Crossroads
I don't even have a CD player anymore, except for the one incidentally lurking in my desktop; it strikes me that what's perhaps most interesting about music listening these days is the incomplete but irrevocable replacement of the album by the playlist. The album had its rule from about 1963-2001, the Beatles to Britney, the rise of the Wall to the fall of the Towers. MORE
Although its topic is difficult, Hayden's "Night, Death, Mississippi" provides a model of spareness, restraint, and writing that trusts readers. MORE
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Keep your eyes open on the Los Angeles bus system! These poems are now appearing: MORE
Langston Hughes' telegram to the PSA! "The faintest ink is better than the best memory" or at least according to the copy writers on Mad Men. MORE
Judges include Arda Collins, Forrest Gander, Marilyn Hacker, Edward Hirsch, and Juan Felipe Herrera.
Chapbook Fellowships
Judged by Cornelius Eady, Kimiko Hahn, James Tate,
and Rosanna Warren.
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Poems & Pints Ron Padgett and Katha Pollitt. Tuesday, Dec 1, 6:30pm New York City Presented in partnership with Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. MORE |
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PSA Chapbook Fellows at Kate’s Paperie Saturday, Dec 5, 4:00pm New York City The Poetry Society celebrates its chapbook fellowship program at New York City's premier paper store. With Jean Hartig, Idra Novey, and Lytton Smith. MORE |
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Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute Lucie Brock-Broido, with Alice Quinn Monday, Dec 14, 7:30pm Washington D.C. Witter Bynner Poetry Prize-winner Lucie Brock-Broido discusses Emily Dickinson's work and reads from her own book, The Master Letters. MORE |
Birds & Bards
