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A poem from Everyday People by Kevin Coval

klarimer — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:39:20 -0400

Kevin Coval reads "The Meaning of Children," a poem from his second collection, Everyday People, recently published by EM Press in Chicago. Coval is the cofounder of Chicago's Louder Than a Bomb, the largest youth poetry festival in the world.

An excerpt from Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring by Zach Plague

klarimer — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:21:43 -0400

Zach Plague reads an excerpt from his first novel, Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring Boring, published in August by Featherproof Books.

Part 7: A yard of mummies

Adelaide was at her old school standing in the hall outside Ms. Man’s office. Fighting off clingy memories. She hated this place. It was a tomb, but one which actively suppressed her. Imposed its monolith stupidity on her. Having graduated recently, and ahead of her class, she wanted very much to no longer think about her years spent here.

An excerpt from The Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer

dp_admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:49:11 -0400

S. Epatha Merkerson reads an excerpt from Andrew Sean Greer's third novel, The Story of a Marriage, published in May by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

We think we know the ones we love.

A poem from A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

dp_admin — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:17:23 -0500

Lawrence Ferlinghetti reads a poem from A Coney Island of the Mind, published by New Directions in 1958. A fiftieth anniversary edition of the book is forthcoming from New Directions in April.

A poem from Behind My Eyes by Li-Young Lee

site_admin_sam — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:31:09 -0500

Li-Young Lee reads the first poem, "In His Own Shadow," from his fourth poetry collection, Behind My Eyes, published in January by Norton.

Sigrid Nunez reads from The Last of Her Kind (1.01.06)

site_admin_sam — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:32:37 -0500

Sigrid Nunez reads from her fifth novel, The Last of Her Kind.

How to Publish Your Short Story: A Panel Discussion (2.01.06)

site_admin_sam — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:31:09 -0500

How to Publish Your Short Story: A panel discussion with fiction editors from the New Yorker, the Paris Review, Open City, and One Story.

Terese Svoboda reads from Tin God (2.21.06)

site_admin_sam — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:28:38 -0500

Terese Svoboda reads from her third novel, Tin God.

Janice Erlbaum reads from Girlbomb (3.21.06)

site_admin_sam — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:27:30 -0500

Janice Erlbaum reads from her memoir Girlbomb.

Joshua Beckman reads from Shake (5.01.06)

site_admin_sam — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:59:11 -0500

Joshua Beckman reads from his fifth poetry collection, Shake.