November 2008
Poems by Roberto Bolaño, Billy Collins, Elaine Equi, Philip Levine, Mary Szybist, and others; a visual poetry portfolio edited by Geof Huth; Adam Kirsch; and more
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 7 PM
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 6 PM
Past Events11.01.08: Poetry on Stage: Silk Road Theatre Project Presents Gilgamesh 11.01.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Anne Carson: Cassandra Floatcan 10.21.08: 54th Annual Poetry Day: Louise Glück 10.09.08: Art Beyond Borders: Adam Zagajewski 09.27.08: Art Beyond Borders: C.K. Williams & Marilyn Nelson 09.23.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Simon Armitage & Robin Robertson 09.22.08: Rise Up and Hear: An Evening of Poetry Honoring Abraham Lincoln's Legacy 09.21.08: Children's Poet Laureate Reading: Jack Prelutsky 09.11.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Peter Gizzi 07.01.08: Rush Hour Concert Series and the Poetry Foundation Present: Impromptu Interplay: Jazz Improvisations on Poetry 05.29.08: Poetry Magazine Presents: Two NYC Independent Bookstore Readings 05.28.08: Poetry Magazine Presents: Two NYC Independent Bookstore Readings 05.15.08: American Perspectives: Edward Hirsch 05.01.08: American Perspectives: Frank Bidart 04.26.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Charles Simic 04.24.08: American Perspectives: Four Saints in Three Acts 04.16.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Lorna Dee Cervantes and Rigoberto González 04.05.08: Chicago KIDS' Poetry Day 04.02.08: Mary Oliver 04.01.08: CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN POETRY: AN ANTHOLOGY 03.13.08: American Perspectives: Peter Sacks on Edward Hopper 01.24.08: American Perspectives: Four Notable Latino Poets 01.10.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Kwame Dawes 12.28.07: Poetry Marathon 12.13.07: American Perspectives: Langdon Hammer On Poet Hart Crane 12.06.07: Poetry at the Pulitzer: Water 11.18.07: A theatrical interpretation of Frank Bidart's The Third Hour of the Night 11.17.07: A theatrical interpretation of Frank Bidart's The Third Hour of the Night 11.16.07: A theatrical interpretation of Frank Bidart's The Third Hour of the Night 11.14.07: 53rd Annual Poetry Day: Eavan Boland 11.09.07: American Perspectives: Marjorie Perloff 11.08.07: Make It News: A Symposium on Poetry and Journalism 11.04.07: Poetry On Stage: The Waste Land 11.03.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: Diane Ackerman 11.03.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: W.S. Merwin 11.03.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: Writing Nature Panel 10.24.07: American Perspectives: A Cave Canem Reading Featuring Frank Walker, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Parneshia Jones, and Kelly Norman Ellis 10.24.07: Kwame Dawes, Mary Karr, Yusef Komunyakaa, Patricia Smith, and Rachel Zucker 10.18.07: American Perspectives: Helen Vendler 10.14.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: A.E. Stallings 10.12.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: Reginald Gibbons, Mary Kinzie, and Adam Zagajewski 09.15.07: American Perspectives: Edward Hirsch 07.31.07: Inventions on Inventions 07.20.07: Printers' Ball 06.10.07: Pimone Triplett & Andrew Feld 06.06.07: Donald Hall & Andrew Motion 05.30.07: Robert Bly 05.07.07: Donald Hall and Andrew Motion 05.10.07: Donald Hall and Andrew Motion 04.18.07: Victor Hernández Cruz 04.10.07: Jack Prelutsky 04.04.07: Tony Hoagland and Dean Young 03.15.07: Poetry Off the Shelf: Martín Espada 02.08.07: Kim Addonizio 01.16.07: Kevin Young 11.19.06: Tartuffe 11.18.06: Tartuffe 11.17.06: Tartuffe 11.05.06: Poetry Off the Shelf: Gary Snyder 11.05.06: Poems of Peace & War 11.04.06: Poetry on Stage: Aurea 10.17.06: Poetry Day: Robert Hass 09.29.06: Mark Strand 09.16.06: Patricia Barber 09.07.06: Poetry Off the Shelf: David Lehman 06.12.06: Another Damn Benefit 06.04.06: Poetry, performance, and music by Aurea 05.16.06: Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest Finals 04.19.06: Poetry Out Loud Illinois State Finals 04.27.06: Poetry Off the Shelf: Adam Zagajewski and Clare Cavanagh 04.05.06: Poetry Out Loud Springfield Finals 04.04.06: Poetry Out Loud Chicago Finals 11.16.05: Poetry Day: Derek Walcott 11.13.05: John Hollander: What You Mean by Home 11.13.05: Poetry on Stage: 10 Brecht Poems 11.12.05: Poetry on Stage: 10 Brecht Poems 11.11.05: Poetry on Stage: 10 Brecht Poems 11.10.05: Poetry on Stage: 10 Brecht Poems 11.05.05: Edward Hirsch: Roots and Wings 11.05.05: Poetry Off the Shelf: Lawrence Joseph & Stuart Dybek 11.05.05: Panel: A Home for Poetry 11.03.05: Poetry Off the Shelf: Kay Ryan 10.17.05: Poetry Off the Shelf: Billy Collins 09.20.05: Poetry on Stage: The Burial at Thebes 09.19.05: Poetry on Stage: The Burial at Thebes 09.18.05: Poetry on Stage: The Burial at Thebes 14.19.05: Poetry Off the Shelf: Kevin Young 04.11.05: National Poetry Recitation Contest Chicago Finals 04.08.05: Poetry on Stage: T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral 04.07.05: Poetry on Stage: T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral 04.06.05: Poetry on Stage: T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral 04.05.05: Poetry on Stage: T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral 04.04.05: Poetry on Stage: T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral 04.04.05: Poetry in the Public Forum: Dana Gioia |
UPCOMING READINGS
November 19, 2008 : San Clemente, CAJane Hirschfield. Casa Romantica Reading Series
Hirshfield (After) reads new work for this monthly series at a cultural center and garden in Orange County.
November 20, 2008 : Tucson, AZ
Mónica de la Torre, Bhanu Kapil, and Ben Lerner. Next Word in Poetry
BOMB magazine editor de la Torre (Public Domain), Naropa University professor Kapil (Humanimal), and No: a journal of the arts editor Lerner (Angle of Yaw) read in the University of Arizona’s Gallagher Theater.
November 21, 2008 : San Francisco, CA
Linh Dinh and Wang Ping. The de Young Poetry Series
Two Asian-American poets and novelists, Dinh (Jam Alerts) and Ping (The Magic Whip), read for this museum series curated by Paul Hoover.
November 22, 2008 : New York, NY
Kit Robinson and Bernadette Mayer. Segue Series
Robinson (The Messianic Trees), one of the ten authors of The Grand Piano: An Experiment in Collective Autobiography, San Francisco, 1975–1980, reads with Mayer, whose latest collection, Poetry State Park, is just out from New Directions.
November 22, 2008 : Duluth, MN
Beth Ann Fennelly. Spirit Lake Poetry Series
Mississippi poet Fennelly reads from her new book, Unmentionables, in the Somers Lounge at the College of St. Scholastica.
November 24, 2008 : Cambridge, MA
Robert Pinsky and Maureen McLane. Blacksmith House Series
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Pinsky (Gulf Music) reads with poet and Romanticism scholar McLane (Same Life).
November 24, 2008 : New York, NY
Paul Muldoon and James Richardson. KGB Bar
Richardson (Interglacial), whose books often collect aphorisms alongside poems, reads with fellow Princeton professor Muldoon, who recently took up the mantle of New Yorker poetry editor.
November 28, 2008 : Northport, NY
Barbara Reiher-Meyers. Caffé Portofino
Long Island Poetry Collective board member Reiher-Meyers reads from her first collection of poetry, Sounds Familiar.
November 30, 2008 : New York, NY
Joel Allegretti, Samantha Barrow, Robert Gibbons, and Ice. Cornelia Street Café
Jane Ormerod hosts “Emotional Rescue: Interactive Poetry,” during which the audience calls out various emotions and Allegretti ( Father Silicon), Barrow (GRIT and tender membrane), Gibbons, and Ice respond by performing poems.
December 1, 2008 : Ann Arbor, MI
Honor Moore. Zell Visiting Writers Series
Memoirist and poet Moore (Red Shoes) reads for the Day With(out) Art: World AIDS Day, sponsored by the University of Michigan English Department and Museum of Art.
December 1, 2008 : Iowa City, IA
Richard Deming. Live From Prairie Lights
Poet, theorist, and Phylum Press editor Deming, reads from Let’s Not Call It Consequence for this radio series.
December 2, 2008 : Sacramento, CA
Claudia Rankine. CSU Sacramento
Rankine (Don’t Let Me Be Lonely), who has been working on multimedia collaborations with her husband, photographer John Lucas, reads and shows new work.
December 3, 2008 : Chicago, IL
Quraysh Ali Lansana. Series A
Gwendolyn Brooks Center director Lansana (They Shall Run: Harriet Tubman Poems), who often collaborates with blues and reggae musicians, reads for this series hosted by William Allegrezza.
December 4, 2008 : Tuscaloosa, AL
Angela Ball and Rick Campbell. University of Alabama Bankhead Series
Mississippi Review poetry editor Ball (Night Clerk at the Hotel of Both Worlds) and Anhinga Press director Campbell (Dixmont) read at the Bama Theater.
December 5, 2008 : Pittsburgh, PA
Anne Marie Macari and Robert Marshall. Gist Street Reading Series
Poet Macari (She Heads Into the Wilderness) reads with fiction writer Marshall (A Separate Reality) for this recently revived series at a sculpture studio.
December 6, 2008 : Tucson, AZ
Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge and Laynie Browne. St. Andrew’s Church
Berssenbrugge (I Love Artists), who often collaborates with visual artists on book-length projects, reads with Browne (The Scented Fox), who is currently creating a poetry-in-the-schools program at the University of Arizona Poetry Center.
December 7, 2008 : Oakland, CA
Rick Barot and Victoria Chang. Poetry Flash Series
Barot and Chang read from their second collections—Want and Salvinia Molesta, respectively—at Diesel: A Bookstore.
December 8, 2008 : Washington, DC
Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute
Elizabeth Spires discusses Dickinson’s poetry and reads from her new book, The Wave-Maker, at the Folger Shakespeare Library. A reception featuring Dickinson’s black cake follows.
December 9, 2008 : Long Beach, CA
Mark Doty. CSU Long Beach
Doty, a current National Book Award finalist for Fire to Fire: New and Selected Poems, reads from his poetry and nonfiction.
December 10, 2008 : New York, NY
Major Jackson. Village Zendo
Jackson (Hoops) reads to benefit this Soto Zen temple for a series curated by Koshin Paley Ellison.
December 11, 2008 : Los Angeles, CA
Matthea Harvey. Hammer Museum
Meatpaper contributing editor Harvey (Modern Life) reads for this museum series hosted by UCLA professor Stephen Yenser (Blue Guide).
December 12, 2008 : New York, NY
Kirmen Uribe and Elizabeth Macklin. Nicholas Roerich Museum
Basque poet Uribe and translator Macklin read from Meanwhile Take My Hand, the first poetry collection ever translated directly from Basque to English.
December 13, 2008 : New York, NY
Franck Andre Jamme. Feature Inc.
French poet Jamme (New Exercises), who has published 15 books of poems and fragments, reads in this SoHo gallery in conjunction with an exhibition of his visual work.
December 14, 2008 : Berkeley, CA
Michael Palmer, Lyn Hejinian, Craig Santos Perez, and others. Small Press Distribution
Palmer (Company of Moths), Hejinian (Saga / Circus), Perez (From Unincorporated Territory), Rusty Morrison, Stephanie Young, and many others take part in an All Star Reading Extravaganza, and attendees can trade a poem for a free book at a Poetry Trading Post.
December 15, 2008 : New York, NY
David Larsen and C.J. Martin. Poetry Project
Former Poetry Project Newsletter cover artist Larsen (The Thorn), a recent Bay Area transplant, reads with Dos Press chapbook series editor Martin (Lo, Bittern).
