Poetry Foundation
Poetry Magazine
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 More
Programs: Events
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 7 PM

Poetry and contratiempo Present a Bilingual Reading

Café Efebos
1640 S. Blue Island Ave. (Between 16th St. & 18th St.)
Wednesday, November 19, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Free admission

The magazines Poetry and contratiempo present a bilingual night of poetry featuring writers from their respective pages, to take place in the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen. Complimentary issues of Poetry and contratiempo will be available. The night includes:

The poetry of Roberto Bolaño, introduced and read by Jorge Frisancho
Short fiction by Raul Dorantes
New poems by Leila Wilson and Jorge Sánchez





THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 6 PM
POEMS BY Paul Muldoon
As
Brock
The More a Man Has the More a Man Wants

Art Beyond Borders: Paul Muldoon

Fullerton Hall
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Free admission

Paul Muldoon was born in 1951 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and educated in Armagh and at the Queen's University of Belfast. Since 1987 he has lived in the United States, where he is now Howard G. B. Clark '21 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University and poetry editor at The New Yorker. Among his many books of poetry are Moy Sand and Gravel, for which he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize; Horse Latitudes; and The End of the Poem, a collection of his Oxford lectures.

Co-sponsored with the Art Institute of Chicago



Past Events

11.02.08: Poetry Off the Shelf: Mark Doty & Achy Obejas: Queer Lyrics
11.01.08: 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, CA
Jane 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).