2009 Event Calendar

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March 1 SMALL PRESS MONTH BEGINS!

Osha Neumann, Reading & Signing

Bird and Beckett
653 Chenery Street
San Francisco, CA
3pm FREE

The Saint Ann's Review: A Journal of Contemporary Arts & Letters

launches their new online journal, tsarina.

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March 2

Fanny Howe &Alan Loney

The Poetry Project
New York City
8:00pm
$8

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March 3

Leighton Gage, Reading & Signing

Books & Books
Coral Gables, Florida
6:30pm
FREE

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March 4

Letters to Poets: Conversations about Poetics, Politics & Community

Please join Eileen Myles, Cecilia Vicuña, Karen Weiser, John Yau, Brenda Coultas, Anselm Berrigan, Brenda Iijima, Jill Magi, Jennifer Firestone, John Yau, Quincy Troupe, Rosamond King, Dana Teen Lomax and Traci Gourdine for a reading from the anthology.
The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th St.
New York, NY
8:00pm
$8

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March 5

Calamari Press Night

Readings by authors Blake Butler (Ever), Robert Lopez (Part of the World), and Gary Lutz (Stories in the Worst Way)
WORD
Brooklyn, New York
7:30pm
FREE

The Evolution of Independent Lit Mags: A Panel Discussion with Readings

Celebrate Small Press Month with Bay Area editors and authors. Hosted by Memoir (and), the audience will participate in a Q&A on the past, present and future of literary journals. With Howard Junker of Zyzzyva, Doris Ober and Nancy Kelly of West Marin Review, Hugh Behm-Steinberg of Eleven Eleven and Candida Lawrence and Joan E. Chapman of Memoir (and).
Depot Bookstore & Café
87 Throckmorton Ave.
Mill Valley, CA
Wine and Appetizers: 6:30pm; Event: 7:00pm
FREE
For more information, call 415-383-2665 or 415-339-3142

First Thursday Book Signing

Carl Edmond Wingate signs A Heavenly Hobo, Painting Shirts Along The Way
The Broadway Gallery
Longview, WA
5:30pm
FREE

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March 6

Ugly Duckling Presse Book Release Party

Featuring readings by Ellie Ga & Marina Temkina
The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th St.
New York, NY
10:00pm
$8

One Story Reading and Cocktail Hour

Cocktails and a reading by One Story author Andrew Porter
Pianos Bar & Restaurant (upstairs)
Ludlow @ Stanton
New York, NY
6:30pm
FREE & open to anyone over 21

The Angry Brigade, Film Screening

Bound Together Books
1369 Haight Street (near Masonic)
San Francisco, CA
8:00pm
FREE

Alaska Quarterly Review First Friday Series

Join us for visual art by Sharon Trager, readings by Ronald Spatz and Robert Clark, and eclectic music by Karen Strid-Chadwick (keyboards) and Mari Hahn (vocals) held in conjunction with Anchorage's monthly First Friday art walk.
Snow City Café
1034 W. 4th Avenue
Anchorage, AK
5:30pm (reception); 7:00pm (music and readings)
FREE

Naked Kitchen Yoga Reading

Confirmed participants to date include: Gary Earl Ross, Robin Brox, Aaron Lowinger, Forrest Roth, Mark Gunther, Paul Hogan, Lisa Forrest, Chuck Richardson, Ed Taylor, Ted Pelton, and Douglas Manson—representing BlazeVox Books, Little Scratch Pad, House Press, White Pine Press, Starcherone Books, and more!
Rust Belt Books
202 Allen St.
Buffalo, NY
7:00pm
$5 donation entitles the contributor to ONE FREE DRINK and one lucky attendee will also win a complete set of the 18 (maybe 19) Starcherone Books published to date!

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March 7

Indiana Publishing Opportunities Program

Ray Boomhower and Teresa Baer, Indiana Historical Society Press, Nancy Baxter, Hawthorne Publishing, and Janet Rabinowitch, Indiana University Press, will give their insights on small press trends. Learn what these three distinct presses focus on and what they and other small presses have to offer writers. Participants will also explore how the publishing process works and what they need to consider when approaching a press with a book idea or manuscript. Participants will receive complimentary magazine and book copies and will be entered to win additional prizes!
Classrooms
Eugene and Marilyn Glick, Indiana History Center
450 W. Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN
9:30am-12:30pm
$15; $12, Indiana Historical Society members
For more information or to register, call 317-232-1882 or e-mail welcome@indianahistory.org

C.S. Giscombe,Reading from Prairie Style (Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)

Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 East Locust Street
Milwaukee, WI

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March 8

Rain Taxi Reading with C.A. Conrad (Soft Skull), Aaron Kunin (Fence) and Magdalena Zurawski (FC2)

Magers & Quinn Booksellers
3038 Hennepin Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN
5:00pm
FREE

Poetry at the Ruskin

Cris Mazza and Suzanne Roberts read from their work as part of Red Hen's monthly reading series.
The Ruskin Art Club
800 S Plymouth Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
2:00pm
$10 General/$5 Students & Seniors

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March 9

Urban Word for NYC Teens

Urban Word NYC's 11th Annual Teen Poetry Slam brings out the top teen poets from across the city. Poets will compete for a chance to perform at the Grand Slam Finals at the Apollo Theater on April 4th, and represent NYC at the National Teen Poetry Slam in Chicago. This event is FREE for teen performers, and features special guest poets and DJs. Teen poets, emcees & spoken word artists sign up now at: signup@urbanwordnyc.org The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th St.
New York, NY
6:00pm
$7 adults/$5 teens

Red Hen at Boston Court

Deborah Digges, Rodny Jones, and Yusef Komunyakaa appear in conjunction with PSA and Kingsley Tufts.
Boston Court Performing Arts Center
70 N Mentor Ave
Pasadena, CA
7:00pm
$10 General/$5 Students & Seniors

"I Could Not See the Sentence"

A reading with Blake Butler, Claire Donato & Mike Young
Ada Books 717 Westminster Street
Providence, RI
7:00pm
FREE

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March 10

How to Make Your own Comics—Manga Workshop

Led by Oliver Chin, Immedium
Hayward Public Library
777 B Street
Hayward, CA
4:00pm
FREE

Lit & Lunch with Fady Joudah

2007 Yale Younger Poet Fady Joudah reads from his stunning debut collection, THE EARTH IN THE ATTIC, and recent translations of Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish. Joudah is the winner of the 2008 Saif Ghobash-Banipal Prize for his translation of Darwish’s THE BUTTERFLY’S BURDEN.
Sponsored by the Center for the Art of Translation
35 Stillman Street, Suite 201
San Francisco, CA
12:30pm
FREE

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March 11

Roxanne Hoffman

Reading from the Publisher/Editor of Poets Wear Prada & The Words of William Carlos Williams + Open Reading
William Carlos Williams Poetry Cooperative (Second Wednesday)
Reading Hosted by John J. Trause and Jane Fisher
On the Terrace of the Williams Center for the Arts
One Williams Plaza
Rutherford, NJ
7:00pm
FREE

Rob Halpern & Peter Lamborn Wilson, Reading

The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th St.
New York, NY
8:00pm
$8

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March 12

Poetry Flash

Dobby Gibson & Matt Hart
Dobby Gibson's new book of poems is Skirmish from Graywolf Press; Matt Hart's full-length collection of poetry is Who's Who Vivid; he's also the editor of Forklift, Ohio: A Journal of Poetry, Cooking, & Light Industrial Safety.
Moe's Books
2476 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley, CA
7:30pm
FREE

Cara Black and Henry Chang, Reading & Signing

Cara Black will sign & discuss her latest Aimée Leduc mystery set in Paris, Murder in the Latin Quarter (Soho).
Henry Chang will sign & discuss his second crime novel set in New York's Chinatown, Year of the Dog (Soho).
Murder By The Book
2342 Bissonnet St.
Houston, TX
6:30pm
FREE

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March 13

Earshot Reading Series

Idra Novey (Alice James Books) & Tara L. Masih (Rose Metal Press)
Rose Live Music
345 Grand Street (b/w Havemeyer & Marcy)
Brooklyn, NY
8:00pm
$5 (includes one free drink)

Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women

Reading and Discussion with author Victoria Law
The Green Arcade
1680 Market Street (at Gough)
San Francisco, CA
7:00pm
FREE

InKY Reading Series

Kathleen Driskell, author of Seed Across Snow, and Mitchell L. H. Douglas, author of Cooling Board: A Long-Playing Poem Rudyard Kipling
422 Oak Street
Louisville, KY
7:00pm
FREE

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March 14

Da Cajn Critter, Cookbook Signing

Aunt Sally's Praline Shop
810 Decatur St.
New Orleans, LA
12:00pm
FREE

14th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair

Presented by Bound Together Anarchist Collective Bookstore
SF County Fair Building
Golden Gate Park
9th Ave & Lincoln Way
San Francisco, CA
10:00am-6:00pm
FREE

Tucson Festival of Books

Jim Natal: Poetry Reading
University of Arizona campus
Catalina Room, Student Union
Tucson, AZ
2:30pm
Free

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March 15

Poetry Flash

Etel Adnan, Hayan Charara & Fady Joudah
Etel Adnan's new book, a book-length series of prose poems, is Seasons. Hayan Charara is the editor of Inclined to Speak, An Anthology of Arab American Poetry. Fady Joudah's first book of poems, The Earth in the Attic, has been chosen by Louise Glück for this year's Yale Younger Poets selection.
Diesel, A Bookstore
5433 College Avenue
Oakland, CA
3:00pm
FREE

Amy Koppelman (Two Dollar Radio), Elizabeth Skurnick (Caketrain), and John Reed (Roof Books), Reading

KGB
85 East 4th Street
New York, NY
7:00pm
FREE

Phoenix Reading Series

Roxanne Hoffman, Publisher/Editor of Poets Wear Prada and Mary Orovan, Author of Green Rain, plus poetry open mic.
Bengal Curry
65 West Broadway (between Murray & Warren)
New York, NY Hosted by Michael Graves & George Spencer
5:30pm
$3 suggested contribution + food/drink purchase to support the venue

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March 16

Smallpressapalooza!

Featuring, in order of appearance: Starlite Motel (“Night Bomb”), Zachary Schomburg (“The Pond”)-Greying Ghost Press, Tim Sproul (“How to Leave Your Hometown for Good”), Ronault LS Catalani AKA Polo (“Counter Culture”) –Colored Pencils Press, Emiko Badillo (“Broken Hipster” zine), Matt Briggs (“The End is the Beginning”) –Final State Press, Moe Bowstern (“Xtra Tuf” zine) –Microcosm Publishing, Karen Giezyng (“Bumpstart” zine), Lia Cunningham (“The People I Love Best” zine), Molly McNett (“One Dog Happy”) –University of Iowa Press, Benjamin Parzybok (“Couch”) –Small Beer Press, Samuel Ligon (“Drift and Swerve”) –Autumn House Press, Jeff Stewart (“March of Time & Skin”) –Time & Skin Media, Riley Michael Parker (“Our Beloved 26th”) –Future Tense Books
Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside
Portland, OR
5-10pm
FREE

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March 17

Ten Penny Players Reading and Celebration

Two New Poetry Chapbooks by Child Authors (Isabel & Emily) &
An Anthology of Poems and Drawings
The Goodhue Center
The Children's Aid Society
304 Prospect Avenue
Staten Island, NY
4-5:30 pm
FREE

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

by reading Dublin Noir!

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March 18

Gival Press Reading

Poetic Voices Without Borders 2, edited by Robert Giron
Featuring: Stanley H. Barkan, Cliff Browder, John Del Peschio, John Domini, Isaac Goldemberg, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, Marta Lopez-Luaces, Thomas March, Mercedes Roffe, Thad Rutkowski, Ron Singer, Rodrigo Toscano and Barbara Louise Ungar. Introduction by Tim W. Brown.
The New York Center for Independent Publishing General Society Library 20 West 44th Street (5th/6th)
New York, NY
6:30pm
FREE

Small Press Distribution Reading

Featuring:Diane di Prima, Micah Ballard, Javier Huerta, Sara Larsen and Newark Memorial High School students Hong Le and Anthony Boyd
City Lights Bookstore
261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway
San Francisco, CA
7:00pm
FREE

The New Yinzer Presents:

Michael Kimball, Alma Books
Andy Mulkerin, River Water Press, Kelly Ramsey, Hot Metal Bridge
Featured musician: Colin Baxter
LDP Distro will be selling zines and micro press books.
ModernFormations Gallery
4919 Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
8:00pm
$5 cover or FREE with contribution to our Potluck Dinner. BYOB

Author Night with Aquarius Press

Meet and greet Aquarius Press’ authors!
Redford Branch Library
21200 Grand River
Detroit, MI
6:00pm
FREE

Clayton Eshleman & Robert Kelly

8:00pm
The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th St.
New York, NY
8:00pm
$8

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March 19

Joel Berg

Reading & Signing All You Can Eat
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd.
W. Hollywood, CA
7:00pm
FREE

CALYX 33rd Anniversary Reading

Featuring Cass Dalglish
with Seattle authors Kathleen Alcala, Jane Alynn, and Bethany Reid
Elliott Bay Bookstore
101 S. Main Street
Seattle, WA
7:30pm
FREE

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March 20

A Feast of Words

Reading with Sebastian Agudelo and Kirsten Kaschock
Sebastian Agudelo is the author of To the Bone, winner of the Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize 2008, selected by Mark Doty. Kirsten Kaschock’s first book of poetry, Unfathoms, is available from Slope Editions. a beautiful name/for a girl is upcoming from Ahsahta Press.
Brickbat Books
709 S. 4th St.
Philadelphia, PA
6:00pm
FREE

“Read. Write. Revolt.—The Legacy of South End Press”

Hosted by Simmons College, and co-sponsored by South End Press [www.southendpress.org] and the Progressive Librarians Guild, this panel discussion will bring together small press authors, editor/publishers, readers, and allies to consider the evolving—and imperiled—role of independent publishing in advancing both groundbreaking literature and movements for social justice.
Simmons College
Room MCB*C103
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA
7:00pm-9:00pm
FREE

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March 21

Jon Ginoli

Reading & Signing Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division (Cleis Press)
Book Soup
8818 Sunset Blvd.
W. Hollywood, CA
5:0pm
FREE

Sean Brijbasi

Reading from the unknowed things
Kensington Row Bookshop
3786 Howard Ave.
Kensington, MD
7:00pm
FREE

Da Cajn Critter

Book signing
Maple St. Book Shop
7523 Maple St.
New Orleans, LA
1:00pm

Mr. Bear's Squash-You-All-Flat Storytime

Featuring the wonderful books of Purple House Press
Snacks, activities, and more will accompany the reading of these unique titles!
57th Street Books
1301 E 57th Street
Chicago, IL
2:30pm

"You've Written It...Now How Will You Publish It?"

A seminar with Walt Shiel, Publisher, Slipdown Mountain Publications
Robert Van Pelt Library
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
2-4pm
FREE

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March 22

Akashic Books Reading

Achy Obejas, author of Ruins, and Robert Arellano, author of Havana Noir
Busboys and Poets
5th & K (1025 5th St.)
Washington, DC
6:30pm
FREE

Release Party & Reading

Arm the Spirit: A Woman's Journey Underground and Back by Diana Block, published by AK Press Audre Lorde Room
The Women's Building
3543 18th Street
San Francisco, CA
3:00pm
FREE

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March 23

Karen Randall & Jeremy James Thompson

Reading
The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th St.
New York, NY
8:00pm
$8

Slice Magazine Literary Trivia Showdown

Dixon Place
161 Chrystie Street
New York, NY
6:30–9:30pm (trivia begins at 7:30pm)
$25. All proceeds from the event will go toward funding future issues of Slice and help emerging writers have their voices heard.

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March 24

The Publishing Future

The final in a series of conversations on what role books will play in the future of book publishing. Leading industry insiders and publishing legends come together to discuss the ways people read today, how reading may evolve in the future, and how publishers will be meeting readers needs in the decades to come. Tonight’s lecture will feature an open-mike symposium, inviting members of the audience to join us in revisiting and revising how we imagine the road ahead. The New York Center for Independent Publishing
General Society Library
20 West 44th Street (5th/6th)
New York, NY
6:30pm
$15

FIELD Magazine 40th Anniversary Reading

An evening to celebrate the famed magazine, published by Oberlin College Press. Featuring Cathy Park Hong, Charles Simic, Jean Valentine, Martha Collins, Jonah Winter, Carol Moldaw and Angie Estes, with founding editor David Young. Sponsored by the Poetry Society of America, The New School Graduate Writing Program, and Oberlin College Press.
The New School
Wollman Hall
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY
7:00pm
FREE

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March 25

Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association Open House

Peter White Public Library
Huron Mountain Club Gallery, Main Floor
Marquette, MI
10:00am-8:00pm
FREE

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March 26

Cara Black

Reading & Signing
Cara Black will sign & discuss her latest Aimée Leduc mystery set in Paris, Murder in the Latin Quarter (Soho).
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
117 Cherry Street in Pioneer Square
Seattle, WA
12:00pm
FREE

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March 27

Earshot Reading Series

Dorothea Lasky (Wave Books) & Amy Lemmon (Red Hen Press)
Rose Live Music
345 Grand Street (b/w Havemeyer & Marcy)
Brooklyn, NY
8:00pm
$5 (includes one free drink)

Ali Liebegott & Cristy C. Road
Reading
The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th St.
New York, NY
10:00pm
$8

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March 28

The Rainbow Book Fair

A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Book Fair
The Center
208 West 13th Street (between7th & 8th Avenues)
New York, NY
11am-6pm
FREE

Zine Fair

New York, NY
1:00-7:00pm
FREE

Ugly Truths: A Poetry Craft Panel Discussion on Poems That Make Art from Shocking or Risky Material

with Nancy K. Pearson, Frannie Lindsay, Patrick Donnelly, and Ellen Watson
What happens to beauty in a poem about ugliness?
This event is supported in part by the Northampton Arts Council, Inc. and the Department for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College
Graham Lecture Hall
Smith College, downstairs in Hillyer Hall (next to the Art Museum)
Northampton, MA
1:00pm
FREE

Fractious Kaboom Zine and Small Press Fair

New and used zines / comix / books / records / cds / tapes
Ding Dong Lounge
929 Columbus Avenue (105/106 Streets)
New York, NY
1–7pm
FREE and open to the public! (Vendor tables are $10 at the door.)

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March 29

Check out A Public Space!

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March 30

Michael Cross & David Buuck

Reading
The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th St.
New York, NY
8:00pm
$8

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March 31

How Small Presses Can Make the Right Choices for Profitability

A discussion with Marion Gropen, Gropen Associates
The New York Center for Independent Publishing
General Society Library
20 West 44th Street (5th/6th)
New York, NY
6:30pm
FREE

Note: All events subject to change or cancellation without notice.