EARSHOT!
Join us at Rose Live Music in Williamsburg, Brooklyn!
Friday, December 18th at 7:30 PM
@ Rose Live Music
Admission: $5 + FREE DRINK!
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring:
Nathan Austin (Survey Says)
Adam Wade (Moth Storytelling Grand Slam Champion)
**Deonne Kahler (Queens College)**
Nina Budabin McQuown (Hunter College)
Geoffrey Jason Kagan Trenchard (The New School)
ROSE LIVE MUSIC is located at 345 Grand Street in Brooklyn, between Havemeyer and Marcy. Visit their website for directions: http://roselivemusic.com.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
OZONE PARK Fall 2009 launch --
Join editors and contributors in celebrating --
Tuesday, December 15, 6:30-8:30
Godwin-Ternback Art Museum (Klapper Hall)
QC campus
details: http://ozoneparkjournal.org/
Monday, November 30, 2009
Scenes from the New Salon in Queens ...
Nicole Cooley, MFA Director introduces.
Yusef Komunyakaa reads and is interviewed by Alice Quinn.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
*LOST AND FOUND*
CUNY Center for the Humanities invites you to celebrate the publication of
The Amiri Baraka/Edward Dorn Correspondence
The Kenneth Koch/Frank O’Hara Letters: Selections
Muriel Rukeyser: Darwin & the Writers
Philip Whalen’s Journals: Selections
Robert Creeley: Contexts of Poetry, with selections from Daphne Marlatt’s Journals
... the inaugural chapbook series in
LOST & FOUND
The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative
Tuesday December 8th, 2009
6:30 pm, Martin E. Segal Theatre
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street
New York City
Introduction by Ammiel Alcalay
Readings and Presentations: Stefania Heim, Claudia Moreno Pisano, Josh Schneiderman, Brian Unger, special guests David Henderson, Bill Berkson, and others
Lost & Found is a publication project emerging from archival and textual scholarship done by students at The Graduate Center, with the primary focus on writers falling under the rubric of the New American Poetry. Since accessibility to archival material proposes alternative, divergent and enriched versions of literary and cultural history, the Lost & Found initiative takes the New American rubric writ large, including the affiliated and unaffiliated, precursors and followers.
The Amiri Baraka/Edward Dorn Correspondence
The Kenneth Koch/Frank O’Hara Letters: Selections
Muriel Rukeyser: Darwin & the Writers
Philip Whalen’s Journals: Selections
Robert Creeley: Contexts of Poetry, with selections from Daphne Marlatt’s Journals
... the inaugural chapbook series in
LOST & FOUND
The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative
Tuesday December 8th, 2009
6:30 pm, Martin E. Segal Theatre
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street
New York City
Introduction by Ammiel Alcalay
Readings and Presentations: Stefania Heim, Claudia Moreno Pisano, Josh Schneiderman, Brian Unger, special guests David Henderson, Bill Berkson, and others
Lost & Found is a publication project emerging from archival and textual scholarship done by students at The Graduate Center, with the primary focus on writers falling under the rubric of the New American Poetry. Since accessibility to archival material proposes alternative, divergent and enriched versions of literary and cultural history, the Lost & Found initiative takes the New American rubric writ large, including the affiliated and unaffiliated, precursors and followers.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
*QC Congrats Hunter Prof, Colum McCann*
CUNY MFA Pride: our faculty and students congratulate Colum McCann who won the National Book Award for fiction last week. Motoko Rich describes the novel in her NYT article, "Significant (Little) Moments Pulled From Obscurity": "All sorts of tiny and extraordinary moments make up 'Let the Great World Spin,' a polyphonic novel set in 1970s New York that also works as an allegory about resilience and recovery after Sept. 11, 2001." For the whole article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/books/28mccann.html?ref=todayspaper
And remember, to keep up with CUNY creative writing news:
http://web.cuny.edu/academics/academic-programs/programs-of-note/creative-writing-at-CUNY.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/books/28mccann.html?ref=todayspaper
And remember, to keep up with CUNY creative writing news:
http://web.cuny.edu/academics/academic-programs/programs-of-note/creative-writing-at-CUNY.html
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
*City Harvest* with QC MFA Students ... and Open House
Come and meet faculty and students from the MFA Program and attend *READ IT and REAP: A Benefit Reading for City Harvest*
Emerging poets, fiction writers, memoirists, playwrights, and musicians from the MFA Program read and perform
Monday, November 30, 6:30 p.m.
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, 4th Floor, Klapper Hall
Admission by suggested donation of $5
All proceeds to go to City Harvest for hunger relief
READ IT AND REAP is a new reading series of the Queens College MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation, in partnership with City Harvest, a nonprofit food-rescue organization that delivers food free of charge to community food programs throughout New York City. All tax-deductible proceeds go directly to City Harvest.
RECEPTION and MFA Program Open House to follow
Contact MFA Director Nicole Cooley at ncooley@qc.edu for more information
General info: www.qc.cuny.edu/Creative_Writing
Emerging poets, fiction writers, memoirists, playwrights, and musicians from the MFA Program read and perform
Monday, November 30, 6:30 p.m.
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, 4th Floor, Klapper Hall
Admission by suggested donation of $5
All proceeds to go to City Harvest for hunger relief
READ IT AND REAP is a new reading series of the Queens College MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation, in partnership with City Harvest, a nonprofit food-rescue organization that delivers food free of charge to community food programs throughout New York City. All tax-deductible proceeds go directly to City Harvest.
RECEPTION and MFA Program Open House to follow
Contact MFA Director Nicole Cooley at ncooley@qc.edu for more information
General info: www.qc.cuny.edu/Creative_Writing
'Inflation" is a good thing on Thanksgiving...
Skip the Parade--or get a preview! The best holiday thing to do is watch the parade balloons get blown up. Go to 77nd Street and Columbis Avenue (near American Museum of Natural History) on Wednesday, from 3 - 10 pm. Very cool.
And, Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Points of View:
Novelist Susan Isaacs
talks about Writing, Publishing and the Literary World
Monday November 23
6:30pm
@
QC Campus, Klapper 710
Information: 718-997-4600
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Center for Book Arts’ POETRY CHAPBOOK COMPETITION
The Center for Book Arts invites submissions to its annual Poetry Chapbook Competition by December 1, 2009. This year’s judges will be Terrance Hayes & Sharon Dolin.
See DETAILS AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Send Entries to:
2010 CHAPBOOK COMPETITION The Center for Book Arts 28 West 27th St., 3rd Floor New York, NY 10001(212) 481-0295 or visit www.centerforbookarts.org.
See DETAILS AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Send Entries to:
2010 CHAPBOOK COMPETITION The Center for Book Arts 28 West 27th St., 3rd Floor New York, NY 10001(212) 481-0295 or visit www.centerforbookarts.org.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
AS URBAN CABIN FEVER SETS IN... GO OUT!
Check out things to do on the CUNY Creative Writing Website:
cuny.edu/academics/academic-programs/programs-of-note/creative-writing-at-CUNY.html
AND
The CUNY Calendar:
www.cuny.edu/cunymonth
for events such as--
Monday, Nov. 16, Bill Kelly in conversation with Patti Smith
at the Grad. Ctr., 7-8:15 pm, free
...
Sunday, Nov. 29, "The Nutcracker" Moscow Classical Ballet at Lehman College, 4 pm, $10-45
…
Center for worker Education new “Book Talks” include: CUNY alumnus and Pulitzer Prize winner Oscar Hijuelos (Nov. 3), Lori Marie Carlson on bilingual Latina/o poetry (Nov. 16), Distinguished Prof of History at John Jay Mike Wallace on his book, GOTHAM. Free. 6 pm.
... Isn't this why you live here?
cuny.edu/academics/academic-programs/programs-of-note/creative-writing-at-CUNY.html
AND
The CUNY Calendar:
www.cuny.edu/cunymonth
for events such as--
Monday, Nov. 16, Bill Kelly in conversation with Patti Smith
at the Grad. Ctr., 7-8:15 pm, free
...
Sunday, Nov. 29, "The Nutcracker" Moscow Classical Ballet at Lehman College, 4 pm, $10-45
…
Center for worker Education new “Book Talks” include: CUNY alumnus and Pulitzer Prize winner Oscar Hijuelos (Nov. 3), Lori Marie Carlson on bilingual Latina/o poetry (Nov. 16), Distinguished Prof of History at John Jay Mike Wallace on his book, GOTHAM. Free. 6 pm.
... Isn't this why you live here?
Monday, October 26, 2009
An Invitation to a Chapbook Launch ...
*A Field Guide to the Intractable*
by Kimiko Hahn
and artfully created by
Small Anchor Press
join us on Sunday, November 8th
from 3 – 6 pm
at The Four-Faced Liar
~a traditional pub~
165 West 4th Street, New York, NY
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Play Opens by MFA Student, Yvette Heyliger...
The Obie Award winning Billie Holiday Theatre is pleased to present the New York premiere of What Would Jesus Do? , written by Queens College MFA Creative Writing-Playwriting candidate, Yvette Heyliger. What Would Jesus Do? is an inter-faith, intergenerational play with music about family, church, sex and HIV. The play challenges the faith and secular communities to do more to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Previews begin October 23 rd with opening night on November 7 – December 20, 2009 (Thursdays & Fridays at 8pm ; Saturdays at 3pm & 8pm ; and Sundays at 4:00pm ) at the Billie Holiday Theatre, 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn , NY (take the “A” train to Nostrand Ave. ). Group rates are available. Theatre patron parking is located at 1360 Fulton Street for 8$. Tickets are $23 and can be purchased online at www.thebillieholidaytheatre.org or at the box office. Several shows are already sold out, so the QC community is strongly encouraged to purchase their tickets today!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
HAWAII DURING INTERSESSION...
Doing homework on Waikiki Beach? Hiking to a Waterfall as part of a writing assignment?
It's tough being a graduate student during intersession...
QUEENS COLLEGE:
EDUCATION ABROAD PROGRAM
"Mirrorland:
Encountering the Self and the Other in Hawaii"
This literature course, with an emphasis on creative writing, will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, this January, 2010 by two QC professors, the writers Harold Schechter and Kimiko Hahn. For further information on the course and faculty bios, see this website:
www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/StudyAbroad
Friday, October 9, 2009
Yusef Komunyakaa
Yusef Komunyakaa
reads his poetry and talks with
Alice Quinn as part of
The New Salon in Queens
Mr. Komunyakaa is the author of over a dozen collections of poems and the recipient of such honors as The Pulitzer Prize and the Kingsley Tufts Award. Born and raised in Bogalusa, Louisiana, he worked as a correspondent and editor of the U.S. Army’s Southern Cross during the Vietnam War. He is Distinguished Senior Poet in NYU’s graduate creative writing program.
Ms. Quinn was the poetry editor of the New Yorker for twenty years and is the Executive Director of The Poetry Society of America.
Free and Open to the Public
Wednesday October 21, 6:30pm
QUEENS COLLEGE CAMPUS
Benjamin Rosenthal Library, Room 230
THIS ISLAND EARTH
Matthew Boyd Goldie (Rider University) to speak on
"This Island Earth: Insularity in Ancient and Medieval Literature, Science, and Maps"
(sponsored by The English Department and Writing Across the Curriculum)
Tuesday, October 20, 4:30 - 6:30,
@ QUEENS COLLEGE CAMPUS, in the Q-Side Lounge (next to the Dining Hall)
"This Island Earth: Insularity in Ancient and Medieval Literature, Science, and Maps"
(sponsored by The English Department and Writing Across the Curriculum)
Tuesday, October 20, 4:30 - 6:30,
@ QUEENS COLLEGE CAMPUS, in the Q-Side Lounge (next to the Dining Hall)
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
THE QUETZAL QUILL
Thursday, October 8, 2009 @ 6 pm
Readers
BLAS FALCONER, A Question of Gravity and Light
TYEHIMBA JESS, leadbelly
HELENA MESA, Horse Dance Underwater
SUSAN B.A. SOMERS-WILLET, Roam & Quiver
Curator & Host, RIGOBERTO GONZÁLEZ
$7 admission (includes a free drink)
A/C/E/F/V/B/D trains to W. 4th St. Stop in the Village
29 Cornelia St. 212-989-9319
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
BOOKS FOR SALE COURTESY OF MOBILE LIBRIS!
Readers
BLAS FALCONER, A Question of Gravity and Light
TYEHIMBA JESS, leadbelly
HELENA MESA, Horse Dance Underwater
SUSAN B.A. SOMERS-WILLET, Roam & Quiver
Curator & Host, RIGOBERTO GONZÁLEZ
$7 admission (includes a free drink)
A/C/E/F/V/B/D trains to W. 4th St. Stop in the Village
29 Cornelia St. 212-989-9319
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
BOOKS FOR SALE COURTESY OF MOBILE LIBRIS!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Anna In-Between...
HUE-MAN BOOKSTORE & CAFÉ
Elizabeth Nunez distinguished professor at Medgar Evers/CUNY, reads from her new novel, “Anna In-Between.” (2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd., between 124th and 125th Sts. 212-665-7400. Sept. 23 at 6.)
Elizabeth Nunez distinguished professor at Medgar Evers/CUNY, reads from her new novel, “Anna In-Between.” (2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd., between 124th and 125th Sts. 212-665-7400. Sept. 23 at 6.)
POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA on TIMES SQ.
The society celebrates its second annual “Bright Lights Big Verse: Poems of Times Square” competition with a reading by the contest’s winners and by the poets Kimiko Hahn, David Lehman, and Paul Muldoon. (Duffy Square, Times Square, Broadway at 47th St. No tickets necessary. Sept. 29 at 6:30.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
with TACT
The Actors Company Theater
Thursday, September 24 at 6:30pm.
@TACT's studio is located at 900 Broadway, between 19th and 20th streets.
NOTE from Nicole: "Our partnership with TACT is one of the most special aspects of our MFA program and while the work of writers in the playwriting workshop is featured at the sessions, the sessions are open to everyone. It's great, great fun to listen to the actors read work by writers in our program and to have a discussion of the work. Everyone please make a huge effort to attend this opening session at TACT! Even if you are not in the playwriting workshop! There is much to be learned about all writing from these sessions."
Thursday, September 24 at 6:30pm.
@TACT's studio is located at 900 Broadway, between 19th and 20th streets.
NOTE from Nicole: "Our partnership with TACT is one of the most special aspects of our MFA program and while the work of writers in the playwriting workshop is featured at the sessions, the sessions are open to everyone. It's great, great fun to listen to the actors read work by writers in our program and to have a discussion of the work. Everyone please make a huge effort to attend this opening session at TACT! Even if you are not in the playwriting workshop! There is much to be learned about all writing from these sessions."
Friday, September 18, 2009
POETS HOUSE GRAND RE-OPENING GALA
Saturday, September 26
10 River Terrace (at Murray Street)
3:00–5:00pm: Join us for this blowout celebration on our new "front lawn," Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, with dynamic readings by acclaimed poets as follows...
3pm Welcome Mark Doty Kimiko Hahn Michael Heller Patricia Spears Jones Dave Johnson
3:30 Meena Alexander Philip Levine Kathleen Fraser Regie Cabico Charles Bernstein Marie Ponsot
4:00 Cornelius Eady Galway Kinnell Marie Howe Quincy Troupe Billy Collins
4:30 Natalie Merchant plays
Cosponsored by the Battery Park City Authority.
@ Nelson A. Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City (1, 2, 3, A, C to Chambers Street. Walk west on Chambers Street all the way to River Terrace. Cross into the park at River Terrace and head south to the Pavilion.)
Admission free
10 River Terrace (at Murray Street)
3:00–5:00pm: Join us for this blowout celebration on our new "front lawn," Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, with dynamic readings by acclaimed poets as follows...
3pm Welcome Mark Doty Kimiko Hahn Michael Heller Patricia Spears Jones Dave Johnson
3:30 Meena Alexander Philip Levine Kathleen Fraser Regie Cabico Charles Bernstein Marie Ponsot
4:00 Cornelius Eady Galway Kinnell Marie Howe Quincy Troupe Billy Collins
4:30 Natalie Merchant plays
Cosponsored by the Battery Park City Authority.
@ Nelson A. Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City (1, 2, 3, A, C to Chambers Street. Walk west on Chambers Street all the way to River Terrace. Cross into the park at River Terrace and head south to the Pavilion.)
Admission free
Advancing Feminist Poetics
Thursday September 24th - Friday September 25th
*Advancing Feminist Poetics and Activism: A Gathering*
Belladonna celebrates ten years of publishing and supporting the feminist avant-garde with a two-day conference on feminist poetics and activism. The conference launches on Thursday, September 24, with panels focusing on radical language processes and political thought, culminating in keynote performances by Kathleen Fraser, Erica Hunt, and Eileen Myles. On Friday, September 25, we will continue the conversation with a broad spectrum of panels focusing on a variety of topics including: the body as discourse, ecopoetics, multilingualism, exile and language, and writing from marginalized positions. The conference will conclude with a performance/collaboration between Carla Harryman, Catriona Strang & Christine Stewart, Sally Silvers, Lila Zemborain & Cecilia Torino. Other panelists and presenters include: Caroline Bergvall, Dodie Bellamy, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs, Zhang Er, Jeanne Heuving, Ann Lauterbach, Joan Retallack, Anne Waldman, Renaldo Wilson, and many others.
On-site registration required. See http://belladonnaconference.blogspot.com for a complete schedule and registration information, or contact belladonnaseries@gmail.com.
AND Saturday September 26th ...
*Celebrating Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick*
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
Please join us to honor the extraordinary life and work of Eve Sedgwick, a beloved member of the CUNY faculty, whose groundbreaking work includes Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire (1986); Epistemology of the Closet (1991); Tendencies (1993) and Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity (2003), as well as Dialogue on Love (1999) and her book of poems, Fat Art Thin Art (1994). To confirm your attendance, please e-mail abozicevic@gc.cuny.edu.
Further details on these events and others are available on Center for the Humanities website: http://centerforthehumanitiesgc.org/.
*Advancing Feminist Poetics and Activism: A Gathering*
Belladonna celebrates ten years of publishing and supporting the feminist avant-garde with a two-day conference on feminist poetics and activism. The conference launches on Thursday, September 24, with panels focusing on radical language processes and political thought, culminating in keynote performances by Kathleen Fraser, Erica Hunt, and Eileen Myles. On Friday, September 25, we will continue the conversation with a broad spectrum of panels focusing on a variety of topics including: the body as discourse, ecopoetics, multilingualism, exile and language, and writing from marginalized positions. The conference will conclude with a performance/collaboration between Carla Harryman, Catriona Strang & Christine Stewart, Sally Silvers, Lila Zemborain & Cecilia Torino. Other panelists and presenters include: Caroline Bergvall, Dodie Bellamy, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs, Zhang Er, Jeanne Heuving, Ann Lauterbach, Joan Retallack, Anne Waldman, Renaldo Wilson, and many others.
On-site registration required. See http://belladonnaconference.blogspot.com for a complete schedule and registration information, or contact belladonnaseries@gmail.com.
AND Saturday September 26th ...
*Celebrating Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick*
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Elebash Recital Hall
Please join us to honor the extraordinary life and work of Eve Sedgwick, a beloved member of the CUNY faculty, whose groundbreaking work includes Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire (1986); Epistemology of the Closet (1991); Tendencies (1993) and Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity (2003), as well as Dialogue on Love (1999) and her book of poems, Fat Art Thin Art (1994). To confirm your attendance, please e-mail abozicevic@gc.cuny.edu.
Further details on these events and others are available on Center for the Humanities website: http://centerforthehumanitiesgc.org/.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Todd S. is teaching ESL in Korea...
E-MAIL FROM TODD...
hey kimiko,
i hope your semester is going well. my experience in korea so far has been very full. i've only been here for three weeks, but i feel like it's been three months. i think it's a combination of the lack of sleep, the constant dynamic schedule, settling down, trying to navigate a foreign country, ... it's definitely been fun, though, and interesting. the koreans i'm working with are very excited that i write, and hope to read my writing when i told them i planned on featuring korea in my fiction now. but [the teaching] has been an interesting experience so far. though there is talk of korea being more selective in their applicants and wanting mostly people who have taught before, i think that that goal is a far way off for now. ... and korea is desperately looking for people to teach their children, so anyone in the Queens College MFA program who is interested should definitely look into it. ... thanks to all to helped get me here.
todd
hey kimiko,
i hope your semester is going well. my experience in korea so far has been very full. i've only been here for three weeks, but i feel like it's been three months. i think it's a combination of the lack of sleep, the constant dynamic schedule, settling down, trying to navigate a foreign country, ... it's definitely been fun, though, and interesting. the koreans i'm working with are very excited that i write, and hope to read my writing when i told them i planned on featuring korea in my fiction now. but [the teaching] has been an interesting experience so far. though there is talk of korea being more selective in their applicants and wanting mostly people who have taught before, i think that that goal is a far way off for now. ... and korea is desperately looking for people to teach their children, so anyone in the Queens College MFA program who is interested should definitely look into it. ... thanks to all to helped get me here.
todd
JOURNAL LAUNCH: EOAGH: A Journal of the Arts presents Issue 5:
... includes our own, Rajiv Mohabir on Sunday, Oct 4, at 6 pm.
Check out website for whole THREE-day lineup! or just ask Rajiv...
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn
http://chax.org/eoagh
Check out website for whole THREE-day lineup! or just ask Rajiv...
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn
http://chax.org/eoagh
Friday, September 11, 2009
Jocelyn Lieu
... our visiting professor ...
Fiction reading
6:30 p.m. Monday, September 21
Godwin Ternbach Museum
Klapper Hall, 4th Floor
Queens College-CUNY campus
free and open to the public
Fiction reading
6:30 p.m. Monday, September 21
Godwin Ternbach Museum
Klapper Hall, 4th Floor
Queens College-CUNY campus
free and open to the public
Thursday, September 10, 2009
BOWERY...
September 13, 2009, 6-7:30 p.m.
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery St, New York, NY
Annie Finch, Kimiko Hahn, Deena Metzger, Anna Rabinowitz, and Julie Shigekuni
read from their works at the Bowery Poetry Club on Sunday, September 13th.
Annie Finch is the author of four books of poetry and the recipient of the 2009 Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award.
Kimiko Hahn is the author of seven collections of poetry, including the forthcoming, Toxic Flora.
Deena Metger is a poet, novelist, teacher, and healer whose latest book of poetry is Ruin and Beauty.
Anna Rabinowitz’s latest volume of poetry is The Wanton Sublime: A Florilegium of Whethers and Wonders.
Julie Shigekuni is the author of the novels A Bridge Between Us, a finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award.
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery St, New York, NY
Annie Finch, Kimiko Hahn, Deena Metzger, Anna Rabinowitz, and Julie Shigekuni
read from their works at the Bowery Poetry Club on Sunday, September 13th.
Annie Finch is the author of four books of poetry and the recipient of the 2009 Robert Fitzgerald Prosody Award.
Kimiko Hahn is the author of seven collections of poetry, including the forthcoming, Toxic Flora.
Deena Metger is a poet, novelist, teacher, and healer whose latest book of poetry is Ruin and Beauty.
Anna Rabinowitz’s latest volume of poetry is The Wanton Sublime: A Florilegium of Whethers and Wonders.
Julie Shigekuni is the author of the novels A Bridge Between Us, a finalist for the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
EARSHOT!
Join us at Rose Live Music in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for the first event of the Fall '09 Season!
Friday, September 11th at 7:30 PM
@ Rose Live Music
$5 = Admission + FREE DRINK!
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring:
James Belflower (*Commuter*)
Claire Donato (*Someone Else's Body*)
Deenah Vollmer (@ Columbia University)
Elizabeth Powers Howort (@ The New School)
David Grumblatt (@ New York University)
ROSE LIVE MUSIC is located at 345 Grand Street in Brooklyn, between Havemeyer and Marcy. Visit their website for directions: http://roselivemusic.com.
EARSHOT is a bi-monthly reading series, dedicated to featuring new and emerging literary talent in the NYC area. Visit http://www.earshotnyc.com for more information or e-mail Nicole Steinberg at earshotnyc@gmail.com.
Friday, September 11th at 7:30 PM
@ Rose Live Music
$5 = Admission + FREE DRINK!
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring:
James Belflower (*Commuter*)
Claire Donato (*Someone Else's Body*)
Deenah Vollmer (@ Columbia University)
Elizabeth Powers Howort (@ The New School)
David Grumblatt (@ New York University)
ROSE LIVE MUSIC is located at 345 Grand Street in Brooklyn, between Havemeyer and Marcy. Visit their website for directions: http://roselivemusic.com.
EARSHOT is a bi-monthly reading series, dedicated to featuring new and emerging literary talent in the NYC area. Visit http://www.earshotnyc.com for more information or e-mail Nicole Steinberg at earshotnyc@gmail.com.
Persian Poetry: Origins, Translations, and Influences
September 22, 2009, 7:00 PM
Poetry Reading & Discussion
Participants: Iraj Anvar, Richard Jeffrey Newman, Roger Sedarat, Niloufar Talebi
The Philoctetes Center, 247 East 82nd Street, 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10028
Phone: 646-422-0544
info@philoctetes.org
Thursday, September 3, 2009
OVERVIEW OF MFA FALL SEMESTER EVENTS:
On the Same Page: Craft Discussion
Tuesday September 8
6:30pm
Klapper 710
Fiction Reading: Jocelyn Lieu
Monday September 21
6:30pm
Godwin Ternbach Museum, Klapper 4th Floor
The New Salon in Queens: A Poetry Reading by Yusef Komunyakaa
*Co-sponsored with The Poetry Society of America
Wednesday October 21
6:30pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper 4th Floor
Publishing Discussion: Susan Isaacs
Monday November 23
6:30pm
Klapper 708
*CHECK THIS BLOG FOR CHANGES*
Tuesday September 8
6:30pm
Klapper 710
Fiction Reading: Jocelyn Lieu
Monday September 21
6:30pm
Godwin Ternbach Museum, Klapper 4th Floor
The New Salon in Queens: A Poetry Reading by Yusef Komunyakaa
*Co-sponsored with The Poetry Society of America
Wednesday October 21
6:30pm
Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper 4th Floor
Publishing Discussion: Susan Isaacs
Monday November 23
6:30pm
Klapper 708
*CHECK THIS BLOG FOR CHANGES*
CREATIVE WRITING AT CUNY
For the website devoted to creative writing across the City University of New York system, click on to:
http://web.cuny.edu/academics/academic-programs/programs-of-note/creative-writing-at-CUNY.html
http://web.cuny.edu/academics/academic-programs/programs-of-note/creative-writing-at-CUNY.html
Poetry and Politics--? Naturally!
“Foreign Policy in Focus: a think tank without walls”
http://www.fpif.org/fpifzines/wb/6395
has a piece describing poets’ participation: “The Iranian Struggle Continues.” You can see the poems that were included in the protest itself—one by Roger Sedarat. And as the summer draws to a close, here is a quote to think about:
“Don’t live in the world as if you were renting or here only for the summer, but act as if it were your father’s house…. Believe in seeds, earth, and the sea, but people above all. Love clouds, machines, and books, but people above all.” Nazim Hikmet, 20th Century Turkish poet (thanks to Persis Karim for this sending this).
http://www.fpif.org/fpifzines/wb/6395
has a piece describing poets’ participation: “The Iranian Struggle Continues.” You can see the poems that were included in the protest itself—one by Roger Sedarat. And as the summer draws to a close, here is a quote to think about:
“Don’t live in the world as if you were renting or here only for the summer, but act as if it were your father’s house…. Believe in seeds, earth, and the sea, but people above all. Love clouds, machines, and books, but people above all.” Nazim Hikmet, 20th Century Turkish poet (thanks to Persis Karim for this sending this).
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Hurricanes and Anniversaries
Four years after Hurricane Katrina tore the lid off New Orleans' poverty and inadequate levee system, Federal Aid is finally flowing in. Imagine that. Check out our colleague, teacher, and fellow-writer's personal essay. Nicole Cooley on her home town:
http://penamerica.blogspot.com/
http://penamerica.blogspot.com/
Thursday, August 27, 2009
THE REST OF OEDIPUS ...
(after “Oedipus at Colonus” by Sophocles…)
Queens College Dept.
of Drama, Theatre, and Dance
The premiere production
Thursday, Sept. 10 @ 7 pm
Friday, Sept 11 @ 5 pm
QC Campus: LeFrak Concert Hall in the Music Building
free admission
(for info and reservations, call: 718-997-3075)
Friday, August 14, 2009
Poets! (this includes you, Ann!)
Poetry Society of America
Chapbook Contest
Submissions for the 2010 chapbook fellowship will be accepted between Oct. 1 and Dec. 22. See site for guidelines:
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-chapbook.php
Chapbook Contest
Submissions for the 2010 chapbook fellowship will be accepted between Oct. 1 and Dec. 22. See site for guidelines:
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-chapbook.php
Friday, August 7, 2009
CORRESPOND WITH FORMER POET LAUREATE…
ROBERT PINSKY on the ‘Fray’
http://www.slate.com/
It’s ‘Classic Poem’ time on SLATE again. Once a month, Robert Pinsky posts a poem with a brief introduction—anyone can read this on the website by clicking ‘Arts’ then proceeding to the poem. If you would like to join the forum, you will need to register which is easy enough: after the poem you will see ‘Join the Fray: Our Reader Discussion Forum.’ If you click on ‘Post a Message,’ you will be led to register with your own name or a pseudonym. Suggestion: once you have registered, have a password, etc. it’s a good idea to check out the ‘Read Messages’ and look over the topics before contributing--this way you can decide whether you wish to add to an already-active topic OR begin a new one.
AND while you're thinking about poetry, click on this: www.favoritepoem.org
Friday, July 31, 2009
ON-THE-SAME-PAGE for all MFA students...
Tuesday, September 8, 6:30 PM in Klapper Hall
7th Floor Faculty Lounge
The ‘On The Same Page’ Reading packet that was emailed to you is meant to give you stuff to think about as well as bond over—because regardless of genre, everyone in our writing community is reading the same essays. Your MFA faculty members have thought and talked about these offerings for several weeks now and wish to stress the importance of *play* in your writing apprenticeship. We strongly believe that writing students need to develop both their critical acumen and their creative impulse. So we would like to offer the reading packet and the MOMA installation ("that explores notions of transience and impermanence") as opportunities for you to mess around in the sandbox. Indeed, critical thinking and creative messing are, to our thinking, inextricably linked, and so we'd like you to approach creativity with a critical eye and criticism with a playful resolve. (Check out the James Ensor paintings--your work might never be the same!)
Session will be faciliated by John Weir.
BTW: Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
PROJECT 90: SONG DONG exhibit runs until September 7th
@ 11 West 53rd Street
(admission is steep so use your i.d. or go on a Friday evening)
Welcome/Back MFA Students!
Welcome/Back MFA Student *Orientation*
Monday, August 31, 5-7pm
QC, Klapper Hall: fourth floor student art gallery (not the museum)
Come meet and mix with students, faculty, and administrators
over introductions
& refreshments & good cheer & most probably glue-sticks...
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Something NOT to Resist: Resistance!
This Saturday!!
July 11, 2009
PAF presents Literatures of Resistance
An Afternoon in Solidarity with the People of Iran
2 - 5 pm / FREE / Bowery Poetry Club
Join us as these and other artists of conscience bear witness, in poetry and music, to the struggle for democracy in Iran. Readings and performances by: Rana Farhan, Eleanor Wilner, Luis Francia, D. Nurske, Said Sayrafiezadeh, The Tehran-Dakar Brothers, Roger Sedarat, Amir Parsa, Dalia Sofer, Niloufar Talebi and more!
This event will be streamed LIVE on Bowery Poetry Club's website!! Spread the word, especially to your families and friends in Iran, so they may share in the experience.
This event is sponsored by the Association of Iranian American Writers, Persian Arts Festival, The Translation Project, ArteEast, Kodoom Events and The Bowery Poetry Club.
For more information, please contact manijeh_nasrabadi@yahoo.com
July 11, 2009
PAF presents Literatures of Resistance
An Afternoon in Solidarity with the People of Iran
2 - 5 pm / FREE / Bowery Poetry Club
Join us as these and other artists of conscience bear witness, in poetry and music, to the struggle for democracy in Iran. Readings and performances by: Rana Farhan, Eleanor Wilner, Luis Francia, D. Nurske, Said Sayrafiezadeh, The Tehran-Dakar Brothers, Roger Sedarat, Amir Parsa, Dalia Sofer, Niloufar Talebi and more!
This event will be streamed LIVE on Bowery Poetry Club's website!! Spread the word, especially to your families and friends in Iran, so they may share in the experience.
This event is sponsored by the Association of Iranian American Writers, Persian Arts Festival, The Translation Project, ArteEast, Kodoom Events and The Bowery Poetry Club.
For more information, please contact manijeh_nasrabadi@yahoo.com
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The Collection of Silence / Dia at the Hispanic Society
Eileen Myles writes:
WHAT ?!: TUESDAYS ON THE TERRACE: THE COLLECTION OF SILENCE
WHERE: 155 St. & BWAY
WHEN: June 30, 7PM
WHY: PEACE, AIMLESSNESS, RELIEF, SOLDARITY, RESISTANCE, SOLACE, IRONY,
FRIVOLITY, HAD ENOUGH
Being invited by Dia to curate a performance for a summer evening vaguely in response to Zoe’s show and the Hispanic Museum’s collection. I have invited five poets who invited five other poets (so there’s 25 of us, names below.) Invited as well are The Village Zendo, soprano Juliana Snapper, dancer Christine Elmo and four cohorts and about 40 kids from PS 4 conducted by poets Julie Patton and Christine Hou and finally a life drawing group from Brooklyn known as F>A>R>T>S (Friends of the Fine Arts) ; all will converge to sit, move, read and perform SILENTLY for one hour on the Hispanic Museum’s incredibly spacious and evocative Audubon Plaza. You as audience are invited to come up and stroll amongst this silent happening at your own genial pace. You’re urged to dress vividly & shamelessly as if you were attending a wedding or a renaissance fair or a nature hike, an art opening, poetry reading or to spray-paint things on your roof. At 8;15 the silence will end and morph into a decent party.
With Who: MONICA DE LA TORRE, CHARLES BERNSTEIN, STEPHANIE GRAY, TIM LIU, RACHEL ZOLF, JENNIFER BARTLETT, DANNY SNELSON, CA CONRAD, FRANK SHERLOCK, RENATO GÓMEZ, KIM ROSENFIELD, ANGELA JAEGER, JEREMY SIGLER, TIM PETERSON, LYDIA CORTES, NATHANIEL SIEGEL. PAOLO JAVIER, MARK BIBBINS, NICOLE COOLEY, LINDA GREGG, JEFFREY MCDANIEL, LILA ZEMBORAIN, TONYA FOSTER, RACHEL LEVITSKY, EMILY BEALL, CHRISTINE HOU, JULIE PATTON, STUDENTS FROM PS 4 AND EILEEN MYLES, PROJECT ORGANIZER
WHAT ?!: TUESDAYS ON THE TERRACE: THE COLLECTION OF SILENCE
WHERE: 155 St. & BWAY
WHEN: June 30, 7PM
WHY: PEACE, AIMLESSNESS, RELIEF, SOLDARITY, RESISTANCE, SOLACE, IRONY,
FRIVOLITY, HAD ENOUGH
Being invited by Dia to curate a performance for a summer evening vaguely in response to Zoe’s show and the Hispanic Museum’s collection. I have invited five poets who invited five other poets (so there’s 25 of us, names below.) Invited as well are The Village Zendo, soprano Juliana Snapper, dancer Christine Elmo and four cohorts and about 40 kids from PS 4 conducted by poets Julie Patton and Christine Hou and finally a life drawing group from Brooklyn known as F>A>R>T>S (Friends of the Fine Arts) ; all will converge to sit, move, read and perform SILENTLY for one hour on the Hispanic Museum’s incredibly spacious and evocative Audubon Plaza. You as audience are invited to come up and stroll amongst this silent happening at your own genial pace. You’re urged to dress vividly & shamelessly as if you were attending a wedding or a renaissance fair or a nature hike, an art opening, poetry reading or to spray-paint things on your roof. At 8;15 the silence will end and morph into a decent party.
With Who: MONICA DE LA TORRE, CHARLES BERNSTEIN, STEPHANIE GRAY, TIM LIU, RACHEL ZOLF, JENNIFER BARTLETT, DANNY SNELSON, CA CONRAD, FRANK SHERLOCK, RENATO GÓMEZ, KIM ROSENFIELD, ANGELA JAEGER, JEREMY SIGLER, TIM PETERSON, LYDIA CORTES, NATHANIEL SIEGEL. PAOLO JAVIER, MARK BIBBINS, NICOLE COOLEY, LINDA GREGG, JEFFREY MCDANIEL, LILA ZEMBORAIN, TONYA FOSTER, RACHEL LEVITSKY, EMILY BEALL, CHRISTINE HOU, JULIE PATTON, STUDENTS FROM PS 4 AND EILEEN MYLES, PROJECT ORGANIZER
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Heart of Queens...
FESTIVAL 2009 — Poetry & Memory
includes Nicole Cooley and Roger Sedarat
as well as Queens College MFA students...
WHEN: June 18-20, 2009
June 18 6:30PM - 9:30 PM: Workshop
June 19 7:30PM - 10:30 PM: QC MFA STUDENTS & Open Reading
June 20 All Day: Outdoor Festival
WHERE: Garden School, Jackson Heights, New York and
Terraza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, New York
INFORMATION: www.jhpf.org
includes Nicole Cooley and Roger Sedarat
as well as Queens College MFA students...
WHEN: June 18-20, 2009
June 18 6:30PM - 9:30 PM: Workshop
June 19 7:30PM - 10:30 PM: QC MFA STUDENTS & Open Reading
June 20 All Day: Outdoor Festival
WHERE: Garden School, Jackson Heights, New York and
Terraza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, New York
INFORMATION: www.jhpf.org
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Dear Blog Reader,
Please join us for this Hudson Valley reading that celebrates online journals:
Sunday, June 14, 4:30 pm, $5 (nonmembers), $3 (HVWC members)
It will feature poets and writers from both The Acentos Review and, our own, Ozone Park. Q&A with the journal editors follows.
Ozone Park editors will bring the fabulous Francine Rubin, the poet who read at the May event, and Thad Rutkowski, a terrific fiction writer from the first issue.
Here’s what they say on the website about how to get there:
METRO-NORTH RAILROAD: From Grand Central Station, take the Hudson Line local to the Philipse Manor Station (the stop immediately north of Tarrytown). For up-to-date fare and schedule information, call 1-800-METRO-INFO or 212-532-4900, or visit the Metro North Website.
http://www.writerscenter.org/index.html
Sincerely, Deonne Kahler
Sunday, June 14, 4:30 pm, $5 (nonmembers), $3 (HVWC members)
It will feature poets and writers from both The Acentos Review and, our own, Ozone Park. Q&A with the journal editors follows.
Ozone Park editors will bring the fabulous Francine Rubin, the poet who read at the May event, and Thad Rutkowski, a terrific fiction writer from the first issue.
Here’s what they say on the website about how to get there:
METRO-NORTH RAILROAD: From Grand Central Station, take the Hudson Line local to the Philipse Manor Station (the stop immediately north of Tarrytown). For up-to-date fare and schedule information, call 1-800-METRO-INFO or 212-532-4900, or visit the Metro North Website.
http://www.writerscenter.org/index.html
Sincerely, Deonne Kahler
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Patricia Smith and Matthew Hittinger
Wednesday, June 3rd at 6:30 pm
Matthew Hittinger is the author of Pear Slip, winner of the Spire Press 2006 Chapbook Award, Narcissus Resists (GOSS 183, 2009) and Platos de Sal (Editor's Series #2, Seven Kitchens Press, 2009).
Patricia Smith is the author of five books of poetry: Blood Dazzler (Coffee House), finalist for the 2008 National Book Award; Teahouse of the Almighty (Coffee House), a 2005 National Poetry Series selection; Close to Death (Zoland); Big Towns, Big Talk (Zoland) and Life According to Motown (Tia Chucha). She has won a Pushcart and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Smith is an assistant professor of creative writing at the City University of NY and teaches in the Stonecoast MFA program.
The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27th Street, Third Floor (Between Broadway and Sixth Avenue)
Subway: N, R, W to 28th Street; F, V to 23rd Street; 1 to 28th Street
Suggested Admission: $10/$5 members
Matthew Hittinger is the author of Pear Slip, winner of the Spire Press 2006 Chapbook Award, Narcissus Resists (GOSS 183, 2009) and Platos de Sal (Editor's Series #2, Seven Kitchens Press, 2009).
Patricia Smith is the author of five books of poetry: Blood Dazzler (Coffee House), finalist for the 2008 National Book Award; Teahouse of the Almighty (Coffee House), a 2005 National Poetry Series selection; Close to Death (Zoland); Big Towns, Big Talk (Zoland) and Life According to Motown (Tia Chucha). She has won a Pushcart and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Smith is an assistant professor of creative writing at the City University of NY and teaches in the Stonecoast MFA program.
The Center for Book Arts, 28 West 27th Street, Third Floor (Between Broadway and Sixth Avenue)
Subway: N, R, W to 28th Street; F, V to 23rd Street; 1 to 28th Street
Suggested Admission: $10/$5 members
Monday, May 25, 2009
UNDER ONE ROOF:
CUNY QUEENS COLLEGE ARTS COLLABORATION
FRIDAY, MAY 29th 2009, 6-9pm
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL EVENING OF POETRY, JAZZ & VISUAL ART
MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT
OF THE QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION
6:30 - 8:00pm POETRY READING, current MFA students from the CUNY Queens College Creative Writing department
8:00 - 9:00pm JAZZ PERFORMANCE, current students from the CUNY Queens College Music department
EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE @
TOPSHOW, a group exhibition featuring current MFA students and recent grads from the CUNY Queens College Art department
The Puffin Room
435 Broome Street (between Broadway & Crosby)
Exhibition will run from May 26 - June 10
Curated by Glenn Goldberg, artist & Queens College faculty member
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=88172650094#/event.php?eid=80041802439&ref=share
Saturday, May 16, 2009
OZONE PARK like you've never seen ...
The MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation
Queens College, CUNY
invites you to a celebration
of *Ozone Park, a journal of new writing*
... Wednesday, May 20, 2009
6-8 pm at the Godwin-Ternbach Museum
The evening will include readings from the spring issue of *Ozone Park* and a chance to meet the staff of the journal.
@ The Godwin-Ternbach Museum
on the campus of Queens College:
65-30 Kissena Blvd. 405 Klapper Hall, Flushing, NY 11367.
For directions visit www.qc.cuny.edu/directions
For information on the MFA program visit www.qc.cuny.edu/Creative_Writing
or call 718-997-4600
Thursday, May 7, 2009
JOHN CURRIE & TURNSTYLE
In case you didn't notice, our very own John Currie has been the conductor for the TURNSTYLE reading series. And now he will take his turnstyle at the mic. Join the CUNY MFA series in celebrating our four programs, our individuals writers, and congratulating John for a job well done. The whole deal:
MARILYN HACKER AND TOM SLEIGH
with John Reid Currie, Jackie Pervizi, Christina Hauser, Neal Gartland, Nancy Haiduck, Justin Earle Turner, Nicole Bufanio, Tina Satter, Jess Barbagallo
IT'S THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK and, TRUTHFULLY, IT DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS
Details:
Tuesday, May 12th, 6:30 pm
CUNY Grad. Ctr.
365 Fifth Ave (corner 34th St.)
free and reception to follow, not to mention extravagent cavorting off site
MARILYN HACKER AND TOM SLEIGH
with John Reid Currie, Jackie Pervizi, Christina Hauser, Neal Gartland, Nancy Haiduck, Justin Earle Turner, Nicole Bufanio, Tina Satter, Jess Barbagallo
IT'S THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK and, TRUTHFULLY, IT DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS
Details:
Tuesday, May 12th, 6:30 pm
CUNY Grad. Ctr.
365 Fifth Ave (corner 34th St.)
free and reception to follow, not to mention extravagent cavorting off site
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Hettie Jones reads her poetry and chats with Alice Quinn
Monday, May 4, 6:30pm, Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Klapper Hall
Queens College Campus
HETTIE JONES is the author of various books, including her first collection of poems, Drive (Hanging Loose Press, 1997), which received the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. She is also the author of How I Became Hettie Jones (Dutton,1990), a memoir of the beat scene of the fifties and sixties, and her latest books of poems, Doing 70 (Hanging Loose Press, 2007).
ALICE QUINN is the Executive Director of Poetry Society of America; for twenty years she was the Poetry Editor at The New Yorker.
free and open to the public
Queens College Campus
HETTIE JONES is the author of various books, including her first collection of poems, Drive (Hanging Loose Press, 1997), which received the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America. She is also the author of How I Became Hettie Jones (Dutton,1990), a memoir of the beat scene of the fifties and sixties, and her latest books of poems, Doing 70 (Hanging Loose Press, 2007).
ALICE QUINN is the Executive Director of Poetry Society of America; for twenty years she was the Poetry Editor at The New Yorker.
free and open to the public
Louis Armstrong and ...
Michael Alpiner, John Currie, and Tyler Rivenbark
Louis Armstrong Residency Reading, Thurs, April 30, 6:30, in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Louis Armstrong Residency Reading, Thurs, April 30, 6:30, in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Penthouse Cocktails and Nonfiction Reading ...
A Night with Award-Winning Author Ha Jin
Reading and Cocktail Reception
in support of the Asian American
Writers' Workshop
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Home of Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor
299 West 12th Street #PHA
New York, New York 10014
off 8th Ave
Please join us for an intimate evening with writer Ha Jin, winner of
the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The
Workshop is proud to welcome Jin and to present the public with a rare
opportunity to meet the author at a classic West Village penthouse.
This special event focuses on Jin's newest book, Writer as Migrant,
published by the University of Chicago Press. In his first work of
nonfiction, Jin writes three interconnected essays and tackles issues
relating to being a migrant writer.
Ha Jin is the critically renowned author of five novels, including,
Waiting and War Trash, as well as three collections of short stories
and three books of poetry. His short story collection, The Bridegroom,
won the Asian American Literary Award. He currently teaches literature
at Boston University.
INFORMATION: http://www.aaww.org/hajin
Reading and Cocktail Reception
in support of the Asian American
Writers' Workshop
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Home of Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor
299 West 12th Street #PHA
New York, New York 10014
off 8th Ave
Please join us for an intimate evening with writer Ha Jin, winner of
the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The
Workshop is proud to welcome Jin and to present the public with a rare
opportunity to meet the author at a classic West Village penthouse.
This special event focuses on Jin's newest book, Writer as Migrant,
published by the University of Chicago Press. In his first work of
nonfiction, Jin writes three interconnected essays and tackles issues
relating to being a migrant writer.
Ha Jin is the critically renowned author of five novels, including,
Waiting and War Trash, as well as three collections of short stories
and three books of poetry. His short story collection, The Bridegroom,
won the Asian American Literary Award. He currently teaches literature
at Boston University.
INFORMATION: http://www.aaww.org/hajin
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Last Flurry of Spring Activities:
Here are our last events of the season, or pretty much the last ones
(details to follow!):
TACT Session 2, Wednesday April 22, 6:30, at TACT studios in NYC (see below)
Celebration of the Chapbook, April 23-25, at The Grad Center and Other NYC venues (see below)
Louis Armstrong Residency Reading, Thurs April 30 in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Hettie Jones/Alice Quinn (New Salon in Queens) Monday May 4 in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Last Turnstyle Reading, Tuesday May 12 at the Grad Center in NYC
Ozone Park Launch Party, Wednesday May 20, in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
(details to follow!):
TACT Session 2, Wednesday April 22, 6:30, at TACT studios in NYC (see below)
Celebration of the Chapbook, April 23-25, at The Grad Center and Other NYC venues (see below)
Louis Armstrong Residency Reading, Thurs April 30 in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Hettie Jones/Alice Quinn (New Salon in Queens) Monday May 4 in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
Last Turnstyle Reading, Tuesday May 12 at the Grad Center in NYC
Ozone Park Launch Party, Wednesday May 20, in the Art Museum, Klapper Hall
The Actors' Company Theatre final QC reading of the season:
Spring TACT Session 2
Wed April 22, 6:30, at TACT studios in NYC
900 Broadway, Suite 905 (Off 20 St.)
Wed April 22, 6:30, at TACT studios in NYC
900 Broadway, Suite 905 (Off 20 St.)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
A CELEBRATION OF THE CHAPBOOK
Thursday April 23rd, 2009 - Saturday April 25th, 2009
The four CUNY MFA Programs, CUNY Center for the Humanities, Poetry Society of America, Center for Book Arts, Asian American Writers Workshop present...
A Celebration of the Chapbook festival calls attention to the rich history of the chapbook and highlights its essential place in poetry publishing today as a vehicle for alternative poetry projects and for emerging authors and editors to gain entry into the literary marketplace. The festival will forge a new platform for the study of the chapbook inside and outside the academy and celebrate the importance of chapbooks to America’s cultural heritage and future. From a book fair to panels on this renegade form to hands-on chapbook making!
Information:
centerforthehumanities.org
The four CUNY MFA Programs, CUNY Center for the Humanities, Poetry Society of America, Center for Book Arts, Asian American Writers Workshop present...
A Celebration of the Chapbook festival calls attention to the rich history of the chapbook and highlights its essential place in poetry publishing today as a vehicle for alternative poetry projects and for emerging authors and editors to gain entry into the literary marketplace. The festival will forge a new platform for the study of the chapbook inside and outside the academy and celebrate the importance of chapbooks to America’s cultural heritage and future. From a book fair to panels on this renegade form to hands-on chapbook making!
Information:
centerforthehumanities.org
"Unica Zürn: Dark Spring"
Poets House Presents:
Thursday, April 23, 7:00pm
From the Dark Spring of Language:
The Poetry & Prose of Unica Zürn
with Mary Ann Caws, Pierre Joris, Jill Magi, Anna Moschovakis, Caroline Rupprecht, & Frederic Tuten
Acquainted with Henri Michaux, Hans Bellmer and various members of the Parisian circle of Surrealists, Unica Zürn (1916-1970) broke ground with her anagrammatic poetry, expressionistic prose, and chimerical drawings and paintings. Acclaimed novelists, scholars and poets read from her writings in conjunction with the exhibition, "Unica Zürn: Dark Spring," on view at the Drawing Center from April 17 to July 23.
Cosponsored by the Drawing Center and Poets House.
@ The Drawing Center
35 Wooster Street (bet. Grand and Broome Streets)
Admission free
For more information, call Poets House at (212) 431-7920 or visit our web site at www.poetshouse.org.
Thursday, April 23, 7:00pm
From the Dark Spring of Language:
The Poetry & Prose of Unica Zürn
with Mary Ann Caws, Pierre Joris, Jill Magi, Anna Moschovakis, Caroline Rupprecht, & Frederic Tuten
Acquainted with Henri Michaux, Hans Bellmer and various members of the Parisian circle of Surrealists, Unica Zürn (1916-1970) broke ground with her anagrammatic poetry, expressionistic prose, and chimerical drawings and paintings. Acclaimed novelists, scholars and poets read from her writings in conjunction with the exhibition, "Unica Zürn: Dark Spring," on view at the Drawing Center from April 17 to July 23.
Cosponsored by the Drawing Center and Poets House.
@ The Drawing Center
35 Wooster Street (bet. Grand and Broome Streets)
Admission free
For more information, call Poets House at (212) 431-7920 or visit our web site at www.poetshouse.org.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
IRANIAN AMERICAN WRITERS: THE NEXT GENERATION
Friday, April 17
Founded in 2008, the Association of Iranian American Writers (AIAW) has become a vibrant and growing nexus for contemporary Iranian American writing. Please join us for an evening of readings by Taha Ebrahimi, Javad Mohsenian, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, and Solmaz Sharif.
Taha Ebrahimi's award-winning writing has appeared in numerous publications. She received her M.F.A. from the University of Pittsburgh where she also taught writing for three years.
Javad Mohsenian, M.D. was born and educated in Iran. A psychiatrist and writer, his second novel, Today Is Also Late (Emrooz Ham Deer Ast), depicts the struggle of youth against the old traditions was accepted on a professional basis. He is currently working on a novel in relation to events in Iran.
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's stories and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, Open City and elsewhere. His memoir, When Skateboards Will Be Free, about growing up communist in the United States, will be published by Dial Press in March.
Born in exile, Solmaz Sharif completed degrees in Sociology and Women of Color Writer at U.C. Berkeley. Currently working on her MFA at NYU, her work has appeared in Berkeley Poetry Review and numerous campus publications.
@ The Asian American Writers Workshop
16 West 32nd Street (btwn. Broadway & 5th Avenue)
10th Floor
New York City
Founded in 2008, the Association of Iranian American Writers (AIAW) has become a vibrant and growing nexus for contemporary Iranian American writing. Please join us for an evening of readings by Taha Ebrahimi, Javad Mohsenian, Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, and Solmaz Sharif.
Taha Ebrahimi's award-winning writing has appeared in numerous publications. She received her M.F.A. from the University of Pittsburgh where she also taught writing for three years.
Javad Mohsenian, M.D. was born and educated in Iran. A psychiatrist and writer, his second novel, Today Is Also Late (Emrooz Ham Deer Ast), depicts the struggle of youth against the old traditions was accepted on a professional basis. He is currently working on a novel in relation to events in Iran.
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's stories and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, Open City and elsewhere. His memoir, When Skateboards Will Be Free, about growing up communist in the United States, will be published by Dial Press in March.
Born in exile, Solmaz Sharif completed degrees in Sociology and Women of Color Writer at U.C. Berkeley. Currently working on her MFA at NYU, her work has appeared in Berkeley Poetry Review and numerous campus publications.
@ The Asian American Writers Workshop
16 West 32nd Street (btwn. Broadway & 5th Avenue)
10th Floor
New York City
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Vaulting...
2nd Reading at The Vault in Queens
April 24th, 2009
9:00 PM
Join feature readers from the MFA Program for a night of poetry
Open mic to follow
Donations accepted for The Hope for the Children Fund
90-21 Springfield Boulevard
Queens Village, NY
April 24th, 2009
9:00 PM
Join feature readers from the MFA Program for a night of poetry
Open mic to follow
Donations accepted for The Hope for the Children Fund
90-21 Springfield Boulevard
Queens Village, NY
Friday, April 10, 2009
Yusef, Hermine, Aracelis ...
Celebrate poetry month with an exceptional reading by
Yusef Komunyakaa, Hermine Pinson, and Aracelis Girmay.
Monday April 13, 7 PM
11th Street Bar (510 E. 11th Street, between Avenues A & B)
Closest subway: L to 1st Avenue. Also walkable: F/V at 2nd Ave, L at 3rd Ave or 14th Street / Union Square 4/5/6/N/Q/R/W/L.
For poems & more about our readers, please visit our website: www.triptychreading.com
Yusef Komunyakaa, Hermine Pinson, and Aracelis Girmay.
Monday April 13, 7 PM
11th Street Bar (510 E. 11th Street, between Avenues A & B)
Closest subway: L to 1st Avenue. Also walkable: F/V at 2nd Ave, L at 3rd Ave or 14th Street / Union Square 4/5/6/N/Q/R/W/L.
For poems & more about our readers, please visit our website: www.triptychreading.com
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
TWO SPRING READINGS @TACT
(The Actors Company Theatre)
900 Broadway (at 20th St) Suite #905
6:30pm-8:30pm.
First Up : Yvette Heyliger
Wednesday, April 8th
Operation Lysistrata!
Yvette Heyliger's one-act play, Operation Lysistrata! , is inspired by Aristophanes' play, Lysistrata. Starring the wives of the architects of the war in Iraq (yes, that's Laura Bush, Lynne Cheney, Alma Powell and friends!), the play takes place in 2002 before Congress votes on the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution. In the spirit of Aristophane's play, Operation Lyisistrata! captures his strong anti-war message laced in bawdy sexual humor for present-day audiences.
Next Up: Tyler Rivenbark and Jenna Hymes
Wednesday, April 22nd
900 Broadway (at 20th St) Suite #905
6:30pm-8:30pm.
First Up : Yvette Heyliger
Wednesday, April 8th
Operation Lysistrata!
Yvette Heyliger's one-act play, Operation Lysistrata! , is inspired by Aristophanes' play, Lysistrata. Starring the wives of the architects of the war in Iraq (yes, that's Laura Bush, Lynne Cheney, Alma Powell and friends!), the play takes place in 2002 before Congress votes on the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution. In the spirit of Aristophane's play, Operation Lyisistrata! captures his strong anti-war message laced in bawdy sexual humor for present-day audiences.
Next Up: Tyler Rivenbark and Jenna Hymes
Wednesday, April 22nd
Thursday, April 2, 2009
James Hoch, Donna Masini, and Robert Ostrom
The Pacific Standard Poetry Reading Series
Thursday, April 9th 2009 @ 7:00 PM
Pacific Standard Bar
82 Fourth Avenue (between St. Marks and Bergen Streets)
Brooklyn, NY [close to Atlantic/Pacific subway station]
Thursday, April 9th 2009 @ 7:00 PM
Pacific Standard Bar
82 Fourth Avenue (between St. Marks and Bergen Streets)
Brooklyn, NY [close to Atlantic/Pacific subway station]
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
EARSHOT ***
Join us at Rose Live Music in Williamsburg, Brooklyn!
Friday, April 10th at 8 PM
@ Rose Live Music
Admission: $5 + FREE DRINK!
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring:
Kenneth Hart (Uh Oh Time)
Noah Falck (Measuring Tape for the Midwest)
Thalia Aurinko-Mostow (The New School)
Sarah Feeley (Brooklyn College)
***Jenna Hymes (Queens College***
Friday, April 10th at 8 PM
@ Rose Live Music
Admission: $5 + FREE DRINK!
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring:
Kenneth Hart (Uh Oh Time)
Noah Falck (Measuring Tape for the Midwest)
Thalia Aurinko-Mostow (The New School)
Sarah Feeley (Brooklyn College)
***Jenna Hymes (Queens College***
Early Snapshots from Translation Conference:
thanks to Roger (which is why he is not in any of them--yet!)
Sunday, March 29, 2009
{{{{{TURNSTYLE reading series}}}}}
Wednesday, April 1st, 6:30 pm, The Martin E. Segal Theatre
Faculty Readers: Mark Mirsky & Mac Wellman
MFA Readers from Brooklyn, City, Hunter, and Queens Colleges:
Anna Marrian, Kerry Carnahan,
Diana Redman, Tejas Desai,
Michelle Brule, Wythe Marschall,
JP Howard, Laurel Kallen
@ The CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave @34th Street
Faculty Readers: Mark Mirsky & Mac Wellman
MFA Readers from Brooklyn, City, Hunter, and Queens Colleges:
Anna Marrian, Kerry Carnahan,
Diana Redman, Tejas Desai,
Michelle Brule, Wythe Marschall,
JP Howard, Laurel Kallen
@ The CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave @34th Street
POEMS & PINTS
Sharon Olds &
Sophie Cabot Black
Tuesday, April 7th, 6:30pm
Admission is free.
Fraunces Tavern
54 Pearl Street (corner of Broad Street), New York, New York
POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, presented in partnership with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
From Ghazal to Zuihitsu
A CONFERENCE ON TRANSLATING ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
March 26, 27, 28 (see website for details)
HIGHLIGHTS:
THURSDAY, 6:30 pm—Keynote Reading by Li-Young Lee
Rosenthal Library, Room 230
Li-Young Lee reads from his new book, *Behind My Eyes*
MFA in Creative Writing and Literary Translation
FRIDAY, panels on translation
SATURDAY, student presentations; panel on translating culture;
workshop on the ghazal (Roger Sedarat) and zuihitsu (Kimiko Hahn)
Please visit our website for further information on schedule and locations:
www.qc.cuny.edu/creative_writing
Check out ...
... the PEN website's newest feature: an online translation slam that will invite two translators to submit "competing" translations of the same poem for publication on the site, with the goal of drawing attention to translation as an art. You can find the slam here: http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3294/prmID/1502.
[This is an online feature based on the live event held during the PEN World Voices Festival last year.]
[This is an online feature based on the live event held during the PEN World Voices Festival last year.]
Translation and Literary Selfhood
JONATHAN GALASSI, EDITH GROSSMAN, MARILYN HACKER, RIKA LESSER,
ROSANNA WARREN
March 31st 2009, Tuesday, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Poet and translator Rosanna Warren, author of Fables of the Self,
hosts four master translators reflecting upon the alchemy of voice,
style, and literary selfhood in the art of translation. Participants
include Jonathan Galassi (Eugenio Montale), Edith Grossman (Mario
Vargas Llosa), Marilyn Hacker (Venus Khoury-Ghata), and Rika Lesser
(Rainer Maria Rilke). The audience will be invited to join the
discussion
The Skylight Room (9100)
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue
ROSANNA WARREN
March 31st 2009, Tuesday, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Poet and translator Rosanna Warren, author of Fables of the Self,
hosts four master translators reflecting upon the alchemy of voice,
style, and literary selfhood in the art of translation. Participants
include Jonathan Galassi (Eugenio Montale), Edith Grossman (Mario
Vargas Llosa), Marilyn Hacker (Venus Khoury-Ghata), and Rika Lesser
(Rainer Maria Rilke). The audience will be invited to join the
discussion
The Skylight Room (9100)
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue
Monday, March 16, 2009
SHERMAN ALEXIE & ROBERT HERSHON!
POETS AT PACE:
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Schimmel Theater Lobby, One Pace Plaza,
New York City Campus
Sherman Alexie was born in 1966 and grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA. Since discovering poetry in his early 20s, he has published more than 20 books of poetry and fiction, written three screen-plays, directed a film, and received numerous awards. These include a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, a Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Writers' Award, a National Book Award, a PEN/Malamud Award, a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, and a Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award. Known for his wonderful reading performances, he is the only writer to have held the title of World Heavyweight Poetry Champion in Taos, NM four years in a row. Both his poetry and fiction have appeared in Notable Books of the Year lists in major newspapers.
Robert Hershon is a leading small-press publisher as well as an award-winning poet. He has published 12 books and his work has been included in more than 40 anthologies. An excellent reader of his work, he has performed in colleges, libraries, coffee houses and other venues throughout the country. Among his awards are two National Foundation for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships and three awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts. A longtime resident of Brooklyn, he curates the Poets Coffeehouse reading series at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. In addition to his writing, he is co-editor of Hanging Loose Press, one of the oldest independent publishers in the country, and he directs The Print Center, Inc., a non-profit facility which serves literary publishers, arts and community organizations, and schools and colleges, in which capacity he has printed Pace's literary magazine, Aphros, for more than 20 years.
Admission is free to the Pace community and also to the public. It will be followed by a Q & A, a chance to meet the writers, a book-signing, and refreshments.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Schimmel Theater Lobby, One Pace Plaza,
New York City Campus
Sherman Alexie was born in 1966 and grew up on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, WA. Since discovering poetry in his early 20s, he has published more than 20 books of poetry and fiction, written three screen-plays, directed a film, and received numerous awards. These include a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, a Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Writers' Award, a National Book Award, a PEN/Malamud Award, a Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, and a Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award. Known for his wonderful reading performances, he is the only writer to have held the title of World Heavyweight Poetry Champion in Taos, NM four years in a row. Both his poetry and fiction have appeared in Notable Books of the Year lists in major newspapers.
Robert Hershon is a leading small-press publisher as well as an award-winning poet. He has published 12 books and his work has been included in more than 40 anthologies. An excellent reader of his work, he has performed in colleges, libraries, coffee houses and other venues throughout the country. Among his awards are two National Foundation for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships and three awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts. A longtime resident of Brooklyn, he curates the Poets Coffeehouse reading series at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. In addition to his writing, he is co-editor of Hanging Loose Press, one of the oldest independent publishers in the country, and he directs The Print Center, Inc., a non-profit facility which serves literary publishers, arts and community organizations, and schools and colleges, in which capacity he has printed Pace's literary magazine, Aphros, for more than 20 years.
Admission is free to the Pace community and also to the public. It will be followed by a Q & A, a chance to meet the writers, a book-signing, and refreshments.
James Tate!
Westside YMCA/Writer’s Voice
We are honored as the very special American poet James Tate: (National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, Wallace Stevens Award) will be reading at our Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater on March 20th at 7PM.
63rd Street off Broadway
We are honored as the very special American poet James Tate: (National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, Wallace Stevens Award) will be reading at our Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater on March 20th at 7PM.
63rd Street off Broadway
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
FILL THE PANTRY and hear two outstanding writers...
Come hear Cornelius Eady and Jessica Hagedorn read in the third "Fill the Pantry" benefit at Middle Collegiate Church.
Friday, March 20
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Middle Collegiate Church
2nd Avenue at 7th Street
Poet Cornelius Eady is the author of Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected Poems (Marian Wood/Putnam, 2008); Brutal Imagination, which was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award in Poetry; the autobiography of a jukebox; You Don't Miss Your Water; The Gathering of My Name, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize; BOOM BOOM BOOM; Victims of the Latest Dance Craze, which was chosen for the 1985 Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets; and Kartunes. He has collaborated with jazz composer Deidre Murray in the production of several works of musical theater, including You Don't Miss Your Water; Running Man, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1999; Fangs; and Brutal Imagination. Eady and the poet Toi Derricote are co-founders of Cave Canem, a nonprofit organization serving black poets. With Derricote, he also edited the anthology Gathering Ground. Eady is a professor in the Creative Writing program at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
Jessica Hagedorn, born in Manila, Philippines, is a celebrated poet, fiction writer, playwright, screenwriter, and multimedia performance artist whose works include three novels: Dream Jungle; The Gangster of Love; and Dogeaters, which won the American Book Award and was nominated for a National Book Award. Hagedorn also is the author of a collection of poetry and prose, Danger And Beauty, and the editor of Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction and Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World. Her screenplays include Fresh Kill, a feature-length film directed by Shu Lea Cheang; and episodes of The Pink Palace, an animated series created for Oxygen TV. Among her plays are Dogeaters, adapted from the novel; Stairway to Heaven; and Most Wanted, a collaboration with composer Mark Bennett. She is the Parsons Family Professor of Creative Writing at Long Island University in Brooklyn.
All proceeds go to Middle Collegiate Church's community programs including its Food Pantry, Tompkins Square Park Butterfly lunch, LGBTIQ homeless youth meal, and Celebrate Life meal for those with HIV/AIDS. Suggested donations of $10 and/or bags of rice and canned food.
For directions or information call 212.477.0666 or visit www.middlechurch.org
Friday, March 20
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Middle Collegiate Church
2nd Avenue at 7th Street
Poet Cornelius Eady is the author of Hardheaded Weather: New and Selected Poems (Marian Wood/Putnam, 2008); Brutal Imagination, which was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award in Poetry; the autobiography of a jukebox; You Don't Miss Your Water; The Gathering of My Name, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize; BOOM BOOM BOOM; Victims of the Latest Dance Craze, which was chosen for the 1985 Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets; and Kartunes. He has collaborated with jazz composer Deidre Murray in the production of several works of musical theater, including You Don't Miss Your Water; Running Man, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1999; Fangs; and Brutal Imagination. Eady and the poet Toi Derricote are co-founders of Cave Canem, a nonprofit organization serving black poets. With Derricote, he also edited the anthology Gathering Ground. Eady is a professor in the Creative Writing program at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
Jessica Hagedorn, born in Manila, Philippines, is a celebrated poet, fiction writer, playwright, screenwriter, and multimedia performance artist whose works include three novels: Dream Jungle; The Gangster of Love; and Dogeaters, which won the American Book Award and was nominated for a National Book Award. Hagedorn also is the author of a collection of poetry and prose, Danger And Beauty, and the editor of Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction and Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World. Her screenplays include Fresh Kill, a feature-length film directed by Shu Lea Cheang; and episodes of The Pink Palace, an animated series created for Oxygen TV. Among her plays are Dogeaters, adapted from the novel; Stairway to Heaven; and Most Wanted, a collaboration with composer Mark Bennett. She is the Parsons Family Professor of Creative Writing at Long Island University in Brooklyn.
All proceeds go to Middle Collegiate Church's community programs including its Food Pantry, Tompkins Square Park Butterfly lunch, LGBTIQ homeless youth meal, and Celebrate Life meal for those with HIV/AIDS. Suggested donations of $10 and/or bags of rice and canned food.
For directions or information call 212.477.0666 or visit www.middlechurch.org
TURNSTYLE TURNSTYLE TURNSTYLE TURNSTYLE TURNSTYLE
NICOLE COOLEY & KATHRYN HARRISON
Read with students from the four CUNY MFA Programs
March 12, 6:30
Martin E. Segal Theatre
The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. (at 34th Street)
Free and open to the public!
Read with students from the four CUNY MFA Programs
March 12, 6:30
Martin E. Segal Theatre
The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. (at 34th Street)
Free and open to the public!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Nicole Cooley guest blogs...
on the Best American Poetry site...
http://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com/the_best_american_poetry/
Poems for Obama's First 100 Days
... on this website:
http://100dayspoems.blogspot.com/
(See Nicole's this Wed morning!)
http://100dayspoems.blogspot.com/
(See Nicole's this Wed morning!)
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
videos of our first TURNSTYLE reading...
And...the videos are up!
http://turnstylereadings.wordpress.com/video/
... thanks to poet Ana Bozicevic and Ctr for the Humanities!
http://turnstylereadings.wordpress.com/video/
... thanks to poet Ana Bozicevic and Ctr for the Humanities!
NON-FICTION-LOVERS
Biography Fellows' Colloquium
The Leon Levy Center for Biography is pleased to present 2008-9 Biography Fellows, Mary Anne Weaver and Molly Peacock, giving talks on their works in process. Mary Anne Weaver, longtime foreign correspondent for The New Yorker magazine, has also published in The Atlantic Monthly and The New York Times Magazine. Her project, The Strange Journey of Ziad Jarrah: The Story of a Terrorist is the biography of the most improbable of the September 11th pilots. It gleans lessons on the way in which the profile of a terrorist has changed. Molly Peacock's Passion Flowers in Winter: A Woman Begins Her Life's Work at the Age of 73, is an impressionistic biography examining the late-life artistic coming-of-age of Mrs. Mary Granville Delany, the 18th-century cut-paper botanical artist. Molly Peacock, a poet and a creative nonfiction writer, is the author of six books of poetry and a memoir, and her essay about Mary Granville Delany appears in The Best American Essays 2007.
March 4th 2009, Wednesday, 2:00 pm
Martin E. Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave (btwn 34th & 35th)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
No registration. Please arrive early for a seat. 212-817-2005
www.LeonLevyCenterForBiography.org
The Leon Levy Center for Biography is pleased to present 2008-9 Biography Fellows, Mary Anne Weaver and Molly Peacock, giving talks on their works in process. Mary Anne Weaver, longtime foreign correspondent for The New Yorker magazine, has also published in The Atlantic Monthly and The New York Times Magazine. Her project, The Strange Journey of Ziad Jarrah: The Story of a Terrorist is the biography of the most improbable of the September 11th pilots. It gleans lessons on the way in which the profile of a terrorist has changed. Molly Peacock's Passion Flowers in Winter: A Woman Begins Her Life's Work at the Age of 73, is an impressionistic biography examining the late-life artistic coming-of-age of Mrs. Mary Granville Delany, the 18th-century cut-paper botanical artist. Molly Peacock, a poet and a creative nonfiction writer, is the author of six books of poetry and a memoir, and her essay about Mary Granville Delany appears in The Best American Essays 2007.
March 4th 2009, Wednesday, 2:00 pm
Martin E. Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave (btwn 34th & 35th)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
No registration. Please arrive early for a seat. 212-817-2005
www.LeonLevyCenterForBiography.org
!!!!!!!!!!!THE POWER OF ART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peggy Ahwesh & Eileen Myles
Filmmaker Peggy Ahwesh and poet & novelist Eileen Myles launch the Great Issues Forum spring programs with an intimate discussion about the power of art. Peggy Ahwesh's many experimental films and videos include The Third Body, The Star Eaters, and Martina's Playhouse. She is Associate Professor of Film and Electronic Arts at Bard College. Eileen Myles's books include Cool for You (novel) and Sorry, Tree (poems). Her collection of essays on art, poetry and queer issues, The Importance of Being Iceland, is forthcoming from MIT/Semiotexte. The program will open with a short screening and reading.
March 3rd 2009, Tuesday, 7:00 pm
The James Gallery, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave (btwn 34th & 35th)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
No registration. Please arrive early for a seat. 212-817-2005
www.greatissuesforum.org
Filmmaker Peggy Ahwesh and poet & novelist Eileen Myles launch the Great Issues Forum spring programs with an intimate discussion about the power of art. Peggy Ahwesh's many experimental films and videos include The Third Body, The Star Eaters, and Martina's Playhouse. She is Associate Professor of Film and Electronic Arts at Bard College. Eileen Myles's books include Cool for You (novel) and Sorry, Tree (poems). Her collection of essays on art, poetry and queer issues, The Importance of Being Iceland, is forthcoming from MIT/Semiotexte. The program will open with a short screening and reading.
March 3rd 2009, Tuesday, 7:00 pm
The James Gallery, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave (btwn 34th & 35th)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
No registration. Please arrive early for a seat. 212-817-2005
www.greatissuesforum.org
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Is disaster easy to master?
Nicole Cooley on *Writing Hurricane Katrina: poetry and disaster*
Feb. 26, 11:30 am.
at Rutger’s Newark, Robeson Art Gallery, Robeson Center
http://cghr.ruters.edu/
Feb. 26, 11:30 am.
at Rutger’s Newark, Robeson Art Gallery, Robeson Center
http://cghr.ruters.edu/
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tyler @
... this Friday at Uncle Mike's in Tribeca. Show starts at 7 pm. He goes on shortly after. He's shooting for 15 + again!
Uncle Mike's
57 Murray Street (between Church and West Broadway)
$10 cover
Uncle Mike's
57 Murray Street (between Church and West Broadway)
$10 cover
Writing in the Dark @
... Bruce Andrews, Wayne Koestenbaum, Wendy Steiner, Reva Wolf...
February 19th 2009, Thursday, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Bruce Andrews will relive his 2006 confrontation with Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly, playing an "Outrage of the Week" video segment. Wayne Koestenbaum will offer a medley of poems and prose. Wendy Steiner will introduce her opera The Loathly Lady, based on Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale." And Reva Wolf will discuss theft and appropriation in the work of Ted Berrigan.
The Amie and Tony James Gallery, The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue at 34th St, New York, NY 10016
212-817-2005, centerforthehumanitiesgc.org
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
"Writing in the Dark," a series of readings, talks and videos by poets, novelists, critics and anthropologists, kicks off the Amie and Tony James Gallery’s spring project, which opens the gallery for conversation, screenings and performance.
February 19th 2009, Thursday, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Bruce Andrews will relive his 2006 confrontation with Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly, playing an "Outrage of the Week" video segment. Wayne Koestenbaum will offer a medley of poems and prose. Wendy Steiner will introduce her opera The Loathly Lady, based on Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Tale." And Reva Wolf will discuss theft and appropriation in the work of Ted Berrigan.
The Amie and Tony James Gallery, The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue at 34th St, New York, NY 10016
212-817-2005, centerforthehumanitiesgc.org
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
"Writing in the Dark," a series of readings, talks and videos by poets, novelists, critics and anthropologists, kicks off the Amie and Tony James Gallery’s spring project, which opens the gallery for conversation, screenings and performance.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Child to Child...
Roni Schotter, “Child to Child: Writing Books for Children”
Tuesday, Feb 24, 6:30 pm
Queens College MFA Program, Klapper Hall, rm. 403
Roni Schotter is the award-winning author of 28 children's books, including NOTHING EVER HAPPENS ON 90TH STREET, THE BOY WHO LOVED WORDS and her two most recent books, THE HOUSE OF JOYFUL LIVING and DOO-WOP POP. A former children's book editor, she has written picture books, middle-grade fiction, and young adult novels. Her books have won the Parents Choice Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Oppenheim Book and Toy Portfolio Award, among others, and have been cited by the National Council of Teachers of English and the Child Study Association. Her first novel, A MATTER OF TIME, was made into an ABC After School Special and won an Emmy Award.
[undergrads: this is a CLIQ event.]
A reception will follow and books will be for sale.
For more information: 718-997-4671 or www.qc.cuny.edu/Creative_Writing.
Tuesday, Feb 24, 6:30 pm
Queens College MFA Program, Klapper Hall, rm. 403
Roni Schotter is the award-winning author of 28 children's books, including NOTHING EVER HAPPENS ON 90TH STREET, THE BOY WHO LOVED WORDS and her two most recent books, THE HOUSE OF JOYFUL LIVING and DOO-WOP POP. A former children's book editor, she has written picture books, middle-grade fiction, and young adult novels. Her books have won the Parents Choice Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Oppenheim Book and Toy Portfolio Award, among others, and have been cited by the National Council of Teachers of English and the Child Study Association. Her first novel, A MATTER OF TIME, was made into an ABC After School Special and won an Emmy Award.
[undergrads: this is a CLIQ event.]
A reception will follow and books will be for sale.
For more information: 718-997-4671 or www.qc.cuny.edu/Creative_Writing.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Uncalled For Behavior from John Weir!
John Weir, Priscilla Becker, Michael Broder, and Chelsea Lemon Fetzer read this Wed. Feb. 18, 7 pm
@
Unnameable Books
456 Bergen Street (between Flatbush Ave and 5th Ave), Brooklyn, NY
uncalledforreadings.blogspot.com/
John believes the #2 and #3 trains stop at Bergen Street, on Flatbush Ave. Kimiko confirms and adds: "just walk down the incline toward Fifth Ave." Which she hopes makes sense.
@
Unnameable Books
456 Bergen Street (between Flatbush Ave and 5th Ave), Brooklyn, NY
uncalledforreadings.blogspot.com/
John believes the #2 and #3 trains stop at Bergen Street, on Flatbush Ave. Kimiko confirms and adds: "just walk down the incline toward Fifth Ave." Which she hopes makes sense.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Turnstyle Turnstyle Turnstyle Turnstyle
@The CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave @34th Street
February 9, 2009, 6:30-8:30 pm in The Skylight Room (9100)
Faculty Readers:
Louis Asekoff, Kimiko Hahn
MFA Readers:
Evan Ross Burton, Jeffrey Price, LaForrest Cope, Micah Towery, Erin Harte, Peter Vanderberg, Gabriel Packard, Visola Wurzer
Turnstyle, a new cross-genre reading series, features the faculty and students of four CUNY MFA creative writing programs. Each evening, two faculty readers and eight second-year MFA students will read a mix of non-fiction, plays, fiction, and poems. Admission is free and the event in open to the public.
Spring, 2009 dates: February 9, March 12th, April 1st, May 12th
… sponsored by Office of Academic Affairs, MFA in Creative Writing Affiliation Group and Center for the Humanities… All a part of The City University of New York…
Sunday, January 25, 2009
EARSHOT!
New venue, ROSE LIVE MUSIC,
Williamsburg, Brooklyn!
*Friday, February 6th at 8 PM*
Admission: $5 + FREE DRINK!
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring ...
Sandra Beasley (Theories of Falling)
Daniel Scott (Pay This Amount)
Claudia Cortese (Sarah Lawrence College)
Nicole Bufanio (Hunter College)
***Andriana Rizos (Queens College)***
ROSE LIVE MUSIC, 345 Grand Street in Brooklyn
between Havemeyer and Marcy.
For directions: http://liveatrose.com.
Friday, January 2, 2009
begin the new year with EARSHOT!
Check out the new venue, ROSE LIVE MUSIC, located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn!
*Friday, January 9th at 8 PM*
Admission: $5 + FREE DRINK!
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring:
Sandra Simonds (Warsaw Bikini)
CIARAN BERRY (The Sphere of Birds)
ANN PODRACKY (Queens College)
Bianca Stone (New York University)
Carter Edwards (The New School)
ROSE LIVE MUSIC is located at 345 Grand Street in Brooklyn, between Havemeyer and Marcy. Visit their website for directions: http://liveatrose.com.
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