Category Archives: Books That Come My Way

Marcella Durand reads from To husband is to tender

With some books of poetry, you can jump in anywhere, but with Marcella Durand’s To husband is to tender, I would say, “Start at the beginning, and let the book draw you in.” Contemplation, what it means to be … Continue reading →

Barry Schwabsky reads from Feelings of And

1 May ’22

Common comfortable places become uncommon and uncomfortable, common words whose meanings you thought you knew are a puzzle in pieces, and then the puzzle in pieces becomes a thought you know. You see and then you don’t. Some poems … Continue reading →

Matt Proctor reads from Single Room Occupancy

17 Apr ’22

If you want to give words to every moment, every thought and sight worth jotting down, you need a notebook though any scrap of paper will do. Bill Kushner was a poet I remember fondly who always had a … Continue reading →

Lonely Christopher reads at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division

16 Apr ’22

I’m in awe of many poets, and with that being said, I have to say I’m especially in awe of Lonely Christopher. “How does he have the time to do everything he does?” Writer, curator, critic, publisher, editor and director, … Continue reading →

Greg Masters reads from The Complete Thoughts of Greg Masters

15 Apr ’22

I like narrative poetry so I always look forward to a new book by Greg Masters. The Complete Thoughts of Greg Masters is full of stories the poet often recalls from his own life; and it could be something … Continue reading →

Ted Rees reads from Dog Day Economy

14 Apr ’22

On March 26, I attended a reading in Philly at Vox Populi on North 11th Street, featuring Jena Osman, Ted Rees, and Samuel Delany that was hosted by Lonely Christopher for the Segue Reading Series. It was great. Samuel … Continue reading →

Celebrating The Life of a Kalamata

10 Apr ’22

At KGB, a few weeks ago, I attended a reading for Didi Champagne’s new book, The Life of a Kalamata. Dorothy Friedman, Jeff Wright, Linda Kleinbub, and Patricia Carragon each read a poem before Didi took the stage. Didi’s talents … Continue reading →

Dazié Grego-Sykes reads from Black Faggotry

31 Mar ’22

Early March in the cold pouring rain, I made my way west on the M-8 bus toward the LBGT Community Center on 13th Street near 7th Avenue. The poetry reading that night, on the second floor at the Bureau of … Continue reading →

Elaine Sexton reads from Drive

19 Mar ’22

Life, we all come to realize, even if we never read Heraclitus, is in constant motion, which is one reason why I walked over to 2 Horatio Street last Monday to record Elaine Sexton reading from Drive, her new … Continue reading →

Sean Singer reads from Today In The Taxi

2 Mar ’22

At KGB last December, I heard Sean Singer read from a forthcoming book of prose poems called Today in the Taxi, similar journeys, different passengers, with the words of others sometimes added, Duke Ellington, The Talmud, Franz Kafka, helping … Continue reading →

Alfred Corn reads his translation of Rilke’s First Elegy from the Duino Elegies

13 Feb ’22

A few years ago, the news that Alfred Corn was working on a translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies made me very happy. When I was in my early twenties, Rilke was one of the poets who showed … Continue reading →

Star Black reads from Waterworn

2 Feb ’22

Many people may think of Star Black as a photographer who has documented NYC downtown art and literary events. She also curated the Monday Night Poetry Readings at KGB Bar beginning in 1997, an event that has been going … Continue reading →