[ 03/26/2010; 10:00 pm; ]
Date & Time: Fri., Mar. 26, 2010 @ 10:00PM
Location: The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th Street, NYC (212) 674-0910
Admission: Free
A Similar But Different Quality is an experimental text-based journal unspecific to any genre. The sole parameter is that the work is text, which opens us to the surprise and poetry of [...]
[ 03/24/2010; 8:00 pm; ]
Date & Time: Wed., Mar. 24, 2010 @ 8:00PM
Location: The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th Street, NYC (212) 674-0910
Admission: Free
Janet Hamill is the author of five books of poetry: Troublante, The Temple, Nostalgia of the Infinite, Lost Ceilings; and her most recent collection, Body of Water, nominated for the Poetry Society [...]
[ 03/22/2010; 8:00 pm; ]
Date & Time: Mon., Mar. 22, 2010 @ 8:00PM
Location: The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th Street, NYC (212) 674-0910
Admission: Free
Three collaborative works set language, music and film in immediate, improvised relations. Performing in various combinations, three short pieces will be presented: a structured improvisation for text and voice (Carla Harryman and [...]
[ 03/17/2010; 8:00 pm; ]
Date & Time: Wed., Mar. 17, 2010 @ 8:00PM
Location: The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th Street, NYC (212) 674-0910
Admission: Free
Rae Armantrout has published four poetry/prose collections, and was a National Book Awards finalist for her most recent book, Versed, published by Wesleyan in 2009. Her work has appeared in numerous publications [...]
[ 03/15/2010; 8:00 pm; ]
Timbre, Text, and Technology in Recorded Poetry
Date & Time: Mon., Mar. 15, 2010 @ 8:00PM
Location: The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th Street, NYC (212) 674-0910
Admission: Free
In the mid-1980s Steve Evans did a serious stint under the headphones, listening to, cataloging, and transferring the decaying reel-to-reel collection that the Archive for New [...]
[ 03/14/2010; 6:30 pm; ]
Readings by Amiri and Amina Baraka and Denizé Lauture
Date & Time: Sun., Mar. 14, 2010 @ 6:30PM
Location: The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th Street, NYC (212) 674-0910
Admission: Tickets will be available soon for advanced purchase. Please visit the benefit blog for updated information and ticket sales!
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[ 03/17/2010; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Date & Time: Wed., Mar. 17, 2010 @ 11:00AM-1:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: Free
Renowned poet Matthea Harvey reads from The Little General and the Giant Snowflake, her tale of a little general and his Realist army who attempt to fend off the imagination. Illustrator Elizabeth Zechel also leads [...]
[ 03/16/2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
Open Mic Curated by Patricia Carragon
Date & Time: Tue., Mar. 16, 2010 @ 7:00-9:00 PM
Location: Tillies of Brooklyn, 248 Dekalb Ave., Brooklyn, NYC (718) 783-6140 (917) 679 5002
Admission: Free
Poetry grows in Ft. Greene The Brownstone Poets Presents: Ted Jonathan, Thaddeus Rutkowski and Savonna Smith
Ted Jonathan is a poet and short story writer whose work has [...]
[ 03/16/2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Date & Time: Tue., Mar. 16, 2010 @ 7:00-9:00 PM
Location: 10 River Terrace, New York, NYC (212) 431-7920
Admission: 10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
Poet Rae Armantrout and Zen Buddhist priest and poet Norman Fischer investigate new and old concepts of the lyric, using their own poems as jumping-off [...]
[ 03/12/2010; 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. ] Date & Time: Fri., Mar. 12 2010 @ 5:00-6:30 PM
Location: Poets House, New York, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members.
Two Louisiana poets, Darrell Bourque and Sheryl St. Germain, discuss the history, challenges and future of Louisianan poetry, examining the influence of culture and landscape as [...]
[ 03/11/2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
2020 Visions: Tiphanie Yanique & Nicole Sealey
Date & Time: Thu., Mar. 11 2010 @ 7:00-9:00 PM
Location: 520 8th Avenue, Suite 2020, NYC (212) 691-6590
Admission: Free
Caribbean-American Writers Nicole Sealey and Tiphanie Yanique (one of Boston Globe’s 16 Cultural Figures to Watch) celebrate the release of Tiphanie Yanique’s first book, How to Escape a Leper Colony. Following [...]
[ 04/29/2010; 7:20 pm to 9:20 pm. ] Date & Time: Thu., Apr. 29, 2010 @ 7:20-9:20PM
Location: Mount Clemens Public Library, 150 Cass Ave., Mount Clemens, MI
Admission: Free
Troubadour21 in association with the Mount Clemens Public Library, Poetry, pages, scribes and the Sweet Epiphany Detroit invite you all to join us for a celebration of national poetry month. all are invited [...]
[ 04/13/2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Date & Time: Tue., Apr. 13, 2010 @ 6:30-10:30PM
Location: Tank Gallery, 80 Ladywell Road, London, United Kingdom
Admission: $30, free for Festival Members (Members: please reserve your seats in advance)
Tlön Books Publishing and Ambit are holding a special event with three poets to celebrate Shelley’s exhibition with the collaborative work of superb RCA [...]
[ 04/10/2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Date & Time: Sat., Apr. 10, 2010 @ 5:00-7:00PM
Location: Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA
Admission: Free
Five great poets join us at Vroman’s in celebration of this year’s National Poetry Month. Bringing collections of poems from the gentle and sad to the downright absurd, Linda Dove, Michael O’Keefe, Corrie Greathouse, Jo [...]
[ 03/20/2010; 9:30 pm; ] LIBATIONS & LYRICS featuring Haiti Bluez & Christopher K.P. Brown
Date & Time: Sat., Mar. 20, 2010 @ 9:30PM
Location: Prevue Lounge, 2909 N. Davidson, Charlotte, NC, (704) 906-7226
Admission: Advance sales $7 http://taoentertainmentmarch.eventbrite.com/; $8 before 10pm $10 after 10pm.
Special Birthday Celebration for Author Spencer L Barnett, I’m Not Talking Fast, You’re Just Listening Slow (http://www.lulu.com/spencerbarnett). Hosted [...]
[ 03/16/2010; 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ]
Date & Time: Tue., Mar. 16, 2010 @ 7:30 – 10:30PM
Location: Soulé International Restaurant, 920 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY
Admission: Free
Every month Singer/Songwriter/Poet Tuan X hosts a theme based open-mic. Designed to get folk into writing & sharing themed based art. Artists are allowed to perform ANY one piece of their own & a piece that [...]
[ 03/16/2010; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Rafael F.J Alvarado & Brett Candace
Date & Time: Tue., Mar. 16, 2010 @ 3:30 – 4:30PM
Location: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword/page/3
Admission: Free
Join Rafael and Brett-Candace as they talk to Christopher Merrill bout the book he edited Seven Poets, Four Days, One Book (2009)
Christopher Merrill has published four collections of poetry, including Brilliant Water, and Watch Fire, for which he [...]
[ 03/28/2010; 6:00 pm; ]
Date & Time: Sun., Mar. 28, 2010 @ 6:00PM
Location: The Frontier Café @ Fort Andross, Brunswick Maine (207)725-5222, www.mainewriters.org/calendar.html
Admission: $25 Reception, FREE Reading
In celebration of this distinction, Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance invites you to attend a FREE reading and discussion with the author, Phil Hoose. The event is free, but Maine Writers & [...]
[ 03/26/2010; 7:00 pm; ]
Date & Time: Fri., Mar. 26, 2010 @ 7:00 – 10:00PM
Location: (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC, (212) 505-FISH (3474)
Admission: $10 cover charge
In (Le) Poisson Rouge, the hottest club in downtown Manhattan, The Inspired Word presents an equally sizzling lineup of Rachel McKibbens, Adam Falkner, John Murillo, Diana Arnold, and Joyce Lee.
Rachel McKibbens, current [...]
[ 03/18/2010; 6:15 pm; ] Date & Time: Thu., Mar. 18, 2010 @ 6:15PM
Location: 3730 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL, (773) 549-0203
Admission:
Catch readings from Aleksandar Hemon, Bonnie Jo Campbell and Marcus Sakey and a performance by The Bread and Puppet Theater. DJs Joe Shanahan and Don De Grazia spin.
Lucille Clifton, born and raised in Buffalo, NY achieve some of the literary world’s highest honors as a major American poet. Ms. Clifton was a great human being willing to do anything to support the cause of poetry, writers and especially, women writers. She will be sorely missed.
Ronny Someck is an Israeli-Iraqi poet who brings his readers into his own memories and combines them with the everyday reality of people, which is why his work has been translated into over a dozen languages.
[ 06/04/2010; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
Date & Time: Fri., June 4, 2010 @ 8:00-10:00 PM
Location: Caffè Lena, 47 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY (518) 883-6394
Admission: $12.00
Taylor Mali is one of the most well-known poets to have emerged from the poetry slam movement and one of the few people in the world to have no job other than that of [...]
There’s been an ongoing controversy about El Museo del Barrio in New York City and their literary program “Spic up/Speak Out.” However, a few brave Latino artists and activists argued the El Museo del Barrio crossed the line and goes against the very reasons why the museum was initially founded in the first place.
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