I have review of the Woodshed Collective's play which riffs off of Melville's The Confidence-Man here
Farrah Field has a review of it here
Sampson Starkweather has poems all this week here
& how about a new book by a new press?
Lightful Press is pleased to announce
the publication of our first book
PLAY
by poet LIZ WALDNER!
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Please join us in celebrating the publication of PLAY with a release party to be held at Melville House Books in Brooklyn on Wednesday, November 4th at 7 PM with our friends from Love Among the Ruins (LATR) Editions.
There will be a theatrical reading from PLAY and readings from LATR poets Heather Green and Ernest Hilbert. Books by the authors will be available for sale. Free drinks will be served. Melville House is located at 145 Plymouth Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, near the York Street stop on the F train.
Hope to see you there!
The book, with letterpressed covers, is also available for purchase
on our website for $14.
Liz Waldner’s Play represents her most accessible, most openly romantic, most unabashedly Romantic, collection of poetry. Unlike the dark forebodings and anguish that have defined her work since Etym(bi)ology, A Point Is That Which Has No Part and Dark Would (the missing person), Play reads like a breakthrough into illumination and restfulness. —Tyrone Williams
Briefly forgetting the title, as I read, I heard Waldner’s sequential, wry, digressive work as theater, in which it seems two (or more) speak to each other—akin to Waiting for Godot. — Leslie Scalapino
In Play are two compelling voices deftly outlined by a lyricism that illuminates their intimate encounters with the actual. Whether lovers, ego/id, or disciple/avatar, these interlocutors assay what is at the heart of being human. —Rusty Morrison
PLAY is Waldner's eighth book. She has recent work in Poetry and The New Yorker.
Lightful Press
74 India St., B16
Brooklyn, NY 11222
www.lightfulpress.com
Monday, October 12, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
My-my
I just spent the last two hours reading essays which included everything from being hippies to surfers to Vietnam Vets to broken hearts, mean parents, rapes, lesbian affairs, man loves dog, and a kid buying his first Jordans. & of course, some nice stuff about Grandmas too!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
He-He-Ha-Ha
The first "review" of my chapbook, State(s) of Flux is up on Goodreads. The person gave it 3 stars, which I think is pretty good since I know the reviewer couldn't have possibly read it. The thing is I sold about 6 at the Cakeshop reading & happen to know that new books haven't shipped yet. It's possible that this person read a copy from one of the six purchases of the book but since her profile has her living far away from the USA, again this is unlikely. I believe the first chapbook of mine to leave the states will happen in December when I send my friend, Nicole (in Hong Kong) a bunch of stuff I've been collecting for her over the past year or so so three stars & not being read-Ha, I love it!
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You know who Christie Ann Reynolds loves (or at least likes)? Sarah Gambito. Read about it here
I had the same grad class as Christie Ann (taught by Prageeta Sharma) & also fell smitten with Gambito's poems. Speaking of Ms. Reynolds, come out and see her this Saturday at the Bushwick Library:
Douglas Piccinnini
Alexis Sullivan
Martin Rock
Christie Ann Reynolds
Garrett Burrell
So get your thinking hats on – we’ll see you at the library on October 10th promptly at 3PM, cool cats.
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Then get your evening on at Yardmeter:
Please join us for Yardmeter No. 4!
We'll be presenting paintings by Austin, Texas artist Raphael Umscheid,
poetry readings by Chris Martin and Claire Donato,
and music written for the occasion by the Ray Talley Dancers, all the way from Portland, Oregon.
October 10th, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
at Shelton Walsmith's studio
267 Douglass Street
in the Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
Check out our blog for directions and more info about our readers and presenters:
http://yardmeter.blogspot.com/
The wine will flow freely! Please come!
Your host and co-curators,
Shelton Walsmith, Jon Pack, Farrah Field, and Jared White
http://www.sheltonwalsmith.com/
http://jonpack.com/
http://adultish.blogspot.com/
http://jaredswhite.blogspot.com/
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You know who Christie Ann Reynolds loves (or at least likes)? Sarah Gambito. Read about it here
I had the same grad class as Christie Ann (taught by Prageeta Sharma) & also fell smitten with Gambito's poems. Speaking of Ms. Reynolds, come out and see her this Saturday at the Bushwick Library:
Douglas Piccinnini
Alexis Sullivan
Martin Rock
Christie Ann Reynolds
Garrett Burrell
So get your thinking hats on – we’ll see you at the library on October 10th promptly at 3PM, cool cats.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Then get your evening on at Yardmeter:
Please join us for Yardmeter No. 4!
We'll be presenting paintings by Austin, Texas artist Raphael Umscheid,
poetry readings by Chris Martin and Claire Donato,
and music written for the occasion by the Ray Talley Dancers, all the way from Portland, Oregon.
October 10th, 2009, 6:30 p.m.
at Shelton Walsmith's studio
267 Douglass Street
in the Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
Check out our blog for directions and more info about our readers and presenters:
http://yardmeter.blogspot.com/
The wine will flow freely! Please come!
Your host and co-curators,
Shelton Walsmith, Jon Pack, Farrah Field, and Jared White
http://www.sheltonwalsmith.com/
http://jonpack.com/
http://adultish.blogspot.com/
http://jaredswhite.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Release, Release, Release
Just a quick note to say that State(s) of Flux has been officially released, check it out &/or buy it here
Monday, October 5, 2009
Or Or
Join us tonight at 11th Street Bar for a special international reading by Robert Minhinnick, leading Welsh poet and winner of English-language Wales Book of the Year Award and UK's Forward Prize, Breyton Breytenbach, called "The greatest Afrikaner poet of his generation," by New Yorker, and Maya Pindyck. We are also celebrating the publication of Maya's first book, Friends Among Stones, winner of the Many Voice Project Award.
MONDAY, OCT 5, 2009 7:00 PM
Triptych Readings
(pairing established and emerging writers)
ROBERT MINHINNICK
BREYTEN BREYTENBACH
MAYA PINDYCK
11th Street Bar
510 East 11th Street (between Avenues A & B)
Closest subway stop is the L at 1st Ave.
other close stops include L at 3rd Ave and Union Square (N, R, W, Q, 4, 5, 6).
Admission is FREE.
Visit our website for poems, more about our readers,
and upcoming readings: www.triptychreading.com
Bio for the readers:
Robert Minhinnick's novel, Sea Holly (Seren) was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize (2008) in the UK. He has twice won the UK's Forward Prize for 'best individual poem' (1999, 2003). His latest book of poems is King Driftwood (Carcanet). He lives in Porthcawl, Wales, and is an advisor to the charity 'Sustainable Wales'.
An outspoken advocate for social justice, Breyten Breytenbach is a poet, novelist, memoirist, essayist, and visual artist. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited around the world. Born in South Africa, he emigrated to Paris in the late ‘60s and became deeply involved in the anti-Apartheid movement. In 1994 Breytenbach received the Alan Paton Award for Return to Paradise. He won the prestigious Hertzog Prize for Poetry for Papierblom in 1999, and again in 2008 for Die Windvanger (Windcatcher), for which he also received the University of Johannesburg Prize. Breytenbach is also the author of All One Horse, Mouroir, Notes from the Middle World, A Season in Paradise, Dog Heart, The Memory of Birds in Times of Revolution, Lady One, and Voice Over: a nomadic conversation with Mahmoud Darwish, among many others. His most recent releases are Intimate Stranger, just out from Archipelago Books, and Notes from the Middle World, just released from Haymarket Books.
Maya Pindyck's book of poems, Friend Among Stones, won the Many Voices Project Award and was published by New Rivers Press. She is also the author of the chapbook, Locket, Master, recipient of a Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship (2006). Her work has been published in The Sycamore Review, Mississippi Review, Bellingham Review, and Ekleksographia, among others. Alongside writing poetry, Pindyck makes visual art and co-founded Project Voice, a growing compilation of personal abortion stories that aims to deflate the abortion stigma. She teaches in the New York City public school system.
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Amy Lawless & Patricia Carlin reading on Monday October 5, 2009 at KGB Bar at 7:30 pm.
MONDAY, OCT 5, 2009 7:00 PM
Triptych Readings
(pairing established and emerging writers)
ROBERT MINHINNICK
BREYTEN BREYTENBACH
MAYA PINDYCK
11th Street Bar
510 East 11th Street (between Avenues A & B)
Closest subway stop is the L at 1st Ave.
other close stops include L at 3rd Ave and Union Square (N, R, W, Q, 4, 5, 6).
Admission is FREE.
Visit our website for poems, more about our readers,
and upcoming readings: www.triptychreading.com
Bio for the readers:
Robert Minhinnick's novel, Sea Holly (Seren) was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize (2008) in the UK. He has twice won the UK's Forward Prize for 'best individual poem' (1999, 2003). His latest book of poems is King Driftwood (Carcanet). He lives in Porthcawl, Wales, and is an advisor to the charity 'Sustainable Wales'.
An outspoken advocate for social justice, Breyten Breytenbach is a poet, novelist, memoirist, essayist, and visual artist. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited around the world. Born in South Africa, he emigrated to Paris in the late ‘60s and became deeply involved in the anti-Apartheid movement. In 1994 Breytenbach received the Alan Paton Award for Return to Paradise. He won the prestigious Hertzog Prize for Poetry for Papierblom in 1999, and again in 2008 for Die Windvanger (Windcatcher), for which he also received the University of Johannesburg Prize. Breytenbach is also the author of All One Horse, Mouroir, Notes from the Middle World, A Season in Paradise, Dog Heart, The Memory of Birds in Times of Revolution, Lady One, and Voice Over: a nomadic conversation with Mahmoud Darwish, among many others. His most recent releases are Intimate Stranger, just out from Archipelago Books, and Notes from the Middle World, just released from Haymarket Books.
Maya Pindyck's book of poems, Friend Among Stones, won the Many Voices Project Award and was published by New Rivers Press. She is also the author of the chapbook, Locket, Master, recipient of a Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship (2006). Her work has been published in The Sycamore Review, Mississippi Review, Bellingham Review, and Ekleksographia, among others. Alongside writing poetry, Pindyck makes visual art and co-founded Project Voice, a growing compilation of personal abortion stories that aims to deflate the abortion stigma. She teaches in the New York City public school system.
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Amy Lawless & Patricia Carlin reading on Monday October 5, 2009 at KGB Bar at 7:30 pm.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Is it or Is it not Raining Today
Sorry for the gap in posts, I'm teaching 6 days a week & the schedule has left me scattered & tired.
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Today I managed to meet up with Dan & Rich and check out the new Poet House. Kinda a pain to get to, but definitely, definitely worth the effort. I took a gander at Ish Klein, Ann Boyer, Brenda Ijima, Ryoko Sekiguchi and a print ish of TS.
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Belated thanks to all that I read with & all those that came out to support me or those that intended to come out. You were not there yet you were there.
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There's a new issue of the always Chapbook Review
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There's a new issue of Elimae
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A new issue of Sixth Finch
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Molly Gaundry has images up of her first novella (forthcoming in December) here
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Today I managed to meet up with Dan & Rich and check out the new Poet House. Kinda a pain to get to, but definitely, definitely worth the effort. I took a gander at Ish Klein, Ann Boyer, Brenda Ijima, Ryoko Sekiguchi and a print ish of TS.
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Belated thanks to all that I read with & all those that came out to support me or those that intended to come out. You were not there yet you were there.
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There's a new issue of the always Chapbook Review
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There's a new issue of Elimae
*
A new issue of Sixth Finch
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Molly Gaundry has images up of her first novella (forthcoming in December) here
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