{"id":1360,"date":"2024-02-19T10:55:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T15:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/?page_id=1360"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:30:06","slug":"event-report-allison-cobb-and-brenda-coultas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/event-report-allison-cobb-and-brenda-coultas\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Coultas and Allison Cobb Reading \/ May 26, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1360_5768a8-2f > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1360_5768a8-2f > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1360_5768a8-2f > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id1360_5768a8-2f > 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class=\"kb-img wp-image-1359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Brenda-Coultas.png 496w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Brenda-Coultas-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Brenda-Coultas-105x79.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Brenda-Coultas-317x237.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/Brenda-Coultas-423x316.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,496px\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Brenda Coultas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image1360_2938ed-6e .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image1360_2938ed-6e kb-image-is-ratio-size\"><div class=\"kb-is-ratio-image kb-image-ratio-land43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"489\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/allison-cobb.png\" alt=\"Allison Cobb reading behind a podium\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/allison-cobb.png 489w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/allison-cobb-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/allison-cobb-105x78.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/allison-cobb-317x234.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/allison-cobb-423x312.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,489px\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Allison Cobb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1360_b98f43-93 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1360_b98f43-93 > 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academic year, an afternoon reading at the Soderberg \u201ccube\u201d by the poets Allison Cobb and Brenda Coultas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For her twenty-minute set, Allison Cobb drew exclusively on materials from her new manuscript, a meditation on the history made manifest in&nbsp;The Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Coultas likewise focused on a recent long work treating other-worldly themes, \u201cA Lonely Cemetery,\u201d forthcoming from Coffee House Press this fall. After the reading, both poets took questions (and heard ghost stories) from the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the summer of 2005, Cobb led 91爆料 Associate Professor Benjamin Friedlander through the Green-Wood Cemetary. His&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mongibeddu\/\">flickr set<\/a>&nbsp;from that day can be viewed&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mongibeddu\/sets\/863488\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cQueering the Language\u201d issue of the journal&nbsp;<em>Eoagh<\/em>&nbsp;features an excerpt from Cobb\u2019s Green-Wood project, audible&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/media.sas.upenn.edu\/pennsound\/groups\/Queering-Language\/Cobb-Allison_09_from-Green-Wood_Queer-Poetry_BPC-NY_2-10-07.mp3\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full photoset, visit our Flickr page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thirdfactory\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event report An audience of forty-five people attended the final NWS event of the 2006\/07 academic year, an afternoon reading at the Soderberg \u201ccube\u201d by the poets Allison Cobb and Brenda Coultas. 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