KGB Monday Night Poetry is pleased to present…
Rachel Zucker + Yona Harvey
Monday, March 24, 2014
Hosted by John Deming and Matthew Yeager
Series founded in 1997 by Star Black and David Lehman
Doors open at 7:00 pm
Reading starts at 7:30pm
Admission is FREE
www.KgbBar.com
85 East 4th Street * New York, NY
Rachel Zucker is the author of nine books, most recently, MOTHERs and The Pedestrians (forthcoming, April 1). Her book Museum of Accidents was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She lives in New York with her husband and their three sons. She teaches at New York University and is currently a National Endowment for the Arts fellow.
Yona Harvey is a literary artist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is the author of the poetry collection,Hemming the Water (Four Way Books: New York), and the recipient of an Individual Artist Grant from The Pittsburgh Foundation. Her poems can be found in jubilat, Gulf Coast, Callaloo, West Branch, and various journals and anthologies, including A Poet’s Craft: A Comprehensive Guide to Making and Sharing Your Poetry (Ed. Annie Finch). She lives not far from where jazz pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams grew up. Williams married the spiritual to the secular in her music, and is a regular muse in Yona’s writing. In addition to her undergraduate and graduate degrees in English from Howard University (BA) and The Ohio State University (MFA), she also earned a Master of Library and Information Science degree from The University of Pittsburgh. She is an Assistant Professor of English at The University of Pittsburgh.
Remaining Spring 2014 Lineup:
Mar 31 Matthew Zapruder + Charlotte Boulay
Apr 7 Nate Pritts + Jennifer H. Fortin + Adam Fell
Apr 14 Scott Hightower + Jeffrey Harrison
Apr 21 Brian Blanchfield + Christopher Salerno
Apr 28 Russell Dillon + Roger Reeves
May 5 Ariana Reines + Laura Sims
May 12 Mark Bibbins + Lucie Brock-Broido + Season Finale Party