Gallery West will present an evening of readings from the literary component of “Selfies, Real or Imagined: An Exhibition of Visual and Literary Art”.

Enjoy readings, music, and a beverage on the terrace. Readers will include co-editors Ed Madden and Susan Levi Wallach, as well as other area contributors.

Eighteen writers from across the country share their visions of themselves in poetry and short fiction. The literary component has been published in the form of a limited edition chapbook, The Collective I. 

The submissions were juried and co-edited by Ed Madden, associate professor of English and Director of Women’s and Gender Studies at USC, and Susan Levi Wallach, writer and poet, co-winner of the 2014 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize. Poet Samuel Amadon, professor of literature in the MFA Program at USC, judged the selected entries and awarded the Elizabeth and Toby Ward Literary Prize.

Take the opportunity to see the visual “selfies” by 28 artists both local and beyond.

Exhibition through June 7, 2015