naked bulb

The Naked Bulb  -  The Good Hop


Naked Bulb was a backyard open mic in Fruitvale, Oakland for 10 years. NBPress was born from the events with Andrew J. Thomas, & Missy Church who support Bay Area poets. Naked Bulb Press has released 8 works, including the most recent, Neversent by G. Macias Gusman.


Gary Turchin uses humor, wisdom and sarcasm in equal measures to express his ideas in poetry and fiction. Recent publication credits include Pre-Medicated--Pills, Poems & Ponderings (2021 Naked Bulb.) 

Rhea Melina is a multi-ethnic poet and jack-of-many-trades who lives in Seattle.   She is a regular performer at Speak Out Seattle,Unpoetry (https://www.unpoetry.net), and A Space Inside.  Her chapbooks include "Fireant" (SSO Press, 2005), "These are not secrets" (XYZ Animal Stars, 2009), “a place to put things" (Bottlecap Press, 2023), and "Not My Wasteland" (Bone Machine, 2024). Recently she was a finalist for the 49th Parallel Award for poetry.  A full-length collection of her poetry will soon be available from Carbonation Press.
  
G. Macias Gusman is a Midwest / West Coast Poet.  His pedigree is the broken heart and the indifference of people.  His poetry reflects his favorite things in life: PBR, weed, cats, and staring out the window writing love poems at 4 in the morning drinking sweet coffee. His first full length collection of poetry, Neversent, out on naked bulb press. 
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Andrew J. Thomas is the author of Strangeland, a Naked Bulb publisher, Beast Crawl alumni, doomsday poet and all around sad sack.

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7pm Leg 3 - The Good Hop    -     2421 Telegraph Ave, Ste 102, Oakland, CA 94612