OntheWilderSide

The Poetry Project and Boog City present

A 65th Birthday Celebration for d.a. levy

Come celebrate the radical and enduring effect of the late Cleveland poet-publisher who was at the vanguard of the mimeo revolution.

*Mon. Oct. 29*

**5:00 p.m.**
Free screening of Kon Petrochuk’s d.a. levy biopic “if i scratch, if i write”
The Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC

**8:00 p.m.**
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, 131 E. 10th St., New York City
Come honor the life and work of the late Cleveland poet-publisher who was at the vanguard of the mimeo revolution of the sixties. We’ll recognize the radical and enduring effect levy left on small press poetry and publishing during his short life with readings of his work and informal talks and discussion. Participants (bios at the end of this email) will include

Steve Clay
Bob Holman
David Kirschenbaum
Jake Marx
Gary Sullivan

$8, $7 students/seniors, $5 members

Bowery Poetry Club is at E.1st St.
Directions: F/V to 2nd Ave., 6 to Bleecker

For info: editor@boogcity.com * 212-842-BOOG (2664)

Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church is at 2nd Ave.
F/V to 2nd Ave., L to 1st Ave., 6 to Astor Pl.

For info: http://www.poetryproject.com * 212-674-0910

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Steve Clay is an editor, curator, archivist, and publisher of Granary Books. He is author and organizer (with Rodney Phillips) of A Secret Location on the Lower East Side: Adventures in Writing 1960-1980 and editor (with Jerome Rothenberg) of A Book of the Book: Some Works & Projections About the Book & Writing. He lives in New York City with his wife Julie Harrison, an artist and teacher, and their two daughters.

Bob Holman‘s new CD, “The Awesome Whatever,” is the first release from Bowery Records. New book: A Couple of Ways of Doing Something, a collaboration with Chuck Close, is out from Aperture. New job: teaching “Art and the Public Sphere,” a graduate course at NYU, and his Columbia course, “Exploding Text.” Samo: Proprietor of Bowery Poetry Club, ExecDirect of Bowery Arts & Science. Proud to be acolyte of fellow Buckeye, d.a. levy.

David Kirschenbaum‘s work has appeared in The Brooklyn Review Online,
canwehaveourballback.com, Chain, Pavement Saw, and www.unpleasanteventschedule.com, among others. He is the editor and publisher of Boog City, a New York City-based small press and community newspaper now in its 17th year. Boog City’s “d.a. levy lives: celebrating the renegade press” series, now in its fifth year, has hosted 68 different small presses.

Jake Marx (b.1942) Carpenter, community college part-timer, has lived in Cleveland his entire life. Friend of the Asphodel Book Shop for 38 years.Not as generous as d.a. concerning bad poetry or poets with love beads. Married to, god bless her, Cindy.

Gary Sullivan is the author of How to Proceed in the Arts (Faux Press) and, with Nada Gordon, Swoon (Granary Books). He has published three issues of his comic book series Elsewhere and lives in Brooklyn with Nada and their two cats, Dante and Nemo.

and

Boog City presents

d.a. levy lives: celebrating the renegade press

Talisman House Press
(Jersey City, N.J.)

Tues. Oct. 30, 6:00 p.m. sharp, free

ACA Galleries
529 W.20th St., 5th Flr.
NYC

Featuring readings from

Figen Bingul
John High
Joel Lewis
Stephen Paul Miller
Paul Doru Mugur
Janet Rodney

and music from

So L’il

There will be wine, cheese, and crackers, too.

Curated and with an introduction by Boog City editor David Kirschenbaum
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David A. Kirschenbaum, editor and publisher
Boog City
330 W.28th St., Suite 6H
NY, NY 10001-4754
For event and publication information:
http://www.welcometoboogcity.com/
T: (212) 842-BOOG (2664)
F: (212) 842-2429

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