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>Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 21:29:25 -0500
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>From: Rebecca Wolff <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Fence Books Contest and Readings
>
>Happy winter.
>
>A little reminder that entries to the 2003 Fence Modern Poets Series
>contest must be postmarked between February 1st and February 28th of
>2003. Visit the Fence Books site for downloadable guidelines and
>required entry forms, or send an SASE to Fence Books at 14 Fifth
>Avenue, #1A, New York, NY, 10011. (http://www.fencebooks.com)
>
>Past FMPS winners include Joyelle McSweeney's The Red Bird, chosen
>by Allen Grossman and which prompted the Utne Reader to gush: "Her
>language is innovative, charged with wit, energy, and surprise, but
>underneath the surface runs a mysterious current of real emotion.")
>and Elizabeth Robinson's Apprehend, about which judge Ann Lauterbach
>says: "Robinson calibrates the motion between fear, apprehension,
>and knowledge-comprehension at the crux of human imagining."
>
>And: some readings to make it to if you live in New York City,
>Boston, or San Francisco:
>
>Tina Brown Celona's Short Winter Tour in Support of The Real Moon of
>Poetry and Other Poems:
>
>***
>Sunday, January 26th, 2 pm
>
>with Matvei Yankelevich at Soft Skull Press
>
>71 Bond Street
>(at State St.)
>Brooklyn, NY
>
>Subway: Hoyt / Schermerhorn
>
>***
>Thursday, January 30th, 7 pm
>
>BigSmallPressMall invites you to a party and reading to celebrate
>the launch . . .
>
>Readings by one writer from each BigSmallPressMall publisher:
>Poetry by Tina Brown Celona from Fence
>Fiction by Sam Lipsyte from Open City
>Poetry by Peter Richards from Verse Press
>Fiction by Ben Greenman from McSweeney's
>
>The reading will begin at 7 pm, followed by a party. Free beer
>provided by Brooklyn Brewery and free cider provided by Original Sin.
>
>Please bring a book to donate to Housing Works, a not-for-profit
>organization that provides housing, health care, advocacy, and
>support to homeless men, women, and children living with AIDS and
>HIV.
>
>Housing Works Used Books Café
>126 Crosby Street
>(between Houston & Spring Streets)
>NYC 10012
>212 334-3324
>
>Subway: S,F,V, 6 to Broadway-Lafayette. N, R to Prince St.
>
>***
>Saturday, February 2nd, 5 pm
>
>with Peter Gizzi at Wordsworth Books
>
>30 Brattle Street
>Cambridge, MA 02138
>
>***
>Tuesday, March 11th, 7:30 pm
>
>with West Coast poet to be determined at Modern Times Bookstore
>
>888 Valencia St.
>(between 19th & 20th Streets)
>San Francisco, CA
>415 282-9246
>
>
>**********
>Rebecca Wolff
>Fence et al.
>14 Fifth Avenue, #1A
>New York, NY 10011
>http://www.fencemag.com
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