C. Dale Young Reads TONIGHT at Colorado College

Reading: Poet and editor C. Dale Young

Poet and editor C. Dale Young’s collections include "Day Underneath the Day," "The Second Person," and "Torn."

Location: Gates Common Room, third floor of Palmer Hall, 1025 N. Cascade Ave. (east of Tutt Library) (map)

Tickets: free

This event is open to the general public.

http://www.coloradocollege.edu/news_events/calendar/view.asp?id=3040

Flavorwire Calls Tina Chang a Poet You Should Know!

Flavorwire's 10 Contemporary Poets You Should Know



Tina Chang is the current Poet Laureate of Brooklyn (as decreed by the irascible Marty Markowitz) and is the author of Half-Lit Houses and Of Gods & Strangers (our note: both from Four Way Books!), which will be out this October.

See all 10 here.

Meg Kearney in New Episode of Write Now

The episode of Write Now featuring Meg Kearney and her collection, Home By Now, and will air on the following channels/times:

North Andover Community Access & Media, in N. Andover, MA,

from 4/12 - 5/6/11 on Comcast Channel 22 & Verizon Channel 24.

Tuesdays and Fridays @ 8 pm and 10:30 pm,

and Fridays @ 10:30 am

In Andover, MA, on Comcast Channel 8 & Verizon Channel 8

on Tuesdays @ 8 pm and Thursdays @ 10 am from 4/12/11 -5/5.

And in Methuen, MA on Comcast Channel 22 @ Verizon Channel 33

on Tuesdays @ 8:30 pm and Wed. @ 9:30 am from 4/12 - 4/4.

Joni Wallace On Why She Reads Poetry

Gearing up for her Austin, TX feature at BookPeople on April 15th, Joni Wallace talks about why she reads, and writes, poetry.

"Poetry – at least good poetry – uses language to create a reality that rises to the reality of experience. Think phenomenology. We perceive the world in ever-accelerating image streams. Poetry uses the language of perception and finds the ruptures, the cracks where associations and imaginative leaps shine through. Here we live the harder truths and find glimpses of our shared humanity."

Read the rest here.

And check out the reading!

Friday, April 15th, 8pm

BookPeople

603 N Lamar Blvd
Austin, Texas
78703-5413

www.bookpeople.com

4 Four Way Books Titles Make Library Journal's "What Else Is Hot?" List

The Library Journal names Sydney Lea's Young of the Year, Joni Wallace's Blinking Ephemeral Valentine, C. Dale Young's Torn, and Kevin Prufer's In a Beautiful Country in its list of "What Else Is Hot? Current Poetry for National Poetry Month."

Sydney Lea in Numéro Cinq

Sydney Lea's poem, "Forever," and a lovely introduction to it, can be found at Numéro Cinq today:

http://dgvcfaspring10.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/forever-a-poem-by-sydney-lea/

An Evening of Brooklyn Poets @ Greenlight Bookstore

An Evening of Brooklyn Poets

Featuring Priscilla Becker, author of Stories that Listen
Matvei Yankelevich, author of Boris By The Sea
Christian Hawkey, author of Citizen Of

Wednesday, April 20, 7:30 PM
Greenlight Bookstore

686 Fulton Street (at S. Portland)

Brooklyn, NY 11217

Priscilla Becker won The Paris Review Prize for her first book of poems, Internal West, and writes poetry, essays, and music reviews as well as teaching poetry at Pratt Institute and Columbia University. Her most recent collection, Stories That Listen (Four Way Books, 2010), has been praised by Thurston Moore for its “beguiling sensuality” and “distinct meditation.”

Matvei Yankelevich is the author of Boris by the Sea and several chapbooks; his translations of the Russian writer Daniil Kharms were collected in Today I Wrote Nothing. He teaches at Columbia University and Bard College and is on the editorial staff at Ugly Duckling Presse and 6x6 magazine.

Christian Hawkey is the author of several collections of poetry, most recently Citizen Of. He has received a Creative Capital Innovative Literature Award and awards from the Poetry Fund and the Academy of American Poets, and he teaches at Pratt Institute.

New Review of IGNATZ from Rob Mclennan

"Seeing that Youn, an attourney in her daily life, write poems from a more unusual and underrepresented source, and an old standard, George Herriman's infamous Krazy Kat strip (1913-1944) is a most welcome and refreshing breath...A daily note, repeating. An endless, simple cycle. But with twists. Writing out of a love of language, and a pure love. A shifting landscape, a myriad of linguistic play."

Read the entire review, plus a few poems, here: http://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2011/04/monica-youn-ignatz.html

TODAY and Tomorrow! Monica You @ USF Emerging Writers Festival

Emerging Writers Festival

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 06, 2011 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

WHERE: MARASCHI ROOM, FROMM HALL

DESCRIPTION:

On April 6 and 7th, the University of San Francisco English Department will present the annual Emerging Writers Festival, a showcase of up-and-coming authors currently establishing themselves in the literary scene. The two-day festival will feature readings by Ashley Butler, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bradley Paul, Josh Weil and Monica Youn, reading from their most recent publications of fiction, poetry and essay.

Readings will begin promptly at 7:30 in the Maraschi Room of Fromm Hall on the University of San Francisco campus and will be free and open to the public. A panel discussion with all five writers will also be held on Thursday, April 7th from 12 to 2 pm, in McLaren 250. All events are sponsored by the USF English Department. Refreshments will be served.

http://www.usfca.edu/templates/as_inside.aspx?id=4294990164

Upcoming Readings with Kevin Prufer

Santa Fe! Houston! St. Louis! NYC! Come hear Kevin Prufer read from his new collection of poetry, In a Beautiful Country:

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April 8th, 6pm @ Collected Works

Collected Works Bookstore

202 Galisteo Street

Santa Fe, NM

May 2nd, 7:30pm-9:30pm @ River Styx Presents Arts and Literary Feast

Duff's Restaurant

392 N. Euclid Ave.

St Louis, MO 63108

May 5th, 6:30pm @ NYU Bookstore

w/ poets Joni Wallace, Tom Healy, and Deborah Landau

726 Broadway

New York, NY 10003

May 26, 8:30pm @ Poison Pen Reading Series

Poison Girl Bar

1641 Westheimer Road

Houston, TX 77006

Information on more reading in June and July coming soon...

Sydney Lea Reads at Holy Cross on April 7th

Award-Winning Poet and Author to Speak at Holy Cross

Award-winning poet, novelist, and non-fiction writer Sydney Lea will read from his poetry as part of the Visiting Writers Series at the College of the Holy Cross on Thursday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library. The event, sponsored by the College’s Creative Writing Program, is free and open to the public.

Lea has published nine volumes of poetry, including his most recent book, The Young of the Year, which came out from Four Way Books this spring. One of his earlier volumes, To the Bone: New and Selected Poems (1996), was co-winner of the Poets’ Prize. Another book of poems, Pursuit of a Wound (2000), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. In addition to his masterful narrative poems and lyrical descriptions of nature, Lea is the author of a novel, A Place in Mind (1989), and two books of nonfiction nature writing, Hunting the Whole Way Home (1994) and A Little Wildness: Some Notes on Rambling (2006).

The founding editor of the New England Review, Lea has edited several anthologies of poems, stories, and essays. He is also active in nature conservation and has been described as “a man in the woods with his head full of books, and a man in books with his head full of woods.”

Lea has taught at universities throughout New England, as well as in Europe, and his writing has been recognized with grants from the Fulbright, Guggenheim, and Rockefeller foundations. He is now completing his 10th volume of poetry, I Was Thinking of Beauty.

The 2011 Visiting Writers Series will conclude on Thursday, May 5 with a reading by Robert Cording, poet and professor of English and creative writing at Holy Cross, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library.

For additional information, please contact Kristine Maloney at 508-793-2419.

Collier Nogues April Book Launch & Readings in L.A.

APRIL 11th, 7:30pm

ON THE OTHER SIDE, BLUE BOOK LAUNCH

@ SKYLIGHT BOOKS!

A launch party for Collier Nogues and her new poetry collection On the Other Side, Blue!

Collier Nogues has been a MacDowell Fellow and a Ucross Foundation Resident, and was recently the Fishtrap Writer-in-Residence for two years in Enterprise, Oregon. Her poems were a special feature of the Spring 2010 issue ofPleiades, and other poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Jubilat, The Massachusetts Review, Blackbird, and The Pinch, among other journals. She's a graduate of UC Irvine's MFA Program in Poetry, and lives in Long Beach.

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Can't attend the book launch? See Collier read at these other venues in April:

APRIL 12th, 8:10pm

Redondo Poets reading series @ Coffee Cartel

1820 South Catalina Avenue
Hollywood Riviera
Redondo Beach
Cross Street: Elena Avenue

The Redondo Poets host a poetry reading every Tuesday at 8:10 PM at Coffee Cartel in Redondo Beach, CA (address/directions/map). There is always an open mic reading and usually a feature (invited, noteworthy, acclaimed poet). Sign-up for the open mic reading begins at 7:50 PM. Please see the calendar for the schedule of featured poets. The reading is free.

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APRIL 17th, 7:30pm

Rhapsodomancy Announces the Writers Reading on Sunday, April 17, 201

SARAH MANGUSO

COLLIER NOGUES

TOMAS MOURNIAN

JESSICA GOODHEART

Doors open at 7:00pm - Reading begins at 7:30pm

The Good Luck Bar, 1514 Hillhurst Ave., Los Angeles, 90027 (east Hollywood/Silver Lake: corner of Hollywood & Hillhurst)

21 and over only.

RSVP at rhapsodomancyla at gmail dot com (RSVP not required, but appreciated)

$3 suggested donation at door. There will be a cash bar.

http://www.rhapsodomancy.org

River Styx Festival Featuring Kevin Prufer

River Styx Presents The Arts & Literary Feast Featuring Kevin Prufer and Jane O. Wayne
Monday, May 2 6:30p to 9:30p
at Duff's Restaurant, St Louis, MO
Price: $45 per person
Phone: (314) 533-4541

River Styx Magazine's annual Arts & Literary Feast will be held May 2nd at 6:30 PM. This year's fund-raising dinner and a reading features fine cuisine by Duff's Restaurant in the Central West End and readings by poets Kevin Prufer and Jane O. Wayne as well as live music by Phil Dunlap of Jazz St. Louis. Tickets are $45 per person. Reservations can by made until April 22 by contacting River Styx BigRiver@riverstyx.org. Some tickets may be available at the door.

TCU Humanities Symposium with Kevin Prufer

TCU Humanities Symposium:

More than 600 people had requested tickets to attend a poetry reading featuring former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins, Curt Rode, TCU English instructor and event coordinator said..."It's going to be quite a huge event…Which is pretty substantial for a poetry reading," Rode said.
The event also features the editor of Poetry Magazine, Christian Wiman, three current or former Texas Poet Laureates, Alan Birkelbach, Paul Ruffin and Karla Morton, and award winning poets Kevin Prufer, Sandra Beasley, Arthur Smith and Ada Limon.

At the symposium, the professional poets would read their work and talk about the contemporary state of poetry. Rode said he hoped those who attend the event would see the human face behind the poets and their work.

"We're trying to show people that poetry is alive and well, it's not something that should just be left in the classroom," he said. "Real people talk about their real experiences in accessible ways through poetry."

Read more here.

Tom Healy Reads with Jericho Brown at Georgetown

March 15, 2011 | Tom Healy and Jericho Brown read at Georgetown University from Lannan Center on Vimeo.

Words Without Borders: An Interview with Tina Chang

The City and the Writer: In Brooklyn with Tina Chang
By Nathalie Handal

Part of the Special City Series / New York City 2011

"...the mood of Brooklyn is reflected in the rest of the country. It’s a time of growth. It’s as if the soil is being turned and, for good and bad, there is inevitable change. I live in a part of Brooklyn where it feels like the residents have a lot though if you stop long enough to talk to anyone at length, you’ll realize their human struggle is like everyone else’s and it is the same American dream that drove them to move here."

Read the entire interview here.

Kevin Prufer Reads at Public Poetry

Presented by Public Poetry at Houston Public Library - Central (Jesse H. Jones)

Public Poetry exists to bring the public and the poetry community together for a lively, not-to-be-missed, free monthly series with some of Houston’s very best poets. This spring series is a partnership between Public Poetry and Houston Public Library.

Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011
Location: HPL Central Library, 500 McKinney, Houston, Texas 77002
Time: 2:00 – 3:30 PM
Featured Poets: John Gorman, Carol Munn, Evangelina Vigil-Piñón, Kevin Prufer

Monica Youn in the Bay Area: Literary Death Match & Writers With Drinks

Literary Death Match, Episode 38
Friday, Apr 8 7:00p to 9:00p
at Elbo Room, San Francisco, CA
Price: $7 pre-order, $10 door
Phone: (415) 425-2607

Buy tickets here

Our fearsome combatants are 2010 Nat. Book Award finalist Monica Youn (Ignatz), poet Dean Rader (Works & Days), SF daughter Kim Keltner (The Dim Sum of All Things), and cult novelist Kris Saknussemm (Zanesville)!

Three seasoned veterans preside: iconic poet Kim Addonizio, music denizen Anthony Bedard (Hank IV), and the only saint to ever run for office in SF, Glendon Hyde aka Anna Conda!

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WRITERS WITH DRINKS

Saturday, April 9, 2011, 7:30 to 9:30 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM

Featuring: Rick Moody, Maxine Hong Kingston, Monica Youn, Regina Lynn and
the contributors to Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace
Location: The Make Out Room, 3225 22nd. St. between Mission and Valencia,
San Francisco
Admission: $5 to $10 sliding scale, all proceeds benefit the CSC.

About the readers/performers:

Rick Moody's latest book is The Four Fingers of Death. His first novel,
Garden State, won the 1991 Editor's Choice Award from the Pushcart Press.
His other books include Demonology, The Ice Storm, The Ring of Brightest
Angels Around Heaven, The Diviners and Right Livelihoods: Three Novellas.

Maxine Hong Kingston's latest book is I Love A Broad Margin to My Life. She
won the National Book Award for her novel China Men. Her other books include
The Fifth Book of Peace, To Be the Poet, Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book,
Through The Black Curtain and The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among
Ghosts.

Sean McLain Brown, Scott Morrison, Joanne Palamountain, Julie Thi Underhill
and Lee Swenson are contributors to the anthology Veterans of War, Veterans
of Peace, edited by Maxine Hong Kingston.

Monica Youn's latest book of poems is called Ignatz. Her first book of poems
was called Barter. Her poems have appeared in Tin House, Cue: A Journal of
Prose Poetry and elsewhere.

Regina Lynnwas the award-winning Sex Drive columnist at Wired.com and the
Tuesday "Sex in the News" guest on Playboy Radio: Afternoon Advice with
Tiffany Granath. She is the author of Sexier Sex: Lessons from the Brave New
Sexual Frontier and The Sexual Revolution 2.0.

About Writers With Drinks:

Writers With Drinks has won "Best Literary Night" from the SF Bay Guardian
readers' poll six years in a row and was named "Best Literary Drinking" by
the SF Weekly. The spoken word "variety show" mixes genres to raise money
for local worthy causes. The award-winning show includes poetry, stand-up
comedy, science fiction, fantasy, romance, mystery, literary fiction,
erotica, memoir, zines and blogs in a freewheeling format.

C. Dale Young at DMACC's Celebration of Literary Arts

Des Moines Area Community College’s (DMACC’s) ninth annual Celebration of the Literary Arts will be held April 4-6 with classroom visits to all six DMACC campuses by area writers and literary instructors.

Two poets and two prose writers will read from their works on the DMACC Ankeny Campus in the Bldg. #5 Student Center from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wed., Apr. 6: The four include: C. Dale Young, Antonya Nelson, Denise Duhamel, and Steven Schwartz.

Publisher's Weekly Reviews Kevin Prufer's In A Beautiful Country

In a Beautiful Country
Kevin Prufer. Four Way (UPNE, dist.), $15.95 trade paper (116p) ISBN 978-1-935-53611-6

Death or violence occurs in nearly every poem in Prufer's latest, enabling and sometimes forcing the poet to locate what is beautiful in what is otherwise tragic. "You were burning so thoughtfully in the field," he writes in "The Failure of Parents to Survive Their Children," "like a horse who,/ running from a flaming barn…sets the grass afire/ as he passes through it." Prufer proves himself a master at maintaining an emotional distance from his images--"he is far away, and, anyway, this is only a dead girl"--that renders them as stark as they are gorgeous. Though Prufer, on rare occasions, can be so clinical with an image that it feels like little more than "a picture in a book," the timing and precision of his lineation and enjambment keep each of the book's four-poem sequences operating at a pitch that is always crisp. By peppering traditional and formal verse throughout--rhymed sonnets, artes poeticae, love poems, an elegy--Prufer attempts to locate a form and a place for violence within the history of poetry, the effect of which is most moving when this violence is woven into a strand that is personal, political, and so close one feels one can touch it. (Apr.)