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Douglas Rothschild reads at Lofty Pigeon Books, 10/16/25

14 Jan ’26
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The Water’s Work Song

13 Jan ’26
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New Paintings by Dan Freeman

8 Jan ’26
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Greg Masters: Critical Writing and a Journal

30 Dec ’25
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Burt Kimmelman reads from A Door, a Window

25 Dec ’25
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John J. Trause reads from his various books and new work in anticipation of his book, The Box of Torrone

24 Dec ’25
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… John J. Trause is from New Jersey and works there as the director of the Oradell Public Library. He is the founder of the William Carlos Williams Poetry Cooperative in Rutherford, and hosted and curated the monthly reading series … Continue reading →

Bob Holman, Charles Bernstein, and Anne Waldman at KGB

21 Dec ’25
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  You can check out Charles Bernstein’s The Kind of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies below: The Kinds of Poetry I Want A celebration of the radical poetics of invention from Charles Bernstein. For more than four decades, Charles … Continue reading →

A Baker’s Dozen: watercolors and pen and ink by Arup Datta

30 Nov ’25
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The Recordings

29 Nov ’25
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The Rapture by James Sherry and Mark Wallace

16 Nov ’25
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Fucking and Other Poems

11 Nov ’25
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Bob Holman and Eleonora Fisco discuss the Spoken Word at the CUNY Graduate Center

21 Oct ’25
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