A Poetry Reading and Book Launch (and more!)
Writers in Residence, poets Gregory Pardlo and Miriam Sagam present their works in The Gallery (B Bar), as we celebrate Pardlo's newest book, "Digest" (Four Way Books, 2014). Special performance by Brooklyn Duo at 8PM. Sponsored beverage provided by VEEV®
GREGORY PARDLO: Gregory Pardlo is the author of Totem, which received the APR/ Honickman Prize in 2007, and Digest, (Four Way Books, 2014). His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Boston Review, The Nation, and others - as well as anthologies including the Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry, and two editions of Best American Poetry.
BROOKLYN DUO: Based in Brooklyn, NY and formed in 2014, Brooklyn Duo covers popular music with its own classical twist. The duo features cellist Patrick Laird (from Break of Reality), and pianist Marnie Laird. The married couple met in 2007 at the Kneisel Hall music festival in Blue Hill, Maine. As graduates of the Juilliard (Marnie) and Eastman (Patrick) conservatories, the duo covers music from Shakira's "Empire" to John Legend's "All of Me".
MIRIAM SAGAN: A graduate of Harvard with an M.A. in creative writing from Boston University, Miriam was one of the editors of the Boston area-based Aspect Magazine and a founder of Zephyr Press. She’s published more than twenty books, including Searching for a Mustard Seed: A Young Widow’s Unconventional Story, which won the award for best memoir from Independent Publishers for 2004.
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