What you should do this weekend

If I weren't going to Ithaca, I'd go here:

BOWERY WOMEN launch party
Friday, November 10 at 7:00 PM
Bowery Poetry Club
FREE

Come celebrate the release of this new anthology from Bowery Arts & Sciences, containing the "signature poem" of more than 75 women poets who have taught, bartended, & stormed the stage at the club. (Aw yeah.) Featuring readings by Kristin Prevelet, Marie Howe, Mary Reilly, Suheir Hammad, Elaine Equi, Sarah Harrington, Seren Devine, Tsarah Litszky, Donna Masini, Amy Ousoonian, Elinor Nauen, Simone Gorrindo, Gabrielle Santoro, Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Faye Chiang, Janet Hamill, Cynthia Kramen, Kathryn Fazio, Jennifer Blowdryer, A Brief View of the Hudson, Leticia Viloria, the O’Debra Twins, Liz Maher, Marjorie Tesser, Vicki Hudspith, Patricia Smith, Deanna Zandt, Lynne Procope, Nancy Mercado, Jan Heller Levi, Tara Betts, Melissa Christine Goodrum, Radhiyah Ayobami, Maggie Dubris, & Regina Cabico!

The book will be available for purchase at the party, and via the Bowery Poetry Club bookstore, or you can get it here (among other places).

A second party will be held in December, with more readers & more fun.

Then I'd go here:

The Work of Leslie Scalapino
Saturday, November 11th, 1:00 pm
The Poetry Project
St. Marks Church
131 East 10th Street, NYC

A celebration and inquiry into the work of prominent contemporary experimental Bay Area writer and publisher (of O Books) Leslie Scalapino. Leslie Scalapino's over 20 books challenge the boundaries of poetry, prose and visual art. Her most recent titles are Orchid Jetsam, Dahlia's Iris and Zither & Autobiography. Six poets will each present a short talk on aspects of Scalapino's work, followed by a question/answer session. Poets will include Brenda Iijima, who will host the discussion, Rod Smith, Laura Elrick, Alan Davies, Jennifer Scappettone & Rodrigo Toscano.

& then I'd go here:

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 12
all afternoon and evening, from 12 to 10 pm
GRAND OPENING party to celebrate ADAM'S BOOKS.

There will be balloons.

Also: short readings by several of the neighborhood's finest writers. (See below for schedule.)

ADAM'S BOOKS is located at 456 Bergen St., between 5th Avenue and Flatbush.
That's north Park Slope, Brooklyn, just around the corner from the Atlantic Yards landgrab.
Steps from the 2,3 Bergen St. subway; a short walk from the MNQBRW2345 Atlantic Ave subway hub.

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12 pm – 3 pm: COFFEE & MUFFINS
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12:00 – 1:00 : Rick Pernod, Andrea Baker, Bronwen Tate
1:00 – 2:00 : Jenn Guitart, Tisa Bryant, Lynn Xu
2:00 – 3:00 : Christopher Myers, Erika Howsare, Jackie Delamatre

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3 pm – 6 pm: BEER & PRETZELS
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3:00 – 4:00 : Will Hubbard, Jess DeCourcy Hinds, Amber West
4:00 – 5:00 : Eve Packer, Holly Tavel, Fred Schmalz
5:00 – 6:00 : Mac Wellman, Erin Courtney, Scott Adkins, Jonathan Ceniceroz

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6 pm – 10 pm: WINE & CHEESE
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6:00 – 7:00 : Anika Haynes, Gareth Lee, Brenda Iijima
7:00 – 8:00 : Luisa Giugliano, Jennifer Hayashida, Christopher Stackhouse
8:00 – 9:00 : Bonnie Emerick, Amy King, Adam Tobin

Adam's Books has (or did have last time I checked) a copy of Down Spooky, (which by the way has been successfully reprinted, so backorders & more news soon!). Last time I went, I came home with an armload, for real. It's a great store. And that was a while ago, so he's got even more stuff now. If we get back in time and are not too pooped, I might walk over to catch that last segment of the reading . . .