POET & FULCRUM'S CONTRIBUTING EDITOR ROBERT KELLY
READS FROM NEW WORK
SATURDAY APRIL 7, 2007 @ 7PM
LAME DUCK BOOKS/PIERRE MENARD GALLERY
12 ARROW STREET , CAMBRIDGETel: 617-868-2022. Email: [log in to unmask]
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
LAME DUCK BOOKS, in conjunction with PIERRE MENARD GALLERY, is proud to present Robert Kelly -- poet, novelist and essayist -- who will read from new work this Saturday, April 7, at 7PM. The reading is free and open to the public, and there will be a reception in the author's honor to follow at which Mr. Kelly will be happy to sign copies of his books. Several titles will be available for purchase.
Kelly is the author of more than fifty books of poetry and several novels. His first book of poems appeared under the title Armed Descent in 1961, and ever since he has continued to assert his standing as one of America's finest experimental poets and one of our most intelligent and humane writers in general. Some of Kelly's more notable books include Red Actions: Selected Poems 1960-1993 and a collection of short fictions, A Transparent Tree. Many of his books -- nearly a shelf-full -- were published by the renowned Black Sparrow Press. He has received numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times First Annual Book Award (1980) for Kill the Messenger Who Brings Bad News and the American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation in 1991 for In Time.
Robert Kelly was born in September of 1935 in Brooklyn , New York . He attended City College , from which he graduated in 1955, continuing his studies at Columbia University . In 1961 he became professor of English Literature at Bard College , where he continues to teach today.
Kelly's most recent books are Lapis (Black Sparrow Press, 2005), Shame = Scham: a Collaboration with Birgit Kempker (McPherson, 2005), Threads (First Intensity Press, 2006) and May Day, published by Parsifal Editions in 2006.
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