Readings 2017
Ongoing
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In the Reading Room. Photo: Marisa Darabi
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Films - Past
Films - Past
Events
Past Events
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Saturday, December 9, 6 PMBlack Life: Tongo Eisen-Martin
Eisen-Martin, a movement worker, educator, and one of America’s most important and vital poets, performs his work.
Programmed by Chika Okoye and David Brazil
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Friday, December 1, 6 PMRaina J. Léon, James Cagney, and Josiah Luis Alderete
Léon, Cagney, and Alderete read their poetry.
Programmed by Tongo Eisen-Martin
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Friday, November 17, 6 PMWendy Trevino, MK Chavez, and A'aron Heard
Readings from poets Trevino, Chavez, and Heard.
Programmed by Tongo Eisen-Martin
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Wednesday, November 1, 6 PMReading and Book Signing: Jed Perl and Alexander S. C. Rower
We celebrate the publication of Perl’s major biography of Alexander Calder with this reading and conversation featuring the author and the president of the Calder Foundation.
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Saturday, October 14, 5 PMCommunal Presence: Poets Theater
An evening of Poets Theater by writers linked to New Narrative, featuring plays by Carla Harryman, Kevin Killian, and Camille Roy.
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Friday, October 6, 6 PMDavid Lau, Cassandra Dallett, and Ash Tré Phillips
Poets Lau, Dallett, and Phillips read their work.
Programmed by Tongo Eisen-Martin
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Friday, October 6, 7:30 PMCommunal Presence: Rob Halpern, Camille Roy, Trisha Low, and Brandon Brown
Explore what New Narrative sounds like today with this reading featuring the challenging and convivial work of four writers.
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Thursday, September 28, 5:30 PMReading and Book Signing: Malik Gaines
Join writer and artist Gaines for a reading and signing of his new book, Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left.
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Friday, September 22, 6 PMCommunal Presence: Jocelyn Saidenberg and Robert Glück
We continue our series of New Narrative readings with authors Glück and Saidenberg.
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Friday, September 8, 6PMCommunal Presence: Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian
The first in a series of New Narrative readings features local icons Bellamy and Killian, coeditors of Writers Who Love Too Much: New Narrative 1977–1997.
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Thursday, September 7, 5:30 PMReading & Booksigning: Julia Bryan-Wilson
Bryan-Wilson introduces and signs her new book, Fray: Art and Textile Politics, and talks with art historian Richard Meyer and artist Angela Hennessey.
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Friday, May 12, 6 PMCountry Womyn Revisited
A reading and release party for a new publication in response to Country Women, a magazine created in the 1970s by women living in communes in Mendocino County.
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Friday, May 5, 6 PMDuncan McNaughton and Norma Cole
Poets McNaughton and Cole read their work.
Programmed by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux
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Friday, April 14, 6 PMEileen R. Tabios, Lorraine Lupo, and Mg Roberts
Poets Tabios and Lupo read their work.
Programmed by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux
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Thursday, April 6, 5 PMNicholas de Monchaux: Local Code
De Monchaux reads from and signs his new book Local Code: 3659 Proposals About Data, Design, and the Nature of Cities.
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Friday, March 10, 6 PMAaron Shurin and Kevin Killian
Poets Shurin and Killian read their work.
Programmed by Sunnylyn Thibodeaux
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Sunday, February 12, 2:30 PMReading and Booksigning: Lawrence Weschler and Walter Murch
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Friday, January 27, 6—8 PMHeavy Breathing Reading Group
A launch event for the Heavy Breathing Reader with writer and performer Claudia La Rocco and other guest artists.