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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Flow – Winged Crocodile
A Noh play by Leslie Scalapino
Directed by Fiona Templeton,
with Katie Brown, Stephanie Silver and Julie Troost.
Dance by Molissa Fenley.
Music by Joan Jeanrenaud.
Projected drawings by Eve Biddle.
Technical director Ray Roy III.

Please join us for a special performance of poet Leslie Scalapino’s Noh play: Flow – Winged Crocodile, shown for the first time in its entirety.

Flow – Winged Crocodile by poet Leslie Scalapino travels between the left and right sides of the brain, with appearances by a reincarnated Patty Hearst in the 1974 SLA bank heist and a green-winged creature that is part Crocodile, part Michelin Man, and part charging Rhino. Performed by The Relationship, a performance group directed by Fiona Templeton that specializes in innovative language and use of site.

Leslie Scalapino (1944-2010) was the author of thirty books of poetry, poem-plays, essays, and fiction.

Location: Dixon Place: 161 Chrystie Street New York, NY 10002

Saturday, June 19, 2010; 7:00 pm & Sunday, June 20, 2010; 2:00 pm
Flow—Winged Crocodile
A play by Leslie Scalapino
Directed by Fiona Templeton,
with Katie Brown, Stephanie Silver and Julie Troost.
Dance by Molissa Fenley.
Music by Joan Jeanrenaud.
Projected drawings by Eve Biddle.
Technical director Ray Roy III.

Flow—Winged Crocodile by poet Leslie Scalapino travels between the left and right sides of the brain, with appearances by a reincarnated Patty Hearst in the 1974 SLA bank heist and a green-winged creature that is part Crocodile, part Michelin man and part charging Rhino. Performed by The Relationship, a performance group directed by Fiona Templeton that specializes in innovative language and use of site.

Leslie Scalapino is the author of thirty books of poetry, poem-plays, essays, and fiction.

Cosponsored by Belladonna* and the Poetry Project.

Location: Poets House: 10 River Terrace; New York, NY 10282
Admission: $10: general admission; $7: students and seniors; Free: Poets House Members

Friday, June 11 - Sunday, June 13, 2010
Rethinking Poetics Conference

"Rethinking Poetics." is the sense that the practices of poetics are in danger of becoming pro forma and that a focused, skeptical examination of basic assumptions will be most useful. Terms continue to be used routinely in circumstances that increasingly call for nuanced or even fundamental change. What does "materiality of the signifier" mean in the era of data mining or platform instability? What does "news" mean? How useful are current periodizations? Such questions can be multiplied.

Given that new questions need to be raised and old certainties troubled, the goal is to have a conference dedicated to articulating what most needs to be rethought, what familiar formulations seem increasingly inadequate, what new directions seem best to pursue.

There will be a series of plenary-panels, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, with four or five speakers each taking 10-12 minutes for themselves, leaving half the session for more general discussion. There will be a panel chair to moderate discussion, but there will be no introductions.

Participants include Rachel Zolf, Rodrigo Toscano, Jennifer Scappettone, Brent Hayes Edwards, Lytle Shaw, Juliana Spahr, Kenny Goldsmith, Erica Hunt, Alan Golding, Monica de la Torre, Andrew Schelling, Bruce Andrews, Michael Taussig, Joan Retallack, Rachel DuPlessis, K. Silem Mohammad, Jena Osman, Craig Dworkin, Elizabeth Willis, Barrett Watten, Rob Fitterman, Jonathan Skinner, Marjorie Perloff, Sherwin Bitsui, Mark Nowak, Judith Goldman, C. S. Giscombe, Steve Evans, Stephanie Young, Lisa Robertson, Paul Stephens, Rob Halpern, Jeff Derksen, Ben Friedlander, Joshua Clover, Michael Taussig, Astrid Lorange, James Livingston, Jeff Nealon, Richard Doyle, Tan Lin, Tonya Foster, Matthew Hofer, John Melillo, Susan Howe, and Charles Bernstein.

Conference costs for the 3-day conference:
$50: university faculty; $20: student & unaffiliated; $10: 1-day entrance.

Location: Columbia University, New York, NY

For more information, including conference registration, please visit the Rethinking Poetics Blog.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010; 7:00 pm
Ecopoetical Futures
A Panel with Marcella Durand, Brenda Iijima, Ted Mathys, and Tyrone Williams

Four emerging poets investigate how poetry might marshal diverse languages, ethnicities and identities to engage with a global ecosystem under duress.

Part of Ecopoetic Futures at Poets House, a series of events that examine poetry and the environment. Programs in this series are funded, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Council for the Humanities.

Location: Poets House: 10 River Terrace; New York, NY
Admission: $10 for general admission; $7 for students and seniors; Free to Poets House Members

Saturday, May 8, 2010; 7:00 pm
Rachel Levitsky reads with Kate Zambreno and Michael Dumanis
Location: Visible Voice Books: 1023 Kenilworth, Cleveland, OH
Admission: FREE

Friday, May 7, 2010; 7:00 pm
Rachel Levitsky reads from her book Neighbor (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009).
Location: Cafe Istanbul: 4130 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA
Admission: FREE

Monday - Tuesday, May 3 - 4, 2010

Annual Chapbook Festival
The Festival celebrates the chapbook as a work of art and as a medium for alternative and emerging writers and publishers. Now in its second year, the festival features a two-day bookfair with chapbook publishers from around the country, workshops, marathon poetry readings, and a closing-night reading of prize-winning Chapbook Fellows.

Location: CUNY Graduate Center: 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY; Workshops: C Level Breakout Rooms
Admission: FREE. Free registration required. To attend workshops, please register by e-mailing abozicevic@gc.cuny.edu

MONDAY, MAY 3, 2010

10 – 11:30 am
Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Poets
Brenda Iijima (Portable Press at Yo-Yo Labs), Rachel Levitsky (Belladonna*), and Lonely Christopher (The Corresponding Society)

10 – 11:30 am
Do-It-Yourself Chapbooks: Make and Distribute Your Own
Mary Gannon and Jean Hartig (Poets & Writers Magazine), Emily Goodale (Brave Men Press), Matvei Yankelevich (Ugly Duckling Presse), and Adam Robinson (Publishing Genius)

11:30 am – 1 pm
Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Publishers
Jan Heller Levi (Hunter College), Rachel Levitsky (Belladonna*), and Booklyn

11:30 am – 1 pm
Chapbooks as Art Objects
Roni Gross (Roni Gross Design), and Jeremy Thompson (The Autotypograph), with Sarah Nicholls (Center for Book Arts)

2 – 7 pm
Chapbook Poets: A Marathon Reading
Poets from participating presses read.

7 – 8 pm
Opening Reception
Proshansky Auditorum Lobby

TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010

10 – 11:30 am
Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Poets
Sommer Browning and Tony Mancus (Flying Guillotine Press), Jill Magi (Sona Books), and Daniel Lin (Love Among the Ruins)

10 – 11:30 am
Do-It-Yourself Chapbooks: Make and Distribute Your Own
Mary Gannon and Jean Hartig (Poets & Writers Magazine), Emily Goodale (Brave Men Press), and Anna Moschovakis (Ugly Duckling Presse)

11:30 am – 1 pm
Producing Chapbooks: A Workshop for Publishers
Jan Heller Levi (Hunter College), Andrew Levy (CRAYON Magazine), Sueyeun Juliette Lee (Corollary Press), and Booklyn

11:30 am – 1 pm
Chapbooks as Art Objects
Roni Gross (Roni Gross Design) and Jeremy Thompson (The Autotypograph), with Sarah Nicholls (Center for Book Arts)

2 – 7 pm
Chapbook Poets: A Marathon Reading
Poets from participating presses read.

7 pm
PSA Chapbook Fellowship Reading at the Martin E. Segal Theatre
Alice Quinn with judges Mark Doty, Linda Gregg, and Arthur Sze, and winners Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman, Haines Eason, Heidi Johannesen Poon, and Stephanie Adams-Santos.
Followed by reception.

Monday, May 3, 2010; 7:00 pm
“Talk Show” presented by Ugly Duckling Presse
Hosted by Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch
with Rachel Levitsky, Dodie Bellamy, Alex Stein, Matthew Rohrer, and Marina Temkina

On the occasion of the release of two new books, Ten Walks/Two Talks and Made-up Interviews with Imaginary Artists, Ugly Duckling Presse presents “Talk Show” — an evening of interviews, poetry, and unscripted surprises in the format of a late-night talk show. Hosted by Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch (Ten Walks/Two Talks). With poets Dodie Bellamy, Rachel Levitsky, Matthew Rohrer, and Marina Temkina. Plus interview-aritst Alex Stein (Made-up Interviews with Imaginary Artists) interviewing Cecilia Vicuña.

Location: The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, New York
Admission: FREE
This is a seated event and admission is limited. Please arrive early.

Thursday - Saturday, April 8-10, 2010
Belladonna* at AWP in Denver, CO
Locations: Hyatt Regency Denver & Colorado Convention Center

Belladonna* will be at the conference bookfair at TABLE X, A Publishing Commune.
Belladonna* members will also be a part of many panels, readings, book signings, and other events.

AWP events feauting Belladonna* members and authors:

CLMP Panel — Face Out:
Maximizing the Visibility of Emerging Writers
Thursday, April 8; 9:00 am - 10:15 am
Room: 106 - Colorado Convention Center
Panelists: Rachel Levitsky, E. Tracy Grinnell, Matvei Yankelevich, Rebecca Wolff
Description: A discussion about how small presses present and market experimental work by emerging writers—work too often misunderstood as possessing the least market potential.

Latin American Poets in the USA
Thursday, April 8; 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Room: 201 - Colorado Convention Center
Panelists: Lila Zemborain, Mariela Dreyfus, Eduardo Chirinos, Víctor Rodríguez-Núñez, Carmen Valle, Eduardo Espina
Description: This bilingual poetry reading (Spanish and English) aims to present six outstanding Latin American poets in mid-career. It is a very representative selection, with authors coming from strong poetic traditions all over the continent, namely Argentina, Cuba, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay. All these authors are long-time residents in the U.S a nd their poetry collections have been either partially—or fully—translated into English.

And the Beat Goes On...
Thursday, April 8; 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Room: Agate Room, Hyatt Regency, Third Floor
Participants: Elizabeth Robinson, Reed Bye, Anselm Hollo, Maureen Owen
Description: Since its inception, Naropa University's Writing & Poetics program has been a living model of "outrider" traditions. This roundtable includes poets who have lived through and shaped poetic movements central to the 20th & 21st centuries: from Beat and Black Mountain experiments through New York School and Language poetries, this roundtable offers conversation with Naropa poets who have been at the center of American poetic history.

Orbiting Salt:
A Quarterly West / Western Humanities Review / Barrelhouse / Versal Reading
Thursday, April 8; 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Room: 111 - Colorado Convention Center
Participants: Sawako Nakayasu, Dawn Lonsinger, Cris Mazza, Alan Michael Parker, Blake Butler
Description: This reading features writers recently published in Quarterly West, Western Humanities Review, Barrelhouse, and Versal. Spanning the traditional and the experimental, the regional and the global, it celebrates the diverse and powerful work of four journals with editors currently studying creative writing at the University of Utah.

Reading by with the Denver Quarterly and Coach House Books
Friday, April 9; 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Location: The Dikeou Collection, 1615 California Street, Suite 515, Denver
Participants: Rachel Levitsky, Dan Beachy-Quick, Julie Carr, Malinda Markham, Martha Ronk, Cole Swensen, Brian Teare, Christian Bök, Jen Currin, kevin mcpherson eckhoff, K. Silem Mohammad

Reading by Anne Waldman & Gary Snyder
Friday, April 9; 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Room: Four Seasons Ballroom, Colorado Convention Center
Panelists: Anne Waldman, Gary Snyder
Description: Ecopoetic scholars and political activists Anne Waldman and Gary Snyder gather for a reading.

Siren Songs From Across the Seas: Women Poets in Translation
Saturday, April 10, 9:00 am - 10:15 am
Room: 107 - Colorado Convention Center
Participants: Sawako Nakayasu, Henry Israeli, Forrest Gander, Susanna Nied, Kristin Dykstra
Description: Extraordinary women poets from around the world have recently been given voice by a number of American poets and translators. This panel will feature readings of the work of Luljeta Lleshanau (Albania), Coral Bracho (Mexico), Inger Christensen (Denmark), Ayane Kawata (Japan), and Reina María Rodríguez (Cuba), followed by a discussion about capturing the poets' distinct voices in American-English.

CHAX Press Reading
Saturday, April 10, 1:30 am - 2:45 am
Room: 201 - Colorado Convention Center
Participants: Leslie Scalapino, Jane Sprague, Charles Alexander, Hank Lazer, Kyle Schlesinger, Elizabeth Treadwell
Description: Poetry Reading by Chax Press (Tucson, Arizona) published poets, in celebration of twenty-five years of Chax Press.

Can Poetry Save the Earth?
Saturday, April 10, 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Room: 201 - Colorado Convention Center
Participants: Brenda Iijima, Leonard Schwartz, Sandra Alcosser, John Felstiner, Jonathan Skinner
Description: This panel will investigate the relationship between poetry and ecology, ranging from historical imperatives to contemporary ecopoetics. These panelists—representing activist poets working in zoos and parks, scholars illuminating the vital role of Western nature poetry, and writers redefining our relationship to language and ecology—are at the leading edge of the conversation where poetic language meets environmental education and global sustainability.

The Future of Feminist Publishing
Saturday, April 10, 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Room: 303 - Colorado Convention Center
Panelists: Rachel Levitsky, Amy Scholder, Brooke Warner, Kate Khatib, Jocelyn Burrell
Description: This panel brings together five feminist publishing professionals to discuss these issues: how is the scope of feminist publishing changing with the times? What is a feminist book? Do readers respond differently to self-defined feminist books? Why should authors seek out feminist presses to publish their work?

Tuesday, March 9, 2010; 7:30 pm
New Releases from Ugly Duckling Presse

Kostas Anagnopoulos, author of Moving Blanket
Kevin Varrone, author of g-point almanac: passyunk lost
Karen Weiser, author of To Light Out

Location: Dixon Place: 161 Christie Street; New York City
Admission: $6.00

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
The Belladonna Elders Series #1:
Tracy Grinnell and Leslie Scalapino

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