The Poetry Project Newsletter #205, December 2005/January 2006
The Poetry Project Newsletter #205, December 2005/January 2006
The Poetry Project Newsletter #205, December 2005/January 2006
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NEWSLETTER EDITOR Brendan LorberDISTRIBUTION Small Press Distribution, 1341 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA 94710THE POETRY PROJECT LTD. STAFFARTISTIC DIRECTOR Anselm BerriganPROGRAM COORDINATOR Stacey SzymaszekPROGRAM ASSISTANT Corrine FitzpatrickMONDAY NIGHT COORDINATOR Corina CoppMONDAY NIGHT TALK SERIES COORDINATOR Renee GladmanFRIDAY NIGHT COORDINATOR Regie CabicoSOUND TECHNICIANS Corrine Fitzpatrick, Arlo Quint, David VogenBOOKKEEPER Stephen RosenthalDEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT Stephanie GrayBOX OFFICE Charles Babinski, Courtney Frederick, Erica Kaufman, Michael Nicoloff, Joanna SondheimINTERNS Kathryn Coto, Stacy Garrett, Laura Humpal, Evan Kennedy, Stefania Marthakis, Erika RecordonVOLUNTEERS David Cameron, Miles Champion, Jess Fiorini, Colomba Johnson, Eugene Lim, PerditaMorty Rufus, Jessica Rogers, Lauren Russell, Bethany Spiers, Joy Surles-Tirpak, Pig Weiser-BerriganTHE POETRY PROJECT NEWSLETTER is published four times a year and mailed free of chargeto members of and contributors to the <strong>Poetry</strong> <strong>Project</strong>. Subscriptions are available for $25/year domestic,$35/year international. Checks should be made payable to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Poetry</strong> <strong>Project</strong>, St. Mark’s Church, 131 East10th St., NYC, NY 10003. For more information call (212) 674-0910, or e-mail info@poetryproject.com.BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rosemary Carroll, Jordan Davis, Ted Greenwald, John S. Hall, Steve Hamilton,Siri Hustvedt, Gillian McCain, Elinor Nauen, Paul Slovak, Edwin Torres, Hal Willner, and John Yau.FRIENDS COMMITTEE Brooke Alexander, Dianne Benson, Susan Davis, Steve Dennin, Renée Fotouhi,Raymond Foye, Michael Friedman, Vicki Hudspith, Yvonne Jacquette, Patricia Spears Jones, Michel deKonkoly <strong>The</strong>ge, Greg Masters, Peter Pennoyer, Jessica Reighard, Kimberly Vernardos, and Alexander Wood.FUNDERS <strong>The</strong> Aeroflex Foundation; the Axe-Houghton Foundation; Brooke Alexander Gallery/BrookeAlexander Editions; Erato Press; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; the Foundation for Contemporary PerformanceArts, Inc.; Edge Books; <strong>The</strong> Herman Goldman Foundation; Granary Books; <strong>The</strong> Greenwich Collection, <strong>The</strong>Heyday Foundation; Irwin, Lewin, Cohn &Lewis; the Laura (Riding) Jackson Board of Literary Management;<strong>The</strong> Jerome Foundation; Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; the Lila Acheson Wallace <strong>The</strong>ater Fund; Nenaker & Herrmann;Penguin; Scribner; Soho Letterpress, Studio One; Talisman House; <strong>The</strong> Tomorrow Foundation; VehicleEditions; <strong>The</strong> Winslow Family Foundation; Anonymous Foundations and Corporations; Russell Banks; DianneBenson; Katherine Bradford; Mary Rose Brusewitz; Rosemary Carroll; Willem Dafoe; Peggy DeCoursey;Georgia & Bill Delano; Anne Delaney & Steve Staso; Agnes Gund & Daniel Shapiro; Ada & Alex Katz;Kazuko.com; Mary and Dave Kite; <strong>The</strong> Estate of Kenneth Koch; Michel de Konkoly <strong>The</strong>ge; Vicki Hudspith &Wallace Turbeville; Jonathan Lasker; Katy Lederer; Mark McCain; Deborah Berg McCarthy & MichaelMcCarthy; Jerome & Diane Rothenberg; Jeannette Sanger; Hank O'Neal & Shelley Shier; Simon Schuchat;Andre Spears; Peter & Susan Straub; <strong>The</strong> Harold & Alma White Memorial Fund; Joan Wilentz; Karrie &Trevor Wright; members of the <strong>Poetry</strong> <strong>Project</strong>; and other individual contributors.<strong>The</strong> <strong>Poetry</strong> <strong>Project</strong>’s programs and publications are made possible, in part, with public funds from: theNational Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts; the City of New York’sDepartment of Cultural Affairs; and the Materials for the Arts/New York City Department of Cultural Affairsand Department of Sanitation.COPYRIGHT <strong>2006</strong> POETRY PROJECTALL RIGHTS REVERT TO AUTHORS UPON PUBLICATION.WWW.POETRYPROJECT.COMST. MARK’S CHURCH IN-THE-BOWERY131 EAST 10TH STREETNEW YORK NY 10003www.poetryproject.com<strong>#205</strong> DECECMBER <strong>2005</strong>/JANUARY <strong>2006</strong>4 ANNOUNCEMENTSFROM THE DIRECTORW.H. AUDEN TUNA MOLD TO PERFORM AT NEW YEARSFROM THE EDITORFROM THE READERSKATRINA GRATITUDEPROPS TO KATZ7 WORLD NEWSBREAKING REPORTS JUST IN FROMALBANY / AUSTIN / BOSTONBUFFALO / FLORENCE / ITHACALA / PETALUMA / PHILADELPHIATHE TWIN CITIES / THE CATSKILLS13 NEW YEARS MARATHONTHE LONELINESSOF THE LONG DISTANCE WRITER:MARATHONING WITH TODD COLBY14 FROM THE PAST12, 15, 31, 34 YEARS AGOIN THE NEWSLETTER16 EVENTSDECEMBER & JANUARYAT THE POETRY PROJECT18 THE NOAM CHOMSKYINTERVIEW [PART 1]WITH BRENDAN LORBER21 OLSONNOWWITH MICHAEL KELLEHER & AMMIEL ALCALAY25 BOOK REVIEWSBARBARA GUEST / ELENI SIKELIANOSJENI OLIN / BRANDON DOWNINGMICHAEL IVES30 RECEIVEDJUST RELEASED BOOKS, CDS & OBJECTSOF INTEREST SENT OUR WAY32 JOIN NOWON THE COVER:CONTROL TOWER, <strong>2005</strong>COVER AND INSIDE ART:TRACEY MCTAGUEDECEMBER <strong>2005</strong>/JANUARY <strong>2006</strong> 3
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