Bersenbruggge and more to read at Sarah Lawrence
April 25-27, 2008
The Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival is the largest free poetry festival in New York State. Organized entirely by students, the Festival has become a vital annual event for the entire New York literary community. The weekend-long Festival features both daytime and evening readings by the finest poets writing today, as well as some of the East Coast’s most innovative student work. Last year, poet Paul Muldoon and his band, Rackett, appeared in concert.
2008 Festival Readers
Just added: SLC alum Patrick Rosal will be our featured poet at this year’s open mic!
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Laure-Anne Bosselaar
Kurt Brown
Lynn Emanuel
Sage Francis
Suzanne Gardinier
Bob Hicok
Ilya Kaminsky
Alex Lemon
Ron Padgett
Carl Phillips
Victoria Redel
Matthew Rohrer
Sonia Sanchez
Brenda Shaughnessy
Tracy K. Smith
And more to be announced!
April 19, 2008
A Tribute to Barbara Guest
April 26, 2008
Saturday, 1:00 pm
info@poetryproject.com
212-674-0910
The Poetry Project
at St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th St.
New York NY 10003
Barbara Guest (1920–2006) published over twenty volumes of poetry including The Countess of Minneapolis, Fair Realism and The Red Gaze, and earned awards including the Robert Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement from the Poetry Society of America.
Join John Ashbery, Charles Bernstein, Susan Bee, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Peter Gizzi, Kathleen Fraser (pre-recorded), Hadley Guest, Erica Kaufman, Charles North, Rena Rosenwasser, Richard Tuttle, Africa Wayne and Marjorie Welish in a celebration of Guest’s life and work, as well as the forthcoming The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest by Wesleyan University Press. Co-sponsored with The Poetry Society of America.
April 11, 2008
At Pegasus Books, April 13, Sunday…
POETS: Barbara Claire Freeman, Elizabeth Robinson, Rusty Morrison
DATE & TIME: Sunday, April 13 at 7:30PM
WHERE:
PEGASUS BOOKS DOWNTOWN
2349 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Admission: FREE
For more info CONTACT: Clay, (510) 649-1320, claybanes@gmail.com
April 1, 2008
Feminism and Art Today: A Roundtable Discussion at CCA
Participants include: Kim Anno, Tammy Rae Carland, Berin Golonu, Jessica Hough, Patricia Maloney, Pamela Peniston, Moira Roth, Stephanie Syjuco, and Tina Takemoto.
Friday, April 11th
4-6
Timken Lecture Hall
California College of the Arts
Reception to follow.
This event lends impetus to contemporary feminist initiatives in the arts while contributing to the analysis of both the feminist rhetoric and the art circulating currently within art-world and academic contexts. We have invited art historians, artists, curators, critics, and art administrators who actively participate in the expansion of feminist cultural arenas to engage in conversation with CCA students and faculty members, as well as members of the wider community, about the influx of institutional interest in feminism. We ask, “Why now? What are the political stakes? Where are the silences and blind spots? Where do we go from here?” We aim to create a space for public dialog and intergenerational exchange about contemporary visual culture that engages with feminist issues, provokes feminist analysis, and raises social consciousness.