A Galère of Poetic Autopsies
Featured readers: Jill Dearman, Bobby Miller, and barb morrison
“A Galère of Poetic Autopsies” is a monthly series at Hudson’s historic Park Theater on the first Thursday of each month (except July 2024 which will be first Wednesday). Expect the unexpected as poets, writers, and other creatives from the Hudson area and beyond reveal the inspiration and shadows behind their work.
galère: [French (galƐr) noun. A group of people having a common interest, esp. a coterie of undesirable people.]
Hosted by Jane Ormerod and John K Lawson
$10 suggested donation to be shared among performers.
Jill Dearman is a part-time Professor of Writing in Global Studies at New York University. She writes socially-engaged crime fiction, with an emphasis on queer history, and intersectional feminism. She is the author of Jazzed (Vine Leaves Press, 2022), which received a rave starred review from Kirkus; The Uncanny Case of Gilles/Jeannette (Outpost 19, 2023) a gender-swapped twist on Jekyll and Hyde that takes place in Depression-era Hudson; Bang the Keys, a book for writers (Penguin, 2009); her historical crime novel The Great Bravura (She Writes Press, 2015) was featured on NPR, and in The Brooklyn Rail; she is the author of Feminism: The March Towards Equal Rights For Women (Nomad Press, 2019), a history of feminism for teens. She is also an astrologist and metaphysical scholar and teacher whose books Queer Astrology for Men and Queer Astrology for Women (St. Martins) have been translated into multiple languages.
Jill writes a weekly Meta-Astrology column for Trixie’s List, regular astrology articles for Reader’s Digest, and back in the day wrote about astrology for major women’s magazines, and penned a syndicated “Queer Astrology” column. Her new project Mystery School is a series of wizardly workshops taking place locally at Time Space, Ltd. For more: www.jilldearman.com.
Bobby Miller is a performance poet, writer, actor, and photographer. He is the author of four poetry books; Benestrific Blonde, Mouth of Jane, Troubleblonde, and Rigmarole, and is included in The Outlaw Bible of American Poets and The Outlaw Book of American Artists. His photo books include Fabulous! A Photographic Diary Of Studio 54, A Downtown State of Mind: NYC, Wigstock, Jackie 60 Nights, and Queer Nation and are available at blurb.com. His works have been exhibited at ARTsee in Hudson, AMP Gallery in Provincetown, and Howl Gallery in New York City, among others. Upcoming exhibitions include “Fly on the Canvas” at TSL in Hudson (opening April 13, 2024) and “I'll Be Your Mirror: Reflections of the Contemporary Queer” in Detroit.
Taking photographs since 1973, Mr. Miller studied with Lisette Model in NYC at The New School. He has performed at Lincoln Center, The Whitney Museum, The Smithsonian Institute, New York University, The Rhode Island School of Design, Bennington College, The New York Historical Society, and The Massachusetts State Poetry Festival. He was also a winner in The National Poetry Slam as a member of The Nuyorican Poets and has performed internationally with poet John Giorno and alone at venues including The Tabernacle, Battersea Arts Center and The ICA in London and The Glasgow Center For The Arts. Mr. Miller is the recipient of a Jackie 60 Lifetime Achievement Award, four Jackie 60 Awards, and a NYC Glamie Award. He makes his home in Great Barrington, MA.
barb morrison (they/ them) is a top 5 billboard dance chart songwriter and platinum record producer best known as producer for numerous artists such as blondie, rufus wainwright, franz ferdinand, LP, asia kate dillon and as an ASCAP featured film score composer. they have just released their first book entitled bottoming for god : a story about gender euphoria, sobriety, old skool NY, true love, past lives and coming home.
elizabeth gilbert (author of eat pray love) said “They say that beautiful art should be both surprising and inevitable, and that’s how it felt to read this. But mostly inevitable. It touched me in such a deep and familiar and intimate place. I just love it.“