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Farewell, LA reading series

Hi all,

I’m doing a few last readings before I move away to start my MFA and head out to the Prague Summer Writers Program.  I’d love to see everyone before I take off, so come out to one or more of these!  
This weekend, I’m reading on both Friday and Saturday, and here’s the info:
Friday, March 27th, 8 p.m. at Stories Bookstore in Echo Park, 1716 Sunset Blvd.  I’ll be reading with Karen Harryman, a Black Goat Press poet, and here’s her deal:
Karen Harryman’s poems have appeared in Alaska Quarterly, Los Angeles Review, Poetry New Zealand, and the Cortland Review, as well as other print and online journals. Before moving to Los Angeles, she lived and worked in Kentucky for most of her life. Currently, she teaches English and creative writing at YULA, an Orthodox Jewish high school in Los Angeles. Auto Mechanic’s Daughter is her first book.
It will be a great reading–she’s really talented, and Stories, if you haven’t been yet, is a beautiful little bookstore that could use our support.
Saturday, March 28th, 8 p.m. (I go on at 9, though) Will Wright Reads at the Echo Park Film Center, 1200 N Alvarado St. (@ Sunset).  There’s a good possibility I might read prose (gasp)!  All of the other readers are good news, too.
And…finally…
Friday, April 3rd, 7:30 p.m., Skylight Books with Cati Porter, 1818 N Vermont Ave.  It’s Skylight, and they’re awesome.  Come.  Here’s Cati’s deal:

Cati Porter is founder and editor-in-chief of Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry and associate editor (poetry) for Babel Fruit. She is the author of two poetry collections, a chapbook of prose poems, small fruit songs (Pudding House Publications, 2008), and Seven Floors Up (Mayapple Press, 2008). Her poems have been anthologized in Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel – Second Floor (No Tell Books), Letters to the World: Poems from the Women’s Poetry Listserv (Red Hen Press), and White Ink: Poems on Mothers and Motherhood (Demeter Press/York University, Canada), and appear widely online and in print. 

Phew.  OK.  See you soon.

Reading with Melora Walters this Friday, 2/13!

Time for another reading…

This Friday, I’ll be reading with a few other poets at Sip Tea in Downtown L.A.  I mention Melora specifically because she’s one of my students, and it’s her first reading, so it’s an especially exciting event for me.  If you’re a fan of Big Love, you’ll recognize her.  Also reading are Bryan Sanders, kalamity j, and Hannah Wehr.  

Melora and I will be reading first, so get there on time!  Here’s the deal:

Friday, Feb 13th
8:00-11:00 p.m.
Sip Tea
852 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 
See you guys there!

back from the dead

Hi all,

Sorry it’s been a while since you’ve heard from me! It’s been a crazy, busy month–lots of visitors in town, lots of going out of town…so no blogging. But, I’m back, and want to tell you about some exciting events coming up and some other new news.

I’ll be in NYC with my man from August 27th-September 2nd, and while I’m there, I’ll be doing a very special reading on the 31st at goodbye blue monday in Brooklyn. It’s the first time I’ll be reading a large section of my work in progress, prison-house, and I’ll also be collaborating with a talented friend of mine.

Stefanos Tsigrimanis (AKA animal nudity) will be accompanying me as I read prison-house (think noisy, noisy goodness). He’s one of my favorite people and a great musician. Here’s his info:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=50786080&MyToken=5a937580-ccd6-4554-a853-dabe8e4f243f

And here’s the info for goodbye blue monday:

http://www.myspace.com/goodbyebluemondayinc

As you can see on their calendar, we go on at 9 pm. I’ll also read from the book, and animal nudity will kick out some jams. I’m excited, and hope to see some old friends there!!!

In other news, I’ve started up a page at www.goodreads.com, a great site my friend recommended to me. This neat site allows you to keep track of what you’ve read, what you’re reading, and what you’re planning on reading. I’ll be writing book reviews, and it’s a great way to connect with your friends on the reading tip.  If you’re interested, you’ll find me here:

http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1441658

Right now, I’m working on Adorno’s Negative Dialectics with my very brilliant friend Greg. We meet every Sunday and discuss a section of the book we’ve read. It’s difficult material, and slow going, but really exciting stuff (and really relevant to prison-house). I’m also beginning to put together applications for Creative Writing MFA programs across the country, and am hoping, next year, to get paid to write for a few years. I’ll keep you all posted on how it goes!

Well, see you East Coast folks soon!