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Supplement is a new annual anthology of poetry, poetics, visual art and innovative writing, published by the Creative Writing Program and Kelly Writers House at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (University of Pennsylvania). A constituent of Jacket2, PennSound, and the various reading series at KWH, Supplement v.1 documents the diverse contemporary poetry and poetics scenes in and around Philadelphia by primarily soliciting work from writers who have performed in the Philadelphia area in 2015-16.

Our inaugural volume includes work from Rachel Blau Duplessis, John Yau, Yolanda Wisher, Bill Berkson, Jena Osman, Frank Sherlock, Tracie Morris, CA Conrad, Rachel Zolf, Charles Bernstein, Anna Maria Hong, Rae Armantrout, Joseph Massey, Laynie Brown, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Susan Bee, Rachel Levitsky, Paolo Javier, Alex Tarampi, Francie Shaw, Tsitsi Jaji, Bob Perelman, Juliana Spahr, Julia Bloch, Thomas Devaney, Patricia Spears Jones, Michael Davidson, Rodrigo Toscano, Kristen Gallagher, erica kaufman, William J. Harris, Anne Tardos, Jerome Rothenberg, Jennifer Scappettone and Pierre Joris, among many others. Please join us in celebrating the launch of Supplement v.1 with a special reading and reception at the Kelly Writers House.