 | OTHER NY EVENTS |
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May 13, 2008
Bright Lights Big Verse: Poems of Times Square
New York, NY
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May 14, 2008
Passwords: Raymond P. Scheindlin on Judah Halevi
New York, NY
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May 15, 2008
Adam Kirsch and Joshua Mehigan
Brooklyn, NY
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May 15, 2008
Jackson Heights Poetry Festival and Workshops
Jackson Heights, NY
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May 17, 2008
Jackson Heights Poetry Festival
Jackson Heights, NY
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| Poets: |
Gerald Stern, Jean Valentine |
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April 12, 2008, 4:00 p.m.
Dweck Center, Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
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Two National Book Award winners read from their collections. Valentine authored eight books, most recently Little Boat. Jean has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and awards from the NEA, The Bunting Institute, The Rockefeller Foundation, The New York Council for the Arts, and The New York Foundation for the Arts.
Stern has authored thirteen books and his latest book is Everything is Burning. In 2006, he was elected Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets. For many years a teacher at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, Stern now lives in New Jersey.
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718-230-2100
http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/dweck |
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