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September 2022
AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS: TANEUM BAMBRICK presents INTIMACIES, RECEIVED with DOROTHY CHAN
AT SKYLIGHT BOOKS: TANEUM BAMBRICK presents INTIMACIES, RECEIVED with DOROTHY CHAN From the organizers: "In this astonishing second collection by Taneum Bambrick, violence hides in the glint of the carving knife—every intimacy a shadow, every memory a maze to navigate. Set primarily in rural Southern Spain, Intimacies, Received moves through streets and fields, households and years, following a survivor of sexual assault as she painstakingly reassembles a narrative of self. A brilliant storyteller, Bambrick builds through palimpsest—layering vivid imagery to recall…
Find out more »Left Bank Ciders presents The Northern Spy Reading Series with Dana Levin
Left Bank Ciders presents The Northern Spy Reading Series, 7:30 PM ET, with Dana Levin From the organizers: "Wednesday September 28th! 7:30 at Left Bank Ciders, Dana Levin + HR Webster" For more information visit: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070143199289
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Katonah Poetry Series features Dana Levin
Katonah Poetry Series features Dana Levin Join the Katonah Poetry Series for an in-person poetry reading featuring Dana Levin on October 2, 2022. More info here: https://katonahpoetry.com/october-2-2022-dana-levin/
Find out more »Katonah Poetry Series presents Dana Levin
Katonah Poetry Series presents, Sunday, October 2 at 4 PM ET, Dana Levin From the organizers: "This in-person reading at the Katonah Village Library does not require registration. Admission fee ($15) can be paid at the door." More information will appear here: https://katonahpoetry.com/
Find out more »Iowa City Book Festival presents Jennifer L. Knox @ Prairie Lights
Jennifer L. Knox presents Crushing It at Prairie Lights. Part of the Iowa City Book Festival. From the organizers: The poems in Jennifer Knox’s darkly imaginative collection, Crushing It, unearth epiphanies in an unbounded landscape of forms, voices and subjects―from history to true crime to epidemiology―while exploring our tenuous connections and disconnections. From Merle Haggard lifting his head from a pile of cocaine to absurdist romps through an apocalypse where mushrooms learn to sing, this versatile collection is brimming with dark humor and…
Find out more »Santa Monica College presents Literary Talks & Readings with Paisley Rekdal
Santa Monica College presents Literary Talks & Readings, October 25 11:15 - 12:30 PM PT, with Paisley Rekdal From the organizers: "Welcome to SMC! Have you wanted to listen to intriguing stories? Meet and talk with fascinating, creative artists? Enjoy poetry and richness of language? It has been a regular feature of life at SMC—every semester for the last 22 years. We have the opportunity to listen to a wide variety of award-winning authors who want to share their art…
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Living Room Craft Talks presents The Fifth Series with Chris Abani and Ellen Bass
Living Room Craft Talks presents The Fifth Series with Chris Abani and Ellen Bass From the Organizers: "The Modern Elegy. Guest Poet: Chris Abani No one wants to write an elegy. –Kevin Young The elegy is a poem of necessity. It may have been the first poetic speech, originating when our hunter-gatherer ancestors refused to leave their dead behind. The traditional elegy ritualizes grief, gives it language, and offers at least the beginnings of consolation. The modern elegy may…
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