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5.00 #216 October/November 2008 $5.00 #216 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2008 New Books from Hanging Loose Press Tony Towle Sharon Mesmer Michael Cirelli William Corbett Winter Journey The Virgin Formica Lobster with Ol’ Opening Day Raves from his last “At turns intimate or Dirty Bastard A large new collection collection: Tony Towle boisterously satiric, “Vital and eye- of poems. Of past is “one of the New York The Virgin Formica catching and new.” – books: “Taut, School’s best-kept can gently detonate or David Lehman. precise...lucid and secrets.” – John erupt, carrying “Shows how hip-hop unflinching...” – Siri Ashbery. “Tony Towle’s readers along on is the evolution of Hustvedt. “One of the is one of the clear, ripples or classic poetry.” – few poets of our time authentic voices of shockwaves.” – Paul Kanye West. “Tender, who attends so well to American poetry.” – Violi. tough, revelatory...a the ear.” – Library Kenneth Koch. “Smart Praise for previous voice that doesn’t Journal. “Corbett is and sly, sure to disarm work: “. beautifully seem to have occurred interested in the and delight.” – Billy bold and vivaciously before.” – Patricia moment of clarity – Collins. His twelfth modern.” – Allen Smith. First revelation – and lets collection. Ginsberg. collection, by the the force and nature Paper, $16. 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Sigh Overnight, Paul Violi, about those who died “Marie Carter’s The “Hard-as-nails love $15, $25 in, and those who Trapeze Diaries is a survived, the Tsunami poems...made me Cadenza, Charles tour de force laugh, made me North, $15, $25 of 2004 memorialize performance.” – Maria envious...took away Doing 70, Hettie with anger and beauty Dahvana Headley. “. my breath” – David Jones, $15, $25 one of the most the lyrical tale of one devastating tragedies Trinidad. “Amazingly Boy Drinkers, woman’s love affair inventive and emotive of our time.” – Jaime Terence Winch, $15, with the trapeze. “ – poems...dazzling and Manrique. “Indran Carolyn Turgeon. “This $25 Amirthanayagam’s intense.” – Denise is a brave and Duhamel. My Body: New and poems about tragedy heartwarming book.” – Selected Poems, Joan and loss are woven “Showmanship...shen Donald Breckenridge. Larkin, $15, $25 with such fine irony.” anigans...pyrotechnics – Richard Rodriguez. Paper, $16. ...and Beauty. Hardcover, $26. Especially Beauty.” – Paper, $16. Hardcover, Kimiko Hahn. $26. Paper, $16. Hardcover, $26. Hanging Loose Magazine #92 HL 92 features an art portfolio by Brenda Goodman and Order from: Hanging Loose Press, 231 exciting new work from Sherman Alexie, Robert Gregory, Wyckoff St., Brooklyn, NY 11217. Enclose Sharon Mesmer, Michael Cirelli, Joe Elliot, Cliff Fyman, check or money order. Include $4.00 postage Helen Elaine Lee, Martin Steingesser, John Guzlowski, for first two books, $1.50 for each added title. Beth Bosworth, Hilton Obenzinger, and many more, including our celebrated high school section. $9. See our backlist and much more at hangingloosepress.com THE POETRY PROJECT ST. MARK’S CHURCH in-the-BowerY 131 EAST 10TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10003 NEWSLETTER www.poetryproject.com #216 OCTOBER/NOVEmbER 2008 NEWSLETTER EDITOR John Coletti DISTRIBUTION Small Press Distribution, 1341 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA 94710 4 ANNOUNCEMENTS THE POETRY PROJECT LTD. STAFF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Stacy Szymaszek PROGRAM COORDINATOR Corrine Fitzpatrick 6 REMEmbERING PROGRAM ASSISTANT Arlo Quint MAHMOUD DARWISH & MONDAY NIGHT COORDINATOR Kyle Schlesinger MONDAY NIGHT TALK SERIES COORDINATOR Arlo Quint JONATHAN WILLIAMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT COORDINATOR Stacy Szymaszek FRIDAY NIGHT COORDINATORS Diana Hamilton & Nicole Wallace SOUND TECHNICIAN David Vogen BOOKKEEPER Stephen Rosenthal 8 LORENZO THOMAS, AMERICAN DEVELOpmENT CONSULTANT Stephanie Gray BY DALE SMITH BOX OFFICE Courtney Frederick, Eddie Hopely & Nicole Wallace INTERNS Kelly Ginger, Danielle Johnson, Judah Rubin & Christoffer Stromstedt VOLUNTEERS Jim Behrle, David Cameron, Kate Cook, Amanda Deutch, Will Edmiston, Erica Kaufman, Susan Landers, Michele Levy, Lucas McCaslin, Christa Quint, Joe Robitaille, Douglas Rothschild, Nathaniel Siegel, Erica 12 WRITING WORKSHOPS Wessmann, Dustin Williamson THE POETRY PROJECT NEWSLETTER is published four times a year and mailed free of charge to members of and contributors to the Poetry Project. Subscriptions are available for $25/year domestic, $35/year 14 POEM BY TIM DLUGOS international. Checks should be made payable to The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church, 131 East 10th St., NYC, WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID TRINIDAD NY 10003. The views and opinions expressed in the Newsletter are those of the individual authors and, while everyone in their right mind might be like, of course, duh!, they are not necessarily those of the Poetry Project itself. For more information call (212) 674-0910, or e-mail [email protected]. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rosemary Carroll, Todd Colby, Will Creeley, Jordan Davis, Greg Fuchs, Ted 16 EVENTS AT THE POETRY PROJECT Greenwald, John S. Hall, Steve Hamilton, Kimberly Lyons, Gillian McCain, Jonathan Morrill, Elinor Nauen, Evelyn Reilly, Paul Slovak & Edwin Torres. 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EDITORS EMERITI: Ron Padgett 1972-1973 / Bill Mac Kay 1973-1975 / Ted Greenwald 1975-1977 / Frances LeFevre 1977- 1978 / Vicki Hudspith 1978-1980 / Greg Masters 1980-1983 / Lorna Smedman 1983-1984 / Tim Dlugos 1984-1985 / James Ruggia 1985-1986 / Jessica Hagedorn 1986-1987 / Tony Towle 1987-1990 / Jerome Sala 1990- 1991 / Lynn Crawford 1991- 1992 / Jordan Davis 1992-1994 / Gillian McCain 1994-1995 / Mitch Highfill 1995-1996 / Lisa Jarnot 1996-1998 / Brenda Coultas & Eleni Sikelianos 1998-1999 / Katherine Lederer 1999-2000 / Ange Mlinko 2000-2002 / Nada Gordon & Gary Sullivan 2002-2003 / Marcella Durand 2003-2005 / Brendan Lorber 2005-2007 COPYRIGHT © 2008 POETRY PROJECT. ALL RIGHTS REVERT TO AUTHORS UPON PUBLICATION. WWW.POETRYPROJECT.COM OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2008 3 ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE DIRECTOR Will Creeley, Jonathan Morrill, and Evelyn We are thrilled to welcome Kyle, who has Reilly. Each of them brings the needed pas- written and lectured extensively on topics I just had what may be my last hurrah of sion and skill to the table, and I look forward related to poetics, visual communication, summer–an outing to Hermitage bookshop to working with them. and artists’ books. Born in Providence, run by Jon Beacham and Christian Toscano Rhode Island, he holds a BA from Goddard I also want to announce that as part of an in Beacon, NY. The five poets in my party College and a Ph.D. in English from the managed to survey the shelves in the small- effort to address increases in operating University at Buffalo.
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