Poet's Salon at the Rainbow Book Fair

 

Poets Regie Cabico and Nathaniel Siegel are THRILLED to present COME HEAR ! a marathon poetry reading by 40 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer poets at this year’s Rainbow Book Fair at The CUNY Graduate Center.

Participating poets include:

David Bergman, Ana Bozicevic, Julian T. Brolaski, Philip Clark, Steven Cordova, Mina Pam Dick, Ron Drummond, Jameson Fitzpatrick, Davidson Garrett, Nicholas Glastonbury, Octavio Gonzalez, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Stephanie Gray, Scott Hightower, Walter Holland, Paul Foster Johnson, Saeed Jones, Amy King, Rosamond S. King, Jee Leong Koh, Bill Kushner, Daniel Lau, Gregory Laynor, Timothy Liu, Douglas A. Martin, David Messineo, Debrah Morkun, Angelo Nikolopoulos, Tim Peterson (Trace), Elizabeth Reddin, Vittoria repetto, Jason Roush, Moonshine Shorey, Richard Tayson, Vega, Laurie Weeks, Bakar Wilson, Ronaldo V. Wilson, Emanuel Xavier, Rachel Zolf

All reading their own poetry from 11:30am to 5:00pm on Saturday March 27th.

Poets at The Poet’s Salon is FREE ! and OPEN to the Public !

We will also be featuring poems from “persistent voices Poetry By Writers Lost to AIDS” edited by Philip Clark & David Groff, presented by Philip Clark.

"Timed to release on World AIDS Day, forty of the most admired poets who died of AIDS are remembered in a new and groundbreaking collection

Persistent Voices: An Anthology of Poets Lost to AIDS

Edited by Philip Clark and David Groff

From Reinaldo Arenas, Tory Dent, and James Merrill to Paul Monette, Essex Hemphill, and Joe Brainard, Persistent Voices memorializes these poets and many others by presenting their work—often dealing with AIDS but also about other enduring topics—in the context of an unending epidemic that has profoundly affected our literature."

Alyson PV page:  http://www.alyson.com/9781593501532.html

For more information:

The Rainbow Book Fair http://rainbowbookfair.org
Saturday March 27th 11am-5:30pm
CUNY Graduate Center
Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, NYC

Poets at The Poets Salon
ROOM 198 on the Concourse Level
CUNY Graduate Center 5th Ave & 34th Street

Saturday March 27th    2010

COME HEAR ! over 40 AMAZING
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Poets
Reading & Performing their own Poetry for You for FREE !

Starting Every Half Hour on the Half Hour in Room 198

11:30 am

Poets: Walter Holland, Bill Kushner, Jason Roush, Daniel Lau, Rosamond S. King and Vittoria repetto

followed by Readings from
“Persistent Voices Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS”

12:30 pm
Poets: David Bergman, Jameson Fitzpatrick, Saeed Jones, Richard Tayson, Ana Bozicevic, Amy King, Debrah Morkun, and Gregory Laynor

followed by Readings from
“Persistent Voices Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS”

1:30 pm
Poets: Davidson Garrett, David Messineo, Nicholas Glastonbury, Octavio Gonzalez, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Tim Peterson (Trace), and Rachel Zolf

followed by Readings from
“Persistent Voices Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS”

2:30pm
Poets: Elizabeth Reddin, Laurie Weeks, Vega, Bakar Wilson, Ronaldo V. Wilson, Emanuel Xavier, Julian Brolaski, and Danielle Evennou

followed by Readings from
“Persistent Voices Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS”

3:30pm
Poets: Stephanie Gray, Paul Foster Johnson, Douglas A. Martin, Steven Cordova, Mina Pam Dick, Jee Leong Koh, and Angelo Nikolopoulos

followed by Readings from
“Persistent Voices Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS”

4:30pm
Poets: Ron Drummond, Scott Hightower, Timothy Liu, Moonshine Shorey, Philip Clark, Nathaniel A. Siegel

followed by Readings from
“Persistent Voices Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS”

A LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION OF POETRY: “COME HEAR !” FEATURING THE WORK OF THESE 40 POETS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE READING FOR $10

THE READING IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC !

For additional information on the poets including photos and bios please contact: nathanielsiegel@nyc.rr.com