10/16/08


URCHIN POETRY SERIES will celebrate legendary Philadelphia poet Alexandra Grilikhes on October 16th, all details HERE!

10/12/08


STATE OF THE UNION Philadelphia event!

In honor of a new anthology published by Wave Books---State of the Union: 50 Political Poems, edited by Joshua Beckman and Matthew Zapruder (Wave, $14.00)---we present a poetry reading in the same spirit: "From rough optimism to sharp criticism, fifty American poets present new work dissecting the current political climate in America. Wide-ranging writers bring their bold and urgent voices to this collection, which includes the work of John Ashbery, Lucille Clifton, Terrance Hayes, Eileen Myles, Reginald Shepherd, CAConrad and John Yau, among many others." SEE ANTHOLOGY HERE.

READERS INCLUDE: CAConrad, Dan Featherston, Ish Klein, Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Bill Marsh, Frank Sherlock and Nathaniel Siegel.

OCTOBER 12TH at 4PM

ROBIN'S BOOKSTORE
108 S. 13TH STREET
PHILADELPHIA

THERE IS ALSO A 50 DAY COUNTDOWN BLOG CONNECTED TO THE ANTHOLOGY CLICK HERE.

DEATH POEMS (Soma)tic Workshop, Philadelphia, October

LIMITED NUMBER of students for this workshop, please sign up NOW to save your spot

This (Soma)tic Poetry Workshop will take place
Saturday, October 4th, 3pm
Washington Square Park, Philadelphia
(where many soldiers from the Revolutionary War are buried)

We will meet at the SW corner of Walnut and 6th Streets at 3pm
We will wait a few minutes for late comers, then move inside the park to the MOON TREE

The workshop is ONLY $9, but must be paid in advance to hold your spot
That's a bargain for THAT MUCH POETRY AND FUN!
For examples of (Soma)tic Poetry Exercises go HERE

We will investigate experiences, fears, and worries of Death which range from the personal to the outer cosmic range of Philadelphia. We will then have (Soma)tic Exercises within the park to work on the subject of Death to create our poems.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME
But please be sure to sign up as soon as possible to save your spot
To reserve your spot in the class write to CAConrad13@aol.com

(Soma)tic Workshops this fall in NYC at St. Mark's Poetry Project!

(Soma)tic Poetry – CAConrad

SaturDAYS AT noon: 10 SESSIONS BEGIN october 11th

In this frantic, routine-driven world we need freedom from regimented poetry writing, and a healthy dose of walking the space between Soma (spirit) and Somatic (body). Using gemstones, trees, and the city itself, we will create deliberate, sustained physical manipulations to generate language to write our poems. Every thing is new every time we embark, and opening our minds to having that freedom in our lives everyday to write poems is what these workshops are about. Poetry is for everyBody, therefore everyBody is welcome! CAConrad's book (Soma)tic Midge (FAUX Press) was written after eating and living with a single color for a day. Poem samples, as well as a link to his monthly (Soma)tic Poetry Exercises can be found HERE.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER WORKSHOPS FOR FALL SEASON. The workshop fee is $350, which includes a one year Sustaining Poetry Project membership and tuition for any and all spring and fall classes. Reservations are required due to limited class space, and payment must be received in advance. Caps on class sizes, if in effect, will be determined by workshop leaders. Please send payment and reservations to:

The Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
Attn: Workshops
131 East 10th St.
NYC, NY 10003

For more information, or to pay by credit card, please call (212) 674-0910, or email:

info@poetryproject.com.

All workshops will be held in the Parish Hall at St. Mark's Church on the corner of 10th St. and 2nd Ave.

TED BERRIGAN poems 9/12/08

ALL DETAILS HERE!
(bring your favorite BERRIGAN to read!)

at the UNOFFICIAL FRINGE

PROUD to be part of the UNOFFICIAL Fringe Festival in Philadelphia, I'm hosting an hour of PhillySound poetry!

POETS READING ARE
Ryan Eckes, Ish Klein, Dorothea Lasky, Jenn McCreary, Frank Sherlock

as part of the
THE UNOFFICIAL FRINGE LATE NITE CABARET

Sept. 11 @ The RUBA club 418 Green Street
the event is Free and is part of -
The Unofficial Fringe Late Nite Cabaret
doors @ 9pm Showtime @ 10pm
21 and Over

MASTER OF CEREMONIES IS
THE AMAZING SCOTT R. JOHNSTON