This Week's Literary Events

If you have some extra time this week, you might want to check out some of these readings.  Remember, you're required to go to two readings during the semester and write a short review of each on this blog, so this is a good opportunity to get one or both of those done.  If you're planning to go to any of these, feel free to leave a comment, and perhaps a few of you can go together.

Timothy Donnelly at BookEnds
25 February, 6pm,  SCPS Student Lounge, 7 East 12th Street, 5th Floor. Free.
The first BookEnds event of the upcoming semester will feature the poet Timothy Donnelly.  Please join us on Monday, February 25, in the 5th floor Student Lounge of 7 E. 12th St.  We will gather at 6 pm for refreshments and conversation, and the reading and discussion will begin at 6:30.  Please see the attached flyer for more information, and feel free to distribute it to interested students, colleagues, and friends.  RSVPs are very helpful for planning the room setup and ordering an appropriate amount of food, but drop-ins are also welcome.  I hope you will be able to join us for an evening of excellent poetry and conversation!  To RSVP, or if you have any questions, contact Program Coordinator, Michael Collins at mpc3@nyu.edu, or Spring Curator, Corey Spencer at coreyseneca@gmail.com.

Organic Open Mic by Inspired Word 
Every Tuesday, 7pm, Bareburger 2nd Floor, 85 Second Avenue (@ 5th Street). $10.
Looking for special - and very unique - open mic in downtown Manhattan, with wall-to-wall people and great energy? Swing by the Organic Open Mic at the gorgeous Bareburger organic restaurant in the East Village - the home of some of the best tasting food on the planet.  Produced by the long-running Inspired Word open mic series, which has featured Grammy winners, American Idol finalists, Golden Globe Award winners, Emmy nominated actors, and HBO Def Poetry stars, this open mic is open to ALL types of performing artists - comedians, musicians, storytellers, singers, poets, fiction/nonfiction writers, playwrights, spoken word artists, performance artists, dancers. The event takes place on the second floor, with full-length windows on all sides that offers an especially beautiful view.

Perfect Sense Reading SeriesFebruary 27, 2013 - Cornelia St. Cafe (29 Cornelia St., Manhattan)

Long-running series at long-running poetry venue featuring Timothy Donnelly, Melissa Fadul, Chloe Yelena Miller, Danniel Schoonebeek, and Leah Umansky.

Gallatin Poets: Emily Fragos, Jean Gallagher, Scott Hightower, and Idra Novey

Wednesday, February 27, 6pm, NYU Bookstore (726 Broadway)
Emily Fragos's latest book is "Hostage: New & Selected Poems" (Sheep Meadow, 2011). Jean Gallagher's titles include "This Minute" and "Stubborn" (Oberlin College Press, 2006). "Self-evident," Scott Hightower's fourth poetry book, is new from Barrow Street Press. Idra Novey's most recent collection, "Exit, Civilian" (University of Georgia Press, 2012) was a 2011 National Poetry Series Selection. Introduced by Soren Stockman.

“Zoetrope: All-Story” Presents
Thursday, February 28, 7pm, 58 West 10th St., Free 
An evening with contributors to the National Magazine Award–winning quarterly published by Francis Ford Coppola: Pinckney Benedict, Kathryn Harrison, and David Means. Hosted by founding editor Adrienne Brodeur. Co-sponsored with “Zoetrope: All-Story.”

Happy Hour Reading: Nicholas Christopher, David Shields, and Terese Svoboda
Friday, March 1, 5pm, 58 West 10th St., Free  
 Poet and novelist Nicholas Christopher’s novel “Tiger Rag” is new from Dial Press. David Shields reads from his new nonfiction title “How Literature Saved My Life” (Knopf, February 2013). Fiction writer and poet Terese Svoboda’s novel “Tin God” will be reissued by University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books in April. The Happy Hour series features readings and refreshments on select Fridays at 5pm; Friday’s readers will be introduced by Uri Ferruccio, Jacob Dawson, and Rafael Roa.