“a peautiful chewisch poy / wit a vo-ice dot woult / meldth dh heart offa schtone / and wit a likeing for to make arht-voiks” (Ezra Pound, Canto XXXV)
“I’m a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop, / But if, baby, I’m the bottom / You’re the top!” (Cole Porter, “You’re the Top!”)
I’m working on a PhD in English at the University of Washington in Seattle.
I’m curating readings and talks at the Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University.
I’m co-editing the collected writings of Philadelphia poet and publisher Gil Ott, forthcoming from Chax Press.
I’m a contributing editor of EOAGH.
I have an MA in English and Creative Writing from Temple University in Philadelphia.
Places I’ve done poetry at include Unnameable Books in Brooklyn, the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church, the Tendencies series at the CUNY Graduate Center, the Segue series at the Bowery Poetry Club, the Chapter & Verse series at Chapterhouse Cafe in Philadelphia, and Pilot Books in Seattle.
My email address is g [dot] laynor [at] gmail [dot] com.
My twitter address is @gregorylaynor.