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Hear a message about upcoming special events from Faculty Director Al Filreis.
The photo at right: earlier this week, at the inaugural "EDIT" event: Jeremy James Foxtrot Johnson. He is an instructor at New York's Center for Book Arts as well as curator for the TEXTFORM reading series. He was born in Los Angeles, CA, and now resides in Queens. Through his own Auto Types Press he prints broadsides and other text-centric ephemera, including collaborative prints with poets Edwin Torres, Joan Retallack, David Lehman and Charles Bernstein, among others.
At left: Charles Bernstein presenting at our annual "Writers House New York" event at Meisel Gallery in SoHo; photo taken by Arielle Brousse. We've been gathering every November at Meisel Gallery since 2002, and we're grateful to Susan & Lou Meisel for turning over their place to us--125 or so friends and affiliates of the Writers House project. This year, in addition to Charles, we were delighted by readings by Liz Van Doren, Tracie Morris, Lily Applebaum, and Molly Johnsen. And Al Filreis as always led us in a collaborative close reading of a poem - this time, Cid Corman's "It isn't for want..."
