I'm reading. I'm doing a reading. My lips will be moving as my eyes peruse certain infamous passages in certain nearly banned books in a previously undisclosed location.

JOIN US FOR A READING AT PARK SLOPE’S 440 GALLERY!

(AND PLEASE ALSO SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM!)

WHEN: Sunday, September 24th from 4:30-6:00 pm

WHERE: 440 Gallery, 440 Sixth Avenue (at Ninth Street ; take the F to 7th Ave. )

CONTACT: Brooke Shaffner at brshaffner@hotmail.com

Admission Free

WHO:

CHRISTINE HAMM

Christine Hamm is a PhD candidate in English Literature at Drew University, where she was awarded a Caspersen Scholarship for Academic Promise. Her poetry has been published in The Adirondack Review, Pebble Lake Review, Horseless Press, Lodestar Quarterly, BlueFifth Review, Poetry Midwest , MiPoesias, Rattle, Snow Monkey and Exquisite Corpse,blah, blah, blah... (this is getting a bit much). In 2004, she was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her work has been anthologized in Homewrecker: An Adultery Reader and The Murdering of Our Years: Artists and Activists on Making Ends Meet, both by Soft Skull Press. Her full-length book of poems, TheTransparent Dinner, is due out from Mayapple Press in September '06. (Err, uh, October.)


ERICA FABRI

Erica Fabri is a poet and educator. She is the author of High Heel Magazine, a chapbook of poetry. Her work has appeared in MiPoesias, Good Foot Magazine, and Got Poetry? AnOffline Anthology. She currently teaches creative writing at The School of Visual Arts, Baruch College and Lehman.

September’s featured artist, Todd Erickson, will give a brief talk on his work:
http://www.440gallery.com/artist_terickson.htm

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ALSO:

My book, The Transparent Dinner, is arriving quite soon, and just now is being gently
massaged at the printers. If you would like a postcard in reference to said book, and also perhaps a little bit of a little poem, please send your address to the email
following: inktastesbitter@yahoo.com. Also, I'm going to give free copies of my book tosix deserving peeps who are willing to do a little review work for me. Contact me at inktastesbitter@yahoo.com for details.