Tue May 31, 2016
An Absurdist Mirror on Consumerist Culture
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at The Green Arcade
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Part of the Spotlight series from City Lights Publishers, Julien Poirier’s new book is Out of Print, his third full-length collection, a truly bicoastal volume, reflecting the poet's years in New York as well as his return to his Bay Area roots. Consider it a meetinghouse between late New York School and contemporary California surrealism, a series of quips intercepted from America's underground poetry telegraph, or an absurdist mirror held up to consumerist culture.
"Welcome Julien Poirier! What a distinct inspired voice. His work is abundant in surprise. His musical, often bonkers play of language is, for me, a source of delight & revelation."––David Meltzer
Bill Berkson will be reading from his recent books, Portrait and Dream and Expect Delays, both from Coffee House Press, as well as from his new book from Ugly Duckling Presse, Invisible Oligarchs: Russian Notebook.
“A wonderful docu-mini-epic with book lists, ancestries, politics, memorabilia, correspondence, photos to boot, and most of all the kinetic minute-to-minute jottings of a restless “on” consciousness.” Anne Waldman on Invisible Oligarchs
Julien Poirier grew up in the Bay Area and now, he’s back. He has taught poetry in New York public schools and at San Quentin State Prison.
Bill Berkson was born in New York in 1939. He moved to Northern California in 1970. He is a poet, critic, sometime curator, and professor emeritus at the SF Art Institute, where he taught art history and literature for many years.
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"Welcome Julien Poirier! What a distinct inspired voice. His work is abundant in surprise. His musical, often bonkers play of language is, for me, a source of delight & revelation."––David Meltzer
Bill Berkson will be reading from his recent books, Portrait and Dream and Expect Delays, both from Coffee House Press, as well as from his new book from Ugly Duckling Presse, Invisible Oligarchs: Russian Notebook.
“A wonderful docu-mini-epic with book lists, ancestries, politics, memorabilia, correspondence, photos to boot, and most of all the kinetic minute-to-minute jottings of a restless “on” consciousness.” Anne Waldman on Invisible Oligarchs
Julien Poirier grew up in the Bay Area and now, he’s back. He has taught poetry in New York public schools and at San Quentin State Prison.
Bill Berkson was born in New York in 1939. He moved to Northern California in 1970. He is a poet, critic, sometime curator, and professor emeritus at the SF Art Institute, where he taught art history and literature for many years.
Part of the Spotlight series from City Lights Publishers, Julien Poirier’s new book is Out of Print, his third full-length collection, a truly bicoastal volume, reflecting the poet's years in New York as well as his return to his Bay Area roots. Consider it a meetinghouse between late New York School and contemporary California surrealism, a series of quips intercepted from America's underground poetry telegraph, or an absurdist mirror held up to consumerist culture.
"Welcome Julien Poirier! What a distinct inspired voice. His work is abundant in surprise. His musical, often bonkers play of language is, for me, a source of delight & revelation."––David Meltzer
Bill Berkson will be reading from his recent books, Portrait and Dream and Expect Delays, both from Coffee House Press, as well as from his new book from Ugly Duckling Presse, Invisible Oligarchs: Russian Notebook.
“A wonderful docu-mini-epic with book lists, ancestries, politics, memorabilia, correspondence, photos to boot, and most of all the kinetic minute-to-minute jottings of a restless “on” consciousness.” Anne Waldman on Invisible Oligarchs
Julien Poirier grew up in the Bay Area and now, he’s back. He has taught poetry in New York public schools and at San Quentin State Prison.
Bill Berkson was born in New York in 1939. He moved to Northern California in 1970. He is a poet, critic, sometime curator, and professor emeritus at the SF Art Institute, where he taught art history and literature for many years.
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"Welcome Julien Poirier! What a distinct inspired voice. His work is abundant in surprise. His musical, often bonkers play of language is, for me, a source of delight & revelation."––David Meltzer
Bill Berkson will be reading from his recent books, Portrait and Dream and Expect Delays, both from Coffee House Press, as well as from his new book from Ugly Duckling Presse, Invisible Oligarchs: Russian Notebook.
“A wonderful docu-mini-epic with book lists, ancestries, politics, memorabilia, correspondence, photos to boot, and most of all the kinetic minute-to-minute jottings of a restless “on” consciousness.” Anne Waldman on Invisible Oligarchs
Julien Poirier grew up in the Bay Area and now, he’s back. He has taught poetry in New York public schools and at San Quentin State Prison.
Bill Berkson was born in New York in 1939. He moved to Northern California in 1970. He is a poet, critic, sometime curator, and professor emeritus at the SF Art Institute, where he taught art history and literature for many years.
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1680 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
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