{"product_id":"stacy-skolnik-luke-roberts-in-conversation-with-hannah-regel","title":"Stacy Skolnik \u0026 Luke Roberts in conversation with Hannah Regel","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eWednesday 17th June 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e6.30-9pm (talk starts 7.15) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eJoin Book Works at Burley Fisher to celebrate the launch of two new titles in our New Writing Series, \u003ci\u003eRobert Frost \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Bad Omens. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eRobert Frost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e is a poetic collaboration between poet and novelist Stacy Skolnik and musician Robert Frost. Captivated by the Facebook updates of Robert, an old high school friend, and his increasingly nomadic lifestyle, Skolnik has compiled these updates to create an idiosyncratic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eand tender portrait of a life lived on the furthermost edges of American society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eLuke Roberts’ new book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eis a lyrical narrative of art and grief in a time of crisis. Drawn from a decades worth of journals and notebooks,\u003ci\u003e Bad Omens\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003estruggles towards a poetics of beauty and debris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eStacy and Luke will be in conversation with Hannah Regel, editor of the Book Works New Writing Series. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStacy Skolnik\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Ginny Suite\u003c\/i\u003e (2024) and the digital poetry collection \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/mrsblueeyes123.com\/\"\u003emrsblueeyes123.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). She is a co-founder and co-director of Montez Press Radio, the Lower East Side- based broadcast and performance platform.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLuke Roberts\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet. His books include\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeginning to End\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e(Nightboat, 2027),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eHome Radio\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e(the87press, 2021), and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlacial Decoys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e (Free Poetry, 2021) and, as co-editor, \u003ci\u003eSaborami\u003c\/i\u003e (Book Works, 2024) and \u003ci\u003eSo Much For Life: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e by Mark Hyatt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e (Nightboat, 2023). He lives in London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHannah Regel \u003c\/strong\u003eis editor at Book Works and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Sane Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (Verso Books, 2024) and the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was Alive \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Oliver Stone,\u003c\/i\u003e (both Montez Press, 2017 and 2020). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burley Fisher Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57387993235833,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0405\/3385\/2310\/files\/robert_frost.jpg?v=1780668609","url":"https:\/\/burleyfisherbooks.com\/products\/stacy-skolnik-luke-roberts-in-conversation-with-hannah-regel","provider":"Burley Fisher Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}