The entrance to Poison Girl would be easy to miss except that it is fuchsia.
Scott Repass, Poison Girl Owner
Kelly Moore reads from her contribution to Cite.
Hank Hancock reintroduces "lagoon" into the Houston lexicon.
Danny Marc Samuels and Katie Plocheck
Tracy Jo Barnwell
Tom Colbert and Danny Marc Samuels
Bernard Bonnet and Ronnie Self
Guest editor Julia Mandell, Editor Raj Mankad and his son Vishwa
Jenny Lynn Weitz Amaré-Cartwright
The Cite 85 launch party was held last night at Poison Girl, a bar on Westheimer that is often home to literary readings. Kelly Moore read from her contribution to the issue, "Sidewalks, Steps, and Labyrinths: Navigating Houston in a Wheelchair." The audience sat in rapt attention under a clear sky and the gaze of the giant Cool Aid man sculpture. Hank Hancock read a piece by legendary columnist Sig Byrd from the collection Literary Houston. He brought Byrd's beat-style 1950s Houston vernacular back to life.
