Publicity

Practical Water review in Keyon Review

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Brenda Hillman’s Practical Water was reviewed in The Kenyon Review.

“A collection as wise as it is finely crafted, Brenda Hillman’s Practical Water is a remarkable addition to this accomplished poet’s body of work.”

Click here to read the full review

At left, Brenda Hillman, Robert Hass, and Jack Shoemaker at the Los Angeles Times Book Prize event. At right is Brenda’s award-winning book, Practical Water.

Tan Lin and friends at Printed Matter

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Tan Lin, author of Seven Controlled Vocabularies, will be celebrating at a Republication Party at Printed Matter.

July 29th, 5:00 PM
Printed Matter
195 Tenth Ave.
New York, NY
Printed Matter presents Tan Lin, Danny Snelson, and friends at this Republication Party for the volumes republished at the Kelly House Event. This event will celebrate the publications created at the “On-the-Spot Republication Event” held at Kelly Writer’s House on April 21st, where a team of poet-editors (including Chris Alexander, Alejandro Crawford, Kareem Estefan, J. Gordon Faylor, Kristen Gallagher, Lawrence Giffin, Diana Hamilton, Eddie Hopely, Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Patrick Lovelace, Jeremy Thompson, Sara Wintz, and Al Filreis) worked with Tan Lin in the republishing of Seven Controlled Vocabularies on the spot in a variety of formats. The works included Handmade book, PDF, lulu.com, Appendix, Powerpoint, Kanban Board/Post-Its, Blurbs, Dual Language (Chinese/English) Edition, micro lecture, Selectric II interview, wine/cheese reception, Q&A (xerox), and a film. These items will be on hand at Printed Matter on June 24th. Join the discussion on what constitutes a “book” in the digital age! Read more about this project at the EDIT Web site.
www.printedmatter.org
(212) 925-0325

Kazuo Ohno, a Founder of Japanese Butoh, Dies at 103

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from The New York Times obituary: Kazuo Ohno, a founder of Butoh, the influential Japanese dance-theater form whose traditional look of darkness and decay evoked for many the horrors of the wartime bombings of Japan, died on Tuesday in Yokohama, Japan. He was 103 and had continued to perform beyond his 100th year. Continue Reading Here.

Please visit the Kazuo Ohno Dance Studio.

Wesleyan University Press is proud to have published Kazuo Ohno’s World: from without & within.



Brenda Hillman and Robert Hass at Poets House, May 27th

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Elements & Energies: Robert Hass & Brenda Hillman on Poetry, Ecology & Environmental Action.
The two poets share their experiences of activism and writing in response to the natural world.Part of Ecopoetic Futures, a series of events that examine poetry and the environment. Programs in this series are funded, in part, by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Council for the Humanities.
$10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members

Be sure to check out Brenda Hillman’s latest book, Practical Water, recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.