MONICA McCLURE
Her debut poetry collection, Tender Data, will be published by Birds, LLC in 2015.
She is the author of the chapbooks, Mood Swing, from Snacks Press and Mala, published by Poor Claudia.
Her poems and prose have appeared or are forthcoming in Tin House, Jubilat,
Fence, The Los Angeles Review, The Lit Review, Lambda Literary Review’s Spotlight Series, The Awl,
Spork, Intercourse, CultureStrike and elsewhere.
She co-curates Gemstones, a girls-mostly collaboration series of new media artists and poets.
With Brenda Shaughnessy, she edited the anthology Both and Neither; Biracial Writers in America.
THINGS IN PURSE
150 litas (Lithuanian currency), which is like $250 USD
A map of boutiques in Old Town, Vilnius, Lithuania
$40 USD I forgot to exchange at the airport
A tourist map called "3 Days in Vilnius" that points out such sites as the Museum of Genocide
A business card for an amazing jazz record store called Thelonius
My passport
Bobbi Brown Brow Kit in Saddle / Mahogany
Glamour Amber cigarettes (Lithuanian)
2 pens
Pink Moleskin
1 lighter
Red Sephora cream lip stain
