Hay fever season is ending just in time for me to clear my throat and partake in a few upcoming readings. If you feel like breathing in some fresh air at a literary event, please consider these!
Thursday, May 17
Boundless Tales
at Waltz-Astoria
23-14 Ditmars Blvd., Astoria, NY 11105
(near the NQ Ditmars stop in Astoria)
7:30 — 9:30 pm
with Joel Allegretti, Cassandra Faustini, my friend Yvette Perez in her debut, and Michael T. Young
$10 drink minimum
http://waltz-astoria.com
http://boundlesstales.blogspot.com/p/may-17th.html
I’ll be serving as hostess for this monthly series run by Aida Zilelian, now on a maternity break. Up last, I’ll be reading, too, from my nonfiction novel-in-progress, “The Fear of Large and Small Nations”.
Tuesday, May 22
World Poetry Movement: A New York Celebration
Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe
236 East 3rd Street, New York, NY 10009
(between Avenue B and C)
7 pm
with Amir Parsa, Sandra A. García-Betancourt, Lola Koundakjian, Vasyl Makhno, Alan Semerdjian, and Alhaji Papa Susso
$10
http://www.nuyorican.org/
http://www.facebook.com/events/286051604804050/
I’ll be hosting this inspired gathering of poets and perhaps reading a poem or two.
and further on down the line:
Saturday, June 30
Cultural Consonance: A reading of cross cultural literature between Queens and the world
Greater Astoria Historical Society
Quinn Building, 35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor, Long Island City, NY 11106
(near the MR train at Steinway or the NQ train at Broadway)
1:30 — 3:30 pm
with Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran, Joseph O. Legaspi, Margarita Soto, Sweta Srivastava Vikram
$5 suggested donation
http://astorialic.org/
This reading is made possible (in part) by Poets & Writers Inc., and by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. More details to come next month.
