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$5.00 #211 APRIL - JUNE 2007 ST. MARK’S CHURCH IN-THE-BOWERY 131 EAST 10TH STREET NEW YORK NY 10003 www.poetryproject.com #211 APRIL-JUNE 2007 NEWSLETTER EDITOR Brendan Lorber IN THIS EPISODE... DISTRIBUTION Small Press Distribution, 1341 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA 94710 4 ANNOUNCEMENTS THE POETRY PROJECT LTD. STAFF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Anselm Berrigan PROGRAM COORDINATOR Stacey Szymaszk PROGRAM ASSISTANT Corrine Fitzpatrick 5 FROM THE PAST MONDAY NIGHT COORDINATOR Stacy Szymaszk 12, 33, 34 YEARS AGO IN THE NEWSLETTER WEDNESDAY NIGHT COORDINATOR Anselm Berrigan FRIDAY NIGHT COORDINATOR Corrine Fitzpatrick SOUND TECHNICIANS Corrine Fitzpatrick, Arlo Quint, David Vogen 6 WORLD NEWS BOOKKEEPER Stephen Rosenthal DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT Stephanie Gray BREAKING REPORTS JUST IN FROM BOX OFFICE Courtney Frederick, Stefania Iryne Marthakis, Erika Recordon BROOKLYN / THE CATSKILLS / HATTIESBURG INTERNS Kendall Grady, Sarah Kolbaskowski, Nicole Wallace IRAN / GRANADA / LJUBLJANA / LOS ANGELES VOLUNTEERS Jim Behrle, David Cameron, Christine Gans, Jeremy Gardner, Ty PETALUMA / PHILADELPHIA / RUSSIA Hegner, Erica Kaufman, Evan Kennedy, Stefania Iryne Marthakis, Arlo Quint, Jessica TANGIER / TOKYO / VANCOUVER Rogers, Dgls Rothschild, Lauren Russell, Nathaniel Siegel, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, Erica Wessmann, Sally Whiting 14 THE DIRECTOR LOOKS AROUND 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 A CONVERSATION WITH OUTGOING are available for $25/year domestic, $35/year international. Checks should be made ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ANSELM BERRIGAN payable to The Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church, 131 East 10th St., NYC, 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. The increasingly blurry Poetry Project Newsletter logo was designed by the 16 EVENTS AT THE POETRY PROJECT Von Blorber Insitute & is intended to make you feel as disoriented as a good poem would, only “...GIN YE APRIL MAY AN’ JUNE much quicker. For more information call (212) 674-0910, or e-mail [email protected]. STABLE PLAY UNDER THE MOON THE PROJECT SPRUNG NAE POETRY MEEK BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rosemary Carroll, Jordan Davis, Greg Fuchs, Ted Greenwald, John S. 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FROM THE DIRECTOR thank is somewhere in the hundreds, and so that list can't rightfully be made in this ELATION OVER Dear Readers, space. But it’s the volunteers and interns that make this place breathe. That work is FOUNDATION’S It's been a pleasure to help get this organi- too important to even begin to quantify, and ALLOCATIONS zation together on a daily basis for anyone my hope is that everyone who has helped in and everyone the past four years, and as this Our heartfelt congratulations to Rae any way knows that I'm grateful. Be seeing is the last note I'll be sending along I'd like Armantrout of San Diego, CA & Nathaniel you. to thank some of the people who have made Mackey in Santa Cruz, CA for snaring the it possible to get anything done at all. Love, 2007 Foundation for Contemporary Arts grants for poetry. Congratulations also to For aiding and abetting the various crimes Anselm Berrigan the recipients in other artistic fields: Dance we've committed here against reason, sense, - DD Dorvillier and RoseAnne Spradlin; stability and timeliness, and for giving their EMERGENCY FUND Music - Doug Henderson, Yuko Nexus6, spirit to the Project when reasonable salaries and Jennifer Walshe; Theater/Performace and stipends might have been found almost Poet Frank Sherlock was rushed to the hos- Art - Clarinda Mac Low and Pan Pan anywhere else, I must thank Stacy pital January 22 with a severe case of Theatre; Visual Arts - Kimsooja. Szymaszek, Corrine Fitzpatrick, Brendan meningitis. He underwent emergency Lorber, David Vogen, Stephen Rosenthal, surgery, and, as a result of the illness, suf- FAREWELLS David Cameron, Courtney Frederick, fered a heart attack and kidney failure. Stefania Iryne Marthakis, Erika Recordon, Emmett Williams Arlo Quint, Regie Cabico, Stephanie Gray, He is without health insurance so we are Fluxus artist and poet Miles Champion, Corina Copp, Renee making an appeal for emergency financial 1925-2007 Gladman, Maggie Nelson, and Marcella contributions on his behalf. Tax-deductible Durand. And, in the same vein, my thanks donations can be sent to: Gene Frumkin Poet, editor, teacher to Jimmy Fragosa, who holds the Church ’A ’A ARTS 1928-2007 building together with his hands. c/o J. Spahr For providing the counsel and wisdom to 5000 MacArthur Blvd. encourage a complete rewriting of the nor- Oakland, CA 94613 FROM THE EDITOR: YOU mal logic of a workplace, and for having the Checks should be made out to ’A ’A Arts. ARE THE WARRIOR POET inimitable foresight to realize that turning a Please make a note that your check is for Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. non-profit's annual budget over to a debt- Frank Sherlock. Let’s make getting better —Chögyam Trungpa ridden poet who wouldn't know a savings fast the only thing Frank has to worry about. account from a hole in the wall is actually a The syllogistic allure of the Newsletter’s brilliant idea, I must thank Gillian McCain, compressed editorial asides is this: if you Elinor Nauen, John S. Hall, Ted Greenwald, WERE WITH YOU think they are about you, they are about you. John Yau, Gregory Fuchs, Jordan Davis, IN RED HOOK So why make yourself the target when you Rosemary Carroll, Kimberly Lyons, Edwin could simply develop a more tolerant atti- The Red Hook Tuesday Poetry Discussion Torres, Paul Slovak, Steve Hamilton, Hal tude towards yourself, you schmuck? No Group will have its first meeting at the Wilner, Siri Hustvedt, Greg Masters, matter how bright your halo or malicious Brooklyn Public Library, Red Hook Branch Dianne Benson, and Vicki Hudspith. your relatively unused heart, nobody is all (7 Wolcott Street @ Dwight), on April 3rd. 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