The East Side Freedom Library invites you to “On the Left Bank: St Paul Socialist Poetry Zine Launch Party!” with author and publisher David Ackos.

Saturday, July 9, 2022, 4:30pm on ESFL’s beautiful front lawn

On the Left Bank is a new leftist lit mag produced right here in our community. Join us for the launch party for its first publication. We’ll have live poetry reading and refreshments on our beautiful lawn. We’ll celebrate local Do-It-Yourself art and the emergence of this new project. Get your copy of the zine, talk to the editorial board, and have fun. Build community.

Think you might have something to submit? Get to talk to the editorial board and consider being part of the next volume. They’ll accept submissions on-site and online at [email protected]. They’re also inviting local leftist writers to support the project by joining the editorial board. (What is a “leftist writer”? Come and find out.)

David Ackos (they/them) is an organizer, poet, and proud St Paulite. They live on the West Side and work on the East Side as a renter organizer working on housing justice. In their free time, they love biking, sailing, gardening, and spending time by the river.