BENEFIT for "STAND WITH HAITI"-- a POETRY READING

January 27, 2010 / 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Co-sponsored by Cave Canem & Drew University’s MFA Program in Poetry
& Poetry in Translation
Linda Baldanzi Mahogany Browne
Ama Codjoe DéLana R. A. Dameron
Sharon Dennis Wyeth Gina Dorcely
Kathy Engel Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Monica A. Hand Yesenia Montilla
Kimberley Ann Rogers Patrick Rosal
Christopher Stackhouse Ella Turenne
Jean Valentine Lisa Wujnovich
@ Cave Canem
20 Jay Street, Suite 310-A
Brooklyn, New York / 718.858.0000
NEAR ALL TRAINS (Atlantic/Pacific)
Doors close at 8 pm.
Admission $5 - $10
All proceeds go to Partners in Health’s
Stand with Haiti
www.standwithhaiti.org

Mark Doty ...

... as soon as the semester begins, so our salon series. Don't miss this amazing reading and chat between Alice Quinn and Mark Doty on February 17 on QC campus. More info to follow.

Don't miss: C. K. Williams

C. K. Williams is the author of numerous books of poetry, including "The Singing" (2003), which won the National Book Award, and "Repair," winner of a Pulitzer Prize. His new book of poems, "Wait," is due in April 2010.
Location: KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street

EARSHOT!

Friday, January 22nd @ 7:30 PM
@ Rose Live Music
Special Guest Host: Gregory Crosby
$5 + one free drink
Featuring:
Rachel Levitsky ( Neighbor , Under the Sun )
Andrew Lundwall ( klang , honorable mention )
John James (Columbia University)
Ryan Doyle May (The New School)
Jenna Telesca (Queens College)
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 .
Follow the EARSHOT twitter feed at http://twitter.com/earshotnyc

TURNSTYLE READING SERIES RETURNS ...

FEBRUARY 9th
Faculty:

Jan Heller Levi
, John Weir
CUNY MFA readers...
Brooklyn: 
Christine Rath
, Ken Walker




City: 
Amy Veach
, Karen Clark
Hunter :
Simone Kearney, 
Kaitlin Greenridge
Queens:
 Kevin Mullany, 
Robert Wargas


**CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Street, Manhattan.
Readings start at 6:30pm. **
Each Turnstyle reading features 8 student readers and 2 faculty readers drawn from the four spectacular CUNY MFA Programs. Conceived as a kind of mixer for the students/faculty to mingle and hear one another's voices, it is free and open to the public. Receptions follow.

MERRY NEW YEAR!

and HAPPY ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY
TO THE POETRY SOCIETY OF AMERICA
CHECK OUT Centennial Events,
Events with QC MFA Program,
and sites like “Crossroads: Tributes”
http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/tributes/
Novelist Walter Mosley shares insights into cross-genre lessons and introduces poet Nikky Finney …
“I studied poetry for years under the tutelage first of Molly Peacock and then William Matthews—both past presidents of the PSA. I'm a really rotten poet, but I learned a great deal from these two generous souls. I found that understanding the rules and goals of poetry brings one very close to knowing all there is to know about writing fiction. I also realized a few things that have nothing to do with my chosen profession. …”