Poetry in 1960

Monday 6th December, 11pm GMT (6pm EST)

The Writers House celebrates what happened in poetry a half century ago with a symposium entitled Poetry in 1960. Symposium host and Writers House faculty director Al Filreis brings together eleven poets each to discuss a seminal work from that pivotal year - work by Frank O’Hara, Gwendolyn Brooks, John Cage, Barbara Guest, Larry Eigner, and Jackson Mac Low.

Featuring:

• Charles Bernstein
• Rachel Blau DuPlessis
• Chris Funkhouser
• Michael S. Hennessey
• Kristen Gallagher
• Judith Goldman
• Erica Kaufman
• Mel Nichols
• Bob Perelman
• Ron Silliman
• Danny Snelson

Hosted by Al Filreis.

Watch the event live online.

Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Admission is free

Contempo: Robert Sheppard

Website

Joe Stohlman - I love you

£2 (£1.10 p&p), The Arthur Shilling Press, 2010

Monday 22nd February, 8.15pm

Joe will be reading from 'I love you' and other things on the next installment of the Arthur Shilling Skype Reading Series.

Online reading via Skype, e-mail Harry Godwin for details.

The Arther Shilling Skype Reading Series

Monday 8th February, 8.15pm (GMT)

Stephen Emmerson reads on Skype for half an hour in the first of The Arthur Shilling Skype Reading Series.

If you would like to be part of the audience for the reading you need an internet connection, Skype set up on your computer (Google it, it's easy and free) and a will and a way to e-mail Harry Godwin for further details.