During the 2008 AWP Conference & Bookfair, from January 30th to February 2nd, you will have the chance to confirm at least six or seven reasons why New York is called the Big City. For your cultural enrichment, we have listed here just a few places and events available to you outside the scope of the conference—off-site literary events, nearby museums, and great live performances of plays, musicals, jazz, dance, and classical music.

As these events are not an official part of the conference, and especially as we recognize the names of a few rebels, friends, and members responsible for some of the literary events below, we are compelled to say that AWP is not responsible for their propriety, quality, or sanity.

A few of these events and venues require admission fees.

Taking the subway is often faster, and certainly cheaper, than taking a cab, as Manhattan streets are sometimes gridlocked. New York City Transit’s website has a PDF map of the vast subway system: www.mta.info

Afternoon Night Table
92nd Street Y
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Cost: $20, $17 for Unterberg Poetry Center Members, $10 for those 35 and under
Roger Rosenblatt interviews Alice McDermott. http://www.92y.org/

Many Mountains Moving Poetry Reading
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street
Cost: $7 (includes one drink)
AWP Conference reading for Many Mountains Moving magazine reading. With Jeffrey Lee, Anne Marie Cusac, Patrick Lawler, Alison Stone, and Thaddeus Rutkowski.

Bilingual Poetry Reading and Print Sale
Allen Gallery (Chelsea)
547 West 27th St, 5th Floor
SHIELD / BOUCLIER. Pon by Claire Malroux. Published in 2007, this book is the result of a collaborative project that was created during a six-month residence in the south of France at Centre d'Art, Marnay-sur-Seine, a retreat for artists and wrioem by Phyllis Stowell, artwork by Pacia Sallomi, and French translatiters.

Stonecoast on the Bowery
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, New York, NY
Stonecoast MFA faculty, Alumni, and students read with faculty, alumni, and students from Study Abroad on the Bowery. Featured student: Patricia Smith

Pan African Literary Forum Readings
The New School, Wollman Hall
65 W. 11th Street, Fifth Floor
$5 general public, free to New School students and alumni
Announcing the first installment of the Pan-African Literary Forum Readings, a series of events in support of PALF's 2008 Writer's Conference in Ghana. On January 30th, PALF conference faculty and guests including Yusef Komunyakaa, Quincy Troupe, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will read from their work, and PALF Directors Jeffery Renard Allen and Mohammed Naseehu Ali will be on hand to answer questions about the upcoming conference.

Ben Gazzara Reading
Barnes & Noble- Tribeca
97 Warren St

Bernhard Schlink in conversation with Paul LeClerc: Homecoming
NYPL, Humanities and Social Sciences Library
5th Avenue and 42nd Street, South Court Auditorium
Cost: $15 general admission and $10 library donors, seniors and students.
In his novel Homecoming, set against the background of postwar Germany, extending across Europe to the United States, and finally to New York City, Bernhard Schlink, the author of The Reader, tells the story of one man's odyssey and another man's pursuit.

Julia Watts & Heather Sellers Reading
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington
Cost: Free
Lambda Literary Award winner Watts will be reading from her new novel, The Kind of Girl I Am, the picaresque tale of Vestal Jenkins, who uses her beauty to move from a life of coal dust in rural Kentucky to a life of diamonds as the madam of the most notorious brothel in Knoxville, Tennessee, humorously critiquing the social and sexual mores of the South all the way. Sellers will be reading poems from her new collection, The Boys I Borrow, hailed by Billy Collins as "sensitive, clever poems...about navigating the new waters of a non-traditional family." The event is free. For more information, visit www.bluestockings.com

Nightboat Books Poetry Reading
McNally Robinson Bookstore
52 Prince Street in SoHo
Cost: Free
This event will feature readings by Nightboat authors Michael Burkard, Joshua Kryah, author of Glean, Douglas A. Martin, and Jonathan Weinert. Introductions by poetry editor Christina Davis.

Open City presents The January Open City KGB reading
KGB Bar
85 E. 4th Street (btw 2nd and 3rd Aves.)
Cost: FREE
Featuring three writers from Open City #24, the new Winter 2008 issue: GERARD COLETTA (poetry), JEFF JOHNSON (fiction), MALERIE WILLENS (fiction). Founded in 1990, Open City is an independent literary magazine and book publisher based in Soho.

Wall Street Noir
Warburg Lounge
92nd St. Y
A panel discussion featuring editor Peter Spiegelman and contributors Lawrence Light, Twist Phelan, and Jim Fusilli. Visit 92y.org for more details.

Pacific Standard Reading
Pacific Standard
82 Fourth Avenue (between St. Marks and Bergen Street)
4 Fab Poets: Susan Brennan; Aracelis Girmay author of Teeth, Curbstone Press; Brent Hendricks; and Abraham Smith, author of Whim Man Mammon, Action Books will read at the cozy, Pacific Standard, Brooklyn Microbrew Pub. Beer, wine, snacks, couches, books! Everything a writer needs!! www.pacificstandardbrooklyn.com

Page Meets Stage: Paul Muldoon & Thomas Sayers Ellis
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (btn Houston & Bleeker)
Cost: $12
The reading series known as Page Meets Stage is like no other poetry reading series anywhere. Each month two different poets, one who writes primarily for the page and another who is more performance oriented, take the stage together and read back and forth, poem for poem. The current schedule includes Pulitzer Prize winners, Macarthur Fellows, poetry slam champions, and other spoken word icons. Co-produced by Words Worth Ink & Blue Flower Arts.

Poetry Project Reading
The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th St. New York NY
(Entrance at Big Church Corner of Second Avenue and 10th Street)
Cost: All events are $8, $7 for students and seniors, $5 for members
Readings by Jen Hofer & Daniel Machlin. info@poetryproject.com

Language Foundry poets & WhatsAnotherWordFor PRESS
Think Coffee
248 Mercer St and 3rd Street
Cost: Free as a bird!
Cup and Pen Small Press Reading Series presents readings by Bill Lavender, j.s.makkos, Kate Sopko, Mat Timmons, Carmen Tracey. Celebrate a seminal reading in the Cup and Pen series as well the opening of the Give & Take Think Library by bringing your books to donate and enjoying a free spot of wine with a stable of brain-engorging writers from the Language Foundry. Small press enthusiasts, littérateurs and zine-heads unite! Come to listen actively, converse heartily, and drink organic beverages (now including wine and cheese). Huzzah! www.languagefoundry.org

The Language Foundry
Think Coffee (Greenwich Village)
248 Mercer Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets
Language Foundry (Cleveland) Poets read Think Coffee NYC, Cup & Pen Small Press Reading Series Kate Sopko, Carmen Tracey, Bill Lavender, Mat Timmons, & j.s.makkos ALL READ OUT IN Greenwich, Vil. http://www.thinkcoffeenyc.com/cup-and-pen/.

2nd  Annual Cave Canem Fellows Reading
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
(At the foot of First Street, between Houston & Bleecker, F train to Second Ave, or 6 train to Bleecker)
Admission: $10
Readings by Michelle Berry, DeLana Dameron, Jacqueline Johnson, LaTasha Nevada Diggs, Krista Franklin, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Richard Hamilton, Myronn Hardy, Randall Horton, Marcus Jackson, Amanda Johnston, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, January O'Neal, Ernesto Mercer, Dante Micheaux, Indigo Moor, Nicole Sealey, Shia Shabazz, Evie Shockley, and Bianca Spriggs. Web: www.cavecanempoets.org.

Night of Cheap Wine and Poetry
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
(At the foot of First Street, between Houston & Bleecker, F train to Second Ave, or 6 train to Bleecker)
To help celebrate AWP, Seattle's most popular and populist reading series Night of Cheap Wine and Poetry presents featured readers and an open mic. Brian McGuigan and his MC Charla Grenz host the event.

The Affrilachian Poets @ The Nuyorican Poets Café
236 East 3rd Street, between Avenues B and C
(Closest Subway Stop is "2nd Avenue" on the F Train)
Admission: $7 student, $10 general
Featuring: Kelly Norman Ellis, Ellen Hagan, Parneshia Jones, Amanda Johnston, Hao Wang, Mitchell L. H. Douglas, Bianca Spriggs, Natasha Marin, Marta Miranda and special guest Rane Arroyo. Web: www.affrilachianpoets.com.

Harlem Book Fair Presents: Grace Edwards
Teachers & Writers Collaborative
520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2020
Cost: $20 admission includes free, signed copy of book. Additional copies will be available for purchase
Join author Grace Edwards and Harlem Book Fair Founder Max Rodriguez in an exclusive and intimate discussion of Edwards' acclaimed Mali Anderson mystery series. Limited seating! http://www.twc.org/events

Autumn House Press Reading
The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
(7th Avenue South to Bleecker, left on Bleecker, Cornelia Street is the second street on the left.)
Autumn House Press features readings from poets Rick Campbell, Andrea Hollander Budy, Jo McDougall and Sheryl St. Germain at Cornelia Street. More info at http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com/

Book Party/Reading/Signing with Pablo Medina & Mark Statman
Eugene Lang College, The New School
Wollman Hall, 5th floor
65 West 11th Street
(between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue)
Pablo Medina and Mark Statman will read and discuss their collaboration on a new translation of Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca’s masterpiece, Poet in New York.

Terrain.org 10th Anniversary Reading
The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
 (7th Avenue South to Bleecker, left on Bleecker, Cornelia Street is second street on left.)
Readings by  Scott Edward Anderson, Teague Bohlen, Simmons B. Buntin, Scott Calhoun, Philip Fried, Deborah Fries, Suzanne Frischkorn, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, Dennis Must, Shann Palmer, David Rothenberg, Andrew Wingfield, and Jake Adam York.
Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments. View additional details at: http://www.terrain.org/.

Con Tinta Celebration
Mojitos' Bar/Restaurant
227 East 116 Street
(between 2nd and 3rd Avenue)
Con Tinta: Chicano/Latino Writers' Collective will present its annual award to Sandra María Esteves and Tato Laviera for their contributions to our literary community. There will also be a reading from recent publications among C/T allies. Co-sponsored by Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase.

Ann Wright Reading
Bluestockings Bookstore
172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington
Cost: Free
Army Colonel Ann Wright resigned as deputy ambassador to Mongolia in protest to the Bush administration's decision to go to war in Iraq without the authorization of the UN Security Council. In "Dissent: Voices of Conscience," she tells the stories of other government insiders and military personnel who risked their careers and their freedom to expose the Bush administration's misdeeds. Wright provides us with a voluble collection of the stories of modern patriots who stood up and spoke truth to power.

Ira Glass Discussion & Signing
Borders
10 Columbus Circle
From the witty first-person fiction radio shows to the acclaimed program on DVD, Ira Glass celebrates the series at Borders.

Les Figues Press Book Release Party
The Mercantile Library Center for Fiction
17 East 47th Street
Please join Les Figues Press and editors Christine Wertheim & Matias Viegener, to celebrate The /n/oulipian Analects, an alphabetical survey of constrained writing by some of today's most innovative writers. Hosted by Robert Fitterman with readings by contributors: Christian Bök, Vanessa Place, Brian Kim Stefans, Rodrigo Toscano, Matias Viegener, and Christine Wertheim

Low Rent Magazine Launch Party and Reading
Lucky Cheng's Drag Cabaret
24 First Avenue (between 1st & 2nd Streets)
Short readings by Ciaran Berry, Jason Bredle, and Trevor Houser. This one will be fun, not to be missed. More information: www.lowrentmagazine.com All are welcome.

Persea Books Poetry Reading
McNally Robinson Bookstore
52 Prince Street in SoHo
Readings by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Alena Hairston, Kate Northrop, Patrick Rosal, Anne Shaw, Sidney Wade, and Rachel Wetzsteon read. Introduction by Gabriel Fried, Persea Poetry Editor. More information: www.mcnallyrobinsonnyc.com/upcoming-events/

Reading Between A&B 10th Anniversary Party
11th Street Bar
510 E. 11th Street
(between Avenues A & B)
Indiana Review, 1913, Failbetter, & Saturnalia present: Ross Gay, John Keene, Christopher Stackhouse, Shin Yu Pai, Daniel Nester, Kathleen Graber, and Catherine Pierce. http://www.readab.com/10anniversary.html

Courting Risk: Multicultural, Multi-genre, Multidimensional Women
Macaulay Center
Macaulay Honors College
35 W. 67th Street
Cost: Free
Complimentary refreshments will be provided. There might even be some music and interactive performance art thrown in. Stick around after for a book signing and art sale. For more information, please visit our website: www.courtingrisk.com. Featured Readers: Esther Belin, Naomi Benaron, M. L. Brown, Ching-In Chen, DéLana R. A. Dameron, Ashaki M. Jackson, Anne Liu Kellor, Natasha Marin, Maureen Owens, Khadijah Queen, Susan Southard.

Steal This Reading: a Brooklyn Book Burning
East Coast Aliens
216 Franklin Street
(between Green & Huron, Greenpoint, Brooklyn)
Admission: $6 + Two Drinks
Featuring CD Wright, Eleni Sikelianos, Graham Foust, Joyelle McSweeney, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Julie Doxsee, Max Winter, Adam Clay, Zachary Schomburg, Morgan Lucas Schuldt, Lily Brown, Rauan Klassnik, Cindy Savett, Jon Thompson, Melanie Hubbard. Hosted by Black Ocean, Cannibal Books, Free Verse Editions, Kitchen Press, Octopus, Tarpaulin Sky Press & Typo.

Via Chicago: A Reading
Happy Ending
302 Broome Street (x Forsyth/Eldridge)
Via Chicago: A Reading Presented by ACM, Canarium Books, Danny's Reading Series, featherproof books, MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine, and literago.org. Featuring: Rae Armantrout, John Beer, Arda Collins, Joel Craig, Michael Czyzniejewski, Steffi Drewes, Cathy Park Hong, Zach Plague, Michael Zapata, Matthew Zapruder

Ahsahta Press & Litmus Press Reading
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (at 1st St.)
Ahsahta Press & Litmus Press present readings by Kate Colby, Kate Greenstreet, Brenda Iijima, Kristi Maxwell, Rusty Morrison, Heidi Lynn Staples, Stacy Szymaszek, and Mark Tardi.

Creative Nonfiction MFA Program-Off
Ding Dong Lounge
929 Columbus Avenue (btw 105th & 106th)
W. W. Norton and Creative Nonfiction invite you to celebrate the genre and the winners of the first ever Creative Nonfiction MFA Program-Off. Drink specials, readings from contest winners, and the pioneer of creative nonfiction, Lee Gutkind. Directions from AWP: Take the B train (at 7th Ave. and 53rd St.) uptown to 103rd Street (7 stops). Walk north on Central Park West to 105th Street. Walk two long blocks west on 105th Street and then a half block north on Columbus Avenue.

Word Girls
Old Stone House, Brooklyn
5th Avenue
Brooklyn
(between 3rd and 4th Streets)
Admission: $5 donation at door
Brooklyn Reading Works presents Barbara Crooker, Kim Garcia, Meredith Hadaway, and Erin Murphy. Open mic to follow! more info: http://brooklynreadingworks.typepad.com/.

Praise, Grumble, Shmooze, Lament: The Voices of 21st Century Jewish Poetry
Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street
Cost: $26.00 / $12.00 with discount code "ZEEK"
Co-presented with Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture. Hear some of today's most eloquent, provocative and meaningful Jewish poets. The program features readings by established and emerging poets, including Alicia Ostriker, Rodger Kamenetz, Robin Becker, Jacqueline Osherow, Dan Bellm, Patty Seyburn, Philip Terman, Scott Cairns, Jay Michaelson and Richard Chess. Reception follows. Get your tickets NOW at 92y.org or 212-415-5500.

Writers Who Play
Don't Tell Mama
343 West 46th Street
Cost: Free, but club requires a two drink minimum
Featuring Marck Beggs, Bob Bradley, Brandon Cesmat, Jim Clark, Mike Dockins, Will Jennings, M.L. Liebler, Jen McClung, Bruce Piephoff, Gregory Spatz, Doug Van Gundy, Ken Waldman,  and Craig Wright.

Red Hen Press Reading
Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street 10014
(between Bleecker and W)
Readings by Sarah Bein, Elizabeth Bradfield, Elena Karina Byrne, Charles Hood, Doug Kearney, Carol Potter, Eva Saulitis, and Cecile Rossant.

Luna Park Launch Party
Noo Na
565 Vanderbilt Ave
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
(corner of Pacific St.)
Free to all
Luna Park, a new online review of little and literary magazines, will have its premiere issue launch party Guest hosts: Mississippi Review and Juked.com. Special readings by: Angela Ball (AWP award winner), Tao Lin, Marie Helene-Bertino, and Claudia Smith. Music by Tin Pan Blues Band. Getting there from AWP Hilton: Walk north on 6th Ave. to 57th. Turn left and walk to the 57th St & 7th Ave. Q stop. Head to Brooklyn. Exit Train at 7th Ave and leave terminal at right. Head down Park Place to Vanderbilt Ave. Turn left and walk 4 1/2 blocks and you’re there. www.lunaparkreview.com

Poetry Reading by John Casteen, Pat Moran, and Sam Witt
Blue Mountain Gallery (Chelsea)
530 W 25th St. 4th Floor
Lively Entertainment and Refreshment Provided. Phone: 646-486-4730

Poetry Reading
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, between Houston and Bleecker
Admission: Free
Zoland Poetry hosts a group reading with New Directions, Ugly Duckling Presse and Zephyr Press. The full list of readers is: Kate Colby, William Corbett, Forrest Gander, Jim Kates, Dan Machlin, Mani Rao, and Jeffrey Yang.
Directions: 308 Bowery, at foot of First Street, between Houston & Bleecker across the street from CBGBs; F train to Second Ave, or 6 train to Bleecker. http://www.zolandpoetry.com

BOA Editions Reading
Lubin House
11 East 61st Street
New York
Readings by Christopher Kennedy, Janice Harrington, G.C. Waldrep, and Wendy Mnookin.

Post Road Party
Mercury Lounge
217 E. Houston (Corner of Ave. A & Houston)
First round on us! POST ROAD invites you to celebrate the release of their latest issue, with a guest cover by Devo founder Mark Mothersbaugh, 80s style. www.postroadmag.com

The Saint Ann's Review Winter '08 Celebration and Reading
Pacific Standard
82 Fourth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn
between St. Marks and Bergen Streets
Wine, cheese, words. With: Kirk Nesset, Minter Krotzer, Sara Femenella, Beth Bosworth.

Party to Celebrate One Story's 100th Issue
Pianos, 2nd Floor
158 Ludlow  (@ Stanton)

Translation Happy Hour and Reading
Times Square Information Center
1560 Broadway (between 46th and 47th Streets)
Celebrate 15 years of TWO LINES with the Center for the Art of Translation with Suzanne Jill Levine reading JORGE VOLPI (from Spanish), Geoffrey Brock reading GUIDO GOZZANO (from Italian), Alexis Levitin reading ASTRID CABRAL (from Portuguese), Susan Bernofsky reading YOKO TAWADA (from German), Trudy Balch reading MATILDA KOEN-SARANO (from Ladino), Douglas Basford reading JEAN SENAC (from French), as well as Luisa Igloria reading from Tagalog and Erica Weitzman reading from Albanian and C.M. Mayo with a tribute to special guest GREGORY RABASSA. Gregory Rabassa will be signing copies of our latest anthology, New World/New Words: Recent Writing from the Americas. Refreshments will be served.Join us for World Literature at the Crossroads of the World!

Celebrating New Asian American Poetry
New York University
19 University Place
The Great Room (101)
Please RSVP at http://www.apa.nyu.edu
In recent years, there's been a palpable increase in books published by Asian American poets. A flight of fancy? A movement? Has our time finally come? One thing is certain: Asian American poetry is thriving with a panoply of enigmatic individual voices. The participants will read from their respective collections published in 2007 and forthcoming in 2008. Authors include Kazim Ali, Rick Barot, Jennifer Chang, Lisa Chen, Oliver de la Paz, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Joseph O. Legaspi, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Jon Pineda. This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Supported by Kundiman and the Asian American Writers' Workshop.

ACENTOS: A Gathering and Celebration of Latino and Latina Poets
The School of Social Work at Hunter College
129 E. 79th Street
(Corner of 79th St. and Lexington Ave.)
Presented by El Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños  and Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase. To coincide with the AWP conference, Acentos and El Centro present a celebration and reading of more than twenty emerging and established poets of Latino/a descent. Scheduled readers include Martin Espada, Rafael Campo, Aracelis Girmay, Willie Perdomo, and many more. Hosted by Rich Villar.  Directions: #6 Train to 77th Street. Walk two blocks north to 79th Street and Lexington Avenue. The School of Social Work is located on the northwest corner of 79th and Lexington.

The Manhattan Review 28th Anniversary Reading
McNally Robinson Book Store
52 Prince Street
(between Lafayette and Mulberry)
Free to public; refreshments available
Readers: Marilyn Hacker, D. Nurkse, Angie Estes, Baron Wormser, Deanne Marie Beaumont, Hal Sirowitz, Marc Kaminsky

A Reading of Queer Writers of Color
Teachers & Writers Collaborative
520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2020
2020 VISIONS: Felicia Luna Lemus, Jericho Brown, and Thomas Glave. Free wine and cheese and other goodies. http://www.twc.org/events

Switchback / Sarabande Books / Red Morning Press / Red Hen Press Reading
11th St Bar
510 E. 11th St.
(between Avenues A & B)
Readings by Ivy Alvarez, Thomas Heise, Peggy Munson (via DVD!), Liz Bradfield, Brandi Homan, Sean Norton, Jason Bredle, Charles Hood, Eva Saulitis, Nickole Brown, Cate Marvin, Jen Tynes, Monica de la Torre, Simone Muench, and Caroline Noble Whitbeck. From the AWP conference Hilton by subway: Walk 7 blocks to the 51st and Lexington station, get on the 6 train, and take it to Astor Place. Cross the street and walk down St. Mark's Place (8th street) all the way to Ave A, which is 3 blocks from the bar (11th and A). It's a fun little area (East Village) to walk around in, especially on a Friday evening.

Vermont College Gathering at the Pig & Whistle
The Pig &Whistle
Times Square
165 West 47th Street
Vermont College welcomes all alumni, students, faculty, friends, staff, prospective students and curious passer-by to a social gathering at The Pig & Whistle. Hunger Mountain contributors and subscribers are also welcome to attend. The gathering will be upstairs; we will have exclusive service so that food and drinks will be readily available for attendees to purchase from the restaurant. The Pig & Whistle is in Times Square, approximately 1/3 mi. walking distance from the Rockefeller Center Hilton. To walk there, head south on 6th Ave (against traffic), and take a right on W 47th St. The Pig & Whistle is at 165 West 47th Street across from the Quality Inn.

Mad Hatter's Review
KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street, N.Y.C.
(between Bowery & 2nd Ave. - subway F, V to 2nd Ave., exit 1st Ave. & Houston)
Edgy & Enlightened Literature, Art & Music in the Age of Dementia. Poetry, Prose & Anything Goes Reading Series

Counterpath Press Reading
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, between Houston and Bleecker
Cost: $6 cover
Counterpath Press celebrates the publication of Lyric Postmodernisms: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, edited by Reginald Shepherd and featuring poets: Carol Snow, Gillian Conoley, Peter Gizzi, Elizabeth Willis, Claudia Keelan, Donald Revell, Marjorie Welish, Forrest Gander, Martine Bellen, Cole Swensen, Jen Hofer, Laynie Browne, Linda Norton, Suzanne Paola, Bruce Beasley, Anthony Hawley.

Micropress Poetry Pageant
Stain Bar
766 Grand Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Admission: Free! Public! Prizes! No AWP badge required!
BLOOF BOOKS, COCONUT BOOKS, NO TELL BOOKS. With: Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Jenna Cardinale, Shanna Compton, Bruce Covey, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Shafer Hall, Jennifer L. Knox, Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Reb Livingston, Danielle Pafunda, PF Potvin, Ravi Shankar (Sponsored by Lulu.com)

Book Celebration: "On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail"
NYPL, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Join Charles E. Cobb, Jr. in celebrating the publication of On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail. With real grassroots stories in the words of those who lived it, Charles E. Cobb leads us from Washington, D.C., through eight Southern states to visit the places where the pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement fought for freedom. A book signing will follow the presentation.

Plain View Press Reading
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, between Houston and Bleecker
Readings by Susan Bright, Gloria Dyc, Pat Falk, Madeleine Mysko, David Radavich, Lauren Rusk, June Saraceno, Ken Jones, Marian Kaplun Shapiro, and Nancy Scott

Queens Noir
Queens Public Library--Jackson Heights Branch
35-51 81st St.
Jackson Heights, NY
Featuring Queens Noir editor Robert Knightly and contributors Shailly Agnihotri, Joe Guglielmelli, and K.J.A.Wishnia.

Joyce's Birthday Book Club
McNally Robinson Book Store
52 Prince Street
(between Lafayette and Mulberry)
Lecture and conversation on James Joyce's Ulysses. Led by Robert Seidman, co-author of Ulysses, Annotated.

Poetry at the Rubin Museum of Art
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street
Cost: $12
A reading of Buddhist-inspired poetry featuring: Rick Benjamin, Margaret Gibson, Tom Morgan Shin Yu Pai, and Andrew Schelling. Co-sponsored by Poets & Writers. Info: http://www.rmanyc.org

Colorado Review Poetry Prize Reading
NYU Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
58 West 10th Street
(between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas)
Free and open to the public.

Emergency Press Reading
ZieherSmith Art Gallery
533 West 25th Street
between 10th and 11th Avenues
Emergency Press will hold a reading by poets Chad Faries, Jayson Iwen, Bryan Tomasovich and Scott Zieher at ZieherSmith. Furthermore, the gallery will be exhibiting artwork by poets A.R. Ammons, John Ashbery, Star Black, Joe Brainard, Mark Strand and Marjorie Welish. This exhibition was co-curated with Alice Quinn of the Poetry Society of America.

Reception at the Center for Book Arts
The Center for Book Arts
28 W. 27th Street 3rd floor
New York, NY 10001
www.centerforbookarts.org

Red Hen Press Reading
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery 10012
Bowery at First Street, between Houston & Bleecker
Celebrate the Thirteenth Anniversary of Red Hen Press, and the Publication of Rattle Conversations by Alan Fox, and Letters to the World: A Wompology

Not for Mothers Only Anthology
NYU Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
58 West 10th Street
(between Fifth Avenue and Avenue of the Americas)
Free and open to the public.
Featuring poets Lee Ann Brown, Gillian Conoley, Beth Ann Fennelly, Miranda Field, Annie Finch, Akilah Oliver, Alicia Ostriker, Molly Peacock, Eleni Sikelianos, Anne Waldman, Zhang Er, Rachel Zucker, and more. Fence Books Party following the reading.

The Future of Fiction: Starcherone Books Authors
KGB Bar
85 East 4th St.
(near the corner of 2nd Ave.)
This reading brings together six of Starcherone's youngest authors, five of whom have published their debut works with the press, reading at the East Village bar named “best literary venue in New York City by New York Magazine, The Village Voice, and everyone else who bestows these awards of recognition." Featuring Sara Greenslit, Joshua Cohen, Joshua Harmon, Zachary Mason, Aimee Parkison, Nina Shope. Hosted by Starcherone Books director Ted Pelton.

Sarah Lawrence College Alumnae/i Celebration
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, between Houston and Bleecker
Published poetry, fiction and nonfiction MFA and undergrad alums will read briefly with time reserved for socializing. Take the F train to Second Ave or the 6 train to Bleecker. The phone number is 212-614-0505 and their web address is: bowerypoetry.com.

Salmon Poetry Reading
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, between Houston and Bleecker
To celebrate the publication of Salmon: A Journey in Poetry 1981 - 2007 we are hosting a poetry reading by some of our outstanding Irish and American poets: Simmons Buntin, Patrick Chapman, Susan Millar Dumars, Phil Fried, Kevin Higgins, John Hildebidle, John Menagan and Emily Wall

University of Montana Students & Alum Reading
Public Space
323 Dean Street, Brooklyn
The event will feature readings by Christine Bown, Matthew Eck, Grace Egbert, Lucas Farrell, David Gilbert, Youna Kwak and Lisa Schumaier. Call either 718-858-8067 (A Public Space) or 406-243-2133 (University of Montana) for information.

Gotham Writers Workshop: Screenwriting
McNally Robinson Book Store
52 Prince Street
(between Lafayette and Mulberry)
Just in time for the Oscars, this month's workshop is on screenwriting. Pete Jensen will use short lectures to explain several elements of screenwriting, and participants will be invited take part in brief writing exercises and discuss the elements of craft that go into creating great screenplays.

BALAKLAVA: Eastern European Readings
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, between Houston and Bleecker
Admission: $5
Ugly Duckling Presse Presents: BALAKLAVA: Eastern European Readings on the Bowery. Featuring: Ilya Kaminsky, Alta Ifland, Adam Sorkin (translator of Mariana Marin).

A Reading by Cris Mazza
Bluestockings
172 Allen Street
(between Stanton and Rivington)
Come to Bluestockings at 7 p.m. to hear Soft Skull author Cris Mazza read from her new novel, Waterbaby. www.bluestockings.com