. With host Dave Julian and featured readers Nathan Hamilton, Christia Madacsi Hoffman, and Nicole Brissette.
Jim Trainer (above) publishes one collection of poetry and prose every year through Yellow Lark Press. Love&Wages is his 5th. He’s also a singer-songwriter, journalist and curator of Going For The Throat—a weekly publication of cynicism, outrage, correspondence and romance. Please visit his website for Love&Wages, his latest collection, and for music, film, and appearances. (Photo credit: Adam Glick Photography.)
Host Dave Julian, aka The Poetic Butcher was born and raised in the Big N.O. (Old New Orleans, Louisiana). He moved to Lexington, Kentucky a few days after Hurricane Katrina to live with his mother and stepfather. This formerly was his home aside from some occasional adventures, perhaps most notably his time in The Land of the Rising Sun, Japan. Now he resides in Austin, Texas.
Featured reader Nathan Hamilton (below, left) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Austin, Texas. As a singer/songwriter he has been performing professionally for more than 20 years. During that time he has released six albums on his own and two as a member of the Good Medicine Band (aka Sharecroppers). He was a winner of the 2000 Kerrville New Folk Award and a Top 5 Finalist in the 2008 Independent Music Awards. Nathan has toured internationally and in 2012 was selected as one of the official City of Austin Music Ambassadors to Oita, Japan as part of the Sister Cities Program. Nathan is a studied visual artist as well and has shown work in both group and solo shows. He employs a raw and loose-handed aesthetic along with a recycling sensibility. Using old doors, boards, dirt, rope, sticks, house paint, stones and other salvaged materials, Nathan turns these crudely textural elements into assemblages and paintings that take on a rough-hewn and contemplative elegance.
Featured reader Christia Madacsi Hoffman (below, center) grew up along the banks of the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut. Through her Austin-based company, CenterLight Media, Hoffman works as a marketing and editorial writer, graphic designer, and actor. Her early career adventures included antique furniture restoration and leading treks in the high Himalaya. With an accessible and insightful poetic voice, Hoffman’s poetry explores the universal themes of place, beauty, youth, and family. Her personal reflections reveal the depth in our everyday experiences and the significance of our intentions.
Featured reader Nicole Brissette (below, right) has a BFA in English. Her writing can be found in Austin Artmosphere Artists, Art World, and at Sybiljournal.com.
