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[ 05/20/2010; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] A Poetry Reading by Gary Snyder
Date & Time: Thu., May 20, 2010, 7:00PM-8:00PM
Location: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 200 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA, (415) 581-3500
Admission: $15 general; $5 members (includes general admission and entry to the Shanghai exhibition after 5 pm.)
Join us for a poetry reading with commentary by [...]
[ 05/11/2010; 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. ] Marlon Hom on Angel Island Detention Poems and Chinatown Songs
Date & Time: Tue., May 11, 2010 – 12:30-1:30 PM
Location: 111 Minna St., San Francisco, CA 94105 (Minna @ 2nd)
Admission: FREE event—alcoholic drinks and sandwiches available for purchase (RSVP) on Facebook
Join us for Lit&Lunch as we present an important exploration of frequently [...]
[ 05/29/2010; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ]
A Seminar with Brenda Hillman
Date & Time: Sat., May 29, 2010 @ 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: $25, $20 for students and seniors, $15 for Poets House Members
Author of Practical Water, among other poetry books, Brenda Hillman discusses poetry and activism, writing about the elements and [...]
[ 04/15/2010; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ]
Date & Time: Sat., May 15, 2010 @ 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: Free
Author and illustrator of prizewinning children’s books, Calef Brown reads from his most popular works and reveals how he creates his illustrations and madcap poems.
[ 06/08/2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
Featuring Chard deNiord, Toi Derricotte, Marie Howe, Maxine Kumin, Dorianne Laux, Sharon Olds, Bianca Stone, & Hillery Stone
Date & Time: Tue., June 8, 2010 @ 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
In honor of Ruth Stone’s 95th birthday, friends and [...]
[ 05/29/2010; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ]
Date & Time: Sat., May 29, 2010 @ 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: Free
Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Robert Hass shares his own poems of the natural world as well as those by children across the country. A discussion about connecting watersheds and imaginations through poetry and art [...]
[ 05/16/2010; 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. ] Featuring Phillip Lopate, Jack Coulehan, M.M. DeVoe, and Ron Drummond
Date & Time: Sun., May 16, 2010 @ 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Location: Bellevue Hospital, 462 First Avenue, NYC, (212) 263-3973
Admission: Free, refreshments served.
Bellevue Literary Review celebrates their spring issue. Phillip Lopate is the author of three personal essay collections, two novels, two poetry collections, a memoir, [...]
[ 05/18/2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
Chinese Poetry Today with Arthur Sze
Date & Time: Tue., May 18, 2010 @ 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
Poet, translator and editor of the new volume Chinese Writers on Writing, Arthur Sze reads and discusses modern and contemporary Chinese [...]
[ 05/25/2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
A Panel with Marcella Durand, Brenda Iijima
Date & Time: Tue., May 25, 2010 @ 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
Four emerging poets investigate how poetry might marshal diverse languages, ethnicities and identities to engage with a global ecosystem under [...]
[ 05/11/2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
Women Poets from the Dominican Republic with
Date & Time: Tue., May 11, 2010 @ 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
Dominican poets Ylonka Nacidit-Perdomo and Angela Hernández Núñez are joined by their English-language translator, Judith Kerman, and [...]
[ 06/14/2010; 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. ]
A Benefit
Date & Time: Mon., June 14, 2010 @ 4:30 PM-6:30 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: Tickets begin at $250 ($225 for Poets House Members). Reservations are required.
Join us for this annual pilgrimage across one of New York City’s great architectural gems. Leading poets read the words of Walt Whitman, Marianne [...]
[ 05/12/2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
Date & Time: Wed., May 12, 2010 @ 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
In recognition of the International Year of Biodiversity, this seminar with poet and ecocritic Jonathan Skinner looks at current poetics and cultures of [...]
[ 05/13/2010; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]
A Conversation & Reading with Maurice Manning & Norma
Date & Time: Thu., May 13, 2010 @ 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC, (212)431-7920
Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
Poets Maurice Manning and Norman Minnick share poems, tall tales and conversation about the nature of Kentucky poetry, from [...]
[ 05/07/2010; 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. ] NYU Creative Writing Program
Date & Time: Fri., May 7, 2010 @ 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Location: 58 W 10th St., NYC, (212) 998-8816
Admission: Free
Poet, essayist, and novelist Carole Maso is the author of nine books including the novels The Art Lover, AVA and Defiance, and a memoir The Room Lit By Roses. Her new [...]
[ 05/06/2010; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
Date & Time: Thu., May 6, 2010 @ 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace, NYC, (212) 431-7920
Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members
The uncompromising Chilean poet Raúl Zurita reads from his work and talks with Anna Deeny, the English-language translator of his volume Purgatory.
[ 05/06/2010; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] NYU Creative Writing Program
Featuring Russell Banks, Anthony Bourdain, Janie Fink, Richard Ford, Jorie Graham, Robert Hass, Campbell McGrath, Joyce Carol Oates, and Patti Smith
Date & Time: Thu., May 6, 2010 @ 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
Location: NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, NYC, (212) 998-8816
Admission: Free
An evening honoring the great poet, publisher, and [...]
[ 04/24/2010; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] 8: A Symposium: Voices from The Asian American Literary Review
Date & Time: Sat., April 24, 2010 @ 10:00 AM- 5:00 PM
Location: Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Hall, University of Maryland, College Park
Admission: Free
A day-long celebration of eight of today’s most accomplished and exciting Asian American writers. Come to any or all of the readings; stay [...]
[ 04/24/2010; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Date & Time:Sat., April 24, 2010 @ 1:00PM-4:00 PM
Location: Art Object Gallery, 591 North 5th Street, San José CA
Admission: Free
K.E. Copeland, Anne Gelhaus, Parthenia M. Hicks, Kathie Isaac-Luke, and Calder Lowe in a reading and authors’ signing in celebration of the release of The Call: An Anthology of Women’s Writing, edited by Calder Lowe and [...]
[ 05/14/2010; 5:00 pm; ] Featuring Vernon Small and Grace Grafton
Date & Time: Fri., May 14, 2010 @ 7:00 PM
Location: Nefeli Café, 1854 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, CA (510) 841-6374
Admission: Free
The Last Word Reading Series is presented monthly, 2nd Fridays by Nefeli Caffe, a café/restaurant that serves dinners, tapas, coffee drinks, beer, wine, and more. Admission is free. One drink minimum [...]
[ 05/16/2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Ann McLaughlin and Myra Sklarew
Date & Time: Sun., May 16, 2010 @ 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda, MD, 301 654-8664
Admission: Free
Novelist Ann McLaughlin reads from Leaving Bayberry House (John Daniel). She is joined by Myra Sklarew, who reads from Harmless, her new collection of poems published by Mayapple [...]
[ 05/09/2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Eye of My Heart
Date & Time: May 9, 2010 @ 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Location: The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD, (301) 654-8664
Admission: Free
Join Susan Shreve and editor Barbara Graham in a special Mother’s Day celebration. We’ll have a reading, discussion, Q & A, and book party for the anthology Eye of [...]
[ 05/07/2010; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] When Less is More: The Art of Compression in Fiction
Date & Time: May 7, 2010 @ 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Location: Leesburg Town Hall, 25 West Market Street, Leesburg, VA
Admission: General Admission $6; Admission for Writer’s Center members and Town of Leesburg residents: $4
Looking at the works of Grace Paley, Alice Munro, Lydia Davis, [...]
[ 04/30/2010; 5:00 pm; ] Lisa Robertson and Jake Levine
Date & Time: Fri., April 30, 2010, @ 7:00 PM
Location: Club Congress at the Hotel Congress, 311 E Congress St., Tucson, AZ
Admission: Free
A collaboration of the Tucson Poetry Festival & POG. California College of the Arts artist-in-residence Robertson (R’s Boat) reads with Sonora Review editor-in-chief Levine.









