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November 2019
Living Gallery: Rosamond S. King presents ALL THE RAGE
Rosamond S. King is an award-winning creative and critical writer and performer who draws on reality to create non-literal, culturally and politically engaged interpretations of African diaspora experiences. She will give a performative reading from her collection-in-progress, All the Rage. Her goal is to make people feel, wonder, and think, usually in that order. Living Gallery, a monthly program curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa and produced in the Gibney Gallery, presents live performance of storytelling, monologues, spoken word, stand-up, or creative…
Find out more »Book Launch! Hull by Xandria Phillips (Chicago)
We hope to see you November 9th, 7pm for the launch of Xandria Phillips's HULL & Raych Jackson's EVEN THE SAINTS AUDITION at The Nightingale Cinema! Click here for more info.
Find out more »Gillian Conoley Reading at University of Colorado Boulder! November 14th
Join us Thursday, November 14th (7:00pm) at the University of Colorado Boulder to hear Gillian Conoley (A Little More Red Sun on the Human) read! The reading will take place at Hellems 115, CU Boulder.
Find out more »Roundtable Discussion with Rosamond S. King
The Segal Theatre is hosting Africana Dance Dramaturgies: How Do We Represent? a night full of screenings, performances, talks, and conversations on 'reimagining the conventional approaches to Africana performance practices.' Rosamund S. King's movement based performance art, Tiney Winey and #SAYHERNAME will be shown earlier in the night, and later, King will participate in a roundable discussion amongst other artists and scholars.
Find out more »Artist Talk & Conversation with Caroline Bergvall
Caroline Bergvall will be reading and discussing her latest book, Alison Sings, with Prof. Clare Lees and Dr. Josh Davies at King's College, London.
Find out more »Brian Teare reading November 23rd for National Book Award-Winning Readings!
Join us & celebrate Brian Teare for the National Book Award's Award-Winning Readings! It was previously announced that Doomstead Days was longlisted for the award. More details: Saturday, November 23 @ 12:00 – 1:20 p.m. Room 6100 (Bldg. 6, 1st Floor) with Ariana Reines, Ilya Kaminsky, Camonghne Felix, Toi Derricotte, Jericho Brown, and Dan Beachy-Quick. Moderated by Denise Duhamel.
Find out more »December 2019
Book Launch! Beautiful Aliens by Steve Abbott (Dec. 1)
Join us Sunday, December 1st for the book launch of Steve Abbott's Beautiful Aliens! The event will also celebrate fellow Bay Area poet, Karl Tierney. Location: Latino/Hispanic meeting room, Lower Level, San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 More info can be found here.
Find out more »Reading Karl Tierney & Steve Abbott! Dec. 4th at Moe’s Books
Please join us Wednesday, December 4th at 7pm at Moe's Books to hear editors Jim Cory and Jamie Townsend read from two new, posthumously published books by San Francisco poets Karl Tierney and Steve Abbott (Beautiful Aliens), both lost to AIDS. Following the readings, the editors will discuss how these books came into fruition. More info can be found here.
Find out more »Book Launch 12/17! The Next Loves by Stéphane Bouquet trans. Lindsay Turner
Join us in celebration of the NYC launch of The Next Loves by Stéphane Bouquet, translated by Lindsay Turner. We will gather for a group reading of the book followed by a reception & book signings! Readers: Rijard Bergeron Stéphane Bouquet Peter Gizzi Brian Hochberger Jaye Elizabeth Johnson Rachel Levitsky Lucky Maureen McLane Lindsay Turner Aldrin Valdez
Find out more »Stéphane Bouquet in conversation with Valérie Mréjen, moderated by Lindsay Turner
Join us for a very special event Wednesday, December 18th at Albertine Bookstore! Stéphane Bouquet (author of The Next Loves) will be joined in conversation with Valérie Mréjen, moderated by Lindsay Turner (The Next Loves's translator)! More info can be found here.
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