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The weather was bad in NYC on February 24, 2026, and Ann Lauterbach who was a scheduled reader couldn’t make it from upstate. But Charles North and Erica Hunt on this blustering cold wintry night were like the warmth of the hearth and comfortably at home. A good time was had by all. You’ll find them reading on the Vimeo below. Enjoy.
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At Bowery Poetry with Charles North and Erica Hunt, February 24, 2026
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Photos by Tom D’Egidio
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You can read about Charles North and read some of his poems here:
Charles North
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
and here:
Charles North (poet) – Wikipedia
Charles North (born June 9, 1941) is an American poet, essayist and teacher. Described by the poet James Schuyler as “the most stimulating poet of his generation,” he has received two National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships, a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2008), four Fund for Poetry awards, and a Poets Foundation award.
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You can read about Erica Hunt and read some of her poems here:
Erica Hunt
Erica Hunt was born in New York City in 1955. She is the author of Jump the Clock (Nightboat Books, 2020); Veronica: A Suite in X Parts (selva oscura press, 2019); Piece Logic (Carolina Wren Press, 2002); Arcade (Kelsey Street Press, 1996); and Local History (Roof Books, 1993).
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Erica Hunt – Wikipedia
Erica Hunt (born March 12, 1955) is an American poet, essayist, teacher, and organizer from New York City. She is often associated with the group of Language poets from her days living in San Francisco in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but her work is also considered central to the avant garde black aesthetic developing after the Civil Rights Movement and Black Arts Movement.
