2007 Conference in NY- Post your off-site events here! Options

[Alycia]

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[Gabriel Fried]

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Persea Books Poetry Reading
Thursday, January 31st, 7pm
McNally Robinson bookstore
52 Prince Street in SoHo
Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Alena Hairston, Kate Northrop, Patrick Rosal, Anne Shaw, Sidney Wade, and Rachel Wetzsteon read. Introduction by Gabriel Fried, Persea Poetry Editor.
www.mcnallyrobinsonnyc.com/upcoming-events/

[conners@boaediti...]

There will be a BOA Editions reading on Friday, February 1st at the Lubin House (11 East 61st Street) in NYC.

Detailed directions can be found here:

http://lubinhouse.syr.edu/information/directions.html.

The reading will take place between 5 – 8 PM.

Featured authors are Christopher Kennedy, Janice Harrington, G.C. Waldrep, and Wendy Mnookin.

[Terrain.org]

Terrain.org 10th Anniversary Reading
Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments

Thursday, January 31, 6-8 p.m.
The Cornelia Street Cafe, New York City

Readers are Scott Edward Anderson, Teague Bohlen, Simmons B. Buntin, Scott Calhoun, Philip Fried, Deborah Fries, Suzanne Frischkorn, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, Dennis Must, Shann Palmer, David Rothenberg, Andrew Wingfield, and Jake Adam York.

View additional details at:

http://www.terrain.org/docs/Terrain.org_10...saryReading.pdf

Thanks!

This post has been edited by Terrain.org: Jan 10 2008, 04:51 PM

[Sgerma15232]

There will be a reading by Autumn House Press poets Rick Campbell, Andrea Hollander Budy, Jo McDougall and Sheryl St. Germain at Cornelia Street Cafe January 31st from 6:00-8:00 PM. More info at http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com/

[RedMorningAndy]

Switchback / Sarabande Books / Red Morning Press / Red Hen Press Reading

The Who: Ivy Alvarez, Thomas Heise, Peggy Munson (via DVD!), Liz Bradfield, Brandi Homan, Sean Norton, Jason Bredle, Charles Hood, Eva Saulitis, Nickole Brown, Cate Marvin, Jen Tynes, Monica de la Torre, SimoneMuench, and Caroline Noble Whitbeck

The When: Friday, February 1st @ 7:00 pm

The Where: 11th St Bar (http://www.11thstbar.com), 510 E. 11th St. (between Avenues A & B), New York, NY 10009, Phone: 212-982-3929

How to Get There: From the AWP conference Hilton by subway:

1. Walk approx. 1 block NE on 6th Ave. to 57TH ST STATION
2. Take the STILLWELL AVE. C.I. bound F Train
3. Get off at 14TH ST STATION
4. Take the ROCKAWAY PARKWAY bound L Train
5. Get off at 1ST AVENUE STATION
6. Exit Station At: 1 AV & E 14 ST (TO 8 AVENUE)
7. Walk approx. 1 block SE on E 14th St.
8. Turn right on Avenue A.
9. Walk approx. 2 blocks SW on Avenue A.
10. Turn left on E 11th St.
11. Walk a short distance SE on E 11th St.

WALKING/SUBWAY:

Walk 7 blocks to the 51st and Lexington station, get on the 6 train, and take it to Astor Place. Cross the street and walk down St. Mark's Place (8th street) all the way to Ave A, which is 3 blocks from the bar (11th and A). It's a fun little area (East Village) to walk around in, especially on a Friday evening.

CAB:

Cab fare should be around $12, good for sharing!

This post has been edited by RedMorningAndy: Jan 10 2008, 05:33 PM

[Rich Yanez]

CON TINTA CELEBRATION
Mojitos' Bar/Restaurant
227 East 116 Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenue)
Thursday, January 31st from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Buffet * Cash Bar
Event is Free & Public is Invited

Con Tinta: Chicano/Latino Writers' Collective will present its annual award
to Sandra María Esteves and Tato Laviera for their contributions to our literary community.

There will also be a reading from recent publications among C/T allies.

Co-sponsored by Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase.

More info: richyanez@hotmail.com

[JClark27893]

WHAT: Writers Who Play presents Year IV showcase.

WHEN: Thursday, January 31, 8:15 p.m.

WHERE: Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street (Walking Distance)

$$$: Free, but club requires a two drink minimum

WHO: Marck Beggs, Bob Bradley, Brandon Cesmat, Jim Clark, Mike Dockins, Will Jennings, M.L. Liebler, Jen McClung, Bruce Piephoff, Gregory Spatz, Doug Van Gundy, Ken Waldman, Craig Wright (possibly some surprise guests)

MORE INFO? See our ad in the Conference Program. Visit Nomadic Press' table at the bookfair (#312, Americas Hall 1). Call 337.258.5994.

See you there!

[MCull91394]

Red Hen Press Reading
8:30 PM
Cornelia Street Café

29 Cornelia Street 10014
between Bleecker and W. 4th, 212-989-9319

Sarah Bein, Elizabeth Bradfield, Elena Karina Byrne, Charles Hood, Doug Kearney, Carol Potter, Eva Saulitis, Cecile Rossant

This post has been edited by MCull91394: Jan 10 2008, 07:19 PM

[W. W. Norton]

W. W. Norton and Creative Nonfiction invite you to celebrate the genre and the winners of the first ever Creative Nonfiction MFA Program-Off.

Thursday, Jan. 31 - 8PM
Ding Dong Lounge
929 Columbus Avenue (btw 105th & 106th)

Drink Specials
Readings from Contest Winners
And the pioneer of creative nonfiction, Lee Gutkind

Directions from AWP: Take the B train (at 7th Ave. and 53rd St.) uptown to 103rd Street (7 stops). Walk north on Central Park West to 105th Street. Walk two long blocks west on 105th Street and then a half block north on Columbus Avenue.

[MCull91394]

Celebrate the Thirteenth Anniversary of Red Hen Press, and the Publication of Rattle Conversations by Alan Fox, and Letters to the World: A Wompology

Hosted by Red Hen Press
6 - 8 PM

Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery 10012
Bowery at First Street, between Houston & Bleecker, 212-614-0505

[Ted P]

The Future of Fiction: Starcherone Books Authors

KGB Bar, 85 East 4th St., NYC (near the corner of 2nd Ave.)

Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008, 7:00 - 9:00pm

This reading brings together six of Starcherone's youngest authors, five of whom have published their debut works with the press, reading at the East Village bar "named best literary venue in New York City by New York Magazine, The Village Voice, and everyone else who bestows these awards of recognition."

Sara Greenslit
Joshua Cohen
Joshua Harmon
Zachary Mason
Aimee Parkison
Nina Shope

Hosted by Starcherone Books director Ted Pelton.

Flee the turgid Midtown keynotes and join us for a good time and a glimpse of the future!

More info at: http://www.kgbbar.com/calendar/event/2008-...uture_of_f.html

[Nightboat]

Nightboat Books Poetry Reading
Wednesday, January 30th, 7pm
McNally Robinson Bookstore
52 Prince Street in SoHo

Readings by the following Nightboat authors

Michael Burkard
author of Envelope of Night: Selected and Uncollected Poems 1966-1990

Joshua Kryah
author of Glean

Douglas A. Martin
author of Your Body Figured

Jonathan Weinert
author of In the Mode of Disappearance

Introduction by poetry editor Christina Davis

[akashic books]

Wed., January 30, 7:30-9pm -- "Wall Street Noir" edited by Peter Spiegelman
92nd St. Y
Warburg Lounge
New York, NY
*Panel discussion featuring editor Peter Spiegelman and contributors Lawrence Light, Twist Phelan, and Jim Fusilli. $25 admission. Visit 92y.org for more details.

[akashic books]

Sat., February 2, 2:30pm--Queens Noir edited by Robert Knightly
Queens Public Library--Jackson Heights Branch
35-51 81st St.
Jackson Heights, NY
*Featuring Queens Noir editor Robert Knightly and contributors Shailly Agnihotri, Joe Guglielmelli, and K.j.a.Wishnia.

[Erika D.]

Hello, all. Found out about this list a little late: I'd already tried to compile one myself. I've found a few events that aren't yet listed here. You can check it out in this blog post. Hope it's helpful.

Best,
Erika D.

[MHamme05753]

JANUARY 31 (**THURSDAY** during AWP!)
READING BETWEEN A&B TENTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY 7-9 PM
Indiana Review, 1913, Failbetter, & Saturnalia present
Ross Gay
John Keene & Christopher Stackhouse in a polyvocal reading
Shin Yu Pai
Daniel Nester
Kathleen Graber
Catherine Pierce

[MHamme05753]

Art Exhibition: Poets
January 24th-March 5th— New York , NY
A exhibition of artwork by poets A. R. Ammons, John Ashbery, Joe Brainard, Star Black, Mark Strand, and Marjorie Welish, curated by Alice Quinn (Executive Director, Poetry Society of America) and Scott Zieher. Artist’s reception to take place on January 24th from 6-8 PM—for more information, visit www.ziehersmith.com.

Admission is free.

ZieherSmith Inc.
533 West 25th Street

This post has been edited by MHamme05753: Jan 11 2008, 03:19 PM

[MHamme05753]

NYU Creative Writing Program Writers House
58 W. 10th Street

Saturday, Feb. 2nd :

-4 pm Colorado Review Poetry Prize Reading

-7 pm Poetry Reading : Not for Mothers Only Anthology
featuring poets Lee Ann Brown, Gillian Conoley, Beth Ann Fennelly, Miranda Field, Annie Finch, Akilah Oliver, Alicia Ostriker, Molly Peacock, Eleni Sikelianos, Anne Waldman, Zhang Er, Rachel Zucker, and more

-Fence Books Party following the reading

[emurph16648]

Word Girls
Off-site Poetry Reading

when: Thursday, Jan. 31
time: 8 p.m.
where: Old Stone House, Brooklyn
sponsor: Brooklyn Reading Works
who: Barbara Crooker, Kim Garcia, Meredith Hadaway, Erin Murphy
cost: $5 donation at door

open mic to follow!

free wine!

more info: http://brooklynreadingworks.typepad.com/

This post has been edited by emurph16648: Jan 11 2008, 04:24 PM