April 2012
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Poetry giveaway on Twitter, happening soon! →
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Last day of National Poetry Month!
I’m giving away MASTER OF DISGUISES by Charles Simic, HERE by Wislawa Szymborska, NATIVE GUARD by Natasha Trethewey, and THE BACK CHAMBER by Donald Hall over on our Twitter (@hmhbooks). In 15 minutes! First 5 to RT win. So follow and RT!
ARE YOU MY MOTHER? tour
Alison Bechdel’s tour kicks off tomorrow in NYC. Is she visiting you?
NEW YORK
BOSTON
Harvard Book Store @ Brattle Theatre, May 2, 6:00 pm
PHILADELPHIA
Philadelphia Free Library, May 3, 7:30 pm
WASHINGTON DC
Politics & Prose, May 4, 7:00 pm
TORONTO
Toronto Comic Arts Festival, May 5
ST. LOUIS
Left Bank Books, May 6, 4:00 pm
MILWAUKEE
SAN FRANCISCO
Books Inc, Berkeley, May 8, 7:00 pm
LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles Public Library, May 10, on-stage conversation w/ Deborah Vankin (LA Times)
SEATTLE
University Bookstore, May 11, 7:00 pm
PORTLAND
Powell’s @ Bagdad Theater, May 12, 5:00 pm
CHICAGO
Women & Children First, May 16, 7:30 pm
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Writers on a New England Stage, Portsmouth Music Hall, June 14, 7:00 pm
WESTERN MASS
Odyssey, South Hadley, June 15, 7:00 pm
VERMONT
Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington, June 16
Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, June 19, 7:00 pm
Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, June 26, 7:00 pm
Burlington Book Festival, Sept 22
MONTREAL
Librairie D+Q, July date pending
SAN DIEGO
Comic-Con, July 12-15
Still need a poem for your pocket? →
poets.org
The idea is simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month then carry it with you to share with co-workers, family, and friends.
“At the Philip Levine reading we chatted for all of a minute about Geoff Dyer until the point when, you know, the reading began. I wish I’d approached you sooner, and that we had the chance to talk longer about literature, life, whatever … Hope you’re doing well with your studies, and that we might cross paths again.”
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Housing Works poetry reading - m4w
Missed connection from last night’s packed, amazing, hilarious, poetrytastic Knopf and Tumblr Celebrate Poetry party.
(via housingworksbookstore)
It’s Monday! What are you reading? →
jendevoureringbooks.tumblr.com
Somehow this weekend I found myself with a million books going, hopefully I can narrow it down again this week.
To finish (already started):
The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Jane Rogers (print)
The Object of My Affections by Jill Smoleski
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Gravity…
The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined By Science)
1. Fine Arts
3. Film, Video, and Photographic Arts
4. Commercial Art and Graphic Design
5. Architecture
6. Philosophy and Religious Studies
7. English Literature and Language
8. Journalism
9. Anthropology and Archeology
11. Music
12. History
13. Political Science and Government
(Ed: Your primary tumblrs majored in two of these and now work in the field of a third.)
Well this is a treat. Obviously my major is included here…
