Join us in celebrating the launch of Take To The Territory, Jim Trainer’s fourth collection of poetry and prose through Yellow Lark Press. With readings from Jim, Ignacio Carvajal, and Christine Schiele.

Singer-songwriter, journalist, and curator of Going For The Throat, a weekly publication of cynicism, outrage, correspondence and romance, Jim Trainer publishes one collection of poetry and prose every year through Yellow Lark Press. Please visit his website for Take To The Territory, his latest collection, and for music, film, and appearances.

Photo credit: Adam Glick Photography

Ignacio “Brown Thought” Carvajal is from Costa Rica. He’s a PhD student of Latin American Literature at UT Austin. He’s a member of the Latino Writers Collective of Kansas City and the Taller Literario Don Chico in San José, Costa Rica. His work has appeared in the anthologies @Primera Página: Poetry from the Latino Heartland and The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States.

Christine Schiele is a writer, storyteller and, at times, a performance artist. Under various names, she has brought her passion for the bizarre to stages at FronteraFest, Testify, Bedpost Confessions, LAFF! (Ladies Are Funny Festival), The Living Room: Storytime for Grownups, Kink Ball and Weird! True Hollywood Tales (RIP). Christine also performs as a mentalist with the magic act Turning Tricks with The Darlings.