Autobiographical

My full-length book, Where We Think It Should Go, can be yours via Octopus Books, Small Press Distribution, or Amazon. We better celebrate these hard copies while we can. When I'm not writing poetry, I teach amazing young people who are blind. I believe in a healthier future.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The Lit Crawl

Hi Friends,

I'm reading poetry and/or fiction during Lit Crawl! Don't go to the Treasure Island Music Festival; go to this:

Creature Features Lit Crawl Reading
Saturday, Oct. 13
6:00 - 7:00 pm
The Women’s Building (Auditorium), 3543 18th St., San Francisco, CA
(Blurb: Five young writers from Octopus Books (Portland, Denver, and Chicago), and Ugly Duckling Presse Collective (Brooklyn), two of the hottest independent publishers around. Featuring Micah Ballard, Julien Poirier, Rebecca Farivar, Ben Mirov, and Claire Becker.)

Inaccurate biographical information and more details here:
Google maps link: CLICK
Printed matter for sale. Audio content for free!

Love,
Claire

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Hello The Midwest

Exciting readings in Wisconsin and Illinois!

Monsters of Poetry
Carmen Maria Machado, Brad Liening, Lily Brown, and Claire Becker
Friday, October 7, 2011, 7:30 PM
The Project Lodge
817 E. Johnson, Madison, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Lily Brown & Claire Becker
Saturday, October 8, 2011
brunch reading...somewhere
Please email for details.

Bonk!
Lily Brown, Claire Becker, with music by Marco Jimenez
Saturday, October 8, 2011, 6PM (doors at 5:30)
Racine Arts Council
316 6th St, Racine, Wisconsin

Good Evening Reading Series
Stephen Danos, Claire Becker, Lily Brown
Sunday, October 9, 2011, 3:30 PM (also my half birthday)
Three Peas Art Lounge
75 E 16th St, Chicago, Illinois

Monday, August 8, 2011

I wrore a poem called "I Feel Like Seeing the Moon"

and I didn't see the moon, and the poem is on the internet: Everyday Genius

My book reviewed in detail in Open Letters Monthly

This guy is good: Jeff Alessandrelli, All the Questions, a review of Claire Becker's Where We Think It Should Go.

Thursday, April 14, 2011