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Sunday, June 15, 12-5pm
CLMP's 9th Annual Literary Magazine Fair
Housing Works Used Books Cafe
126 Crosby St
New York City
Friday, June 6, 6:30pm
Stacy Szymaszek & Charles Bernstein
Center for Book Arts
Broadside Reading Series
28 W 27th St. #3
New York City
Monday, May 26, 8pm
Kate Colby & Jibade-Khalil Huffman
St. Mark's Poetry Project
131 E. 10th Street
New York City
Saturday, May 24
Brenda Iijima, Laura Moriarty & Tyrone Williams
Canessa Park Reading Series
708 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94111
Tuesday, May 13, 6pm
Evelyn Reilly, Introduced by editor Paul Foster Johnson
Periodically Speaking: Literary-Magazine Editors Introduce Emerging Writers
New York Public Library
498 5th Ave New York City
Friday, May 9, 8pm
Stacy Szymaszek & Sam Truitt
Peace on A
166 Avenue A #2
New York City
BYOB & $5 donation
Friday, April 25, 7pm
Brenda Iijima, Evie Shockley & Bob Hicok
Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer St.
New York City
Monday, April 14, 7pm
Kate Colby & Monica de la Torre
KGB Bar
85 E. 4th St.
New York City
Saturday, April 12, 10am-5pm
CLMP's Literary Magazine & Small Press Fair
at the Houston Indie Book Festival
Domy Books
1709 Westheimer
Houston, TX
Thursday, April 3, 8pm
Brenda Iijima & Tyrone Williams
Miami University
Oxford, OH
Thursday, April 3, 8pm
Eight Kates: Colby, Marvin, Ford, Greenstreet,
Peterson, Pringle, Schapira, Lederer
Schlafly Bottleworks
1 Schlafly Plz
St. Louis, MO
Wednesday, April 2, 7:30pm
Brenda Iijima
Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH
Seurkamp Center (Alumni building)
Saturday, March 29, 6pm
Book Party for Kate Colby's Unbecoming Behavior (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008)
Ada Books
741 Westminster St
Providence, RI
Sunday, March 9, 7pm
A Night of Translation:
Mark Tardi, Daniel Borzutzky, Joel Calahan, & V. Joshua Adams
Myopic Books
1564 N. Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor
Chicago, IL
Saturday, March 8, 4-6pm
Brenda Iijima & Martine Bellen
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
New York City
Thursday, January 31 - Saturday, February 2
AWP 2008 Conference & Book Fair
Visit the Litmus Press book table at the AWP Book Fair:
8:30am-5:30pm
Table #88
Gramercy, 2nd floor
See you there!
2007
Thursday, December 6, 7:30pm
FACE OUT Book Release Party with music by the Vintage DJ Readings by New York authors: Ihsan Bracy, Brenda Iijima, Dan Machlin, Prageeta Sharma, and Lila Zemborain with new books from New York Presses: Cool Grove Press, Litmus Press, Ugly Duckling Presse, Fence Books, and Belladonna Books. FACE OUT is a program of the Jerome Foundation and CLMP. This event is made possible by the FACE OUT program with additional support from CLMP. It is free & open to the public. Good World Bar & Grill 3 Orchard Street New York CitySunday, September 16, 10 am-6 pm
Brooklyn Book Festival Come by the Litmus Press table! Brooklyn Borough Hall 209 Joralemon St Brooklyn, New York (2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall; R to Court Street; A, C, F to Jay Street/Borough Hall)
Friday, September 14, 7:30 pm
Lecture by Jennifer Scappettone Small Press Traffic Timken Lecture Hall California College of the Arts 1111--8th Street San Francisco, California
Saturday, September 8, 2-6 pm
Cup & Pen Small Press Fair Readings from Belladonna Books, Litmus Press , Booklyn Artist Alliance, Sona Books, Ballyhoo Stories, Hotel St. George Press, The Lowbrow Reader and Heeb Magazine. Think Coffee 248 Mercer St. New York City (BDFV to Broadway Lafayette/6 to Bleeker/ NRW to Prince Street)
Sunday, July 22, 2 pm
Stacy Szymaszek w/TBA Woodland Pattern Book Center 720 E. Locust St. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Saturday & Sunday, July 7-8, starting at 1 pm
Vox Pop¹s Declaration of Independence: A Festival of Poetry and Music Featuring Boog City¹s d.a. levy lives: celebrating the renegade press series in exile Curated and with an introduction by Boog City editor David Kirschenbaum With hosts/editors/presses:(Saturday, July 7th)Futurepoem Books (editor Dan Machlin), Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs (editor Brenda Iijima), Belladonna Books (co-editor Rachel Levitsky), Litmus Press (co-editor Paul Foster Johnson), Ugly Duckling Presse (collective members Anna Moschovakis & Matvei Yankelevich)(Sunday, July 8th)Kitchen Press (editor Justin Marks), Wilderside Media (co-editors Ian and Kimberly Wilder), and Bowery Books (Bowery Women: Poems, co-editor Marjorie Tesser) Vox Pop 1022 Cortelyou Rd New York City
Saturday, July 7, 8:30 pm
Stacy Szymaszek w/clarinet accompaniment by Stephanie Barber The Red Room at Normals Books & Records 425 E. 31st Street Baltimore, Maryland
Friday, June 29, 7 pm
Stacy Szymaszek, Ethan Paquin & Alveraz Ricardez MiPO Reading Series Stain Bar 766 Grand St. New York City
Sunday, June 24, 7 pm
kari edwards memorial reading Please join us as we honor the life of truly radical and compassionate poet, artist, gender activist - mentor and friend - kari edwards (1954-2006). Readings and reflections by Julian Brolaski, E. Tracy Grinnell, Brenda Iijima, Paul Foster Johnson, Erica Kaufman, Rachel Levitsky, Tim Peterson, and Stacy Szymaszek Zinc Reading Series Zinc Bar 90 W. Houston St New York City
$5 goes to edwards scholarship fund at Naropa University. Copies of kari's book obedience (Factory School, 2005) and Aufgabe #6 will be on sale, proceeds will go to the fund at Naropa.Tuesday, June 19, 7 pm
Mark Tardi & Stefanie Heim Series A Hyde Park Center 5020 S. Cornell Chicago, Illinois
Monday, June 18, 6 pm lunedì 18 giugno, ore 18:00
Gherardo Bortolotti, Alessandro Broggi, Susana Gardner, Marco Giovenale, Andrea Raos, Joe Ross, Massimo Sannelli, Jennifer Scappettone, Michele Zaffarano(texts in Italian and English) GAMMM reading Libreria del Testaccio VIVALIBRI Piazza Santa Maria Liberatrice 23/26 Rome, Italy
Sunday, June 10, 7 pm
Stacy Szymaszek & Brendan Lorber Zinc Reading Series Zinc Bar 90 W. Houston St New York City
Sunday, June 10, 12-5 pm
8th Annual Lit Mag Fair at Housing Works Housing Works Used Books Cafe 126 Crosby St New York City
Entry is free & magazines are only $2 a copy!!! Proceeds go to Housing Works, a nonprofit organization serving homeless people living with AIDS and to The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, a nonprofit organization serving independent literary publishers.Wednesday, April 25, 8 pm
Aufgabe #6 Release Reading!
Cup & Pen Reading Series
Think Coffee
248 Mercer St.
New York City
Friday, April 20th, 8 pm
Kate Colby
Celebratory reading & reception for award winning Fruitlands
Unnameable Books (aka Adam's Books)
456 Bergen St.
New York City
Thursday, April 19, 7:30 pm
Roberto Harrison & David Larsen The Unitarian Center 1187 Franklin San Francisco, CA $5
Monday, April 16, 8 pm
Lori Lubeski & Mark Tardi St. Mark's Poetry Project 131 E. 10th Street New York City
Wednesday, April 4, 8 pm
Jennifer Hayashida & Xue Di
Cup & Pen Reading Series
Think Coffee
248 Mercer St.
New York City
Friday, March 16, 6-11 pm
E. Tracy Grinnell, Brenda Iijima, Paul Foster Johnson & Stacy Szymaszek National Small Press Month Reading Marathon (featuring 31 small press authors!) Mo Pitkin's 34 Avenue A New York City
Wednesday, March 14, 8 pm
Brenda Iijima & Kimiko Hahn St. Mark's Poetry Project 131 E. 10th Street New York City
February 28-March 3
Look for Litmus Press & Belladonna Books at AWP in Atlanta, GA (Table #220)
Sunday, January 28, 7 pm
Kerri Sonnenberg & Dustin Williamson Zinc Reading Series Zinc Bar 90 W. Houston St New York City
Tuesday, January 23, 8 pm
Stacy Szymaszek & Tara Betts Battle Hill Reading Series BarBQ 689 6th Ave Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, January 20, 4 pm
Roberto Harrison & Tina Darragh Segue Series Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery New York City
2006
Festival of Contemporary Japanese Women Poets, November 15th-17th:
Wednesday, November 15, 7 pm
Cross Currents and Innovation in Japanese Poetry (Panel Discussion)
Ryoko Sekiguchi, Takako Arai, Kiriu Minashita, Kyong-Mi Park, and Sawako Nakayasu explore contemporary aesthetic and
cultural movements in Japan, and reflect on how their own work challenges traditional women's roles in their native country.
Moderated by Rachel Levitsky.
Poets House
72 Spring Street
New York City
Thursday, November 16, 7 pm
Four From Japan: Contemporary Poetry & Essays by Women (Poetry Reading)
Kiriu Minashita, Ryoko Sekiguchi, Kyong-Mi Park, and Takako Arai read from a new anthology, the first bilingual volume of Japanese poetry & poetics of its kind, published collaboratively by Litmus Press and
Belladonna Books. The reading will be introduced by Sawako Nakayasu.
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
New York City
Friday, November 17, 7 pm
Blurring Boundaries: A Conversation on the Art of Poetry Translation (Panel Discussion)
Cole Swensen, Rosa Alcalá, and Ryoko Sekiguchi will present a public conversation on their dual work in poetry and translation.
The Japanese poet Ryoko Sekiguchi lives in Paris, where she writes in Japanese and has begun a process she calls 'self-translation.' Cole Swensen has translated such authors as Olivier Cadiot, Pierre Alfieri, and Ryoko Sekiguchi from the French. Rosa
Alcalá is a translator of émigré Latin American poets, including Cecilia Vicuna, Lila Zemborain, and Lourdes Vasquez. The
conversation will be introduced by Stephen Motika.
Poets House
72 Spring Street
New York City
Saturday, November 18, 7 pm
Kerri Sonnenberg with Kristi Maxwell and G.C. Waldrep The Clean Part Reading Series The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery Abbott Auditorium 1200 R St Lincoln, NE
Sunday, November 19, 7 pm
E. Tracy Grinnell & Erin Morrill with filmmaker Steve Brown New Yipes @ 21 Grand 416 25th Street Oakland, CA
Monday, November 27, 8 pm
E. Tracy Grinnell & Tyrone Williams St. Mark's Poetry Project 131 E. 10th Street New York City
Tuesday, November 28, 8 pm
Kerri Sonnenberg with Chuck Stebelton Too Close for Comfort Series Circa 1754 N Franklin Place Milwaukee, WI 53202
Thursday, November 30, 8 pm
Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop Rain Taxi Reading Series Walker Art Center 1750 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, December 6, 7:30 pm
Kerri Sonnenberg The Danny’s Reading Series Danny’s Tavern 1951 W. Dickens Avenue Chicago, IL
Saturday, December 16, 2 pm & 4 pm
Keith Waldrop: A Baudelairian Book Party, 2pm Rosmarie Waldrop & Fiona Templeton: Segue Series, 4pm Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery New York City
Sunday, November 12, 7 pm
Roberto Harrison & Duriel Harris Myopic Books 1564 N. Milwaukee Ave (Wicker Park) Chicago, IL
Sunday, November 12, 3 pm
Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop Jones Public Library 43 Amity Street Amherst, MA
Saturday, November 11, 4 pm
Rosmarie Waldrop with Peter Gizzi P.A.s Lounge 345 Sommerville Avenue Somerville, MA
Saturday, November 11, 1 pm
The Work of Leslie Scalapino A celebration and inquiry into the work of prominent contemporary experimental Bay Area writer and publisher (O Books) Leslie Scalapino. Six poets will each present a short talk on aspects of Scalapino's work, followed by a question/answer session. Poets will include Brenda Iijima, who will host the discussion, Rod Smith, Laura Elrick, Alan Davies, Jennifer Scappettone and Rodrigo Toscano. St. Mark's Poetry Project 131 E. 10th Street New York City
Thursday, October 19
Reading by Keith Waldrop and opening of "The Second Hand," a show of his collages
Hampshire College Amherst, MA
Thursday October 12 through Saturday October 14
Celebration of Robert Creeley's work
Thursday evening reading, 8pm
Robin Blaser and Rosmarie Waldrop
SUNY Buffalo
Trinity Church, 371 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY
Thursday, September 28, 7:30PM
Keith Waldrop (The House Seen from Nowhere) & Rosmarie Waldrop (guest editor, Aufgabe #2)
Pomona College
Ena Thompson Reading Room 108, Crookshank Hall
140 W. Sixth Street
Claremont, CA
Friday September 15th 7pm
Roberto Harrison (Counter Daemons) & Michelle Noteboom
Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 East Locust Street
Milwaukee, WI 53216
Tuesday, September 12, 7pm
BELLADONNA* presents:
Kate Colby (Fruitlands) and Elizabeth Willis
Dixon Place
258 Bowery, 2nd Floor
New York City
Between Houston & Prince
Admission is $5 at the Door.
Saturday, September 9, 7pm
Boog City presents:
Stacy Szymaszek (Emptied of All Ships), Karen Weiser, Martha Oatis and Evelyn Reilly. Hosted by Cy Press and Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs.
w/music by Johnny Farrow.
KGB Bar
85 E.4th St.
New York City
Sunday August 6th - Thursday August 10th, 6-8pm
Finally With Women: A weeklong summer reading series celebrating the work of Mina Loy, Audre Lorde, Barbara Guest, Muriel Rukeyser, and Gertrtude Stein with readings of their work by an exciting range of women writers including Litmus Press authors, Stacy Szymaszek (Empited of All Ships), Brenda Iijima (Animate, Inanimate Aims). Litmus Press editor E. Tracy Grinnell, and Aufgabe contributors Jill Magi, Anne Tardos, and Africa Wayne, among others.
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street
New York City
Tuesday, July 25th 7pm
E. Tracy Grinnell and Paul Foster Johnson read from their collaborative work, with Sina Queyras at the Hot! The NYC Celebration of Queer Culture curated by belladonna
Dixon Place
258 Bowery, 2nd Floor
New York City
$5 at the door
www.dixonplace.orgSunday, June 25th, 3:00pm
Canessa Park Reading Series
E. Tracy Grinell
Kate Colby
Jennifer Hayashida
708 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
Wednesday, June 21st, 7:00-9:00pm
Reid Hall in Montparnasse
Aufgabe #5 guest editors Guy Bennett and Jalal El Hakmaoui read with contributors to the Moroccan poetry section.
4, rue de la Chevreuse, Paris, France
Organized by Double Change.
Friday, June 16th, 7:30pm
The Fall Café
Stacy Szymaszek
John Coletti
307 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Sunday, June 11th, 12 - 5:00pm
8th Annual Literary Magazine Fair at Housing Works
126 Crosby St, New York, NY 10012
See www.clmp.org for more info.
Sunday, May 21st, 2pm
Bowery Poetry Club
E. Tracy Grinnell
Rob Halpern
Jen Scappettone
April 2006
Juniper Literary Festival, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
