Live Giants 7 Re-do: Mairéad Byrne (with ARob and Stephanie)
The live reading will begin at 10 AM Eastern. To watch, please go to the full screen and chatroom broadcast here at uStream. Normally we embed that stuff but it’s like 9am right now so what the heck. Mairéad will take questions in the chatroom and in comments on this thread, so hang out and fire around.
Her latest book, The Best of (What’s Left of) Heaven is a 208-page collection released by Publishing Genius. Purchases made today get a reduced $10 price and free shipping.
Another thing I’d do if I lived in NYC.
Adam Robinson—
Yesterday I posted the trailer for Eileen Myles’s new book. The book looks amazing, although I don’t disagree with Steven Augustine’s comment that the trailer comes off like a teaser for MTV’s 120 Minutes. Still and all, get that book. You can probably buy it from the author herself at next Thursday’s Belladonna/Dusie reading at Brooklyn’s Book Thug Nation. The reading also features: Cara Benson, Mairéad Byrne, Caroline Crumpacker, Susana Gardner and Kate Zambreno.
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David Berman and Epistemological Closure in the Propaganda State
"There is no leisure with dignity in an unfinished world." – DCB, at NYU Writers House, 7/25/10
by Jeremy Schmall
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David Berman’s life has been one of failure and refusal. At least, that’s what he said at the very rare talk he gave at NYU on July 25th, the concluding event of the inaugural Open City Summer Writing Workshop. Although the idea of Berman being a failure was news to me—I am an enormous fan of his book of poems (Actual Air) and his former band (Silver Jews)—he does have a point. He didn’t follow up his book with another book, he refused to tour with his band for years, and when he finally capitulated, and the touring started to eke out money and win over a committed fan base, he quit music to fail at writing a memoir, and then nearly created a TV show based on his life, but walked away when he realized what that would look like. But both writing and music are behind him now. What he’s after instead—and which he communicated through a wide-ranging, associative, often sublime speech marked by long, meditative silences—focuses on his father, Richard Berman, a high-paid PR man who creates and disseminates misinformation on behalf of corporate giants. His work effects the choices we all make everyday.
Adam Robinson—
If I was in Chicago TOMORROW NIGHT (thanks Tim), I’d probably stop by Reckless Records, then go to Ed Debevic’s for mean food, then to the book launch sink for Davis Schneiderman’s new novel, Drain. Readings by some Giant faves: “Steve Tomasula, Cookies & MILF (aka Kelly Haramis & Jennifer Boxrud), Don Share, John Beer, Rebekah Silverman and Tadd Adcox (reading a piece by Fred Sasaki). Artwork by Elizabeth Birnbaum, Karen Larson, Eli Robb and Mai Wagner.” 7pm at Part Time Gallery (5219 N. Clark. 3rd Floor).
After that I’d close down the Oasis and tomorrow morning hit Heartland Cafe.
Live Giants #7: Mairéad Byrne
Well, Mairéad’s microphone went kaput, so you only sort of missed her reading. But the book is still available cheap till I decide we’ve made recompense.
Her latest book, The Best of (What’s Left of) Heaven is a 208-page opus just released by Publishing Genius. Purchases made between now and midnight tonight get a reduced $10 price and free shipping.
Reminder: Mairéad Byrne TONIGHT, 9pm EASTERN
Tune in tonight for the seventh installment of Live Giants. The reader will be Mairéad Byrne.
Her latest book, The Best of (What’s Left of) Heaven is a 208-page opus just released by Publishing Genius. Purchases made between now and midnight tonight get a reduced $10 price and free shipping. It was reviewed yesterday at JMWW by Ashlie Kauffman.
Tonight, 9pm EASTERN, come here.
Popsickle: A poetry event
This weekend in Brooklyn:
POPSICKLE 2010 is two-day festival of readings, performances and screenings that will take place at Market Hotel in Brooklyn, 1142 Myrtle Ave, Bushwick.
SATURDAY | July 24
3:00 – 4:00 PM WHAT’S UP + Brandon Downing—video
3:45 – 4:15 PM Parker Phillips & Jesse Gold
4:15 – 5:00 PM Lauren Russell, Marc Nasdor
5:00 – 6:00 PM Brett Price & Dani Levanthal—video, Nicole Trigg, Alaina Stamatis, Jamie Peck
6:00 – 7:00 PM Michael Barron, Eddie Hopely, Anna Fitzgerald, Jordan Michael Iannucci
7:00 – 8:00 PM Jarrod Shanahan, Gina Abelkop, Timothy Donelly
SUNDAY | July 25
1:00 – 2:00 PM Evan Burton, Carter Edwards, Paige Taggart
2:00 – 3:00 PM Ben Fama, Natalie Lyalin, Emily Pettit, James Copeland
3:00 – 4:00 PM RAFFLE + SNACK TIME
4:00 – 5:00 PM Dan Magers, Leigh Stein, Joshua Mehigan
Mike Young—
Soda Series #2 is tomorrow in Brooklyn @ 7PM: Matt Bell, John Madera, Jeff Parker and Amber Sparks. Gawk the details at http://sodaseries.com/.