Bowery Poetry Club
Woodland Pattern Book Center
Rain Taxi
Powell's City of Books
Symphony Space
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
The Poetry Center of Chicago
Virginia Festival of the Book
WordTheatre
Past Events during Small Press Month 2008
March 6
City Lights/Small Press Distribution (San Francisco, CA)
New Lit Generation (Small Press Distribution) with participating authors including:
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Justin Chin (Manic D), Jon Longhi (Manic D), Alvin Orloff (Manic D), Thea Hillman(Manic D), Jennifer Joseph (Manic D), Jerry Fleming (Sixteen Rivers Press), Margaret Kaufman (Sixteen Rivers Press), Jackie Kudler (Sixteen Rivers Press), Nina Lindsay (Sixteen Rivers Press), Carolyn Miller (Sixteen Rivers Press), William E. Justice (Heyday Books), Nesta Rovian (Heyday Books), Stan Yogi (Heyday Books), Lucile Day (Heyday Books), Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (nocturnes (re)view of the literary arts), Aja Couchois Duncan (nocturnes (re)view of the literary arts), Jacob I. Evans (nocturnes (re)view of the literary arts), Douglas "D. Scot" Miller (nocturnes (re)view of the literary arts), giovanni singleton (nocturnes (re)view of the literary arts), Laura Moriarty (O Books), Bob Grenier (O Books), Norman (O Books), Leslie Scalapino (O Books), Milta Ortiz (WritersCorps), Myron Michael (WritersCorps)
Bowery Poetry Club (New York City, NY) 7 p.m.
Featuring:
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Eileen Myles (Wave Books), Noella Kocottomblin (Wave Books), Lynne Tillman (Soft Skull), Jen Benka (Soft Skull), Brenda Coultas (Coffee House Press), Ted Mathys (Coffee House Press), Alex Rose (Akashic Books), Camelia Entekhabifard (Seven Stories Press), Hattie Gossett (Seven Stories Press), Veronica Liu (Seven Stories Press), Rachel Sherman (Open City Books), Leni Zumas (Open City Books), Sharon Mesmer (Hanging Loose Press), Marie Carter (Hanging Loose Press), Dedra Johnson (Ig Publishing), Grant Bailie (Ig Publishing), Camilla Trinchieri (Soho Press), Anne Landsman (Soho Press), Jason Schneiderman (Four Way Books), David Lawrence (Four Way Books), Rachel Levitsky (Belladonna Books), Corrine Fitzpatrick (Sona Books), Paul Mills (Bowery Books), and others!
Woodland Pattern Book Center (Milwaukee, WI)
Featuring:
- Patrick Durgin (Kennings Editions)
March 7
Rain Taxi Reading Series (Minneapolis, MN)
Featuring:
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Joyelle McSweeney (Action Books), Johannes Goransson (Action Books)
March 20
Powell's City of Books (Portland, OR)
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Tom Blood (Marriage Records),
Geronimo Tagatac (Ooligan Press),
Mary Rechner (Cloverfield),
Keith Rosson (Microcosm),
Kristopher Young (Another Sky Press),
Kimberly Warner-Cohen (Ig Publishing),
Kate Lopresti (Microcosm),
Alex Wrekk (Brainscan zine),
Erica Schreiner (zinester),
Lidia Yuknavitch (Chiasmus, FC2),
Steve Katz (FC2),
Jeremy Robert Johnson (Swallowdown Press),
Mykle Hansen (Eraserhead),
Carlton Mellick III (Eraserhead)
March 26
Symphony Space (New York City, NY) 7:30 p.m.
A night of stories mined from the anthologies of The Pushcart Prize, the honored series that has featured the best stories, poems, essays and “literary whatnot” from hundreds of small presses for over 32 years. Introduced by series founder and Editor Bill Henderson.
March 28
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center (Los Angeles, CA)
Featuring:
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Sarah Maclay (University of Tampa, Beyond Baroque), Stephen Kessler (Littoral), Ralph Angel (Sarabande)
The Poetry Center of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Small Press Showcase featuring the best in independent literary publishing from the Chicagoland area.
March 29
Virginia Festival of the Book (Charlottesville, VA)
Featuring:
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Mike Farrell of M*A*S*H (Akashic Books)
March 30
Virginia Festival of the Book (Charlottesville, VA)
Featuring:
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Walter Mosley
WordTheatre (Los Angeles, CA)
WordTheatre celebrates Small Press Month at Canal Club in Venice with short story and poetry readings by:
- Tess Harper (No Country for Old Men, Academy Award for Tender Mercies), Rae Dawn Chong (Wild Card, Mysterious Ways), Christopher McDonald (Requiem for a Dream, American Pie Presents)
