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Bridge Street Books Anthology

Bridge Street Books

2814 Pennsylvania Ave NW (at M St NW)
an independently owned bookstore

Upcoming Readings:

All readings Sundays at 7 PM unless otherwise indicated

In business for over twenty years, Bridge Street is one of a rare breed these days--a successful independent bookseller. It has what is certainly the best poetry section in Washington, well-stocked in alternative poetry and poetics as well as mainstream. Bridge Street also has extremely good selections in Philosophy, Politics, Cultural Theory, Women's Studies, Film, Music, and other areas. They also have a plethora of quality sale books. Manager (& well-known poet!) Rod Smith has been organizing readings in the Washington Area since 1988 and has brought Rae Armantrout, Charles Bernstein, Lee Ann Brown, John Cage, Kevin Davies, Lyn Hejinian, Lisa Jarnot, Alice Notley, Tom Raworth, Lisa Robertson, Leslie Scalapino, Chris Stroffolino and many other important writers to DC. 5 blocks from

Foggy Bottom Metro, next to Four Seasons in Georgetown at the end of M street open Monday - Saturday: 10:30am - 9pm Sunday: 12pm - 8pm (202) 965-5200


Past Readings:

April 6, 2008
Evgeny Bunimovich, Elena Fanailova, & Yuli Gugolev

March 30, 2008
Christina Strong & Mark Wallace

March 25, 2008
Noah Eli Gordon & Joshua Marie Wilkinson

February 8, 2008
Jules Boykoff, book party for BEYOND BULLETS: THE SUPPRESSION OF DISSENT IN THE UNITED STATES

February 3, 2008
Lisa Jarnot and Eileen Myles

September 23, 2007
Rae Armantrout, Ben Doyle & Sandra Miller

May 27, 2007
Ron Silliman and Tom Mandel

April 22, 2007
Rachel Blau DuPlessis and Bob Perelman

April 6, 2007
Peter Gizzi

March 8, 2007
Tom Raworth and Doug Lang

November 19, 2006
Charles Bernstein

November 5, 2006
Ron Padgett and Amy King

October 29, 2006
Terence Winch and Geoffrey Young

October 8, 2006
Michael Friedman and Tom Orange

June 11, 2006
Mel Nichols and Leslie Scalapino

June 4, 2006
Mark Wallace and Karen Weiser

May 14, 2006
Joshua Clover and Heather Fuller

April 23, 2006
Emmanuel Hocquard
with translations read by Cole Swensen and Rod Smith

April 2, 2006
Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop

March 5, 2006
Tim Davis and Ben Friedlander

December 4, 2005
Tina Darragh and P. Inman

October 9, 2005
Doug Lang and Tom Raworth

April 24, 2005
Dan Gutstein & Eric Pankey

April 10, 2005
Lisa Jarnot & Thomas Evans

December 12, 2004
Anselm Berrigan and Tom Orange

November 7, 2004
Jean Donnelly and Mark Wallace

September 22, 2004
Charles Bernstein

May 2, 2004
Jules Boykoff and Noah Eli Gordon

April 11, 2004
Cole Swensen and Pattie McCarthy

March 28, 2004
Allison Cobb and Sue Landers

February 29, 2004
Kaia Sand and Mark Wallace

February 23, 2003
Tom Raworth

December 8, 2002
Pattie McCarthy and Leslie Scalapino

October 20, 2002
Jen Hofer and Chris Nealon

October 6, 2002
Lorraine Graham, Tom Orange and Jessica Smith

September 22, 2002
Anselm Berrigan and Jean Donnelly

 
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