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LEVI BENTLEY

Readings

James Corey's Poetry Salon, Philadelphia, PA
-with Ryan Eckes, Warren Longmire and Don Yorty
Charmed Instruments, Philadelphia, PA 
 - with Anne Lesley Selcer
Late Night Snacks, Philadelphia, PA 9/27/2019
- with Andrea Abi-Karam, Joey de Jesus, and Kyle Dacuyan
Pro Fana, Denver, CO 4 8/18/2019
-with Eutimia Cruz Montoya, Steven Dunn and Lauren Elizabeth Samblanet 
Sponge, Oakland, CA 8/16/2019
-with Zoe Tuck and Brittany Billmeyer-Fin
LAMBDA Literary reading, Los Angeles, CA 8/7/2019
​Random Name #100 10/22/2017
The Rev: Russell Sage College, Troy, NY 11/30/2017
-with Erica Mena-Landry
Excuse My Dust: Philadelphia 8/30/2017
Random Name at Dahlak, Philadelphia 6/23/2017
-with Pattie McCarthy
Arcadia, Indiana launch at Little Berlin, Philadelphia 5/20/2017
-with Toby Altman
​Gorilla Monsoon book tour, Tattooed Mom's, Philadelphia 3/16/2016
-with Colette Arrand, Raquel Salas Rivera, Berry Grass
MLA Offsite Poetry Reading, The Rotunda, Philadelphia  1/6/2016 
Accidental Player, Tattooed Mom's, Philadelphia  9/28/2016
- with Tommy Pico, Lauren Wilkinson, Ryan Eckes
Supplement Launch Party, Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia 9/21/2016 
​Penn Poetics, Fisher-Bennett Hall, Philadelphia 4/20/2016
– with Alex Smith
​Jubilant Thicket, Head House Books, Philadelphia 2/23/2016
– with Kristina Moriconi and Tamara Oakman
Temple Poets & Writers Series, Philadelphia 2/11/2016
– with Juliana Spahr
Magic Pictures, Philadelphia 8/25/2015
– with Liv Carrow, Snow Caps
Saint Mark's Poetry Project, Manhattan 2/23/2015
– with Abraham Adams, Purdey Lord Kreiden
PACE the Nation Philadelphia 2/15/2015
– CA Conrad and Philadelphia poets
Molly's Books, Philadelphia 2/13/2015
– with Marion Bell and Brandon Holmquest
Membrane Channel Presents, at Vox Populi, Philadelphia 1/16/2015
– with Audrey Chen (Berlin),  Flandrew Fleisenberg,  LEAD PIPE
Frank O'hara's Last Lover at Snockey's, Philadelphia 12/6/2014
– with Erin Morrill, Lucas de Lima, Jennifer Tamayo
WORMS, Baltimore 11/4/2014
– with Dale Beran, Andrew Dieck, Carabella Sands, and Joseph Young
citydrift/Portland  Portland, ME 9/19-21/2014
– by video installation
Elderly Magazine is turning 5 at Wendy's Subway, Williamsburg, NY 8/31/2014
– with Krystal Languell, Katy Bohinc, Kit Schluter, Mali Scott, Emily Skillings, Geoffrey Olsen, Sue Landers
Noise Show at Eris Art Temple Philadelphia  8/9/2014
– with Ben Bennett, Dave Grollman, Michael Foster trio, Daniel Wyche and Michael Nicosia,  Jack Wright
Random Name at Penn Book Center, Philadelphia, PA - 7/28/2014
– with Ron Silliman
Bedfellows 2 Launch Party, at L'etage, Philadelphia, PA 6/12/2014
– with Marion Bell, Ryan Eckes, Frank Sherlock, Jim Corey, etc.
Blindfold Books, Seattle 5/9/2014
– with Jane Wong, CA Conrad
Brooklyn Poetry Summit, at Molasses Books, Brooklyn 4/17/2014
– with Brandon Brown, Andrew Kenower, Sara Wintz
Live at the Writers House, UPenn, Philadelphia 1/27/2014 
– with Marion Bell, Andrew Dieck, Mark Johnson, Aaron Winslow
Poems in a Room at Magic Pictures, Philadelphia 3/1/2014 
– with Jaeeun Lee, Marion Bell, Jesse Heffler, Tim Leonido & Caleb Beckwith
Boog City at Unnameable Boox, Brooklyn 2/16/2014
– with Jenn McCreary, Jaime Townsend and others
Fact-Simile, Philadelphia 1/18/2013
– with Jacob Bennett, Stan Mir 
Absinthe and Zygote,  #11: Active Voice, Chicago 10/8/2013
– with Jay Jen Bessemer
Chapter & Verse, Philadelphia 9/7/2013
– with Maged Zaher and Carolina Maugeri
O'Clock & Well Greased Presents, Philadelphia 8/21/2013
– with Andrew Deick, Judah Rubin and Lewis E. Freedman
Boston Poetry Marathon, Boston 8/14/2013
Boog City Festival, Brooklyn 8/4/2013
Hugely Popular, Philadelphia 5/4/2013
– with Jean Day and Laynie Browne
Random Name, Philadelphia (chapbook release) 3/23/2013
– with Jacob A. Bennett and Kimberly Ann Southwick
Off-Site Outta Sight, Boston 3/9/2013 
Gigantic Sequins 4.1 Release, Philadelphia 2/17/2013
Stoner. Bentley. Barton. Herron, Brooklyn 1/18/2013
– with Sarah Jane Stoner, Emily Barton and Sophie Herron
Moonstone Arts Center, Philadelphia 11/16/2012 (pdf)
– with Ras Mashramani, Paul Siegell, and music from Andrew Keller
Readings in the Basement at Magic Pictures, Philadelphia 9/13/2012
– with Robert Michael O’Brien and Lesser Gonzalez
Siegell. Davis. Robertson, (Broadsheet release) Philadelphia 6/8/1012
Rare Jawn: Boyer/Rivera/Hodson/Sutherland/Eckes/Bentley

Positions and Roles

Freelance Print Design Professional 2014-present
Director of Pedagogy at Blue Stoop July 2019-July 2020 
​Artist Member and Board Member at 
Vox Populi 2017-2019
Critic for Artblog 2018-2020
Workshop instructor for Blue Stoop (8 weeks) 2018-2019
Proofer for Ugly Duckling Presse 2015-2018
Poetry Instructor at Temple University 2015-2017
Ebook Coordinator at Copper Canyon Press 2011-2013
Assistant Editor at Copper Canyon Press 2010-2010

Panels and Performances

"Micropress Poetry and the Politics of Electronic Text" MLA 2018  1/4/2018
- with Steve McLaughlin, Kate Costello, Claire Grossman, and Trisha Lowe 
"Who Do You Love? Matsuo Basho" at PhillyCam 3/1/2016
Poet's Theater performance of Kevin Killian's  "The Lenticular" at Vox Populi 3/20/2015
"Breaking Digital Ground: E-books and Small Press Literary Publishers"​ AWP 2013 
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