Readings

My First Day at Dodge

by Joe Weil October 9, 2010 Food

Whatever people might say in the world about Newark is wrong. Newark, like Queens and Jersey City, is ethnic, race, and class diverse beyond anywhere else I know on the planet, with a wider variety of socio-economic classes freely intermingling, especially among its artists. This latter fact cheers me. As a working class white guy [...]

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Michael Klein’s New Poetry Book, Upcoming Readings

by Micah Towery October 1, 2010 Poems News Events
Things to Know, Celebrate, Cherish:

Heads up for Michael Klein’s new book of poetry, , which will drop this Friday, October 15. Here is a list of upcoming readings for Michael in the NYC area. Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 7PM David Groff, Michael Klein, and Elaine Sexton City College 135th Street and Convent Avenue New York, NY Monday, November 8, [...]

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Harry Mathews’ New Poetry Book, Upcoming Reading

by Micah Towery October 1, 2010 Poems News Events

is releasing first collection of poetry in some 20 years: . Books are available now directly from the press and very soon and other fine bookstores, by way of . Harry will giving a celebratory reading at Harry will also be reading at , October 21st. Stay tuned to THE THE for a coming review [...]

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FOR OUR NYC READERS: Hunter College Fall Reading Series

by Micah Towery October 1, 2010 Performance

I just posted this in the Poems | News | Events sidebar, but I wanted to put it out there in the main section too. . When I was there, I got to see Robert Pinsky, Mark Strand, Ed Hirsch, Mary Karr, Anne Carson, Frank Bidart, Gary Shteyngart, and tons more. It’s free (and so [...]

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Amy Award Winner Simone Kearney Reads Tonight!

by Micah Towery October 1, 2010 Readings
Hamlet and his (Public) Problems

We like to big up our own, and is definitely worth the big up. In case you didn’t know, Simone won the Amy Award for the best female poet under 30 in NY. Because of that, she will be giving a reading TONIGHT at the New York Society Library from 6 to 8pm. The address [...]

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Rules for Readers

by Joe Weil September 27, 2010 Poetry and Poetics

My dad gave me some hard line rules to live by: never cross a picket line. Be good to old ladies. Know that any job, no matter how prestigious, is just a job. And when all else fails, never cross a picket line or rat someone out. These are some hard line rules for readers [...]

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