Thalia Field & Allen Fisher at Segue BPC Series

This Saturday, December 4th: THALIA FIELD & ALLEN FISHER Thalia Field most recently published Bird Lovers, Backyard (New Directions, 2010) and A Prank of Georges (with Abigail Lang) (Essay Press, 2010). Previous books include Point and Line and Incarnate: Story Material (New Directions). She teaches in Literary Arts at Brown University. Allen Fisher is a poet, painter, publisher, editor and art historian, who lives in Hereford, UK. He was … Read more Thalia Field & Allen Fisher at Segue BPC Series

Poetry & Cultural Studies: A Reader

On Saturday September 19, Maria Damon & Ira Livingston‘s excellent compilation Poetry and Cultural Studies: A Reader (published by University of Illinois Press) was launched with a reading at Bowery Poetry Club. Genereous to a fault, Maria invited me (who am not a contributor to the book) to take part in the launch reading. Meanwhile PennSound has made the reading available: click here. Below a few photos of the … Read more Poetry & Cultural Studies: A Reader

"Whisk! Don't Churn!" Concert @ Bowery Poetry Club

Adishatz! Hello! Bonjour! We are looking forward to our NYC CD release multimedia concert of: “Whisk! Don’t Churn!” Nicole Peyrafitte (voice, video, electronics & whisk) Michael Bisio (double bass) & with guest poet & producer Pierre Joris THIS COMING SATURDAY May 16, 2009 6:00pm $8| Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery New York, NY 10012 (212) 614-0505 We hope to see you there. Nicole & Pierre Details here. Read the … Read more "Whisk! Don't Churn!" Concert @ Bowery Poetry Club

Technicians of the Sacred @ 40

At the Bowery Poetry Club, Sunday, September 14, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Jerome Rothenbergwill be hosting a celebration for the 40th anniversary of Technicians of the Sacred a seminal work which brought a global range of oral & tribal poetries into focus & launched ethnopoetics as a new approach to poetry & performance. Joining him will be a group of active poets & performers including Charles Bernstein, Bob Holman, … Read more Technicians of the Sacred @ 40