Moody, Shea, Costello & Kelling

This Saturday, November 17th, at 7pm 

The Bad Shadow welcomes Trey Moody, James Shea, Erin Costello & Patrick Kelling

Trey Moody’s first book, Thought That Nature, was selected for the 2012 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry and is forthcoming from Sarabande Books. His most recent chapbook, co-written with Joshua Ware, is How We Remake the World (Slope Editions, 2012). He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.

James Shea is the author of Star in the Eye (Fence Books). His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Boston Review, Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, The Iowa Review, and Air and Water Show, a new chapbook from Convulsive Editions. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, DePaul University, and as a poet-in-residence in the Chicago public schools. He teaches at Nebraska Wesleyan University. 

Erin Costello is a poet, digital artist, and web designer who holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado, Boulder. In 2009 she founded SpringGun Press with Mark Rockswold: a print press for books of poetry, and a bi-annual online journal of poetry, flash fiction, and electronic literature. She has received awards for both her traditional and electronic writing and her work has been featured in various venues and publications. Originally from Northern California, she currently lives in Denver where she enjoys the incredible literary/art scene and works as an online marketer. 

Patrick Kelling is a doctoral student at DU and co-editor of Gambling the Aisle. His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and to Best New American Voices.