anthology of baltimore poets

sandra miller reads jamie gaughran-perez's anthology of baltimore poets it was real close and squishy. DCAC, 18 november 2006.

inside: rupert wondolowski, miriam stewart, justin sirois, lauren bender, marianne amoss, chris toll.

flash and me

charles bernstein @ bridge street books

charles bernstein read from the libretto he wrote for shadowtime, an opera
by brian ferneyhough based on the life and work of walter benjamin.

[sitting in front: sandra miller, ben doyle, tony tost, ryan walker]

i like this boat ride i'm being taken for

tony tost & miriam stewart reading, DCAC, 19 november.

tony read a 1001 sentence poem that began: "i have 1000 more sentences to write."
miriam gave us fragments to read as a group--included one of my favorite ted berrigan poems, "crystal."

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charles bernstein and rod smithread in baltimore @ i.e.

18 november 2006
clayton & company books

wow.

union station

the penguins of new york city

no bus, gus

leslie scalapino panel

brenda ijima organized the panel on leslie scalapino at st. marks
i read with rod his work on leslie, Essay: A Play

The Work of Leslie Scalapino on Saturday, November 11th, 1:00 pm
The Poetry Project, St. Marks Church, 131 East 10th Street, NYC

A celebration and inquiry into the work of prominent contemporary experimental Bay Area writer and publisher (of O Books) Leslie Scalapino. Leslie Scalapino's over 20 books challenge the boundaries of poetry, prose and visual art. Her most recent titles are Orchid Jetsam, Dahlia's Iris and Zither & Autobiography. Six poets will each present a short talk on aspects of Scalapino's work, followed by a question/answer session. Poets will include Brenda Iijima, who will host the discussion, Rod Smith, Laura Elrick, Alan Davies, Jennifer Scappettone & Rodrigo Toscano.

some bloggers:
thom donovan
tim peterson

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ron padgett and amy king reading @ bridge street books

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PHOTOS by amyhappens >>>>>

dad was the guy always pointing into the skyat a buzzard...

rod smith

segue series at the bowery poetry club on 4 november 2006
@ penn sound >>>

rat genius

Friday was Dan Gutstein's debut on National Geographic in Rat Genius. Dan faces a lamb-chop eating rat in his kitchen. Rat Genius airs again Friday, October 27, 2PM. Check it out.

ca roule ma poule (that wheels my chicken)

rod brings home helpful vocabulary from french class. tonight he taught me hachis parmentier.

we had hachis parmentier (shepherd's pie) after mei-mei berssenbrugge's reading at georgetown last thursday, but it was smothered in cheese.

mei-mei berssenbrugge reads at georgetown university.

the georgetown reading was on a rainy thursday, just like lisa robertson's reading earlier this fall. brenda hillman read various poems including one having to do with string theory. mei-mei read mostly from i love artists.

during the seminar brenda said she has spent a lot of time talking to rocks and mei-mei said, you know, rocks can move all by themselves.

is that wool hat my hat

from the ladies room at quarry house pub

photos from sandra miller/ben doyle reading @ pyramid atlantic >>>>

rod smith, mel nichols, sandra miller, ben doyle read jackson mac low @ DCAC.

photos to come on ward tietz and ric royer performances that day.

welsh rarebit

Chris Nealon and Dora & Sally help Adam Good with his order Welsh Rarebit after Lisa Robertson's reading at Georgetown; Mel Nichols introduces Lisa to Flash the Basset Hound at the end of a rainy evening in DC.

Lisa Robertson read from Rousseau's Boat and The Men. She was brilliant. Rousseau's Boat is a still expanding series first published as a chapbook in 2004. She described this work as an index of last lines from 20 years of notebooks.

By the way, we weren't sure that the Welsh Rarebit was authentic Welsh Rarebit. It was more like cheese dip served with toast. Also of note: "Vivid nightmares are famously attributed to overindulgence in Welsh [rarebit]." Acccording to Wikipedia.

poetry bus at the big hunt

Maureen Thorson and Mel Nichols show up for the Poetry Bus wearing the same shirt.

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Readings by Rod Smith and Cole Swensen at the Poetry Bus site >>>

post-dickinson

store window in carlisle, PA.
more photos...

big kitty

this big kitty lives in the pet boutique next to flash's
doggie social club on 14th street.

DCAC : dan gutstein & chris toll : 09.17.06

check out rod's reading report at ghostbrain.

and also the carol mirakove adam good reading in september >>>
http://ghostbrain.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_ghostbrain_archive.html

party at cathy's

orange avec accordian

carol mirakove and adam good @ pyramid atlantic

adam good's map of carol mirakove's reading


carol mirakove & chris nealon

adam good signs broadsides

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it's all about compassion

illuminated lunch

illuminated flarf

rod smith and stan apps in new york for flarf festival 2006 >>>

america the beautiful

photo taken in north carolina on the way to the outer banks, 2000 or 2001. the sign was there for years--but is gone now.

illuminated meat