Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Can't wait?

Get your fix.

Take a look at CA Conrad's many blogs, do some somatic exercises, read from the Book of Frank, buy some of CA's wonderful work--then go read Ian's music blog & beg him for some updates, buy a beautiful poetry & art book, or read through a great translation.  

See you Wednesday at 7 PM at Home Sweet Home.  Don't be square.


Wednesday, March 18, 2009

THE READING AT CHRYSTIE ST. RIDES AGAIN

saddle up:

CA CONRAD &
IAN DREIBLATT


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25
HOME SWEET HOME
131 CHRYSTIE ST.
7 PM SHARP

git along!



















CAConrad
is the son of white trash asphyxiation whose childhood included selling cut flowers along the highway for his mother and helping her shoplift. He escaped to Philadelphia where he lives and writes with the PhillySound poets www.PhillySound.blogspot.com. His latest book The Book of Frank (Chax Press, 2009) received The Gil Ott Book Award. He is also the author of Deviant Propulsion (Soft Skull Press, 2006), (Soma)tic Midge (FAUX Press, 2008), and two forthcoming books, advanced ELVIS course (Soft Skull Press, 2009), and a collaboration with poet Frank Sherlock titled THE CITY REAL & IMAGINED: Philadelphia Poems (Factory School Press, 2009). He invites you to visit him online at www.CAConrad.blogspot.com

Ian Dreiblatt is a poet, translator, & musician. he is the author, with Kerry Downey, of hoc me fefecit / image, a collaborative book of art & poetry, and has published translations of Mandelstam &, most recently, Tolstoy's The Death Of Ivan Ilich. the poet Robert Kelly has said, "listening to Ian's poems, because he has that magic intuition that all poetry is language poetry... you can feel a tremendous upwelling of words in other languages, other englishes within the english." he writes a sonnet every day & lives with Lauren near the c & g trains.


Thursday, March 5, 2009

Noelle Kocot & Dottie Lasky: The Reckoning

Were they not as charming as promised? Were the drinks not cheap & abundant? Did you not have a fantastic time? Don't say we never did anything for you.

Of course Noelle & Dottie both gave gorgeous & riveting readings. We were unbelievably lucky to have them read for us, and the combination was rare & wonderful. Here is some proof of how much flipping fun we all had:

















Noelle & Dottie















read their















glorious poems!















Old friends were reunited!















New friendships were forged!















Record numbers















of tongues















were exposed!















We ate babies!