Lourdes Vazquez

I heard Lourdes Vazquez read for the first time last night, at Zinc Bar, and she was incredible–she read the original, Erica Kaufman the translations. I’m so glad I found…

Rae Armantrout, Laynie Browne, & Marjorie Welish

Tuesday, May 9, 7PM@ Dixon Place (258 Bowery, 2nd Floor—Between Houston & Prince)Admission is $5 at the Door.Rae Armantrout’s most recent books are Up to Speed (Wesleyan, 2004), The Pretext…

Marjorie Welish

Thinking about the poet Marjorie Welish, whom I met this week, and whom I will introduced Tuesday when she reads for belladonna (don’t miss this!). Educator, critic, ARTIST, Welish is…

Toronto Launch Shots

Being a little distracted, I didn’t take many photos of the Coach House Launch in TO (see report below), but here is one of Jon Paul Fiorentino for your viewing…

Lemon Hound, the launch, Toronto dates

I’m reposting this, just as a reminder for those of you in Toronto. Come and help me celebrate the publication of Lemon Hound! Two events next week and more to…

Open Letter: Kenny G issue, Bowery Poetry Club

We want Kenny! Time ran out and all Kenny G. got to say was “Thanks for coming.” A great afternoon of readings however, the highlight of which was hearing Bruce…

Ashbery Festival

Last night at the Tishman auditorium on West 12th, in a room that resembles an inside out Easter egg with layers of pink and white, cross-hatched icing, surrounded by poetry…

Launch of Open Letter

OPEN LETTERA Journal of Writing and TheoryTwelfth Series, Number 7, Fall 2005Kenneth Goldsmith and Conceptual Poetics with Readings & Performances by: Bruce AndrewsBarbara ColeRob FittermanKenneth Goldsmith & Alan LichtMonica de…

belladonna Tuesday: Melissa Buzzeo, Laura Elrick and Myung Mi Kim

Amazing reading last night at Dixon Place. Not a seat left in the house when the readings started. Melissa Buzzeo’s body/language text, a polyvocal performance piece by Laura Elrick, and…

Carla Harryman & Heather Fuller

This was a great reading. The first time I’ve had the pleasure of hearing Carla Harryman after all these years of reading her. And worth the wait. She read from…

Jen Benka is way cool

As posted last week, I heard Jen Benka read at “Battle Hill”, the Brooklyn Reading Series located on Smith Street, at Bar Below–a bar in the basement of the restaurant…