Spoken Word Sundays: William Considine and Jee Leong Koh
William Considine writes poems and plays. His latest book of poems, Continent of Fire, is forthcoming this Fall from Kelsay Books. His previous books include The Furies and Strange Coherence, both from Exit Strata, and The Other Myrtle, from Finishing Line Press, His full-length plays performed in New York in 2019 to critical praise were Moral Support at Medicine Show Theatre and Women’s Mysteries at Polaris North. His short verse plays performed in recent years include Aunt Peg and the Comptometer at Bowery Poetry Club and Persephone’s Return, Odyssey’s End, A Common Tongue, and John Milton in the Tower, all on Zoom. He is a member of Brevitas and Polaris North.
Jee Leong Koh is the author of Steep Tea (Carcanet), named a Best Book of the Year by UK's Financial Times and a Finalist by Lambda Literary in the US. His hybrid work of fiction Snow at 5 PM: Translations of an insignificant Japanese poet won the 2022 Singapore Literature Prize in English fiction. His second Carcanet collection Inspector Inspector will be released in the US in October.