Sponge | 2020.02.15

Steve Benson lived pretty much in the Bay Area from 1976 to 1992. He’s lived in Surry, Maine, since 1996. He co-authored the Grand Piano series of autobiographical essays (Mode A, 2006-10) with nine old friends. He collaborated with Suzanne Stein in 36 improvised public on-line chat messaging performances now collected in Do Your Own Damn Laundry (Gauss.pdf, 2019). What This Is, three new long poems, is forthcoming from Chax Press. He is an active member of Midcoast Maine Extinction Rebellion, Morgan Bay Zendo, Peninsula Peace & Justice, and USA-Palestine Mental Health Network, among other organizations. More at http://www.stevebensonasis.com/.

Samuel Breslin: Samuel Nathan Breslin is a poet and film programmer living in Oakland, California. He is the author of three self-published chapbooks, Captain’s Log (2015), Parts of the Passion (2014) and Poems about Poland for Americans (2010), and is a co-founder and co-curator of Light Field, an all-celluloid experimental film festival held annually at The Lab in San Francisco. Samuel is currently an MFA candidate in the Creative Writing Department at Bard College.

Jessica Friedman is a filmmaker, singer, and poet living in Oakland. Her work observes environments, particularly movie theaters and work, through a queer and trans lens. She writes to release and expose injustices while exhaling new perspectives.