Projects

Broadsided Press
Broadsided (www.broadsidedpress.org) is a grassroots, virtual, collaborative press started by Bradfield in late 2005. Bradfield and her co-editor, Mark Temelko, have been able to publish a steady stream of fantastic work through Broadsided.

Broadsided attempts to pull literary work out of journals and put it on the streets. By infusing words with the energy of original visual art and then posting the letter-sized pdfs in public places, Broadsided hopes to capture the interest of bleary coffee-drinkers and glazed office workers.

Broadsided was written up in the July, 2006 issue of Poets and Writers Magazine and the June, 2008 issue of Prick of the Spindle ("Welcome to Broadsided Press"). In December, 2006, Liz Bradfield spoke at the Alaska Professional Communicators' meeting; you can view a video of Bradfield speaking about Broadsided or read a summary of the presentation.

Pelagic Poetry
When reading alone and coming upon a poem that makes your hair stand on end, there's nothing more frustrating than not being able to share it with others. This modest email list, managed by YahooGroups, allows participants to send out poems that wow them—no chit-chat, no discussion, just mind-blowing poems. Sign up, if you like, the door is open.

Collaboration: Music & Poetry
Composer Monica Houghton (www.monicahoughton.com) put Bradfield's poem "Whalefall" to music, creating a score for soprano and piano. The Premier performance (original version with soprno and piano) was performed September 23, 2007, at 3 pm, in Drinko Hall at Cleveland State University, and there have been several performances since. See Monica Houghton's Catalog ("Whalefall" is listed under "Art Song").