March 30th, 2011 / 3:03 pm
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Modes of Love & Reason: A Bernadette Mayer Symposium

If you find yourself in or around Buffalo, NY this Friday, check out the day-long symposium dedicated to Mayer’s work…featuring CA Conrad, Dorothea Lasky, and many other superstars, including my wife, Caitlin Newcomer:

8 Comments

  1. March 30th, 2011 / 7:25 pm Marian May Kaufman—

      I’d come if I could – even just for the adorable poster.

  2. March 30th, 2011 / 8:35 pm Anonymous—

      420

  3. March 30th, 2011 / 8:42 pm Sean—

      “If you find yourself in or around Buffalo, NY this Friday…”

      That’s got be one of the best opening lines going

  4. March 31st, 2011 / 12:59 am Christopher Higgs—

      Yeah, I like the hippie throwback poster.

  5. March 31st, 2011 / 10:20 am Shane Anderson—

      oh man, i freaking love mayer. when i was in the states this last xmas i went to every damned used bookstore i could to find her early work. then i happened to meet her daughter when i was in nyc. i almost peed my pants.

      anyway

      Chris, what’s your wife going to talk about? is she a Mayer scholar? is it going to be hosted online at some point? is the Mayer going to be there herself?

      AAHHHHH

  6. March 31st, 2011 / 2:41 pm Adam Robinson—

      Buffalo is amazing.

  7. April 1st, 2011 / 4:37 am Christopher Higgs—

      Hey, Shane,

      My wife, Caitlin, does a lot of work in the field of contemporary poetry written by women. In a nutshell, her presentation will be about how Mayer negotiates the role of “poet” and the role of “mother” in her book Midwinter Day.

      I wish I could be there; but alas, I am stuck in Florida.

      Oh, Yes, Mayer is going to be there in person — she’ll be doing a reading in the evening.

      How cool you met her daughter! Although I could imagine how that encounter might be strange, given that Mayer often mentions her kids in her poetry — to meet one in real life would be like meeting a character from a book.

  8. April 1st, 2011 / 4:37 am Christopher Higgs—

      Hey, Shane,

      My wife, Caitlin, does a lot of work in the field of contemporary poetry written by women. In a nutshell, her presentation will be about how Mayer negotiates the role of “poet” and the role of “mother” in her book Midwinter Day.

      I wish I could be there; but alas, I am stuck in Florida.

      Oh, Yes, Mayer is going to be there in person — she’ll be doing a reading in the evening.

      How cool you met her daughter! Although I could imagine how that encounter might be strange, given that Mayer often mentions her kids in her poetry — to meet one in real life would be like meeting a character from a book.