The Monday Night Poetry Series at KGB Bar is back for the Spring season. Originally founded in 1997 by David Lehman and Star Black, the series is currently hosted by Laura Cronk and Michael Quattrone. Slip into the East Village’s most notorious soviet-themed former speakeasy for a cold drink and a strong dose of new poetry from acclaimed as well as up and coming writers.
Readings begin at 7:30pm
Admission is FREE
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street
(between 2nd Ave. & Bowery)
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-505-3360
Spring 2008 Reading Schedule
March 10
The Best American Erotic Poems: Marc Cohen, Janice Erlbaum, Jennifer L. Knox, Cate Marvin, Noah Michelson, Rachel Shukert, Maggie Wells, and editor David Lehman
March 17
Craig Morgan Teicher and Brenda Shaughnessy
March 24
Dorothea Lasky and Bill Rasmovicz
March 31
Aracelis Girmay and Christopher Martin
April 7
Nancy Kuhl and Richard Deming
April 14
Kate Colby and Mónica de la Torre
April 21
James Lasdun and Sidney Wade
April 28
Thomas Sayers Ellis and Prageeta Sharma
May 5
Andrey Gritsman and Fanny Howe
May 12
Star Black, Deborah Landau, David Lehman, Matthew Zapruder
–LC & MQ