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Literary Round-Up: From Eroticism to New American Writing…

March 26th, 2008 Written by: Nora· No Comments

Lit Pic 03-25-08NNThis week in the literary world we have a reading with three renown writers: Sarah Maclay, Stephen Kessler, and Ralph Angel at Beyond Baroque while A.M. Homes, author of The Mistress’s daughter will be doing a reading at the Hammer Museum

Reading at Beyond Baroque with Sarah Maclay, Stephen Kessler, and Ralph Angel

Friday March 28th 7:30pm
681 Venice Blvd. Venice CA (Map)
(310)822-3006

  • Sarah Maclay is author of The White Bride and Whore. Her work has been selected for The Best American Erotic Poems: 1800 to the Present, and has appeared in APR, FIELD, Ploughshares and Poetry International. She was co-editor of Echo 681 (Beyond Baroque), has facilitated the Beyond Baroque Wednesday Workshop many times, and received a Special Mention in Pushcart Prize XXXI.
  • Stephen Kessler’s new book of poetry is Burning Daylight. He has published many volumes of poetry and has translated numerous writers into English. He is a poetry editor of Poetry Flash, and edits The Redwood Coast Review.
  • Ralph Angel received the 2007 Pen USA Award for Poetry for Exceptions and Melancholies: Poems 1986 – 2006, and recently published a translation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s Poem of the Deep Song. His previous books are Twice Removed, Anxious Latitudes and Neither World (James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets).

Reading at the Hammer Museum with A.M Homes

Sunday March 30th 6pm
10899 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles Ca (Map)

  • A.M. Homes is the author of numerous books–most recently the memoir, The Mistress’s Daughter, and the novel, This Book Will Save Your Life. Her writing has appeared in Art Forum, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair, where she is a contributing editor. She also collaborates with artists on exhibition catalogues and has worked with Bill Owens, Rachel Whiteread, Cathy Opie, Cecily Brown, and Carroll Dunham.

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