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Thursday, April 1, 2010

NaPoWriMo commences at the Bloof blog


Next week! Bloof @ AWP in Denver.




WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7 • 7:00-11:00 PM

Pussipo/Dusie Press/Stonecoast Femiganza

Danielle Pafunda & Shanna Compton reading with Bronwen Tate, Ann Bogle, Jennifer Karmin, Marthe Reed, Annie Finch, Amy King, Cara Benson, Mackenzie Carignan, Deborah Poe, Ana Bozicevic, Teresa Carmody, Kate Durbin, Megan Volpert, Elizabeth Hildreth, Anna Aguilar-Amat, Sarah Rosenthal, Krystal Languell, K. Lorraine Graham, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Robin Reagler, Cheryl Pallant, Lara Glenum, Deb Marquart, Elizabeth Searle, Mel Nichols, Jesse Glass,
& j/j hastain

Packing House Center for the Arts
835 E. 50th Ave
Denver, CO

FREE | AWP registration not required
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THURSDAY, APRIL 8 • 7:00-10:00 PM

Small Press Party with Bloof Books • Cooper Dillon Book • Noemi Press

Danielle Pafunda, Jennifer L. Knox, Peter Davis, Sandra Simonds & Shanna Compton reading with Ada Limon, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Claire Hero, Gary L. McDowell, Nate Pritts, and Shya Scanlon

Green Spaces Colorado
1368 26th Street (@ Walnut Street)
Denver, CO

FREE | AWP registration not required

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FRIDAY, APRIL 9 • 12:00-1:15 PM

Gurlesque Anthology Reading

Danielle Pafunda, reading with Lara Glenum, Cathy Wagner, Dorothea Lasky, Cathy Park Hong and Elizabeth Treadwell

Hyatt Regency Denver
650 15th Street
3rd floor: Mineral Hall

A reading in celebration of Gurlesque, a new anthology of contemporary women poets and visual artists now out from Saturnalia Books.

AWP registration badge required for entry.




FRIDAY, APRIL 9 • 5:00-7:00 PM

Black Warrior Review / Blue Hour Press Offsite Reading

Shanna Compton reading with Christopher Cheney, Miriam Cohen, Nick Courtright, John Gallaher, James Grinwis, Emily Kendal Frey, Brian Kubarycz, Sabrina Orah Mark, and Alexis Orgera

Mario's Double Daughter's Salotto
1632 Market Street
Denver, CO

FREE | AWP registration not required

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FRIDAY, APRIL 9 • 7:00 PM-late

Meadowlark Poetry Marathon

Peter Davis reading with Rachel Loden, Kate Greenstreet, Amy King, Aaron Belz, Arielle Greenberg, Daniel Borzutsky, Amy Guth, Ana Bozicevic, Susan Schultz, Chad Parmenter, Katie Degentesh, Geoffrey Gatza, Janet Holmes, Tony Trigilio, Julie Dill, Tony Robinson, Reb Livingston, Ben and Sandra Doller, Steven Schroeder, Aaron Kunin, Kathy Ossip, Charles Alexander, Luc Simonic, and Chris Davidson

Meadowlark Bar
2701 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80205

FREE | AWP registration not required

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FRIDAY, APRIL 9 • 7:00 PM-late

WILLA (Women in Letters and Literary Arts) reading

Danielle Pafunda is reading with Kim Adinozzio, Mary Akers, Erin Belieu, Ana Bozicevic, Jami Brandli, Barrie Jean Borich, Nickole Brown, Kara Candito, Mary Cappello, Jennine CapĆ³ Crucet, Carolyn Forche, Ru Freeman, Lara Glenum, Cathy Park Hong, Olivia Johnson, Lynn Kilpatrick, Amy King, Dorianne Laux, Roxanne Banks Malia, April Manteris, Cate Marvin, Carol Muske-Dukes, Antonya Nelson, Ann Pancake, Jennifer Park, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Patricia Smith, Susan Steinberg, Cheryl Strayed, Ann Townsend, Emily Warn, Leni Zumas

Denver Press Club
1330 Glenarm Place
Denver, CO

FREE $10 | AWP registration not required

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