Lisa Jarnot, Steven Karl + William Wenthe
Monday, November 3, 2014
Hosted by John Deming and Matthew Yeager
Series founded in 1997 by Star Black + David Lehman
Doors open at 7:00 pm
Reading starts at 7:30pm
Admission is FREE
www.KgbBar.com
85 East 4th Street * New York, NY
Lisa Jarnot is the author, most recently, of A Princess Magic Presto Spell (Solid Objects, 2014), as well as five full-length books of poetry. Her Joie de Vivre: Selected Poems 1992–2012 was published by City Lights in 2013, and her biography of Robert Duncan (Robert Duncan: The Ambassador from Venus) was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award in 2012. She lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, with her husband and daughter.
Steven Karl is the author of Dork Swagger, winner of the Joanna Cargill Prize for a first book (Coconut Books). His second book is forthcoming from Noemi Press. He is the features editor for Coldfront Magazine and a poetry editor for Sink Review. Recent writings have appeared in jubilat, Sprung Formal, and The First Time I Heard My Bloody Valentine. He lives in Miami, Florida.
William Wenthe’s most recent book of poems is Words Before Dawn (LSU Press, 2012); his other books are Not Till We Are Lost (LSU Press) and Birds of Hoboken (Orchises Press). He has received poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Texas Commission on the Arts, and two Pushcart Prizes. His poems have appeared in Poetry, The Paris Review, The Georgia Review, Open City, Tin House, TriQuarterly, Ninth Letter, The Southern Review, Shenandoah; and other journals and anthologies. Critical essays on the craft of poetry have appeared in The Yale Review, Kenyon Review, and American Poetry Review. Born and raised in New Jersey, he teaches creative writing and modern poetry at Texas Tech.
Upcoming, Fall 2014
Nov 3: William Wenthe + Steven Karl + Lisa Jarnot
Nov 10: An Evening of Agriculture Reader's Poets: Jeremy Schmall + Justin Taylor + More
Nov 17: Annual National Book Award Judges Reading: Robert Polito + Eileen Myles + Katie Peterson + Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Nov 24: Timothy Liu + Justin Marks
Dec 1: Patricia Spears Jones + Shanna Compton
Dec 8: Mark Doty + Vijay Seshadri + Season Finale Party!
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