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On Tuesday, April 11, Columbia's Morningside campus plays host to a number of poetry readings, something to suit every taste.
To hear up-and-coming and established poets, check out Women Poets at Barnard. The series, which also includes men, is in its 19th year and is free and open to the public. Tessa Rumsey, whose book The Return Message won the 2004 Barnard Women Poets Prize, and Julie Sheehan - her second book, Orient Point, won the 2005 Barnard Women Poets Prize - will read at 7 p.m. in Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard Hall.
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| Holman is one of the country's most influential performing poets, whose work reaches from slam to hip-hop to spoken word poetry. Photo by: Jonas Steengaard for Human Rights Watch |
For an exploration of how ancient oral traditions inform the "Make It New" aesthetic of contemporary American poetry, check out "The Re-emergence of the Oral Tradition in the Digital Age." Bob Holman, visiting professor of writing at Columbia's School of the Arts and proprietor of the Bowery Poetry Club, and Alhaji Papa Susso, one of Gambia's leading griots, will perform at 6 p.m. in the World Room in the Journalism building (third floor). To attend the free reading, respond to (212) 854-4768 or mh932@columbia.edu.
The Arts Initiative also presents "Poetry in Wartime," the latest in its The New Yorker Nights series, six free events hosted by the Arts Initiative and The New Yorker. The public is invited to listen as The New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik hosts an evening of poetry and discussion featuring Robert Pinsky (former U.S. Poet Laureate), Vijay Seshadri (author of Wild Kingdom and The Long Meadow) and C. K. Williams (winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Repair), among others. The event is free, but tickets are required. For tickets, phone the Miller Theater box office at (212) 854-7799, Monday through Friday from noon to 6 p.m. (two tickets per reservation and e-mail reservations not accepted). Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
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