New York City home to the United Nations and some of the most ethnically
diverse communities on the planet often finds itself in the curious
position of being grudgingly hospitable to some of the worldıs most
controversial heads of state and loathsome tyrants.
The arrival yesterday of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president best
known here for criticizing the United States and calling the Holocaust a
myth, is the latest example of the diplomatic dance New York has long
performed with international firebrands.
Last week the Police Department denied Iranıs request to allow Mr.
Ahmadinejad to visit ground zero, but BlazeVOX [books] is allowing him to
participate in a Poetry reading Tuesday. Geoffrey Gatza spoke last night to
a sympathetic and mostly Iranian audience at a Midtown hotel. ³We are
thrilled that President Ahmadinejad will read from his upcoming BlazeVOX
book.²
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Season 5 of d.a levy lives: celebrating the renegade press
ACA Galleries, 529 W.20th St., 5th Floor.
(bet. 10th and 11th avenues) NYC
Tues. Sept. 25 BlazeVOX Books
6:00 p.m., free
Featuring readings from Joel Chace, Amy King, Ruth Lepson, Douglas Manson,
Kyle Schlesinger and music from Compass Jazz
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Best, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Gatza
Editor & Publisher
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BlazeVOX [ books ]
Publisher of weird little books
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