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2008 Bay Area Poetry Marathon Print E-mail

Curated by Donna de la Perriere & Joseph Lease


Poetry MarathonSaturday, May 17, 7-9 PM
Saturday, June 28, 7-9 PM
Saturday, July 19, 7-9 PM
Saturday, August 30, 7-9 PM
$3-$15 sliding scale admission

"An ear and mind opener... this event delivers the real thing: edgy stuff, poetry with a real bite!" --SAN FRANCISCO magazine

For the fifth summer in a row, the Bay Area Poetry Marathon brings its exciting mix of innovative literary voices to The LAB. Since its 2001 inception in Boston, de la Perriere and Lease's Marathon has developed a national reputation among experimental poets; past readers have included Opal Palmer Adisa, Dodie Bellamy, Lee Ann Brown, Maxine Chernoff, Norma Cole, Diane DiPrima, Jewelle Gomez, Noah Eli Gordon, Lyn Hejinian, Brenda Hillman, Paul Hoover, Kevin Killian, Leslie Scalapino, Truong Tran, and many more.

May 17 readers include: Dana Gottlieb, LaTasha Diggs, Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Matthew Shears, Israel Haros, and Richard Silberg. Upcoming summer 2008 events will feature Bin Ramke, Edward Foster, D.A. Powell, Truong Tran, Jennifer Scappettone, Chad Sweeney, Lorelei Lee, and others tba.

* For KQED's 2007 review of the BAPM, go to http://www.kqed.org/arts/lit/index.jsp?id=17560
* For more information on the BAPM, go to http://www.myspace.com/bayareapoetrymarathon