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Carlos Brillembourg

Monica de la Torre

Susan Mitchell

Susan Stewart
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Saturday, September 27
FORM AND FUNCTION: The Intersection of Poetry & Architecture
The affinity between poetry (from the Greek root “to build”) and architecture
(“to weave, or fabricate”) is as old as language. In this symposium, practitioners from
both disciplines deepen our reading of literary and built landscapes.
Co-sponsored by
the AIA NY Center for Architecture. Funded, in part, by the New York Council for the
Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
11:30am | Latin American Confluences:
Poetry & Architecture at the Mid-Century
A.S. Bessa, Carlos Brillembourg,
Rubén Gallo & Mónica de la Torre
Far from merely reflecting the zeitgeist,
poetry and architecture often change it. The
subject of this exchange between poets,
scholars and architects ranges from concrete
poetry and idealized civic designs in midcentury
South America to the politics of
individual expression.
A.S. Bessa is the author of Öyvind Fahlström: The Art of
Writing and editor of Novas: Selected Writings of Haroldo
de Campos. Carlos Brillembourg, a New York-based
architect, is the editor of Latin American Architecture
1929-1960. Rubén Gallo teaches at Princeton University
and is the author of Mexican Modernity: The Avant-Garde
and the Technological Revolution. Mónica de la Torre is
the author of Acúfenos and Talk Shows and co-editor of
Reversible Monuments: Mexican Contemporary Poetry.
2:30pm | Architexts
Louise Braverman, Susan Mitchell
& Jill Stoner
Architects Jill Stoner and Louise Braverman
and poet Susan Mitchell consider what
architects and poets can gain from a mutual
exploration of each other’s disciplines—ranging from the conceptual use of space to
the seamless synthesis of metaphor.
Louise Braverman is a New York-based architect, who
recently completed the design for Poets House’s new
home in Battery Park City. Susan Mitchell’s collections
of poetry include Rapture, which received the Kingsley
Tufts Poetry Award and was a National Book
Award Finalist, and Erotikon. Jill Stoner, editor
of Poems for Architects: An Anthology, has written
extensively on poetry and architecture. An architect
in Northern California, she teaches at the
University of California, Berkeley.
5:00pm | A Conversation with
Architect Steven Holl & Poet Susan Stewart
One of the leading architects of our
time, Steven Holl, and renowned
poet-critic Susan Stewart share
insights from their respective roles as
readers, writers and architects of ideas
as they highlight current projects.
Steven Holl’s architectural projects include the Kiasma
Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Simmons
Hall at MIT and the Bloch Building addition to the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Susan
Stewart’s books of poetry include Red Rover and
Columbarium, which won the National Book Critics
Circle Award.
@ Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
$10 per event/$15 for day.
Free to AIA and Poets House Members |
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Pablo Medina |
Thursday, October 9, 6:30pm
PASSWORDS | Pablo Medina on Octavio Paz
Poet and translator Pablo Medina reflects on Octavio Paz (1914-1998),
winner of the Nobel Prize in 1990. A man of encyclopedic knowledge
and vast intellectual range, Paz was able to bring together four great
streams of modernity: the European, the Eastern, the Mexican and the
North American. This talk traces these influences in Paz’s life and work as
threads of a vivid tapestry. Co-sponsored by Wall Street Rising.
Pablo Medina is the author of ten books of poetry and prose, including Points of Balance / Puntos
de Apoyo, the novel The Cigar Roller and a translation, with Mark Statman, of Federico García
Lorca's Poet in New York. He is a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
@ Wall Street Rising
55 Exchange Place, Suite 401 (bet. Broad and Williams Streets)
Admission free |
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Chris Martin

Charles Simic

Edward Field

Patricia Smith

Joan Larkin |
Saturday, October 11th : Preview Festivities
11:00am | Your Song Is a Map of the City
Chris Martin Poets House invites children and adults on an interactive walking tour through Battery Park City. Our amble will take us to fountains and lily pools, playgrounds and monuments, hillocks and harbors, as we create a "map-song" of this scenic terrain through poetry and performance. Walk into history with us, as we record this event as artistic addition to our media archives.
Chris Martin is a rapper, teacher and the editor of Puppy Flowers, an online magazine of the arts. An innovative tour guide of Central Park and Prospect Park, his debut volume of poetry, American Music, won the Hayden Carruth Award.
1:00pm | Poetry Walking Tours of Battery Park City Audience members are invited to join us for a series of poetic walking tours of Battery Park City offering fascinating literary and artistic insights into our new neighborhood. Topics include the Irish Hunger Memorial, the Statue of Liberty, the Siah Armajani installation, the quotes in the Plaza and much more. The free staff-guided tours will depart from the bandshell in Rockefeller Park.
3:00pm | Ode to the City: A Poetic Fanfare for New York City
Edward Field, Joan Larkin, Charles Simic, Patricia Smith & John Yau Steps away from the future home of Poets House, this outdoor reading celebrates New York City's ample and multitudinous poetic tradition.
Co-sponsored by the Battery Park City Authority.
All events begin or take place at the bandshell, Nelson A. Rockefeller Park.
(1, 2, 3, A, C to Chambers Street, walk west to River Terrace, cross the street to enter the park & head south to the bandshell)
Admission free |
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Johan Olander |
at the NYPL Mulberry Street Branch
Saturday, October 25, 2:00pm
Monstrology 101 with Johan Olander
Author and illustrator of A Field Guide to Monsters, Johan
Olander will introduce children to the poetic side of mon-strology.
As part of our 101 course, children and their adult
companions will be invited to draw their own monsters and
record critical information—such as habitat, diet and friendliness
to humans.
@ NYPL Mulberry Street Branch
10 Jersey Street (bet. Lafayette and Mulberry Streets)
Admission free |
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A Helen Adam Reader |
Wednesday, October 29, 8:00pm
A Helen Adam Halloween
Edmund Berrigan, Charles Bernstein, Lee Ann Brown,
Bob Holman, Susan Howe, Serena Jost, Dan Machlin,
Julie Patton, Kristin Prevallet & Cecilia Vicuña
Let the spirits move you to this musical and spoken word happening
in honor of San Francisco Renaissance balladeer Helen Adam.
Co-sponsored by the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church.
Helen Adam (1909-1993) is the author of San Francisco's Burning, The Bells of Dis and A Helen Adam Reader, edited by Kristin Prevallet. Her work inspired many
poets—notably Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan—to explore the ballad.
@ The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church
131 E. 10th Street (at 2nd Avenue)
$8, $7 for students and seniors, $5 for Poetry Project members
Free to Poets House members |
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Tina Chang

Kimiko Hahn

Cathy Park Hong
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Thursday, October 30
Language for a New Century:
Contemporary
Poetry from the Middle East, Asia & Beyond
6:30pm | An Alternate Vision: Panel Discussion
Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Tina Chang, Kimiko Hahn,
Nathalie Handal, Khaled Mattawa & Ravi Shankar
Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal and Ravi Shankar, editors of
Language for a New Century, are joined by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge,
Kimiko Hahn and Khaled Mattawa to consider "an alternate
vision of the new century" in this exploration of contemporary
Middle Eastern and Asian poetry.
8:00pm | Language for a New Century: A Reading
Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, Tina Chang, Monica Ferrell,
Eric Gamalinda, Kimiko Hahn, Nathalie Handal, Cathy Park
Hong, Khaled Mattawa, Ravi Shankar & Barbara Tran
Co-sponsored by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop
and the TRIBECA Performing Arts Center at BMCC.
@ TRIBECA Performing Arts Center
Borough of Manhattan Community College
199 Chambers Street
$10/Free to students and Asian American Writers’ Workshop
and Poets House Members |
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Jane Cooper |
Tuesday, November 11, 7:00pm
A Tribute to Jane Cooper
Kazim Ali, Jill Bialosky, Martha Collins, Galway Kinnell,
Eva Kollisch, Beatrix Gates, Marie Howe, Jan Heller Levi,
Thomas Lux & Jean Valentine
Poets and colleagues gather to honor the late Jane
Cooper (1924-2007), an award-winning poet and
beloved mentor whose poetry has been praised
for its "great deep patience for the whole truth."
Co-sponsored by The New School.
@ The New School
Theresa Lang Center, Arnold Hall
55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor
Admission free |
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Thursday, November 13, 6:30pm
CORRESPONDENCES | A Reading & Conversation
with Isabelle Garron, Pierre Joris & Sarah Riggs
This dialogue explores challenging questions about translation
and provides an insider’s look at contemporary French poetry.
Co-sponsored by Litmus Press and Wall Street Rising.
@ Wall Street Rising
55 Exchange Place, Suite 401 (bet. Broad and William Streets)
Admission free |
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Meghan McCarthy |
at the NYPL Mulberry Street Branch
Saturday, November 15, 2:00pm
The Right Stuff: Astronaut Training
with Meghan McCarthy
Do you have the right stuff to be an astronaut? Find out
with Meghan McCarthy, author and illustrator of Astronaut
Handbook, as she briefs us in the fine and not-so-fine points
of defying gravity. We'll also make our own rockets and plan
a special mission together.
@ NYPL Mulberry Street Branch
10 Jersey Street (bet. Lafayette and Mulberry Streets)
Admission free |
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Nathaniel Tarn
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Thursday, November 20, 7:00pm
CORRESPONDENCES | A Reading & Conversation
with Nathaniel Tarn & Eliot Weinberger
On the occasion of his 80th birthday, Nathaniel Tarn will be joined
by Eliot Weinberger for a discussion of Tarn's life and writing,
including the way in which his experience as an anthropologist has
impacted his poetics. Co-sponsored by Housing Works Bookstore Café
and New Directions.
Nathaniel Tarn is the author of over 35 books, including Ins and Outs of the Forest
Rivers (forthcoming this year). Eliot Weinberger is a renowned essayist, editor and
translator.
@ Housing Works Bookstore Café
126 Crosby Street
Admission free |
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