WELCOME TO BOOG CITY 2 FESTIVAL SEPT 18-21
Performances from 49 poets, 13 musical acts, and one theater company over the four days.
Among the highlights are:
—a night devoted to Durham, N.C. small press minor/american;
—a live performance of Lou Reed’s New York album for its 20th anniversary by seven different musical acts;
—a performance of a wickedly comic tale of love and lust in a time of war from the prototypical New York School poet Frank O’Hara; —our 5th annual small, small press fair, with exhibits from a dozen different small presses, and readings by their authors;—a discussion on Race and Poetry: Integrating the Experimental; and
—Talisman House Publishers editor Edward Foster in conversation with internationally renowned English-born poet and long-time Lower East Side resident Simon Pettet.
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 11:00 A.M.Cakeshop
Cakeshop 152 Ludlow St.
NYC
$5
5th Annual Small, Small Press Fair
Featuring readings from authors of the exhibiting presses
11:30 a.m.-Celena Glenn, Bowery Books
11:40 a.m.-TBD, Cy Gist Press
11:50 a.m.-Ariana Reines, Fence/Fence Books
12:00 p.m.-Adam Golaski, flim forum press
12:10 p.m.-Damian Weber, House Press
12:20 a.m.-Virna Teixeira, Litmus Press/Aufgabe
12:30 p.m.-Jaye Bartell, little scratch pad
12:40 p.m.-Jeff Downey, Octopus Books
12:50 p.m.-Melissa Christine Goodrum, Other Rooms Press
1:00 p.m.-Ric Royer, Outside Voices
1:10 p.m.-Austin Alexis, Poets Wear Prada
1:20 p.m.-Tom Savage, Straw Gate Books
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