RE:CONVERSATIONS :: TRULY FREE FILM :: CREATING VALUE IN FREE FILM
Independent film is currently redefining investment, distribution, and business models in the light of changing world economic structures. New dynamics may make film a frightening place to build a career. However, it is important to acknowledge the creative advantages of
MAY 3-4 :: CHAPBOOK FESTIVAL and PRINT! DOCUMENT SERIES 1 READING at MELLOW PAGES
Poetry month has come to a close, but the poetry is still flowing all around us. This weekend will be packed full of amazing events. Exit Strata will be tabling at CUNY's 5th annual Chapbook Festival. The two day event
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 27 :: BENJAMIN WIESSNER on HARRYETTE MULLEN
I am going to start with an admission—I have a deep and varied past with the poetry of Harryette Mullen. Her masterpiece, Sleeping with the Dictionary, opened my eyes to so many possibilities in poetry. The experience I had is described best by her line, “I’ve been licked all over by the English tongue.”
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 23 :: JULIET P. HOWARD on PAT PARKER
I first discovered the phenomenal poet Pat Parker (1944-1989) in my early 20’s and immediately fell in love with her poetry. I discovered her poetry around the same time that she passed away, so unfortunately I never had the opportunity
2nd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 6 :: UCHE NDUKA on FRIEDERIKE MAYROCKER
The poems of Friederike Mayrocker are instances of suspense of a peculiar sort. They luxuriate in thematic and stylistic instability. She handles the unknowability inherent in life with both delicacy and daring. She can be deeply accessible and edgily
FIELD NOTES :: SARAH PINDER'S WEST COAST GREAT TOUR
So I went to the west coast for a week on a mini tour. The first stop was Portland, OR, at Future Farm for a house reading with Jessalyn Wakefield, Seth Brown and Imogen Binnie. It’s been a few years since I’ve seen Jessalyn,
NEW SERIES ANNOUCEMENT :: [RE:CON]VERSATIONS
reconnaissance (n.) 1810, from French reconnaissance "act of surveying," literally "recognition," from Old French reconoissance (see recognizance). U.S. military abbreviation recon is attested from 1918. conversation (n.) mid-14c., "living together, having dealings with others," also "manner of conducting oneself in the world;" from Old French conversation, from Latin conversationem(nominative conversatio) "act of living
NYC Readings Roundup :: March 25-31
Editor’s note: welcome to the 5th iteration of our new weekly series, the Readings Roundup
COMMUNITY :: LAUNCHPAD BK :: Women Love The World Festival
Women Love the World: A three day festival and fundraiser celebrating women artist-activists and their contributions to bettering our world community. We are proud to announce Women Love the World (WLTW), a festival co-curated by Caits Meissner, Karla Rodriguez and Lehna
AWP13 RECON :: EXQUISITE CORPSE and AFTERGLOW
If you happened by table Q13 this last week at AWP you'll know that we did our best to lure you with that ineffable combination of craft, collaboration, community, and, er
