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Saturday May 18 2013, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM   Kick Assonance Poetry Reading KGB Bar Leslie Goshko 85 E. 4th Street New York, NY (212) 505-3360 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Award-winning storyteller and Huffington Post blogger Leslie Goshko hosts tonight’s curated evening of original poetic works that’s sure to Kick Assonance! Join co-creators Kyle Erickson ("Enduro’s La... [details »]

Monday May 20 2013, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM   ROSS GAY & LAUREN SHUFRAN The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Arlo Quint 131 E 10th St. New York, NY 212-674-0910 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Ross Gay is the author of Bringing the Shovel Down (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011) and Against Which (CavanKerry Press, 2006). His Artists' Books, in collaboration with Kimberly Thomas, are The... [details »]

Wednesday May 22 2013, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM   JOAN RETALLACK & JULIANA SPAHR The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Arlo Quint 131 E 10th St. New York, NY 212-674-0910 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Joan Retallack's Procedural Elegies / Western Civ Cont’d / (Roof) was an ARTFORUM best book of 2010. Other poetry includes Memnoir, MONGRELISME, How To Do Things With Words, and Afterrimages. Retall... [details »]

Wednesday May 29 2013, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM   KAZIM ALI & REBECCA BROWN The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Arlo Quint 131 E 10th St. New York, NY 212-674-0910 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Kazim Ali was born in the UK to Muslim parents of South Asian and Middle Eastern descent. His books include four volumes of poetry, The Far Mosque, The Fortieth Day, the mixed genre Bright Felon: Auto... [details »]

Thursday May 30 2013, 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM   Word for Word: Dan Savage The Bryant Park Reading Room Susie Sigel The Bryant Park Reading Room 42nd Street btwn 5th & 6th New York, NY 212-768-4242 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Sex advice columnist and author of the book that launched the Emmy-award winning campaign It Gets Better weighs in on other important issues and discusses his latest publication, “American Savage: Ins... [details »]

Friday May 31 2013, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM   ANDREW DURBIN & IRIS CUSHING The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Arlo Quint 131 E 10th St. New York, NY 212-674-0910 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

ANDREW DURBIN & IRIS CUSHING Andrew Durbin co-edits Wonder, a publisher of art books, ephemera, pamphlets, and glossies. He is the author of Reveler (Argos Books, forthcoming 2013). His writings have... [details »]

Monday June 3 2013, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM   SPRING WORKSHOP READING The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Arlo Quint 131 E 10th St. New York, NY 212-674-0910 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Participants in the Project’s Spring Workshops will read their work, with introductions by Workshop instructors Sharon Mesmer, Tan Lin, E. Tracy Grinnell and Lewis Warsh. ADMISSION $8 / STUDENTS AN... [details »]

Wednesday June 5 2013, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM   ANSELM HOLLO MEMORIAL READING The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Arlo Quint 131 E 10th St. New York, NY 212-674-0910 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Join us as we celebrate the life and work of Anselm Hollo; poet, translator, teacher and great friend to the Project. With Jane Dalrymple-Hollo, Pierre Joris, Nicole Peyrafitte, Anne Waldman, Bob Pere... [details »]

Friday June 7 2013, 10:00 PM to Saturday June 8 2013, 12:00 AM      RECLUSE READING The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Arlo Quint 131 E 10th St. New York, NY 212-674-0910 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Contributors to issue 9 of our poetry magazine, The Recluse, will read their work. Readers to be announced in May. Check www.poetryproject.org. ADMISSION $8 / STUDENTS AND SENIORS $7 / MEMBERS $5 O... [details »]

Monday June 10 2013, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM   POET IN NEW YORK: READING LORCA The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Arlo Quint 131 E 10th St. New York, NY 212-674-0910 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Eighty-four years ago, on June 26, 1929, Federico Garcia Lorca arrived in New York City from Madrid and began one of his greatest works, Poet In New York. Join us as special guests who have devoted mu... [details »]

Wednesday June 12 2013, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM   LEE ANN BROWN & ANNABEL LEE The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Arlo Quint 131 E 10th St. New York, NY 212-674-0910 Google Map It (NOTE: this website makes no claims with regards to map accuracy!)

Lee Ann Brown has embarked upon writing a long work N.C. ode, the first two books of which are In the Laurels, Caught (Fence Modern Poets Series) and Crowns of Charlotte (Carolina Wren). Past books in... [details »]

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