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Dear Friends: The 10th Anniversary of Rattapallax magazine heralds a landmark in the magazine’s history as it shifts entirely online, but you get to see them live. Featured readers include EDWARD HIRSCH, author of "The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems" and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Also, EILEEN MYLES, author of "Inferno: A Poet's Novel”, RACHEL ZUCKER, author of "Museum of Accidents", a finalist for the National Books Critics Award in 2009. Other readers include EDWIN TORRES, author of "In the Function of External Circumstances" along with poet and translator IDRA NOVEY, author of "The Next Country". Screening of short video pieces by Scott Gelber from Monofonus Press and the Teleportal reading series (http://www.teleportalreadings.org). Hosted by editor FLAVIA ROCHA. September 24, 2010 at 7:00 pm Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall THE NEW SCHOOL, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY. FREE Co-sponsored by the Creative Writing MFA Programs http://www.newschool.edu/writing/events.aspx?id=52634 Also, watch an exclusive interview with Edward Hirsch, a poet and head of the Guggenheim Foundation, about the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s exile at Sampsonia Way Magazine: http://www.sampsoniaway.org/blog/2010/08/19/edward-hirsch-on-pablo-nerudas-exile/ This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The Experimental Television Center's Presentation Funds program is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts. Additional support provided by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Cheers Ram Devineni Publisher