Michael Kelleher
Buffalo, NY
Michael Kelleher is the author of two collections of poems, Human Scale (BlazeVOX Books, 2007) and To Be Sung (BlazeVOX Books, 2005). His poems and essays have appeared at The Poetry Foundation Website, Jacket, ecopoetics, The Poetry Project Newsletter, The Brooklyn Rail, The Buffalo News, the Ixnay Reader, et al. He has read his work in the U.S., Canada, and as part of the Encuentro del Poesia Del Lenguaje in Havana, Cuba in 2001. With Ammiel Alcalay, he edits the 'OlsonNow' blog, dedicated to the poetry and poetics of Charles Olson. He lives in Buffalo, NY, where he works as the Artistic Director Just Buffalo Literary Center and curates Babel, a lecture series featuring international authors.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Human Scale, Blazvox Books, 2007
To Be Sung, Blazevox Books, 2005
MOST RECENT BLOG POST [View All Posts]
Monday, May 4, 2009 9:37PM
Last PWV Post
Just back to Buffalo after 5 hectic days dashing from one PWV event to the next and trying to catch up with all of my old friends in between.
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The last event I attended was "Death in Spring and The Time of the Doves: Mercè Rodoreda." It featured a reading of Mercè Rodoreda's story "The Time of the Doves" by Jessica Lange. I guess I hadn't read the event description terribly closely, as I didn't realize Jessica Lange was reading until they introduced her. I liked the story, which is told from the point of view of a woman who marries a revolutionary in the Spanish Civil War, quite a lot, but I think I was too tired to appreciate Ms. Lange's emotional reading of the text. I was happy to see WNY comptriot Chad Post, the hardest working man in the translation business, get a chance to pitch his press, Open Letter, and its newest title, Death in Spring, also by Mercè Rodoreda. Take a bow, Chad.
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One final note on PWV:
As someone who plans events featuring international authors for a living, I have to say I am in awe at the size and scope of PWV. The sheer number and variety of events, not to mention the quality of the authors representing such a multitude of cultures and viewpoints, is, in a word, staggering. My hat's off to Caro Llewellyn and company for pulling it off.
Anyhow, I hope to return again next year for PWV.
Until then it's back to my real blog:
http://pearlblossomhighway.blogspot.com
In case you are interested. I am currently writing a sort of memoir by picking up all the books in my library, in alphabetical order, and trying to recall portions of my life based on each one.
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