When: Friday, April 9, 2010

Where: Martin E. Segal Theatre 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-4309

What Time: 6:30 p.m.

Event Information: Visit http://centerforthehumanitiesgc.org/events

This series of talks by major poets, curated by Tim Peterson and titled in honor of Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, explores the relationship between contemporary poetic manifesto, practice, queer theory and pedagogy. Come enjoy readings by Dodie Bellamy, Kevin Killian, and PEN Member Eileen Myles.

Visit http://tendenciespoetics.blogspot.com for commentary and sample recordings from past events, as well as news about upcoming events. Co-sponsored by Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, Ph.D. Program in English, and Poetics Group.

Eileen Myles's collection of essays The Importance of Being Iceland, for which she received a Warhol/Creative Capital grant is just out from Semiotext(e)/MIT.  Eileen also writes novels (Chelsea Girls, Cool for You) and libretti (“Hell”) and many many poems (Sorry, Tree, Not Me). She ran St. Mark’s Poetry Project in the 80s. In 1992 she conducted an openly female write-in campaign for President. She’s a Professor Emeritus of Writing & Literature at UC San Diego. She lives in New York.