Linda Kleinbub

Linda Kleinbub is curator and host of Fahrenheit Open Mic and founder of Pen Pal Poets. She’s the editor of The Silver Tongued Devil Anthology (Pink Trees Press, 2020.) and author of Origami Book #1 (Pink Trees Press, 2019) & Origami Book #2 (Pink Trees Press, 2019.) Linda was one of six local poets invited to read at the Americas Poetry Festival of New York 2021. She’s hosted readings at the New York City Poetry Festival, 6BC Botanical Garden, and Black & White. She’s been published in The Best American Poetry, the Brooklyn Rail, The Observer, Yahoo! Life, LiveMag!, Home Planet News, Grabbing the Apple: An Anthology of New York Woman Poets, First Literary Review East, The Razor’s Wine, Riverside Poets Anthology, The Rainbow Project and the Charge Into Light 2018 Anthology. Her first full-length book of poetry is forthcoming.

At the Chelsea and 2 more poems

Linda Kleinbub

At the Chelsea The cover band plays Blurred Lines beer is cold skin is tan far away, my mind writes our story I’m Nancy Spungen we grunge around rat-infested subway cars from CBGB to The Bitter End we room at T...

Walking with Steve to the Book Party

Linda Kleinbub

I picked Steve up at his apartment his was door’s ajar, when I arrived I don’t remember if I rang or knocked but he yelled, Come in. Steve was sitting on his sofa, wearing shades. He began telling me his stories h...