Upcoming National and New York State Literary and Special Events en-us http://www.nyslittree.org Copyright 2013, New York State Literary Tree info@nyslittree.org (Editor) info@nyslittree.org (Webmaster) http://www.nyslittree.org http://www.nyslittree.org/layouts/nyslt.001/default/images/leaf.gif http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/calendar.viewDetail/EventPK/FE65AD5E-19B9-EB12-B0ECA093686CC1B3/categoryId/1.cfm NEW YORK, NY -- 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 Halo, BRN2HNT, and The Bullet. Lauren Shufran is a PhD candidate at the University of California at Santa Cruz. She received her MFA from San Francisco State University in 2008. Inter Arma, her first book, is forthcoming from Fence. ADMISSION $8 / STUDENTS AND SENIORS $7 / MEMBERS $5 OR FREE ($5.00) See website for full event details. http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/calendar.viewDetail/EventPK/FE6778D7-19B9-EB12-B05C9DE0EBA7816C/categoryId/1.cfm NEW YORK, NY -- 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. Retallack is The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Humanities at Bard College. Juliana Spahr edits with Jena Osman the book series Chain Links and with nineteen other poets she edits the collectively funded Subpress. With David Buuck she wrote Army of Lovers, a book about two friends who are writers in a time of war and ecological collapse (forthcoming from City Lights). ADMISSION $8 / STUDENTS AND SENIORS $7 / MEMBERS $5 OR FREE ($5.00) See website for full event details. http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/calendar.viewDetail/EventPK/FE691B6B-19B9-EB12-B063289446722473/categoryId/1.cfm NEW YORK, NY -- 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: Autobiography and Cities and Sky Ward. Rebecca Brown is the author of twelve books of prose including American Romances, The Gifts of the Body, Annie Oakley’s Girl, The Last Time I Saw You and The Dogs: A Modern Bestiary. Her play “The Toaster”, commissioned by New City Theater, premiered at On the Boards. ADMISSION $8 / STUDENTS AND SENIORS $7 / MEMBERS $5 OR FREE ($5.00) See website for full event details. http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/calendar.viewDetail/EventPK/571460CD-19B9-EB12-B0662C84014A9509/categoryId/1.cfm NEW YORK, NY -- 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: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics.” "Word for Word Author" is an outdoor reading series that features bestselling authors, celebrity writers, and expert-panelists sharing anecdotes, answering questions from the audience, and signing copies of their latest books. Location: The Bryant Park Reading Room located on the 42nd Street side of the park - under the trees - between the back of the NYPL on 5th Avenue & 6th Avenue. Look for the burgundy and white umbrellas. Bryant Park phone number: 212-768-4242. 10018 Rain Venue: There will be a tent set up for use during mists or light rain. Only in the event of severe weather, would we take our program indoors to The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street enter at 42nd Street ($0.00) See website for full event details. http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/calendar.viewDetail/EventPK/FE6A8E3C-19B9-EB12-B0B30B8C9CB0C3F6/categoryId/1.cfm NEW YORK, NY -- 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 appeared (or are forthcoming in the Boston Review, Brooklyn Rail, Conjunctions, Fence, Maggy, and elsewhere. Iris Cushing was born in Tarzana, California. She is the author of Wyoming (winner of the 2013 Furniture Press Poetry Prize) forthcoming this fall. In 2011, she was a writer-in-residence at Grand Canyon National Park. ADMISSION $8 / STUDENTS AND SENIORS $7 / MEMBERS $5 OR FREE ($5.00) See website for full event details. http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/calendar.viewDetail/EventPK/FE6BDDBF-19B9-EB12-B05B58F1B90BB8B2/categoryId/1.cfm NEW YORK, NY -- 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 AND SENIORS $7 / MEMBERS $5 OR FREE ($5.00) See website for full event details. http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/calendar.viewDetail/EventPK/FE6E1753-19B9-EB12-B00678F6614518E8/categoryId/1.cfm NEW YORK, NY -- 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 Perelman, Anselm Berrigan, Hoa Nguyen, Lisa Jarnot, Simon Pettet, Carla Harryman, Andrei Codrescu, Rachel Levitsky, Steven Taylor, Barrett Watten, David Henderson, and more tba. ADMISSION $8 / STUDENTS AND SENIORS $7 / MEMBERS $5 OR FREE ($5.00) See website for full event details. http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/calendar.viewDetail/EventPK/FE6F7E85-19B9-EB12-B06596E2B4CC4010/categoryId/1.cfm NEW YORK, NY -- 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 OR FREE ($5.00) See website for full event details. http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/calendar.viewDetail/EventPK/FE70F97C-19B9-EB12-B0D75F4175787DE0/categoryId/1.cfm NEW YORK, NY -- 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 much time to reading, writing about and translating Lorca, recite favorite passages from his body of work. With John Giorno, Monica de la Torre, Frederic Tuten, Aracelis Girmay, Paul Auster, Wayne Koestenbaum and more tba. Co-presented with the Fundación Federico García Lorca. ADMISSION $8 / STUDENTS AND SENIORS $7 / MEMBERS $5 OR FREE ($5.00) See website for full event details. http://www.nyslittree.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/calendar.viewDetail/EventPK/FE725EB9-19B9-EB12-B040268415051658/categoryId/1.cfm NEW YORK, NY -- 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 include Polyverse, and The Sleep That Changed Everything. Annabel Lee is the author of Basket (Accent Editions, 2012). Portions of At the Heart of the World (O Press, 1979), her translations of Blaise Cendrars, have been set to music by composer Garrett List. ADMISSION $8 / STUDENTS AND SENIORS $7 / MEMBERS $5 OR FREE ($5.00) See website for full event details.