Barry MacDonald will be reading from his compilation of five books ‘An Exploration of Consciousness IX: Everyday Mind XXXVI – XXXX’. This is the story of a run-away journey to Galveston, Texas; of work on asphalt driveway crews for three summers; of education in Oxford, England; of alcoholism and drug addiction on the road to recovery; of his trip to Japan to teach English in private schools; of entrance to the Buddha Way through a Zen temple in Japan; and of his association with the poet Cid Corman in Kyoto Japan.

Banji Lawal will be reading from a selection of his collected work. He has been writing things he’s ashamed of for quite some time. He’s been writing things he’s happy with for a bit longer. Lately he’s developed a propensity for paint and a boredom with cameras. He likes to lay under trees by the lake with his summer. Read more of him at logothete.tumblr.com.