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Kate Colby
Friday, January 27, 2012; 7 pm
Kate Colby and Helen Philips
The Stain of Poetry Reading Series
Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway (corner of Dodworth St.), Brooklyn, NY 11221



I Want to Make You SafeSaturday, January 21, 2012; 7 pm
Book Party celebrating the release of I Want to Make You Safe by Amy King, with additional readings by Alex Dimitrov, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Ryan Doyle May, Metta Sáma, and James Yeh.
Branded Saloon
603 Vanderbilt Avenue; Brooklyn, NY 11238

 



 

Brenda Iijima

Saturday, November 5, 2011
Poetry Salon  
with Brenda Iijima and Kate Schapira 
The Harbor Room
8 Norwood Court, across from the Gloucester Writers Center
Gloucester, MA 01930



 

Thursday, October 27, 2011; 4 pm
Sarah Riggs
 and Omar Berrada discuss "Translating Together: Paris-Marrakech-New York"
Library Pillow Room, Sarah Lawrence College
1 Mead Way; Bronxville, NY 10708



 

Jennifer Scappetton

Saturday, October 22, 2011; 4 - 6 pm
Segue Series reading featuring Jennifer Scappettone and Christian Hawey
$6 admission goes to support the readers
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery; Brooklyn, NY 10012



 

Scalapino Nu ShuFriday, September 23, 2011; 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Opening Reception: The Big Reveal

This exhibition highlights new acquisitions to the permanent collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. The focal point will be the major installation Untitled #1336 (Scalapino Nu Shu) (2009–10) by artist Petah Coyne. This massive work features an apple tree, taxidermied pheasants, as well as a variety of taxidermied peacocks, among the artist's other nontraditional materials.
Kemper Museum: 4420 Warwick Boulevard, Kansas City, MO
Free
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Above, left: Petah Coyne, Untitled #1336 (Scalapino Nu Shu), 2009–10; apple tree, taxidermy Black Melinistic Pheasants, taxidermy Blue India Peacocks, taxidermy Black-Shouldered Peacocks, taxidermy Spaulding Peacocks, black sand from pig iron casting, Acrylex 234, black paint, cement, chicken wire fencing, wood, gravel, sisal, staging rope, cotton rope, insulated foam sealant, pipe, epoxy, threaded rod, wire, screws, jaw-to-jaw swivels, 158 x 262 x 288 inches; Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. T. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee; Image © Petah Coyne, courtesy of Galerie Lelong, New York, photo: Elizabeth Bernstein



 

Sunday, September 18, 2011; 10–6 pm,
Litmus Press will be sharing a table with Belladonna* at the Brooklyn Book Festival.
Brooklyn Borough Hall:
209 Joralemon Street; Brooklyn, NY 11201
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Friday, September 16, 2011; 7:30 pm
Litmus Press is co-hosting the kick-off party for the Brooklyn Book Festival.
Greenlight Bookstore: 686 Fulton Street; Brooklyn, NY 11217
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Leslie ScalapinoWednesday, September 14, 2011; 8:30 - 9:30 pm
Fin de Siècle
Three plays by Leslie Scalapino, with music for five voices and small ensemble

Fin de Siècle is Sarah Dougher’s musical interpretation of a set of three experimental poem-plays by renowned American poet Leslie Scalapino. The poems form an abstract narrative of war, labor, and class struggle—a visionary manifestation of the poet’s passionate humanism. Structured as a set of emotive, melodic songs, Dougher’s piece weds video projection and vocal performance with an ensemble of piano, violin, cello, trumpet, trombone and percussion. The work embraces Scalapino’s challenging use of language through a richly textured score, and echoes Scalapino’s hybrid practice, inhabiting a musical space between art song and pop. Fin de Siècle is an ambitious synthesis of Dougher’s celebrated folk-rock solo music and choral compositions.

Commissioned by the estate of Leslie Scalapino.

Washington High School: 531 SE 14th Ave; Portland, OR 97214
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Akilah OliverMonday, September 12, 2011; 7 pm
In Aporia: The Annual Akilah Oliver Memorial Reading
The annual Akilah Oliver Memorial Reading honors the memory of Lang professor Akilah Oliver, a radical poet, feminist, and activist. As the first of an annual reading series, this reading will feature the work of Oliver's contemporaries Julian Brolaski, Rachel Levitsky and Lauren Nicole Nixon, along with Oliver's former students Erik Freer, Karl Leone and Kaley Foley.
Location: Lang Cafe, 65 West 11th Street; New York, NY
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Rachel LevitskyRachel Levitsky is the author of Under the Sun (Futurepoem 2003), NEIGHBOR (UDP 2009) and the forthcoming novel,The Story of My Accident is Ours (Futurepoem 2011 or 2012). She is also the author of seven or eight chapbooks, most recently a prose work, Renoemos (Delete Press 2010). Levitsky teaches Writing and Literature at Pratt Institute, Naropa University’s Summer Writing Program, Poets House and Bard Prison Initiative. She is a member of Belladonna* Collaborative—a hub of feminist avant-garde literary action. Four of her mini-essays on Confinement can be found online. With Christian Hawkey and a bunch of their students, she recently opened The Office of Recuperative Poetics, a mobile installation of cultural recollection and reanimation.

Julian Talamantez BrolaskiJulian Talamantez Brolaski
is the author of gowanus atropolis (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2011) and several chapbooks. Advice for Lovers is forthcoming from City Lights in spring 2012. Julian lives in Brooklyn where xe is an editor at Litmus Press and plays country music with Juan & the Pines. New work is on the blog hermofwarsaw.

Lauren Nicole Nixon
Lauren Nicole Nixon is a Brooklyn-based artist representative and poet. Nixon holds an M.A. in Arts Politics from NYU and a B.A. in Dance and Culture/Media Studies from The New School. Recent and forthcoming work is published in Bone Bouquet, The Tulane Review, apt, 491, Jelly Bucket, No, Dear and In Posse. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee.

Erik Freer Erik Freer
is an undergraduate student at The New School in the dual degree program pursuing a BFA from Parsons the New School for Design in Communication Design and a BA from Eugene Lang College the New School for the Liberal Arts in Writing. At Parsons his focus is on Information, Print, and Typography and at Lang his focus is on Poetry and Play writing, with a minor in Japanese. Erik possesses a deep interest in ideas of mapping (or un-mapping) and the visual representation of information. Erik dedicates his spare time to any and everything cultural and creative he can produce and experience.

Kailey Foley
Kailey Foley is a poetry major in her third year at Lang. She resides and works in Bushwick, Brooklyn, which is often detrimental to her health if not instrumental to her writing. Her favorite poetry includes that of Charles Bukowski and the female Language poets. She spends most of her time composing 90's power-hour playlists and thinking about syntax. Kailey has had pieces published in Voice and Moth Mouth literary magazines and online at Spillway publications. Cool, whatever.

Karl Leone
Karl Leone is a junior at Eugene Lang College of The New School and is honored to be taking part in this fall’s reading honoring his dear friend, mentor, and teacher Akilah Oliver. As an actor, Karl’s New York stage credits include “Marat/ Sade,” “Pride and Prejudice,” “Laramie Project,” and “Undermilkwood. 4 Recent film credits include “Keep the Lights On” dir. Ira Sachs and “Going Out” dir. Leah Samuel. Most recently, Karl has been concentrating on the genre of poetic drama and is developing a play called “Our Aporia” influenced on the writings of Oliver’s “A Toastin the House of Friends.”


 

Boog CityFriday - Monday, August 5-8, 2011
Join Litmus at the Boog City Festival!
New York, NY


 

Stephanie GraySaturday, August 6, 2011; 1 pm
Stephanie Gray will give a reading as the featured Litmus Press author at the Boog City Festival.
Unnameable Books: 600 Vanderbilt Ave; Brooklyn, NY
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BeauportSaturday, July 16, 2011; 2 - 4 pm
Kate Colby
reading from Beauport
@ Beauport
75 Eastern Point Boulevard; Gloucester, MA 01930
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Jeffrey JullichFriday, June 24, 2011
FACE OUT Book Party
A multi-press book party, featuring recipients of the Jerome Foundation Face Out grant, administered by CLMP. Join us for a dynamic event!
Jeffrey Jullich will read with Rachel Levitsky (Futurepoem), Paul Foster Johnson (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs), Karen Weiser (Ugly Duckling Presse), and Elizabeth Streb (The Feminist Press).
Greenlight Bookstore: 686 Fulton St. Brooklyn, NY 11217
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Aufgabe 10
Sunday, June 20, 2011; 3pm
The GIANT Lit Mag Fair at Housing Works Bookstore.
Hundreds of literary magazines from across the country will be available, discounted more than 50% at only $2 a copy!
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: 126 Crosby Street New York, NY 10012
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Akilah OliverWednesday, June 15, 2011; 8pm
Memorial Reading for Akilah Oliver
Readings and performances to celebrate and express gratitude for the life and work of Akilah Oliver. With Rachel Levitsky, Eileen Myles, Patricia Spears Jones, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Tonya Foster, E. Tracy Grinnell, Tracie Morris, Charles Bernstein, Steven Taylor, Tyler Burba, Julian T. Brolaski, Rachel Zolf, Joyce LeeAnn Joseph, Laura Meyers, Ras Moshe, Stacy Szymaszek, Marcia Oliver, and and a special tribute from a group of some of her former students: Stephen Motika, Lydia Cortes, Kate Jaeger, Jamila Wimberly & Mia Bruner. Presented with Belladonna*.
The Poetry Project: Parish Hall
T he Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, 131 E. 10th St. New York NY 10003
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New Litmus Press BooksFriday, June 10, 2011; 6 pm
Litmus Press spring book party celebrating
our new and recent releases:
Beauport by Kate Colby, a new and expanded edition of How Phenomena Appear to Unfold by Leslie Scalapino, and Aufgabe #10.
443 PAS: 443 Park Avenue South, Suite 604
New York, NY 10016
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Stacy SzymaszekSaturday, May 28, 2011; 6 pm
POETRY @ 443 PAS:
Stacy Szymaszek and Robert Glück read as part of
the “POETRY @ 443 PAS” reading series
443 PAS: 443 Park Avenue South, Suite 604; New York, NY 10016



 

Leslie ScalapinoFriday, May 27, 2011; 7:30 pm
New Series:
Leslie Scalapino Memorial Lecture in Innovative Poetics: Joan Retallack
The Leslie Scalapino Memorial Lecture in Innovative Poetics is an annual lecture series with a focus on critical analysis of innovative poetry, essays, plays and cross-genre work primarily by women poets. The series invites contemporary writers to present their work in the spirit exemplified by Scalapino's own critical writing and editorial vision as publisher of O Books.
Small Press Traffic: Timken Hall at CCA; 1111 8th Street San Francisco, California 94107
$8-15 / Members free



 

New Litmus Press BooksThursday, May 19, 2011; 5:45 - 8:00 pm
Litmus, United Artists, Ugly Duckling, Belladonna*, Future Poem, Talisman, Granary, Roof & The Figures invite you to a BOOK PARTY!
Litmus will celebrate five new and recently released books: Beauport by Kate Colby, Aufgabe #10, Time of Sky & Castles in the Air by Ayane Kawata, Portrait of Colon Dash Parenthesis by Jeffrey Jullich, and Howw Phenomena Appear to Unfold by Leslie Scalapino.
Refreshments will be served.
ZieherSmith Gallery: 516 W. 20th Street; New York, NY



 

Brenda IijimaThursday, April 21, 2011, 6:30 pm
Brenda Iijima and Michael Lally read at Dia:Chelsea as part of the series
"Readings in Contemporary Poetry"
Dia:Chelsea: 535 West 22nd St., New York, NY
$6, General Admission
$3, Dia Members, Students, Seniors



 

WaldropWednesday April 20, 2011, 5 pm
Poetry Reading by Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI  02809



 

WaldropMonday, April 18, 2011; 5 pm
Poetry Reading by Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop
The Woodberry Poetry Room
Lamont Library, Rm 330  [3rd Fl]
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138



 

WaldropSunday, April 10, 2011; 2 pm
Poetry Reading by Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop
“Rhode Island Voices”
North Kingstown Free Library,
100 Boone St.
North Kingstown RI 02852



 

WaldropThursday, April 7, 2011
Poetry Reading by Rosmarie Waldrop
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469



 

Brenda IijimaMonday, April 4, 2011; 7 pm
TENDENCIES
: Poetics & Practice Talks Series
featuring manifestos and talks on writing process and queer poetics by:
Brenda Iijima, Jack Halberstam, and Rob Halpern…followed by a discussion.
CUNY Graduate Center (in the Skylight Room, 9100); 365 Fifth Avenue, NYC
Free Admission to the Public



 

WaldropThursday, March 31, 2011; 7 pm
“A Space Like No Other,”
A Talk on Translation by Rosmarie Waldrop
Barnard College



 

WaldropTuesday, March 29, 2011 5 pm
Poetry Reading by Rosmarie Waldrop
Princeton University



 

Kate ColbyMonday, March 28, 2011; 7 pm
Kate Colby
& Whit Griffin reading
all small caps
The Deja Brew Pub: 57 Lockes Village Road; Wendell, MA



 

Kate ColbySunday, March 20, 6:30 pm
Kate Colby, Evelyn Hampton & Joe Riippi
Cousins Reading Series
Abe’s Bar: Wickenden Street; Providence, RI



 

BeauportMonday, March 21, 8 pm
Kate Colby reading before TENDER BUTTONS, a live performance of a concept album with lyrics by Gertrude Stein
Medicine Show: 549 West 52nd St, New York, NY



 

Keith WaldropSaturday, March 5, 2011

2 pm: A Public Dialogue with Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop
Chax Press, 411 N 7th Ave, Tucson, AZ

8 pm: Reading by Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop
The University of Arizona Poetry Center, 1508 E Helen St, Tucson, AZ



 

Akilah OliverThursday, March 3, 2011; 6 pm
Please join us in celebrating the life of Akilah Oliver
Middle Collegiate Church
50 East 7th Street at Second Avenue; New York, NY 10003
Subway: 6 to Astor Place
Please bring an offering to place on the altar or to share with others
EVERYONE IS WELCOME


 

Leslie ScalapinoSaturday, February 12, 2011; 2 pm
Leslie Scalapino Memorial Reading, Reception & Exhibit
Readings by contemporary poets, Reed alumni & students. Presenters will include Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Allison Cobb, Alicia Cohen, Sarah Dougher, Judith Goldman, Endi Bogue Hartigan, Maryrose Larkin, Denise Newman, Standard Schaefer, James Sherry, Ellen Stauder, Konrad Steiner, and James Yeary.
Reed College:
Eliot Hall Chapel; 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR 97202


 

Monday, February 7, 2011; 7 pm
Reading with Jill Magi, Jen Bervin, E. Tracy Grinnell, Cecilia Vicuña
Textile Art Center, 505 Carroll Street, between 4th and 3rd Avenues, Brooklyn, NY
R Train to Union


 

Leslie ScalapinoWednesday - Friday, February 2-5, 2011
AWP
Join us at AWP!
Litmus Press / Aufgabe / O Books / Lunar Chandelier are at Table X this year: TABLE X is ROW I1 - I11 and I28 - I36
Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, D.C.

AWP Litmus Press Recommends:

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd

noon - 1:15 pm
Virginia A Room
Marriott Wardman Park, Lobby Level
R155.
Curating Literature: Five Editors of Literary Anthologies Discuss their Process
Ravi Shankar, Cole Swensen, Pireeni Sundaralingam, Jeffrey Thomson, Jen Hofer
Anthologizing, derived from the Greek word for flower-gathering, has become a verb of great import in literary communities. Whether in an attempt to create a canon, to shape a pedagogical tool, or to form a compendium that preserves something essential while opening new space for critical inquiry, the reasons behind anthologizing are manifold. Join five editors of important anthologies, from the international in scope to ones that include audio and translation, as they discuss their processes.

7 - 10 pm
Reading with Futurepoem, Litmus Press & Nightboat
LARRY's LOUNGE
1836 18th St NW (between N Swann St & N T St)
Dupont Circle Stop- Red Line
Washington, DC
Litmus Press features Jeffrey Jullich, Sawako Nakayasu, E. Tracy Grinnell & Brenda Iijima
Nightboat Books features Daniel Borzutzky, Michael Burkard, Dawn Lundy Martin & Leah Stein
Futurepoem features Alan Gilbert, Noah Eli Gordon, Camille Roy & Ronaldo Wilson

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4th

1 - 2 pm
Book signing with Sawako Nakayasu
Table X

2 - 3 pm
Book signing with Jeffrey Jullich
Table X

6:30 pm - 11:30PM
Table X Reading
Steve’s Bar Room
1337 Connecticut Ave NW # 2

Ugly Duckling Presse
Barrelhouse
Futurepoem & Greying Ghost
SUPERMACHINE
Sidebrow
Jaded Ibis Press
Poor Claudia
Les Figues Press
Small Fires Press
Lunar Chandelier & Litmus Press
Counterpath Press
Projective Industries & DoubleCross Press

Maureen Thorson, Julian T. Brolaski, Elisa Gabbert, Joe Hall, Adam Robinson, and Farid Matuk, Mike Youn, Heather Christle, Ben Mirov, Christie Ann Reynolds, Sasha Fletcher, Lily Ladewig, Andrew Gorin, Ben Pease, Levi Rubeck, Mathias Svalina, Joseph Calavenna, Sandy Florian, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Lily Hoang, Anna Joy Springer, Davis Schneiderman, Mathew Timmons, John Dermot Woods, Dan Beachy-Quick, Paige Taggart, Justin Marks, Brandon Downing, Harold Abramowitz, Amina Cain, Lily Hoang, Jen Hofer, Paul Hoover, Alta Ifland, Vanessa Place, Mathew Timmons, Christine Wertheim, Zachary Schomburg, Emily Kendal Frey, Joshua Ware, John Chavez, Vyt Bakaitis, Joe Elliot, Jeffrey Jullich, Matthew Cooperman, Garth Graeper, Mary Hickman, Nathan Hauke, Kirsten Jorgenson & more!

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5th

9 - 10:15 am
Thurgood Marshall East Room
Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level
S109.
Innovations, Migrations, and Translations: Contemporary Poetry in Tokyo
Judy Halebsky, Kyong Mi Park, Yuka Tsukagoshi, Sawako Nakayasu, Holly Thompson, Mariko Nagai
Hear voices of innovation from the Tokyo poetry scene. This reading presents poetry, collaborations, and translations, from Tokyo based poets: Sawako Nakayasu, Kyong Mi Park, YU.K.a TsU.K.agoshi, Holly Thompson, Mariko Nagai, and Judy Halebsky. In different ways, these poets connect poetry in Japan with writers and readers transnationally. The reading is intended for an English speaking audience and includes two-voice bilingual poems and short readings in Japanese followed by English language translations.

10:30 - 11:45 am
Coolidge Room
Marriott Wardman Park, Mezzanine Level
S123.
Women’s Caucus
Lois Roma-Deeley, Patricia Smith, Cheryl Dumesnil, Anna George Meek, Amy King, Katherine Arnoldi
Where is the place for the women writer within AWP and within the greater literary community? The women’s caucus discusses this as well as continuing inequities in creative writing publication and literature. In addition, issues centering on cultural obstacles in the form of active oppression, stereotypes, lack of access to literary power structures, historical marginalization of women’s writing, issues and perspectives, and the diverse voices of women will be explored, along with networking opportunities.

6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Wonderland Ballroom
1101 Kenyon Street, NW

Action Books
Apostrophe Books
Black Ocean
Slope Editions
Tarpaulin Sky Press

Jessica Baran, Julie Doxsee, Lara Glenum, Johannes Göransson, Matt Hart, Matthew Henriksen, Lucy Ives, Paul Foster Johnson, Joyelle McSweeney, Peter Richards, Brandon Shimoda, Abraham Smith and Daniel Tiffany



 

Julian T. BrolaskiFriday, January 28, 2011; 6 pm
Book Launch Party:
Gowanus Atropolis by Julian T. Brolaski
with additional readings by Kate Colby and Cedar Sigo and music by Juan dos Pistolas.
Refreshments provided.
Old Stone House
: 336 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY


 

Jeffrey JullichSunday, January 23, 2011; 7 pm

Reading featuring Jeffrey Jullich and Regan Good
Zinc Bar, 82 W. 3rd, New York, NY



 

The Poetry ProjectSaturday, January 1, 2011
The Poetry Project's 37th Annual New Year's Day Marathon Reading
Includes readings from Stacy Szymaszek, Brenda Iijima, Julian T. Brolaski, and E. Tracy Grinnell in addition to many Aufgabe contributors.
The Poetry Project: 131 E. 10th Street New York, NY
General admission: $20 / Students & Seniors $15 / Members: $10


 

FlowTuesday & Wednesday, December 21 & 22, 2010; 8 pm
Flow (Winged Crocodile) / The Trains
by Leslie Scalapino

Directed by Fiona Templeton
Performed by Molissa Fenley
Katie Brown, Stephanie Silver, and Julie Troost
Dance by Molissa Fenley
Music by Joan Jeanrenaud

Please join us for a special performance of Leslie Scalapino’s play, followed by an opening night reception.

Flow – Winged Crocodile by poet Leslie Scalapino travels between the left and right sides of the brain, with appearances by a reincarnated Patty Hearst in the 1974 SLA bank heist and a green-winged creature that is part Crocodile, part Michelin Man, and part charging Rhino. Performed by The Relationship, a performance group directed by Fiona Templeton that specializes in innovative language and use of site.

ODC Theater: 3153 17th Street @ Shotwell, San Francisco, CA



 

Stone MarmaladeSaturday, December 4, 2010; 7:30 pm
PREMIER of Stone Marmalade
Kevin Killian presents a production of Stone Marmalade,
his collaborative play with Leslie Scalapino.
Directed by Kevin Killian; Designed by Wayne Smith
Performed by Lindsey Boldt, Karla Milosevich, Brent Cunningham, Taylor Brady, Laurie Reid, Erin Morrill, Tom Comitta, Craig Goodman, Jocelyn Saidenberg, David Brazil, & others
Location: Small Press Traffic
Timken Hall, California College of the Arts; 1111 8th Street; San Francisco, CA


 

Leslie ScalapinoFriday, December 3, 2010; 6:30 pm
Leslie Scalapino Memorial reading

with Lyn Hejinian, Simone Fattal, Michael McClure, Norma Cole, Laura Moriarty, Jocelyn Saidenberg, Joanne Kyger, Konrad Steiner, E. Tracy Grinnell, Judith Goldman, Norman Fischer, Alicia Cohen, Rae Armantrout, Stephen Ratcliffe, Michael Cross, M. Mara-Ann, & Bob Grenier
Maude Fife Room, 315 Wheeler Hall; University of California, Berkeley


 

Stacy SzymaszekThursday, November 18, 2010; 6:30 pm
Readings in Contemporary Poetry
featuring Stacy Szymaszek and Eileen Myles

Dia Chelsea: 535 West 22nd St. New York City
$6: general admission; $3: Dia members, students, and seniors



 

FlowTuesday, November 16, 2010
Flow – Winged Crocodile; a play by Leslie Scalapino

Directed by Fiona Templeton
Performed by Molissa Fenley,
Katie Brown, Stephanie Silver, and Julie Troost
Dance by Molissa Fenley

Please join us for a special performance of poet Leslie Scalapino’s Noh play: Flow – Winged Crocodile.

Flow – Winged Crocodile by poet Leslie Scalapino travels between the left and right sides of the brain, with appearances by a reincarnated Patty Hearst in the 1974 SLA bank heist and a green-winged creature that is part Crocodile, part Michelin Man, and part charging Rhino. Performed by The Relationship, a performance group directed by Fiona Templeton that specializes in innovative language and use of site.

Dixon Place: 161 Chrystie Street New York, NY 10002
$6: Click here to buy tickets.



Friday – Tuesday, September 24 – 28, 2010
Welcome to Boog City Festival
5 Days of Poetry and Music

43 poets and 17 musical acts over five days including readings by:

Jeffrey Jullich: Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 1:30 pm
Julian Brolaski: Monday, September 27, 2010 at 6:30 pm
E. Tracy Grinnell: Monday, September 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm

Location: Unnameable Books 600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY




Kate ColbyBrenda IijimaFriday, July 30 – Sunday August 1, 2010

Boston Poet Tea Party

A Summer Poetry Marathon featuring 88 local and visiting poets reading for 8 minutes apiece.


Reading features Litmus & Aufgabe authors including Kate Colby, Brenda Iijima, Dana Ward, and more.

Friday: Pierre Menard Gallery: 10 Arrow St., Harvard Square, Cambridge
Saturday & Sunday: OUTPOST 186: 186 1/2 Hampshire St., Inman Square, Cambridge




Leslie ScalapinoTuesday, June 29, 2010; 7:30 pm
Reading with Jen Hofer, Dolores Dorantes,
Sherwin Bitsui, Murat Nemet-Nejat, and Anselm Hollo
Naropa University, Performing Arts Center, 2130 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO 80302



Brenda IijimaSunday, June 27, 2010; 2:00 pm
EOAGH Reading Series, featuring: E. Tracy Grinnell, Brenda Iijima, and Shelly Taylor
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY



Jennifer ScappettoneSaturday, June 26, 2010; 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
"PARK is about worlds we create and worlds that disappear."

choreography KATHY WESTWATER
poetry JENNIFER SCAPPETTONE
visual design SEUNG JAE LEE
performance MAGGIE BENNETT, REBECCA BROOKS, REBECCA DAVIS, URSULA EAGLY, MELISSA GUERRERO, BELINDA HE, KAZU NAKAMURA, JEREMY PHEIFFER & ENRICO WEY

PARK explores how nature consumes itself to regenerate - and how humans construct and consume it through the creation of parks. This site-specific performance/installation is the culmination of a rarely-awarded artist residency at the site of Freshkills Park, a 2,200 acre emergent park being developed by the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation over the next 30 years. The park's site is the Fresh Kills Landfill, formerly the world's largest landfill which was operated by the NYC Department of Sanitation for 50 years and closed in 2001.

A short bus tour of the Freshkills Park site, with explanation of the site's engineering, infrastructure, and ecology, precedes this performance. All attendees must board the tour bus at the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island at 9:30am. Attendees coming from Manhattan must take the 9am ferry from Manhattan in order to make this bus. Buses will provide transportation from the ferry terminal on Staten Island to the park site and return attendees to the ferry terminal by 1pm.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED.
For reservations, please email doug.elliot@parks.nyc.gov or call 212-788-8277

FREE




Leslie ScalapinoMonday, June 21, 2010; 8:00 pm
Leslie Scalapino Memorial Readings
with local poets, artists & friends
Reception to follow.
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church
131 E. 10th Street; New York, NY 10001



FLOW by Leslie ScalapinoSaturday, June 19, 2010; 7:00 pm
Sunday, June 20, 2010; 2:00 pm
Flow—Winged Crocodile
A play by Leslie Scalapino
Directed by Fiona Templeton,
with Katie Brown, Stephanie Silver and Julie Troost
Dance by Molissa Fenley.
Music by Joan Jeanrenaud
Projected drawings by Eve Biddle.
Technical director Ray Roy III.

Flow—Winged Crocodile by poet Leslie Scalapino travels between the left and right sides of the brain, with appearances by a reincarnated Patty Hearst in the 1974 SLA bank heist and a green-winged creature that is part Crocodile, part Michelin man and part charging Rhino. Performed by The Relationship, a performance group directed by Fiona Templeton that specializes in innovative language and use of site.
 
Leslie Scalapino is the author of thirty books of poetry, poem-plays, essays, and fiction.

Cosponsored by Belladonna* and the Poetry Project.

Poets House: 10 River Terrace; New York, NY 10282
$10: general admission; $7: students and seniors; Free: Poets House Members




Aufgabe 9PortraitFriday, June 11, 2010; 7:30 pm
Litmus Press New Releases Book Party

Featuring short readings by Aufgabe #9 contributors including Elizabeth Zuba, Laura Elrick, Pam Dick, Rick Snyder, Celina Su, Paolo Javier, Dustin Williamson, and Vincent Katz; and a spotlight reading by Jeffrey Jullich, author of Portrait of Colon Dash Parenthesis.

Wine & snacks begin at 7:00 pm. Readings begin at 7:30 pm.
Unnameable Books: 600 Vanderbilt Ave; Brooklyn, NY




Rethinking Poetics ConferenceFriday, June 11 - Sunday, June 13, 2010
Rethinking Poetics Conference

"Rethinking Poetics." is the sense that the practices of poetics are in danger of becoming pro forma and that a focused, skeptical examination of basic assumptions will be most useful. Terms continue to be used routinely in circumstances that increasingly call for nuanced or even fundamental change. What does "materiality of the signifier" mean in the era of data mining or platform instability? What does "news" mean? How useful are current periodizations? Such questions can be multiplied.

Given that new questions need to be raised and old certainties troubled, the goal is to have a conference dedicated to articulating what most needs to be rethought, what familiar formulations seem increasingly inadequate, what new directions seem best to pursue.

There will be a series of plenary-panels, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, with four or five speakers each taking 10-12 minutes for themselves, leaving half the session for more general discussion. There will be a panel chair to moderate discussion, but there will be no introductions.

Participants include Rachel Zolf, Rodrigo Toscano, Jennifer Scappettone, Brent Hayes Edwards, Lytle Shaw, Juliana Spahr, Kenny Goldsmith, Erica Hunt, Alan Golding, Monica de la Torre, Andrew Schelling, Bruce Andrews, Michael Taussig, Joan Retallack, Rachel DuPlessis, K. Silem Mohammad, Jena Osman, Craig Dworkin, Elizabeth Willis, Barrett Watten, Rob Fitterman, Jonathan Skinner, Marjorie Perloff, Sherwin Bitsui, Mark Nowak, Judith Goldman, C. S. Giscombe, Steve Evans, Stephanie Young, Lisa Robertson, Paul Stephens, Rob Halpern, Jeff Derksen, Ben Friedlander, Joshua Clover, Michael Taussig, Astrid Lorange, James Livingston, Jeff Nealon, Richard Doyle, Tan Lin, Tonya Foster, Matthew Hofer, John Melillo, Susan Howe, and Charles Bernstein.

Conference costs for the 3-day conference:
$50: university faculty; $20: student & unaffiliated; $10: 1-day entrance.

Location: Columbia University, New York, NY

For more information, including conference registration, please visit the Rethinking Poetics Blog.

Highlighted panel:
Poetic Composition: Tools and Materials
Panelists: Jennifer Scappetone, Erica Hunt, Brent Edwards, Charles Bernstein, Susan Howe
A starting point: assume abundant materials, the everyday, everywhere you look, even when you are not looking but listening, as you sleep, under the bed, every where. Assume: “mind is shapely,” tool driven mammals, no legs, two legs, three legs and no legs again, the facts of the matter and their spin, inevitable transformation. What do you begin to make of it, as a poet, a reader and writer? One approach suggests an “ontological pluralism,” the many worlds that co-exist side by side, in relation to the brutal facts, “the material character of the signifier,” a pluralism that limns the imaginary and the utopian, claimable through artistic diligence. Your thoughts?





IijimaTuesday, May 25, 2010; 7:00 pm
Ecopoetical Futures

A Panel with Brenda Iijima, Marcella Durand, Ted Mathys, and Tyrone Williams

Four emerging poets investigate how poetry might marshal diverse languages, ethnicities and identities to engage with a global ecosystem under duress.

Part of Ecopoetic Futures at Poets House, a series of events that examine poetry and the environment. Programs in this series are funded, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Council for the Humanities.

Poets House: 10 River Terrace; New York, NY
$10 for general admissions; $7 for students and seniors; Free to Poets House Members




Saturday, May 22, 2010; 3:00 pm
Poetry on the Plaza
Four small presses come together for one huge event!
Authors Nick Flynn, Dennis Nurkse, Stacy Szymaszek, Vijay Sedrahi, Jeffrey Yang, Marina Temkina, Eugene Ostashevsky, Uche Nduka, and Steve Dalachinsky read from their latest works. Enjoy a drink under on of the cafe tables and soak up the verse.
Co-presented by Akashic Books, Graywolf Press, Hanging Loose Press, and Ugly Duckling Presse.
Brooklyn Central Library



ScappettoneSaturday, May 22, 2010; 7:00 pm
Reading with Jennifer Scappettone and Asimina Chremos
with collaborators Joseph Ravens and Alycia Scott
Outer Space Studio: 1474 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL
Suggested donation: $4




Portrait
Time of SkyAufgabe 9Bharat jivaNo Gender


Thursday, May 13, 2010; 6:00 - 8:00 pm

Litmus, Ugly Duckling, Futurepoem, Litmus, The Figures, Roof, Emergency, Bootstrap, Spuyten Duyvil, Belladonna, Talisman, Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs, Corollary, United Artists invite you to celebrate the following books and authors (and many more):

Portrait of Colon Dash Parenthesis by Jeffrey Jullich
Time of Sky & Castles in the Air by Ayane Kawata (trans. by Sawako Nakayasu)
Aufgabe #9 edited by Grinnell, Johnson, Brolaski, and Tardi  
Bharat jiva by kari edwards
No Gender
edited by Brolaski, Kaufman, and Grinnell

ZieherSmith Gallery: 516 West 20th, New York, NY



Scappettone
Saturday, May 8, 2010; 7:30 pm
Shape Series reading featuring Jennifer Scappettone and Judith Goldman
Mercury Lounge: 117 E. Mifflin St, Madison, WI




SzymaszekThursday, May 6, 2010; 6:30 pm

Tendencies reading with Stacy Szymaszek, Jack Kimball, and CAConrad
CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room (9100)
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
FREE



Scappettone
Sunday, May 2, 2010; 6:30 - 9:00 pm
Reading with Jennifer Scappettone and Liz Fodaski
Zinc Bar: 82 W. 3rd St, New York, NY




Iijima
Friday, April 30, 2010; 7:00 - 8:00 pm

Reading with Brenda Iijima, Kate Greenstreet, Janet Holmes, and Stephanie Strickland.
Unnameable Books: 600 Vanderbilt Ave; Brooklyn, NY



Aufgabe 9
Sunday, April 25, 2010; 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Zinc Bar Book Party
Book Launch for If Not Metamorphic by Brenda Iijima and
Contradicta-Aphorisms
by Nick Piombino (with illustrations by Toni Simon).
Music and Projection by Pattern Diver.
Zinc Bar: 82 W. 3rd Street, New York, NY



Aufgabe 9
Tuesday, April 20, 2010; 10:00 pm
Film Screening: SEVERAL PEOPLE, LITTLE TIME
Acclaimed film about Miron Białoszewski and his blind secretary
starring Krystyna Janda and Andrzej Hudziak
Sponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute
Nuyorican Poets Cafe: 236 E. 3rd St; New York, NY 10009
Admission: $8; $7 students/seniors; Proceeds benefit Aufgabe




Stacy SzymaszekTuesday, April 20, 2010; 7:00 pm
Uncalled For Readings featuring
Stacy Szymaszek, Gregg Bordowitz, and Rachel Zolf
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave; Brooklyn, NY




Aufgabe 9
Monday, April 19, 2010; 7:00 pm
THE SALT OF STRUCTURE:
A Celebration of Miron Białoszewski & Launch of Aufgabe #9

Reading with Joan Retallack, Peter Gizzi, Lisa Jarnot, Edwin Frank, Ewa Chruściel, Corina Copp, Paolo Javier, Eugene Ostashevsky, and Joanna Niżyńska
Sponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute
St Marks Poetry Project: 131 E. 10th Street; New York, NY 10003

The Salt of Structure will comprise readings from Białoszewski’s poems, prose, a performance of several of his cabaret pieces, as well as readings from the new issue of Aufgabe which features Polish poetry & poetics in translation. The work will be presented by American poets Peter Gizzi, Lisa Jarnot, Joan Retallack, Corina Copp, Paolo Javier, and Eugene Ostashevsky; Edwin Frank, Editor of the NYRB Classics Series; and Polish poet Ewa Chruściel, who is featured in Aufgabe and will also read from her own poetry. The evening will be introduced by Harvard professor Joanna Niżyńska. There will also be a post-reading reception.




Stacy Szymaszek
Monday, April 12, 2010; 7:00 pm; FREE
Reading with Stacy Szymaszek, Rachel Levitsky, and Mina Pam Dick
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street; New York, NY




AWP 2010
Thursday - Saturday, April 8-10, 2010
Join us at AWP.

Litmus Press is part of Table X at the conference bookfair:
Exhibit Hall A, Table C6-C9, C18-21
Table X is Belladonna*, Canarium Books, The Cupboard, H_NGM_N, Futurepoem, Les Figues Press, Litmus Press / Aufgabe, Lumberyard, Forklift, Ohio, O Books, Octopus Books, Poor Claudia, Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs, Sidebrow Books, and Ugly Duckling Presse
...an unparalleled assemblage of printed matter, poetry readings, signings, refreshments, bindings, and x...


Brenda Iijima
Thursday, April 8, 2010; 7:30 pm

Litmus Press, Action Books, and Nightboat Books present a poetry reading
Featuring Paula Cisewski, Brenda Ijima, Sandy Florian, Lara Glenum, Johannes Göransson, Dawn Lundy Martin, Laura Moriarty, Matt Reeck, Abe Smith, Nathalie Stephens (Nathanaël), and Stacy Szymaszek.
The Thin Man Tavern, 2015 E 17th Ave; Denver


Mercury CafeThursday, April 8, 2010; 10:00 pm

Table X Party
The Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St; Denver

 

 


Stacy Szymaszek
Friday, April 9, 2010; 4:00 - 4:30 pm

Book signing with:
Stacy Szymaszek (Litmus Press)
Heather Christle (Octopus Books)
Sandy Florian & Joshua Marie Wilkinson (Sidebrow)
Table X: Exhibit Hall A, Table C6-C9, C18-21


AWP 2010Saturday, April 10, 2010; 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Litmus Press happening with O Books and Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs
Table X: Exhibit Hall A, Table C6-C9, C18-21



scappettoneFebruary 18-19, 2010; 7:30 pm; $5 suggested donation
PARK, by choreographer Kathy Westwater with Jennifer Scappettone (text/scores),
Seung Jae Lee (design direction), Sean Meehan (music),
performed by Ursula Eagly, Abby Block, Rebecca Davis, and Rebecca Brooks.
In-Process Talk on February 19 following performance
Dance Theater Workshop: 219 W 19th Street. New York, NY, 10011




Bharat jivaNO GENDER
Thursday, February 18, 2010; 7:00 pm
kari edwards reading / book launch
A reading celebrating the publication of the late kari edwards'
Bharat jiva, and No Gender.
Modern Times Books
888 Valencia St; San Francisco, CA

Contributors to No Gender read, including Fran Blau, Donna de la Perriere, Rob Halpern, Tanya Hollis, Kevin Killian, Wendy Kramer, Joseph Lease, Yedda Morrison, Leslie Scalapino, and Eleni Stecopoulos.



From Dame QuicklyTuesday, December 15, 2009; FREE
Jennifer Scappettone & Jen Tynes

Moles Not Molar
GRAY AREA at Crane Arts located inside The Crane Arts Building
1400 N. American St. (between 2nd & 3rd streets); Philadelphia, PA

 



Stacy SzymaszekTuesday, December 15, 2009; 6 pm sharp; FREE
Boog City presents
d.a. levy lives: celebrating the renegade press  
Featuring readings from some of the city's finest small presses as well as
publications available from each of the presses.
Curated and with an introduction by Boog City editor David Kirschenbaum.
Wine, cheese, and crackers will be served.  

New York City Small Presses Night with  
Flying Guillotine Press, Sommer Browning (editor); Angela Veronica Wong (reader)                                     
Litmus Press/Aufgabe, E. Tracy Grinnell (editor); Stacy Szymaszek, (reader)
Mal-o-mar Editions, Ariana Reines (editor); Jason Burns (reader)
Mermaid Tenement Press, Laura Hinton (editor)
The North Beach Yacht Club, Ryan Murphy (editor)
3 Sad Tigers Press, Mariana Ruiz Firmat (editor)

Galleries 529 West 20th St., 5th Floor
New York City

 



scappettone
Tuesday, December 8, 2009:  7 pm; FREE

Jennifer Scappettone
Bridge St. Books
2814 Pennsylvania Ave NW (at M St NW)
Washington, DC

 




Waldrop
Saturday, November 21, 2009; 8 pm
Sunday, November 22, 2009; 10 am

A rebroadcast of the National Book Award ceremony
with poetry winner Keith Waldrop will air on C-SPAN2’s Book TV.

 



 

WaldropTuesday, November 17, 2009: 8:00 p.m.
Poetry Reading by Keith Waldrop & Rosmarie Waldrop
Kelly Writers House
University of Pennsylvania
3805 LOCUST WALK
Philadelphia, PA  19104-6150



 

Animate, Inanimate AimsSaturday, November 14, 2009; 7 pm
Brenda Iijima & Taylor Brady
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
4454 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI, 48201

 

 


 

aufgabe8Tuesday, November, 10, 2009; 7 p.m; $6
Aufgabe 8 release
Dixon Place: 161 Chrystie St, New York
Readings from guest editor Matvei Yankelevich and local contributors Ari Banias, Paolo Javier, Rachel Levitsky, Kimberly Lyons, Tim Peterson, Matt Reeck, & Laura Sims
Watch a video from this event with Paolo Javier, Trace Peterson, and Matt Reeck.

 


 

Animate, Inanimate AimsSaturday, November 7, 2009; 8 pm
Brenda Iijima & Noelle Kocot

Book Thug Nation
100 N3rd St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn





scappettoneSunday, November 8, 2009; 7 pm; FREE
Jennifer Scappettone
& Matthew Klane
The Myopic Poetry Series

Myopic Books in Chicago
1564 N. Milwaukee Avenue, 2nd Floor; Chicago, IL

 



Bharat jivaMonday, October 12, 2009; 7 pm

Book release for:

Bharat Jiva by kari edwards
NO GENDER: Reflections on the Life & Work of kari edwards
edited by Julian T. Brolaski, erica kaufman, and E. Tracy Grinnell

No GenderReadings by Fran Blau, Marcus Civin, Rob Halpern, Brenda Iijima, Lisa Jarnot, Bill Marsh, Chris Martin, Tim Peterson, and Anne Waldman

Dixon Place: 161 Chrystie Street; New York, NY 10002

This event was co-sponsored by The Naropa University Summer Writing Program Scholarship in memory of kari edwards




From Dame QuicklySaturday, June 20, 2009; 8pm

Book release for:

From Dame Quickly by Jennifer Scappettone
Hyperglossia by Stacy Szymaszek

HyperglossiaShort readings, wine and food will be provided

Proteus Gowanus: 543 Union St.
Brooklyn, NY
718.243.1572

Free & open to the public





SzymaszekSaturday, May 30, 2009; 4 pm

Stacy Szymaszek & Patrick Durgin
Segue Series @ The Bowery Poetry Club:
308 Bowery
, New York City;
$6
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May 26-29, 2009

Aufgabe7Embargoed Voices: Poesia Ultima / Italian Poetry Now

In conjunction with Aufgabe #7 and featuring Italy's foremost experimental and emerging writers--poets, but also critics and translators--this series of bilingual readings, a panel discussion, symposium and salon will bring an array of new poetic voices to US readers to reveal points of confluence and conflict within Italian and global poetries.

Curated by Aufgabe #7 guest editor Jennifer Scappettone and co-sponsored by Litmus Press, Poets House, the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, St. Mark's Poetry Project, University of Chicago Arts Council and Departments of Romance Languages and Creative Writing, Northwestern University Department of French and Italian, Chicago Poetry Center, and Th!nkArt Gallery.

Events will take place in New York City & Chicago, IL

 


Tuesday, May 26, 2009; 6 pm

Panel discussion & readings with Maria Attanasio, Giovanna Frene, Marco Giovenale & Milli Graffi
Moderators: Jennifer Scappettone & Carla Billitteri

Italian Cultural Institute of New York
686 Park Avenue (bet. 68th and 69th Streets); NYC
FREE / Please RSVP: 212-879-4242 ext. 367

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009; 8 pm

Bilingual Reading with Maria Attanasio, Giovanna Frene, Marco Giovenale & Milli Graffi
Translators: Jennifer Scappettone & Carla Billitteri

St. Mark's Poetry Project:
131 E. 10th Street;
New York City

$8, $7 for students and seniors, $5 for Poetry Project members, free to Poets House members and sustaining Poetry Project members

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Thursday, May 28, 2009; 5:30pm

Bilingual Reading with Maria Attanasio, Giovanna Frene, Marco Giovenale & Milli Graffi

Translator: Jennifer Scappettone

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Room: Rosenwald 405

FREE



 

Friday, May 29, 2009; 1pm

Poesia Ultima: A Symposium on Contemporary Italian Poetry and Translation

Moderators: Jennifer Scappettone & Raffaello Palumbo

1:15-2:30 Roundtable on translation
with Lisa Barca, Jacob Blakesley, Ryan Gogol, Eirik Steinhoff, and Joshua Adams

2:45-4 Roundtable on contemporary Italian poetry and poetics
with Maria Attanasio, Milli Graffi, Marco Giovenale, and Giovanna Frene

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Room: Classics 110

FREE


 

Friday, May 29, 2009; 7:30pm

Bilingual reading and discussion/salon featuring Maria Attanasio, Giovanna Frene,
Marco Giovenale & Milli Graffi

Moderators: Jennifer Scappettone, Francesco Levato (Poetry Center) & Chris Glomski (UIC)

Th!nkArt
1530 N. Paulina, Suite F.
Chicago, IL
FREE

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Thursday, May 7, 2009; 6:30pm

From Dame QuicklyDame Quickly, Unframed: A Poetry Reading by Jennifer Scappettone

Priska C Juschka Fine Art
547 West 27th Street (between 10th & 11th Aves)
New York City

RSVP gallery@priskajuschkafineart.com or 212-244-4320

In conjunction with visual artist Rosemarie Fiore’s exhibit “Pyrotechnics”

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Wednesday, April 29, 2009; 6:30pm

Panel Discussion with Marshall Price (Curator of Contemporary Art, National Academy Museum of Art), Jennifer Scappettone (Poet and Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Chicago) and Rosemarie Fiore (Artist) discuss Fiore's artistic process

Priska C Juschka Fine Art
547 West 27th Street (between 10th & 11th Aves)
New York City

RSVP gallery@priskajuschkafineart.com or 212-244-4320

Rosemarie Fiore's painting "Site" appears on the cover of From Dame Quickly

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Friday, March 13, 2009; 7:30 pm

SzymaszekStacy Szymaszek & Craig Santos Perez

Small Press Traffic
1111 - 8th Street
California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA


 



scappettoneTuesday, March 3, 2009; 7 pm

Belladonna Elders Series #5
Jennifer Scappettone (host), Lyn Hejinian & Etel Adnan


Dixon Place
: 161 Chrystie St.
NYC
$6


 



Thursday, February 26, 2009; 12 pm

scappettoneJennifer Scappettone & Lyn Hejinian in Conversation
Moderated by Rachel Levitsky

Arts Cafe of the Kelly Writers House

University of Pennsylvania, 3805 Locust Walk

FREE




Friday, February 13, 2009; 6:30

Chicago Poetics - AWP Off-Site Event

William Allegrezza, Ray Bianchi, Chris Glomski, Kevin Koval, Simone Muench, Larry Sawyer, Jennifer Scappettone, Melissa Severin, and Jackie White

The Poetry Center of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago
Ballroom
112; S. Michigan Avenue

Chicago, IL

FREE




Thursday, February 12, 2009; 7:30 pm

A celebratory reading with authors from Litmus Press, Nightboat Books & and Saturnalia Books:
Sebastian Agudelo, Cal Bedient, Stefania Heim, John Keene, Timothy Liu, Jill Magi,
Laura Moriarity, Nathanael/Nathalie Stephens, Jennifer Scappettone, Lytton Smith,
Kerri Sonnenberg, Jonathan Weiner

Myopic Books
1564 N. Milwaukee Ave
(Blue Line to Damen)

FREE




Thursday, February 12 – Saturday, February 14, 2009

AWP Conference & Bookfair

8:30am - 5:30 pm

Hilton Chicago
Table #538 (North West Hall, Lower Level)
Chicago, IL




Thursday, November 20, 2008; 4:30 pm

Isabelle Garron, Sarah Riggs & Eleni Sikelianos

San Francisco State University
Poetry Center
Humanities Building Rm. 512

1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA

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Sunday, November 16, 2008; 6 pm

Isabelle Garron, Sarah Riggs & E. Tracy Grinnell

Ada Books
330 Dean Street
Providence, RI

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Saturday, November 15, 2008; 3:30 pm

Isabelle Garron, Sarah Riggs & Damon Krukowski

Outpost 186

186 1/2 Hampshire St.
Cambridge, MA

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Friday, November 14, 2008; 8 pm

Book Release for:
Face Before Against

Unnameable Books (aka Adam's Books)

456 Bergen St.
New York City

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Thursday, November 13, 2008; 6:30 pm

Isabelle Garron & Sarah Riggs in conversation with Pierre Joris

Hosted by Poets House at
Wall Street Rising

55 Exchange Place, Suite 401
New York City

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008; 8 pm

Isabelle Garron & Rosmarie Waldrop

St. Mark's Poetry Project

131 E. 10th Street
New York City

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008; 7 pm

E. Tracy Grinnell & Leslie Scalapino

Belladonna* Celebrates the Elders

Dixon Place
161 Chrystie Street
New York City

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Sunday, October 19, 2008; 7 pm

Brenda Iijima and John Tipton

Myopic Books
1564 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL

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Friday, October 17, 2008; 7:30 pm

Brenda Iijima, Andrew Lundwall and G.E. Patterson
The Imaginary Press Reading Series

Jon Oulman Salon
331 13th Ave, NE
Minneapolis, MN

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Friday, October 10, 2008; 7 pm

Kate Colby & Matvei Yankelevich

Small Press Traffic
1111 – 8th Street
California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA

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Friday, September 26, 2008; 7:30 pm

Stacy Szymaszek and erica kaufman

Rust Belt Books

202 Allen Street
Buffalo, NY

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September 25-27, 2008

Brazilian Poetry Celebration, Chicago, Il

Readings and events with Sergio Medeiros, Maria Esther Maciel, Virna Teixeira and Paulo Henriques Britto

Sponsored by the Brazilian Consulate in Chicago and in conjunction with Aufgabe #6
Curated by Ray Bianchi with Mark Tardi



Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Brenda Iijima & Erin Mouré

Toronto Free Gallery
1277 Bloor Street West
Toronto, Canada




Saturday, September 20, 2008; 11 am - 8 pm

Boog Fest's Small, Small Press Fair

Part of the 3-day (2nd annual) Boog City poetry and music festival

Litmus Press featured reader:
Virna Teixiera from Brazil (Aufgabe #6) will read at 12:20pm

Cakeshop

152 Ludlow St.
New York City

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Sunday, September 14, 2008; 11 am - 5 pm

Brooklyn Book Festival

Brooklyn Borough Hall & Plaza,
New York City

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Saturday, July 19, 2008; 7 pm

Kate Colby, Matvei Yankelevich & Jeffrey Yang

Pierre Menard Gallery

10 Arrow St. Cambridge, MA

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Saturday, July 12, 2008; 1:30pm

Aufgabe #7 on Italian Radio

Radio Città Futura

Interview between Marco Giovenale and Vittorio Castelnuovo.
The show will be archived as a podcast.



Sunday, June 15, 2008; 12-5pm

CLMP's 9th Annual Literary Magazine Fair

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.

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Friday, June 6, 2008; 6:30pm

Stacy Szymaszek & Charles Bernstein

Center for Book Arts

Broadside Reading Series

28 W 27th St. #3
; New York City

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Monday, May 26, 2008; 8pm

Kate Colby & Jibade-Khalil Huffman

St. Mark's Poetry Project

131 E. 10th Street;
New York City

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Saturday, May 24, 2008

Brenda Iijima, Laura Moriarty & Tyrone Williams

Canessa Park Reading Series

708 Montgomery Street;
San Francisco, CA 94111

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008; 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

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Friday, May 9, 2008; 8pm

Stacy Szymaszek & Sam Truitt

Peace on A

166 Avenue A #2;
New York City

BYOB & $5 donation

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Friday, April 25, 2008; 7pm

Brenda Iijima, Evie Shockley & Bob Hicok

Pete's Candy Store

709 Lorimer St;
New York City

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Monday, April 14, 2008; 7pm

Kate Colby & Monica de la Torre

KGB Bar

85 E. 4th St;
New York City

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Saturday, April 12, 2008; 10am-5pm

CLMP's Literary Magazine & Small Press Fair
at the Houston Indie Book Festival

Domy Books
1709 Westheimer
Houston, TX

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Thursday, April 3, 2008; 8pm

Brenda Iijima & Tyrone Williams

Miami University

Oxford, OH

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Thursday, April 3, 2008; 8pm

Eight Kates: Colby, Marvin, Ford, Greenstreet, Peterson, Pringle, Schapira, Lederer

Schlafly Bottleworks

1 Schlafly Plz
; St. Louis, MO

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008; 7:30pm

Brenda Iijima

Xavier University
Seurkamp Center (Alumni building)

Cincinnati, OH

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Saturday, March 29, 2008; 6pm

Book release for
Kate Colby's Unbecoming Behavior (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008)

Ada Books

741 Westminster St

Providence, RI

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Sunday, March 9, 2008; 7pm

A Night of Translation:
Mark Tardi, Daniel Borzutzky, Joel Calahan, & V. Joshua Adams

Myopic Books

1564 N. Milwaukee Ave, 2nd floor

Chicago, IL

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Saturday, March 8, 2008; 4-6pm

Brenda Iijima & Martine Bellen

Bowery Poetry Club

308 Bowery;
New York City

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Thursday, January 31 - Saturday, February 2, 2008

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



Thursday, January 31, 2008; 8 pm


Join us for a celebratory reading with authors from Litmus Press and Ahsahta Press:

Kate Greenstreet, Heidi Lynn Staples, Kristi Maxwell, Rusty Morrison, Kate Colby, Brenda Iijima, Mark Tardi and Stacy Szymaszek

Bowery Poetry Club

308 Bowery
; New York City

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Thursday, December 6, 2007; 7:30pm

FACE OUT Book Release Party
with music by the Vintage DJ

Readings by:
Ihsan Bracy, Brenda Iijima, Dan Machlin, Prageeta Sharma, and Lila Zemborain

New books from:
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 City

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Sunday, September 16, 2007; 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)

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Friday, September 14, 2007; 7:30 pm

Lecture by Jennifer Scappettone

Small Press Traffic

Timken Lecture Hall

California College of the Arts

1111--8th Street

San Francisco, California

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Saturday, September 8, 2007; 2-6 pm

Cup & Pen Small Press Fair
Readings

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)

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Sunday, July 22, 2007; 2 pm

Stacy Szymaszek

Woodland Pattern Book Center

720 E. Locust St.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Saturday & Sunday, July 7-8, 2007; 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)
Bowery Books (Bowery Women: Poems, co-editor Marjorie Tesser)
Vox Pop
1022 Cortelyou Rd
New York City

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Saturday, July 7, 2007; 8:30 pm

Stacy Szymaszek
with clarinet accompaniment by Stefani Barber

The Red Room at Normals Books & Records

425 E. 31st Street

Baltimore, Maryland

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Friday, June 29, 2007; 7 pm

Stacy Szymaszek, Ethan Paquin & Alveraz Ricardez

MiPO Reading Series

Stain Bar

766 Grand St.

New York City

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Sunday, June 24, 2007; 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.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007; 7 pm

Mark Tardi & Stefanie Heim

Series A

Hyde Park Center

5020 S. Cornell

Chicago, Illinois

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Monday, June 18, 2007; 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

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Sunday, June 10, 2007; 7 pm

Stacy Szymaszek & Brendan Lorber

Zinc Reading Series

Zinc Bar

90 W. Houston St

New York City

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Sunday, June 10, 2007; 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.

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007; 8 pm

Aufgabe #6 Release Reading

Cup & Pen Reading Series
Think Coffee

248 Mercer St.

New York City

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Friday, April 20th, 2007; 8 pm

Kate Colby Celebratory reading & reception for award winning Fruitlands

Unnameable Books (aka Adam's Books)

456 Bergen St.
New York City

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Thursday, April 19, 2007; 7:30 pm

Roberto Harrison & David Larsen

The Unitarian Center

1187 Franklin

San Francisco, CA

$5

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Monday, April 16, 2007; 8 pm

Lori Lubeski & Mark Tardi

St. Mark's Poetry Project

131 E. 10th Street

New York City

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Wednesday, April 4, 2007; 8 pm

Jennifer Hayashida & Xue Di

Cup & Pen Reading Series
Think Coffee

248 Mercer St.

New York City

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Friday, March 16, 2007; 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

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Wednesday, March 14, 2007; 8 pm

Brenda Iijima & Kimiko Hahn

St. Mark's Poetry Project

131 E. 10th Street

New York City

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February 28 – March 3, 2007

Litmus Press & Belladonna Books at AWP in Atlanta, GA


(Table #220)



Sunday, January 28, 2007; 7 pm

Kerri Sonnenberg & Dustin Williamson

Zinc Reading Series

Zinc Bar

90 W. Houston St

New York City

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007; 8 pm

Stacy Szymaszek & Tara Betts

Battle Hill Reading Series

BarBQ

689 6th Ave

Brooklyn, NY

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Saturday, January 20, 2007; 4 pm

Roberto Harrison & Tina Darragh

Segue Series

Bowery Poetry Club

308 Bowery

New York City

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Saturday, December 16, 2006; 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

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Wednesday, December 6, 2006; 7:30 pm

Kerri Sonnenberg

Danny’s Reading Series

Danny’s Tavern

1951 W. Dickens Avenue

Chicago, IL

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Thursday, November 30, 2006; 8 pm

Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop

Rain Taxi Reading Series

Walker Art Center

1750 Hennepin Avenue

Minneapolis, MN

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Tuesday, November 28, 2006; 8 pm

Kerri Sonnenberg with Chuck Stebelton

Too Close for Comfort Series

Circa

1754 N Franklin Place

Milwaukee, WI 53202

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Monday, November 27, 2006; 8 pm

E. Tracy Grinnell & Tyrone Williams

St. Mark's Poetry Project

131 E. 10th Street

New York City

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Sunday, November 19, 2006; 7 pm

E. Tracy Grinnell & Erin Morrill with filmmaker Steve Brown

New Yipes
21 Grand

416 25th Street

Oakland, CA

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Saturday, November 18, 2006; 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

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Friday, November 17, 2006; 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

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Thursday, November 16, 2006; 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

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006; 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

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Sunday, November 12, 2006; 7 pm

Roberto Harrison & Duriel Harris

Myopic Books

1564 N. Milwaukee Ave (Wicker Park)

Chicago, IL

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Sunday, November 12, 2006; 3 pm

Keith & Rosmarie Waldrop

Jones Public Library

43 Amity Street

Amherst, MA

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Saturday, November 11, 2006; 4 pm

Rosmarie Waldrop with Peter Gizzi

P.A.s Lounge

345 Sommerville Avenue

Somerville, MA

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Saturday, November 11, 2006; 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

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Thursday, October 19, 2006

Reading by Keith Waldrop and opening of "The Second Hand," a show of his collages

Hampshire College
Amherst, MA



Thursday, October 12 – Saturday, October 14, 2006

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, 2006; 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, CAA




Friday, September 15th, 2006; 7pm

Roberto Harrison (Counter Daemons) & Michelle Noteboom

Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 East Locust Street
Milwaukee, WI 53216



Tuesday, September 12, 2006; 7pm

BELLADONNA* presents:
Kate Colby (Fruitlands) and Elizabeth Willis

Dixon Place
258 Bowery, 2nd Floor
New York City

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Saturday, September 9, 2006; 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 with music by Johnny Farrow.

KGB Bar
85 E.4th St.
New York City

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Sunday, August 6 – Thursday, August 10, 2006; 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

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006; 7pm

E. Tracy Grinnell and Paul Foster Johnson read from their collaborative work, with Sina Queyras.

NYC Celebration of Queer Culture curated by Belladonna*

Dixon Place
258 Bowery, 2nd Floor
New York City

$5 at the door

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Sunday, June 25, 2006; 3:00pm

E. Tracy Grinell
Kate Colby
Jennifer Hayashida

Canessa Park Reading Series
708 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111

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Wednesday, June 21, 2006; 7:00-9:00pm

Aufgabe #5 guest editors Guy Bennett and Jalal El Hakmaoui read with contributors to Moroccan poetry.

Reid Hall in Montparnasse
4, rue de la Chevreuse, Paris, France

Organized by Double Change.



Friday, June 16, 2006; 7:30pm

Stacy Szymaszek
John Coletti

The Fall Café
307 Smith Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231

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Sunday, June 11, 2006; 12 - 5:00pm

8th Annual Literary Magazine Fair at Housing Works

126 Crosby St
New York, NY 10012



Sunday, May 21, 2006; 2pm

Bowery Poetry Club

E. Tracy Grinnell
Rob Halpern
Jen Scappettone



April, 2006

Juniper Literary Festival, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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