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Ruthless Grip Anthology

Ruthless Grip

Upcoming Readings:

 
ABOUT THE SERIES: Ruthless Grip is curated by Mel Nichols with contributing curators Casey Smith, Bryan Koen, Phyllis Rosenzweig, Katy Bohinc, Adam Marston, Jackie Kari, Brian Fitzpatrick, Dora Danylevich, Magus Magnus, Rod Smith, and others.

Ruthless Grip was first curated by Mark Wallace in Fall 1995 at the old Ruthless Grip Art Project, 1508 U Street, NW. In Fall 2000 Wallace moved the series to the Washington Printmakers Gallery, 1732 Connecticut Avenue NW. In Spring 2006 the series moved to Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, 8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring MD, where it was curated by Mel Nichols and Kaplan Harris.

Black Fox Lounge is located at 1723 Connecticut Avenue NW in Washington, DC. The nearest subway station is Dupont Circle.

Baked & Wired is located at 1052 Thomas Jefferson Street Northwest in Washington D.C., between 30th and 31st Streets, just south of the canal. The nearest subway station is Foggy Bottom-GWU Station. On-street parking is also available.

Pyramid Atlantic Art Center is located at 8230 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, MD, just three blocks from the Metro red line. Limited off-street parking is also available. For directions: http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/about/contact.htm [ map ]

Past Readings:

January 13, 2012
Bonnie Jones, Ric Royer, and Sara Wintz

October 14, 2011
Liora Valero, Phyllis Rosenzweig, Doug Lang, Buck Downs, Magus Magnus, Satori Trova, & more

October 3, 2011
Rod Smith, Elaine Kahn, Weyes Blood

May 13, 2011
Bill Berkson and Cole Swensen

May 7, 2011
Ken Jacobs, Cathy Eisenhower, Magus Magnus

May 3, 2011
Corcoran Student & Faculty Reading

April 30, 2011
James Huckenpahler, Francis Michael Terzano, Jake Dingman, & Thomas Michael Corcoran

April 23, 2011
Lynne Dreyer and Peter Inman

April 22, 2011
Meg Ronan, Alison Strub,
& Aubrey Lenahan

April 16, 2011
Joe Hall, Adam Marston, Katy Bohinc

April 8, 2011
Lee Ann Brown, Chris Vitiello,
& Dianne Timblin

March 27, 2011
Catherine Wagner, cris cheek, Keith Tuma, Tom Orange

March 11, 2011
Maureen Thorson & Seth Perlow

February 12, 2011
Midnight in December: Maureen Andary, Katy Bohinc, Theodora Danylevich, Brandon Fitzgerald, Jackie Kari, Adam Marston, Mel Nichols

January 15, 2011
CAConrad, Debrah Morkun, &
Adam Robinson

April 13, 2008
P. Inman and Tom Orange

March 9, 2008
Sharon Mesmer & Ric Royer

February 10, 2008
Semezdin Mehmedinovic & Kaia Sand

January 13, 2008
Ben Friedlander reading & Creeley celebration

December 9, 2007
kathryn pringle & justin sirois

November 11, 2007
Günther Ruch and Ward Tietz

September 9, 2007
Mark McMorris and Cathy Eisenhower

May 12, 2007
Elizabeth Willis and Nancy Kuhl

April 14, 2007
C.S. Giscombe, Susan Tichy, and Ken Rumble

March 11, 2007
Rob Halpern and Lauren Bender

February 10, 2007
Rod Smith and Dana Ward

January 14, 2007
Cole Swensen and Theodora Danylevich

December 10, 2006
Dan Gutstein and Maureen Thorson

October 15, 2006
Ben Doyle and Sandra Miller

September 10, 2006
Carol Mirakove and Adam Good

May 14, 2006
Anselm Berrigan and Rod Smith

April 9, 2006
Marcella Durand and Cathy Eisenhower

March 12, 2006
M Magnus and Chris Vitiello

December 10, 2005
Ryan Walker and Lewis Warsh

November 12, 2005
Thalia Field, Jamie Jewett and Jessica Smith

October 8, 2005
Jamie Gaughran-Perez and Ted Pelton

September 10, 2005
The Tiny in DC

May 14, 2005
Buck Downs and Roberto Harrison

April 9, 2005
Tina Darragh and Joan Retallack

March 12, 2005
Lorraine Graham and Cheryl Pallant

February 12, 2005
Mel Nichols and Kim Rosenfield

January 8, 2005
P. Inman, Mark Jickling and Chris Mason

December 11, 2004
Brenda Coultas and Rod Smith

November 13, 2004
Jeremy Gardner, Maia Gil'Adi and Adam Good

October 9, 2004
Brian Evenson and Craig Watson

September 11, 2004
Carol Mirakove and Selah Saterstrom

May 8, 2004
Tina Darragh and Barbara Henning

April 10, 2004
Buck Downs and Brian Kim Stefans

March 13, 2004
Marc Kuykendall, Jacqueline Waters, and Tracey Zeman

February 14, 2004
Betsy Fagin and Mariana Ruiz Firmat

January 10, 2004
Chris Toll and Ryan Walker

December 13, 2003
Jefferson Hansen and Tom Orange

November 8, 2003
Victoria Alexander and Rod Smith

October 11, 2003
Charles Borkhuis and Cathy Eisenhower

September 13, 2003
Garrett Kalleberg, Rachel Levitsky and Jo Ann Wasserman

May 10, 2003
Anselm Berrigan and Rod Smith

April 12, 2003
Susan Gardner, David Perry and Richard Roundy

March 8, 2003
Abigail Child and Lorraine Graham

February 8, 2003
Dan Gutstein and Katy Lederer

January 11, 2003
Martin Corless-Smith and Catherine Wagner

December 14, 2002
Renee Angle and Heather Fuller

November 9, 2002
Josey Foo and Kaia Sand

October 12, 2002
Leslie Bumstead and Brendan Lorber

September 14, 2002
Bruce Andrews and Jules Boykoff

May 11, 2002
Eileen Myles

March 9, 2002
Chris Nealon and Kaia Sand

February 9, 2002
Jordan Davis and Buck Downs

January 12, 2002
Rachel Blau Duplessis and Tom Mandel

December 8, 2001
Marcella Durand and Drew Gardner

November 10, 2001
Judith Goldman and Rod Smith

October 13, 2001
Mark McMorris and John McNally

September 8, 2001
Joseph Donahue, Zhang Er and Leonard Schwarz

May 12, 2001
Ron Silliman and Bill Tuttle

April 7, 2001
Rob Fitterman and Cheryl Pallant

March 10, 2001
Ange Mlinko and Joan Wilcox

February 10, 2001
Dan Gutstein and Prageeta Sharma

January 13, 2001
P. Inman and Thomas Lowe Taylor

December 9, 2000
Nada Gordon and Gary Sullivan

November 11, 2000
Heather Ramsdell and Rod Smith

October 14, 2000
Elizabeth Burns and Jeff Hansen

September 9, 2000
Heather Fuller and Kristin Prevallet

September 13, 1995
Fall 1995 Readings

MLA 1996

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