Tuesday, October 19, 2004

this weekend, in addition to Cabinet of the Muses

(and if you only go to one of these events I would recommend Saturday night:

Saturday 8 p.m at the LAB (with reception following)
Brenda Coultas (poetry)
KJ Holmes & Edwin Torres (dance/poetry)
Critical Mass (Hollis Frampton) (film)
Jerome Rothenberg (poetry)
Shelley Senter with Isabelle Cristo (dance)
Heriberto Yepez (poetry)

The LAB
2948 Sixteenth Street San Francisco, CA 94103
(The Mission - 16th St. BART)
(415) 864-8855
www.thelab.org


on Friday night James Thomas Stevens and Will Alexander are reading at Small Press Traffic. We read James's work in the craft class last fall. Bring your knitting, Will is known for long, transformative readings.

Friday, October 22, 2004 at 7:30 p.m.
Will Alexander & James Thomas Stevens


Two magical poets, each invoking the complexity of the postcolonial experience in compelling and necessary ways. Poet, essayist, playwright, and visual artist Will Alexander's books include Asia & Haiti, Towards the Primeval Lightning Fields, and Exobiology as Goddess. He has written widely on many aspects of African American poetry and surrealism. He is currently the Lead Artist, and Artist-In-Residence, for Theatre Of Hearts/Youth First in Los Angeles. James Thomas Stevens is the author of Combing the Snakes from His Hair; his long poem, Tokinish, appeared in the anthology Visit Teepee Town: Native Writings after the Detours. He teaches at SUNY-Fredonia and was a participant in our conference, Coordinates 2002: Indigenous Writing Now.

also this from Sarah Riggs...

www.speakfirst.org

**Merci de jeter un coup d'oeil et d'envoyer
ce site à vos amis aux Etats-Unis.**


This is a collective reading across the U.S.
anytime on October 26. A couple of us
thought this up as a way to shift the election
focus a little onto a celebration of free speech,
books, and individual reflection.

Based on the requests for postcard invitations
from 2,200 independent bookstores, it
looks like many people will participate.

I hope that you, or friends of yours, will
be among them.

Thanks,
Sarah


And, hey Voters, this same project sent me in the mail a # of posters about voting. Why not come by my office and take them off my hands?