| Featured Poets:Bill Rasmovicz, Jean-Paul Pecqueur and James Hoch February 15, 2008, 7 pm Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY | |
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| The first reading of the spring season of The Multifarious Array, featuring readings by Bill Rasmovicz, a graduate of the Vermont College MFA in Writing Program and Temple University School of Pharmacy. His poems have appeared in Hotel Amerika, Nimrod, Mid-American Review, and other publications; Jean-Paul Pecqueur the author of The Case Against Happiness; and James Hoch, author of A Parade of Hands. | |
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| Info: | 718-203-3770 sommerbrowning@hotmail.com http://www.petescandystore.com |
| Featured Poets: | Li-Young Lee |
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| February 15, 2008, 7:30 p.m. Magers and Quinn Booksellers, 3038 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Free and open to the public | |
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| Please join us for a reading by Li-Young Lee. He will read from his latest collection, Behind My Eyes. | |
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| Sponsored by Magers and Quinn Booksellers | |
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| Info: | (612) 822-4611 books@magersandquinn.com http://www.magersandquinn.com |
| Featured Poets: | Christine Khorfhage and Christopher Kain |
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| February 16, 2008, 12 - 5 pm Brockton Library, 304 Main Street, Brocton, MA | |
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| Please join us for workshop with Danielle Legros Georges, followed by an open reading and a reading by Christine Khorfhage, author of We Aren't Who We Are And This world Isn't Either and Christopher Kain. | |
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| Sponsored by The Greater Brockton Society for Poetry and the Arts, Inc, | |
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| Info: | 508-580-7890 millerfrank12@yahho.com http://thinkworks.com/bps |
| Featured Poets: | John Ashbery, Eric Bogosian, Claire Danes, and Patricia Clarkson |
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| February 17, 2008, 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York, NY | |
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| Please join us as poets and actors give a benefit reading for Bowery Arts and Science, the non-profit wing of the Bowery Poetry Club. | |
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| Sponsored by Bowery Arts and Science | |
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| Info: | 212-614-0505 walt@bowerypoetry.com http://bowerypoetry.com |
| Featured Poets: | Christine Casson, Rigoberto González, Patrick Phillips, and D. Nurkse |
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| February 17, 2008, 2 pm The Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York City, New York, NY | |
| $8.00 | |
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| Readings on the Bowery, a Four Way Books sponsored event, invites you to join us for readings by Christine Casson, Rigoberto González, Patrick Phillips, and D. Nurkse. | |
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| Sponsored by Four Way Books | |
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| Info: | cathmc@earthlink.net |
| Featured Poets: | Kwame Alexander, Darlene Anita Scott, Shana Yarborough, and Katy Richey, with live music and open mic |
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| February 17, 2008, 4 pm Busboys and Poets, 14th and V Streets NW, Washington, DC | |
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| Please join us for a reading from the anthology, Family Pictures: Poems and Photographs Celebrating Our Loved Ones, featuring poets Kwame Alexander, Darlene Anita Scott, Shana Yarborough, and Katy Richey. | |
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| Sponsored by Busboys and Poets | |
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| Info: | 202-387-POET http://www.busboysandpoets.com |
| Featured Poets: | Elizabeth Swados, Shelley Stenhouse, and Laurence Loeb |
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| February 18, 2008, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, New York, NY | |
| $7 (includes one drink) | |
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| This monthly reading series offers work by poets published in the New York Quarterly. Please join us for a reading by Elizabeth Swados, Shelley Stenhouse, and Laurence Loeb. | |
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| Sponsored by The New York Quarterly | |
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| Info: | 212-989-9319 info@nyquarterly.org http://www.nyquarterly.org |
| Featured Poets: | Michael Mandel, Joseph Somoza, Dick Thomas, Wayne Crawford, Keith Wilson, John Pate, Joanne Townsend, Ellen Young, Joe Speer, Ruben Abeyta, Terry Song, Michelle Holland, Sylvia Wheeler, and Bob Wohl |
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| February 19, 2008, 7:30 pm Palacio Bar (back room), 2600 Avenida de Mesilla, Mesilla, NM | |
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| This is a monthly open-mic that has been meeting uninterruptedly each third Tuesday of the month for over 15 years. Writers read three poems or a short piece of prose. Occasionally, we sponsor featured readings preceding the open-mics. Poets such as Carlos Reyes, Don Levering, Chico Martin, Joe Ray Sandoval, Gary (Mex) Glazner, Victoria Tester, and Jeff McDaniel have been featured. | |
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| Sponsored by Sin Fronteras, Writers Without Borders | |
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| Info: | 575-522-1119 jsomoza@nmsu.edu |
| Featured Poets: | Henri Cole, Deborah Garrison, Eamon Grennan, Dennis Nurkse, Vijay Sheshardi, and Jean Valentine. |
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| February 21, 2008, 7 pm The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY | |
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| An evening celebrating the poets Alice Quinn featured in her two decades as poetry editor of The New Yorker. With Henri Cole, Deborah Garrison, Eamon Grennan, Dennis Nurkse, Vijay Sheshardi, Jean Valentine. | |
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| Sponsored by Co-sponsored by the Poetry Society of America, the Academy of American Poets, and the New School Writing Program. | |
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| Info: | 212-229-5353 specialprograms@newschool.edu http://www.newschool.edu/publicprograms |
| Featured Poets: | Henri Cole, Deborah Garrison, Eamon Grennan, Yusef Komunyakaa, Vijay Sheshadri, Jean Valentine, and Matthew Zapruder. |
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| February 21, 2008, 7:00 pm The Theresa Lang Center, Arnold Hall, The New School, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY | |
| Free | |
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| Please join us for a reading and tribute to Alice Quinn. Featured poets include Henri Cole, Deborah Garrison, Eamon Grennan, Yusef Komunyakaa, Vijay Sheshadri, Jean Valentine, and Matthew Zapruder. | |
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| Sponsored by Co-sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, the New School Graduate Writing Program, and Poets House. | |
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| Info: | 212.274.0343, x 10 academy@poets.org |
| Featured Poets: | Poet C. D. Wright and photographer Deborah Luster, with Alice Quinn. |
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| February 21, 2008, 7 pm Martin E. Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY | |
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| Please join us for an event highlighting the artistic collaboration between poet C.D. Wright, author of One Big Self and photographer Deborah Luster. A moderated discussion will follow the presentation. | |
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| Sponsored by Poetry Society of America & the Center for the Humanities, CUNY Graduate Center. | |
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| Info: | http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-calendar.php#20080208 |
| Featured Poets: | Shawn Germain, John Ebersole, Eli Goldblatt, Elizabeth Pearson |
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| February 22, 2008, 7 p.m. to February 23, 2008 Chestnut Hill College, 9601 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA | |
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| Friday evening will feature a performance by musician Shawn Germain, who released his debut album titled "A Neverending Season" in 2007. Following his performance, there will be an open mic for poetry readings and music. On Saturday evening, three poetry readings will be dedicated to William Walker, Ph.D., senior vice president of the College, on the occasion of his retirement in June. The speakers for Saturday nights poetry readings will be Eli Goldblatt, John Ebersole, and Elizabeth Pearson. | |
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| Info: | 215.248.7001 chcapply@chc.edu http://www.chc.edu |
| Featured Poets: | John Hodgen, Sue Ellen Kuzma, Jean Keskulla and George Stalker |
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| February 24, 2008, 3 pm The James Library & Center for the Arts, 24 West St., Norwell, MA | |
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| Please join us asfour west-of-Boston poets read on the theme of "beasts seen and unseen...beasts of all sorts. | |
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| Sponsored by The James Library & Center for the Arts | |
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| Info: | 781-659-7100 jameslibrary@verizon.net http://www.jameslibrary.org |
| Featured Poets: | Susan Stewart, Thomas Devaney, and Susan Briante |
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| February 25, 2008, 7:30 pm 11th Street Bar, 510 East 11th Street (between Avenues A & B), New York, NY | |
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| Join us for a special night of poetry with a reading by Susan Stewart, Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and author of five books of poems, including Columbarium, which won the 2003 National Book Critics Circle Award, and the forthcoming Red Rover; Thomas Devaney, author of A Series of Small Boxes and The American Pragmatist Feel in Love; and Susan Briante, author of Pioneers in the Study of Motion, recently published by Ahsahta Press. | |
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| Sponsored by Reading Between A and B | |
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| Info: | kaveh@readab.com http://www.readab.com |
| Featured Poets: | Ana Elsner and Devorah Major |
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| February 26, 2008, 7:00 p.m. San Francisco Public Library Events, North Beach Branch, 2000 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA | |
| Free and open to the public | |
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| Poetry in Black and White invites you to join us as International poet Ana Elsner teams up with former San Francisco Poet Laureate Devorah Major in a powerful poetry performance dialog demonstrating the coming together of two colors and two distinctive voices. | |
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| Sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library | |
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| Info: | (415) 355-2876 |
| Featured Poets: | Kim Roberts and Hiram Larew |
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| February 27, 2008, 7 pm Riverby Books, 417 E. Capitol St. NE, Washington, DC | |
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| Two authors read from their new poetry books published by Vrzhu Press. Kim Roberts reads from The Kimnama, and Hiram Larew reads from More Than Anything. | |
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| Sponsored by Riverby Books | |
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| Info: | 202-543-4342 |
| Featured Poets: | Rachel Zucker in conversation with Deborah Landau |
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| February 28, 2008, 7 p.m. The Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, NEW YORK, NY | |
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| The New Salon: Poets in Conversation presents Rachel Zucker, author of The Last Clear Narrative, Eating in the Underworld and The Bad Wife Handbook. In conversation with Deborah Landau. | |
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| Sponsored by NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM. Co-sponsored with the Poetry Society of America | |
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| Info: | 212.998.8816 creative.writing@nyu.edu http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu |
| Featured Poets: Shin Yu Pai | |
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| February 28, 2008, 11 am Richland College, 12800 Abrams Rd, Dallas, TX | |
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| Shin Yu Pai will give a slide talk and reading from her work, as part of the 3-day Richland College Literary Festival. | |
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| Sponsored by Richland College Literary Festival | |
| Featured Poets: | Featuring Rachel Zucker, with Deborah Landau. |
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| February 28, 2008, 7 pm Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, New York University, 58 West 10th Street, New York, NY | |
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| Please join us for a reading by Rachel Zucker and moderated discussion. A reception will follow. | |
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| Sponsored by Poetry Society of America & the Creative Writing Program, New York University. | |
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| Info: | http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-calendar.php#20080208 |
| Featured Poets: | Ada Limón, Melissa Koosmann, Rebecca Gopoian and Lisa Sewell |
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| February 29, 2008, 7 pm Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Free | |
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| The Multifarious Array presents a reading by Ada Limon, author of lucky wreck, and This Big Fake World; Melissa Koosmann, a graduate of the University of Arizona MFA program in poetry, whose poems have appeared in The Indiana Review, Diagram, Coconut, and other journals; and Rebecca Gopoian, whose work hasa appeared in EOAGH, elimae, the DenverQuarterly, The Cupboard, Tarpaulin Sky, Margie, and others; and Lisa Sewell, the author of The Way Out and Name Withheld. | |
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| Info: | 718-203-3770 sommerbrowning@hotmail.com http://www.petescandystore.com |
| Featured Poets: | David Trinidad |
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| February 29, 2008, 6:30 pm The Skylight Room (9100), CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave (btw 34th and 35th), New York, NY | |
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| Following a day-long conference on "Talking Trash," poet David Trinidad will discuss his lifelong fascination with Jacqueline Susann’s classic "trash" novel Valley of the Dolls, a behind-the-scenes roman à clef about three women in the drug-filled, love-starved, sex-satiated, nightmare world of show business. David Trinidad’s most recent book of poetry is The Late Show. He co-edited Saints of Hysteria: A Half-Century of Collaborative American Poetry and his other books include Plasticville and Phoebe 2002: An Essay in Verse. | |
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| Sponsored by CUNY Graduate Center | |
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| Info: | 212-817-2005 talkingtrashconference@gmail.com http://web.gc.cuny.edu/humanities |
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