Celebrate the release of Ally Ang’s debut poetry collection Let the Moon Wobble at Grit City Books in Tacoma, WA along with four local writers: Margot Kahn, Nicole McCarthy, Michael Schmeltzer, and Katharine Threat! RSVP here.
About Ally Ang: Ally Ang is a gaysian poet & editor based in Seattle. They are the author of Let the Moon Wobble (Alice James Books 2025). Their work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, The Seattle Met, and elsewhere. Ally is a National Endowment for the Arts fellow and MacDowell fellow. Find them at allysonang.com or @TheOceanIsGay.
About Margot Kahn: Margot Kahn is the author of The Unreliable Tree (Northwestern University Press), A Quiet Day with the West on Fire (Floating Bridge Press), and Horses That Buck (University of Oklahoma Press). She is co-editor of the anthologies This Is the Place (Seal Press) and Wanting (Catapult). Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry Society of America, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, BUST, and elsewhere. Find her at www.margotkahn.com & @margotkahnwrites
About Nicole McCarthy: Nicole McCarthy is a poet, essayist, and horror author based in Olympia. Her work has been published in PANK, The Offing, Redivider, Best American Experimental Writing, and others. Her debut hybrid nonfiction book, A Summoning, was published from Heavy Feather Review in 2022. A lifelong fan of horror movies and books, Nicole has two horror novels complete: one hiding in a drawer, waiting for its moment, and the other getting the red-pen treatment from her agent.
About Michael Schmeltzer: Michael Schmeltzer currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Floating Bridge Press. His poetry book Empire of Surrender was the winner of the 2021 Wandering Aengus Book Award. Along with Meghan McClure, he is also the co-author of the nonfiction book A Single Throat Opens, a lyric exploration of addiction and family. His debut full-length Blood Song was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award in Poetry, the Julie Suk Award, and the Coil Book Award.
About Katharine Threat: Katharine Threat is the author of the poetry chapbook Anatomy of My Mixed Body and the editor of the speculative fiction anthology If the Storm Clears. Her work has been featured by Button Poetry and Pile Press, and in We Need a Reckoning. She is a mixed rac