presents

Voices in the Dirt

A Book Reading with Ian Caskey, Q&A with Amos Poe, and music from the Terror Babies

Voices in the Dirt is a transgressive, darkly comical collection of stories, mostly centered around young men wrestling with the specter of an incomprehensible world. A banquet server seeks enlightenment by being buried alive (breathing apparatus included!). Three identical families compete to determine which family is the “true” family. Karmic retribution is served after a tourist on the Ganges river steals a human jawbone from a beached corpse as a ghastly souvenir. If you like wild rides without safety bars, then have a seat.

Ian Caskey’s stories have been published in BOMB magazine, Poached Hare, The Strange Recital, and more. He is also a fellowship alum from the Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency Program. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and their lovey-nutty dog—Soup.

Amos Poe is one of the leading figures of the No Wave Cinema movement (75-85) that grew out of the bustling East Village music and art scene. The No Wave paralleled the punk music explosion and included Jim Jarmusch, Abel Ferrara, Vivienne Dick, Sarah Driver, among others - they embraced B-movie genres, the avant-garde, & the French New Wave to create a fresh, vibrant American art cinema.

Terror Babies, a new art-rock band from New York, are an eclectic amalgamation of punk, synth pop, and 90s underground styles, unified by a singular aesthetic vision. This will be their debut performance.