The Poetry Project wrote:
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> This week and next week at the Poetry Project:
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> TONIGHT, Wednesday, January 24th at 8 pm
> PAUL LARAQUE AND DENIZE LAUTURE
> Lawrence Ferlinghetti calls Paul Laraque "one of the great voices of truth."
> Mr. Laraque was born in Jeremie, Haiti. He fled Haiti during the reign of
> Papa-Doc and has only recently been able to return. At present he devotes
> full-time to his writing and to his activities as Secretary General of the
> Association of Haitian Writers Abroad. Denizé Lauture, who migrated from
> Haiti to the United States in 1968, writes poetry in Creole, English, and
> French. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines. He has authored
> two volumes of poetry and two children1s books, Father and Son, which was
> among the five books nominated to the NAACP1s 1993 Image Awards, and Running
> the Road to ABC, which received the Coretta Scott King Award in 1996.
> Performing this evening also is renowned Haitian guitarist Marc Mathelier.
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> Friday, January 26th at 10:30 pm
> MRS. CRABTREE AND THE LITTLE RASCALS: THE FALL 2000 WORKSHOP READING
> Participants from the Poetry Project1s fall workshops, led by poets and
> writers Jaime Manrique, Brenda Coultas, and Larry Fagin, will read their
> work.
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> Monday, January 29th at 8 pm
> DAN MACHLIN AND CAMILLE MARTIN
> Dan Machlin is the author of two chapbooks, This Side Facing You (Heart
> Hammer) and In Rem (@ Press, a collaboration with San Francisco poet Jen
> Hofer and visual artist James Yamada). His work has appeared in Talisman;
> Tool, a magazine; Murmur; Torque; on CD with Imminent Audio; and online. He
> is a former curator of the Double Happiness reading series and is currently
> an editor of Melodeon Books and a contributing editor of The Transcendental
> Friend, an online zine. Camille Martin is a poet and translator who lives in
> New Orleans. Her four collections of poetry are sesame kiosk, forthcoming
> from Potes & Poets Press, rogue embryo (Lavender Ink), magnus loop (Chax
> Press), and Plastic Heaven (Fell Swoop). Her poems and translations of
> French poetry have been widely published in journals. Martin is founder and
> co-curator of the Lit City Poetry Reading Series in New Orleans.
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> Wednesday, January 31st at 8 pm
> MEI-MEI BERSSENBRUGGE AND HEATHER RAMSDELL
> Mei-mei Berssenbrugge was born in Beijing in 1947 and grew up in
> Massachusetts. Her books include The Heat Bird (Burning Deck), Empathy
> (Station Hill), Sphericity and Four Year Old Girl (Kelsey Street). The
> recipient of several prestigious awards and fellowships, she has been a
> contributing editor of Conjunctions Magazine since 1978. Poet W.B. Keckler,
> writing in the American Book Review, writes of Endocrinology, Ms.
> Berssenbrugge1s collaborative book with visual artist Kiki Smith, "This is
> poetry which emulates the creative forces of nature instead of merely
> playing lip service to them. That is a rare achievement in any age."
> Recipient of both CUNY's Marianne Goodman Poetry Award and an American
> Academy of Poets Prize, Heather Ramsdell holds degrees from The Cooper Union
> and City College of New York. Her poetry has appeared in Arras, Big Allis,
> Mandorla, Murmur, Sulfur, Talisman, Torque and Whatever. James Tate writes
> that her book Lost Wax is "a symphony of poems that is original and
> profoundly full of wonder."
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> Friday, February 2nd at 10:30 pm
> 2001: A BOOG ODYSSEYÐA CELEBRATION OF THE PORTABLE BOOG READER
> Poets, musicians, and breakdancers come together for the publication of this
> instant anthology of New York City poetry. Poets Andrea Ascah-Hall, Neal
> Climenhaga, Allison Cobb, Jen Coleman, Ethan Fugate, Noelle Kocoff, Susan
> Landers, Richard O1Russa, and Sasha Watson read at the Project for the first
> time. Hear Wanda Phipps and band, a multi-instrument blues, poetry, and rock
> Œn roll ensemble. Feel the SyrenzÐan all-girl New York City breakdancing
> crew, getting down with your host, Regie Cabico. The Syrenz will lead
> audience members in a moonwalking lesson.
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> Unless otherwise noted, admission to all events is $7, $4 for students and
> seniors, and $3 for Poetry Project members. Schedule is subject to change.
> The Poetry Project is located in St. Mark's Church at the corner of 2nd
> Avenue and 10th Street in Manhattan. The Poetry Project is wheelchair
> accessible with assistance and advance notice. Please call (212) 674-0910
> for more information or visit our Web site at http://www.poetryproject.com.
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