13/10/2002
Fuse Week
13 Bar, New York
In a remarkable show of solidarity and support for New York City, some of the leading global poets from the UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, India, France, Budapest, Wales, and the United States among many nations will be participating in Fuse Week from October 14 to October 21, 2002.
Ignites the NYC Literary Scene
NEW YORK, NY In a remarkable show of solidarity and support for New
York City, some of the leading global poets from the UK, Ireland,
Australia, Canada, India, France, Budapest, Wales, and the United States
among many nations will be participating in Fuse Week from October 14 to
October 21, 2002. Numerous literary readings and events are scheduled
at the New School, Baruch College, and library branches featuring Paul
Muldoon, Simon Armitage, Glyn Maxwell, Mimi Khalvati, Eamon Grennan,
Srikanth Reddy, Charles Bernstein, Bob Holman, and others. The seven
days of programs will focus on the fusion of world cultures and the
perceptions of the United States around the world.
The week will begin with a major reading at the New Schools Tishman
Auditorium on October 15 at 8:00 PM to launch Short Fuse: The Global
Anthology of New Fusion Poetry. The event is hosted by the editors, Todd
Swift and Philip Norton, and features over forty of the most innovative
poets from around the world. The anthology also includes a CD and
portions of the proceeds will be donated to UNICEF. Other notable
events include Brit Lit: New Writing from the UK and Ireland featuring
Paul Muldoon, Simon Armitage, Glyn Maxwell, Mimi Khalvati, Pascale
Petit, and Bernardine Evaristo on Thursday, October 17, 2002 at 7:00 PM
at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch College.
Short Fuse is probably the most comprehensive global survey of
contemporary English language poetry ever assembled. Its a defining
cultural document for the start of the 21st century, so it is only
fitting it should have its premiere at the heart of the world, in New
York, commented Todd Swift.
A full listing of Fuse Weeks programs is listed below. Additional
information available at the website.
The programs are sponsored by Rattapallax, Council for Literary
Magazines and Presses, Poets House, New School Graduate Writing Program,
Baruch Center for the Performing Arts, and Poets and Writers, Inc. This
project has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the
Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
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FUSE WEEK PROGRAMS:
October 14, 2002 at 7 pm, 13 Bar, 35 East 13th Street & University
Place, NYC. Free. Featuring Penn Kemp, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Tug
Dumbly, and Philip Norton.
October 15, 2002 at 8:00 pm, New School, Tishman Auditorium at 66 West
12th St., NYC. Free. Short Fuse Launch Reading featuring Simon Armitage,
Charles Bernstein, Glyn Maxwell, Bob Holman, Patricia Smith, Ron
Silliman, Willie Perdomo, Todd Colby, Regie Cabico, Emily XYZ, Robert
Allen, Edwin Torres, DJ Renegade, Zoe Anglesey, Adeena Karasick, Fortner
Anderson, Prageeta Sharma, Wednesday Kennedy, Penn Kemp, Guillermo
Castro, Mary O'Donoghue, Richard Peabody, Victoria Stanton, Vincent
Tinguely, David McGimpsey, Helen Thomas, Barbara DeCesare, Corey Frost,
Ian Ferrier, Joshua Auerbach, Robert Priest, Sean Thomas Dougherty,
Catherine Kidd, Kevin Higgins, Rosemary Dun, Tug Dumbly, Ben Doyle Jill
Battson, Kélina Gotman, Andrea Thompson, Dawna Matrix Jason Pettus,
Heather Hermant, Larry Jaffe, Sean M. Whelan, Lauren Williams, Siobhan
Fitzpatrick, David Hill, Silvana Straw, Srikanth Reddy, and MTC Cronin.
Hosted by Todd Swift and Philip Norton.
October 16, 2002 at 6:30 pm, Jefferson Market Library, 425 Ave. of the
Americas at 10th St., NYC. Free. Featuring Simon Armitage, Ron Silliman
and Stephanos Papadopoulos.
October 16, 2002 at 7:30 pm, Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery & Bleecker,
NYC. $5. Featuring Srikanth Reddy, Ron Silliman, Fortner Anderson,
Adeena Karasick, David McGimpsey, Penn Kemp, Kevin Higgins, Robert
Priest, Rosemary Dunn, Todd Swift, Philip Norton, Sean M. Whelan, Helen
Thomas, Richard Peabody, Joshua Auerbach, MTC Cronin, Barbara DeCesare,
Siobhan Fitzpatrick, David Hill, and Bob Holman.
October 17, 2002 at 7:30 pm, Galapagos Arts Space, 70 North 6th Street
(between Kent & Wythe), Brooklyn. $2. Featuring Canadian poets Corey
Frost, Victoria Stanton, Vincent Tinguely, Todd Swift, Ian Ferrier,
Catherine Kidd, and Andrea Thompson.
October 17, 2002 at 7:00 pm, Baruch College, Engelman Recital Hall, 150
E. 25th St. at Lexington Ave., NYC. Free. Brit Lit: New Writing from the
UK and Ireland featuring Paul Muldoon, Simon Armitage, Glyn Maxwell,
Pascale Petit, Bernardine Evaristo, and Mimi Khalvati.
October 18, 2002 at 10:00 pm, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 East 3rd Street
(between Avenues B and C.), NYC. $5. Fuse Slam Team from Australia:
Philip Norton, Tug Dumbly, Wednesday Kennedy, MTC Cronin and Sean M.
Whelan.
October 19, 2002 at 2:00 pm, St. Agnes Branch, 444 Amsterdam Ave., NYC.
Free. Featuring Eamon Grennan & Michael T. Young.
October 19, 2002 at 7:00 pm, Bluestockings Womens Bookstore, 172 Allen
St., NYC. $5. Featuring Mimi Khalvati and Haale.
October 20, 2002 at 5:00 pm, Tribes, 285 East Third Street (between C &
D), NYC. $5. Featuring Edwin Torres, Todd Colby, Wednesday Kennedy,
Guillermo Castro, Kélina Gotman, Tug Dumbly, Sean M. Whelan, and MTC
Cronin.
October 21, 2002 at 6:30 pm, St. Agnes Branch, 444 Amsterdam Ave., New
York City. Free
Poetry from Wales featuring Robert Minhinnick, Duncan Bush, Lloyd
Robson, and Pascale Petit.
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Brit Lit: New Writing from the UK and Ireland
Thursday, October 17, 2002 at 7:00 PM at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch
College
150 E. 25th St. at Lexington Avenue
Presented byRattapallax, the Council of Literary Magazines AND presses,
Poets House and Baruch Center for the Performing Arts
NEW YORK, NYLeading British and Irish literary figures Paul Muldoon,
Simon Armitage, Glyn Maxwell, Mimi Khalvati, Pascale Petit, and
Bernardine Evaristo will participate in a major literary discussion,
Brit Lit: New Writing from the UK and Ireland. In recent years, the UK
has produced a remarkable array of writers and poets who have energized
the literary scene. In the wake of the tragic events on September 11,
2001 in New York City, many of these writers have published critical
writing in support and against U.S. and British actions around the world
and the globalization of cultures. In a rare opportunity, several of
UKs and Irelands leading editors, writers, and poets will be in New
York City to discuss the state of world literature and perceptions of
the United States around the world.
Simon Armitage is one of the U.Ks most popular authors and is co-editor
of the influential The Penguin Anthology of Poetry from Britain and
Ireland. Bernardine Evaristo is the author of Lara, which won the EMMA
Best Novel Award. Mimi Khalvati is founder and Coordinator of The Poetry
School in London. Glyn Maxwell is the winner of the E. M. Forster Prize
and Poetry Editor of the New Republic. Paul Muldoon is the winner of the
T.S. Eliot award and Director of the Creative Writing Program at
Princeton University and a leading figure in Irish poetry. Pascale Petit
is Poetry Editor of Poetry London.
CLMP: The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses was founded in 1967
to serve independent publishers of exceptional fiction, poetry and
prose. As the service and advocacy organization for these magazines and
presses, CLMP guides literature through the business of publishing,
while engaging diverse communities of readers through public programs.
For more information please visit http://www.clmp.org.
This program is made possible in part by the generous support of the New
York State Council on the Arts, a state agency,
the National Endowment for the Arts, JP Morgan Chase and the Viburnum
Foundation.
Contact: Ram Devineni
(212)-723-4125