“I Dream Where My Eyes Wandered” (2023) by Helia Pouyanfar
Plaster cast of ceiling imprints and pillow, 20″x 30″
Our flagship series since December 2009, the literary mixtape is a submission-based show featuring writing of all kinds. Selected through an anonymous curatorial process, writers are paid and published in a book handed out to the first 100 people at the shows. Authors read one after the other, without introductions or banter, so the text of the show – printed in the books verbatim – is presented as a whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Curated by Liz Cahill and Rhea Joseph, the books for this show – sparkle + blink 119 – feature cover art by Helia Pouyanfar. The first 100 people at the event will receive the book for free!
A note about our submissions
We received 53 entries and of those selected 13 (25%). Of those, 7 (62%) are appearing at Quiet Lightning for the first time. Five authors are returning: Clyde Always (this will be their 3rd show), Keith Gaboury (7th), Caroline Goodwin (3rd), Kelechi Ubozoh (3rd) and Sharon D. Coleman (4th). This will be QL’s 162nd event.
We included an optional demographic survey in the submission form, the results of which you can see below:
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