MLA 1996

Date:         Mon, 2 Dec 1996 09:52:39 -0500
Sender:       UB Poetics discussion group
From:         Mark Wallace
Subject:      Some MLA poetry events
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For those of you who will be in Washington D.C. during the MLA conference,
please note that the following poetry events will be taking place in and
around the conference.

Friday, December 27
Bridge Street Books
2814 Pennsylvania Ave. in Georgetown

7:30 p.m.
Book party for Marjorie Perloff and her new book WITTGENSTEIN'S LADDER:
POETIC LANGUAGE AND THE STRANGENESS OF THE ORDINARY, published by
University of Chicago Press

8:30
MLA Group Reading
Current reading list includes Charles Bernstein, Peter Gizzi, Carla
Harryman, Hank Lazer, Bill Luoma, Douglas Messerli, Jennifer Moxley, A.L.
Nielsen, Bob Perelman, Juliana Spahr, Barrett Watten, Elizabeth Willis



Saturday, December 28

5:15-6:30 p.m.
Joan Retallack and Carolyn Forche will read from their poetry at the MLA
conference. THIS READING IS OPEN AND FREE TO NON-CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS.
Location: Room Delware A at the Sheraton Hotel, corner of Connecticut and
Calvert Streets NW.


8:30 p.m.
Ruthless Grip Art Project
U Street NW near the corner of 15th, under the Big Black Sign!

A Gathering of D.C. Avant Garde Poets
Current reading list includes Tina Darragh, P. Inman, Rod Smith, Joe Ross,
Heather Fuller, Doug Lang, Graham Foust, Mark Wallace and there will be
more!



Sunday, December 29

3:00 p.m.
DC Arts Center
2438 18th St. NW (near Columbia and 18th in the heart of Adams Morgan)

PRIMARY TROUBLE anthology reading
Hosted by Ed Foster, editor of TALISMAN, this group reading will include a
number of writers appearing in the recent PRIMARY TROUBLE anthology edited
by Ed and Leonard Schwarz.


Lastly, for anyone still in D.C. on New Year's Day, there will be a poetry
reading and party (details to be announced).


Mark Wallace

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