Please join The White Review at Poets House on Friday, November 18 to celebrate the US launch of our eighteenth issue with readings from three of its contributors: Dorothea Lasky, Leslie Jamison, and Jen George. Readings will start shortly after 6pm, so be sure to get there early to grab a seat. As always, there will be refreshments.

The White Review No. 18 is available to buy here: http://www.thewhitereview.org/issue/issue-no-18/

Finishing Line Press presents Ron Whitehead in celebration of the release of his new book, blistered asphalt on dixie highway: Kentucky Basketball is Poetry in Motion. Hosted by Mets Poet Frank Messina.

A reading to mark the launch of SILENT BEACHES, UNTOLD STORIES: NEW YORK CITY'S FORGOTTEN WATERFRONT. The book by Elizabeth Albert with literary editing by Underwater New York collects historical narratives, archival images, contemporary art, and new fiction and poetry about ten lesser known waterways. Contributors Bill Cheng, Elizabeth Gaffney, Ben Greenman, and Nicole Miller will read.

This program is made possible through the Poets House Literary Partners Program.

My father was not a bastard, my mother was not a bastard.
But my English is. --Subodh Sarkar

Acclaimed Bengali poet Subodh Sarkar, on a rare visit to New York, performs his work in English translation with introduction by NY Poet Laureate Yusef Komunyakaa and readings by American poets Meena Alexandra, Catherine Fletcher, Goutam Datta, Bob Holman, Montana Ray, and Anne Waldman. Presented by Urhalpool and Rattapallax magazines.

The evening will include readings by these Omnidawn authors/ translators:

A concert of new poetry-inspired music for the instrumental voices of violin and cello. Compositions by Louis Andriessen, Lynn Bechtold, Matthew Browne, Jennifer DeVore, John King, Lawrence Kramer, and Augusta Reade Thomas. Hailed as a "dynamic duo" by Classics Today, "oustanding" by Pizzicato Journal, and "close to the edge and impressive" by Strings magazine, Zentripetal made its debut in 2006.