Andrea Kleine, Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Wesley Brown, Joseph Luzzi, DW Gibson, Lynne Tillman, and Famed Poet Bernadette Mayer Headline Literary Festival

Bernadette Mayer

Bernadette Mayer

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Authors Andrea Kleine, Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Wesley Brown, Joseph Luzzi, DW Gibson, Lynne Tillman, and famed poet Bernadette Mayer headline Arts Walk Literary 2015, at several venues throughout Hudson over the Columbus Day weekend, Friday, October 9, though Sunday, October 11.

The literary festival kicks off with “I Put My Hand Inside the Lion’s Mouth: A Tribute to the Poetry of Bernadette Mayer,” at Time and Space Limited on Friday, October 9, at 7pm. The event will include a reading by Mayer – a key figure associated with the Language poets and the New York School as well as the influential Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church – and a panel discussion featuring Mayer, poet Brenda Coultas, Lee Ann Brown of Tender Buttons Press, and Sam Truitt of Station Hill Press.

On Saturday and Sunday, October 10-11, from noon-5pm, a dozen authors will read and sign books at the Warehouse, North 7th and State Streets in Hudson. (Events originally scheduled for the Pocketbook Factory have been moved to the Warehouse.) They include Andrea Kleine, Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Wesley Brown, Joseph Luzzi, DW Gibson, Lynne Tillman, Debby Mayer, Daniel Region, Sonia Pilcer, Dan Marcus, Carl Skoggard and Robert Kelly.

All events are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available at both locations and books by all authors will be available for purchase and signing.

Since 2009, Arts Walk Literary has drawn some of the region’s and the nation’s finest authors to Hudson, NY. It is the county’s premiere celebration of the written and spoken word, providing a forum for, and access to, both emerging and nationally recognized writers. Each year, the series is carefully curated to promote both small-scale independent and corporate publishing houses; to bring together writers and readers; and to celebrate writing as an art form in our community.

 

This year’s festival is sponsored by the Columbia County Council on the Arts and curated by Karen Schoemer. The complete schedule is included below:

 

Friday October 9 at 7 pm

Time and Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street, Hudson NY

 

“I Put My Hand Inside the Lion’s Mouth: A Tribute to the Poetry of Bernadette Mayer”

featuring a reading by Mayer and a panel discussion with poet Brenda Coultas, Lee Ann Brown of Tender Buttons Press, and Sam Truitt of Station Hill Press. Moderated by Karen Schoemer.

 

Bernadette Mayer

Bernadette Mayer

Bernadette Mayer is an internationally recognized poet and author. Her recent books include The Helens of Troy, published by New Directions Press; Eating the Colors of a Lineup of Words: The Early Books of Bernadette Mayer, published by Station Hill Press; and Sonnets: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition, published by Tender Buttons Press, which was awarded the Firecracker Award by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. Among her many other achievements, this year Mayer became the Guggenheim Fellow.

 

Saturday October 10, noon-5 pm

The Warehouse, North 7th and State Streets, Hudson NY (Please note new venue)

 

Andrea Kleine

Andrea Kleine

noon-1:30 pm: Andrea Kleine, author of “Calf” (Soft Skull/Counterpoint, 2015) and Melissa Holbrook Pierson, author of “The Secret History of Kindness: Learning from How Dogs Learn” (WW Norton, 2015)

1:45-3:15 pm: Joseph Luzzi, author of “In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing and the Mysteries of Love” (Harper Collins, 2015) and Wesley Brown, author of “Darktown Strutters” (University of Massachusetts Press, 2000)

3:30-5 pm: DW Gibson, author of “The Edge Becomes the Center: An Oral History of Gentrification in the 21st Century” (Overlook Press, 2015) and Lynne Tillman, author of “What Would Lynne Tillman Do?” (Red Lemonade, 2014)

 

Sunday October 11, noon-5 pm

The Warehouse, North 7th and State Streets, Hudson (Please note new venue)

 

noon-1:30 pm: Debby Mayer, author of “Riptides & Solaces Unforeseen” (Epigraph, 2013) and Daniel B. Region, author of “Tales From Thurmons Corners” (Blue Mesa, 2014)

1:45-3:15 pm: Sonia Pilcer, author of “The Last Hotel” (Heliotrope, 2014) and Dan Marcus, author of “Selected Episodes Related to the Life of Vladimir Danilovich Myukis, Deceased”

3:30-5 pm: Carl Skoggard, translator of Walter Benjamin’s “Sonnets” (Publication Studio, 2015) and Robert Kelly, author of “Uncertainties” (Station Hill, 2011)

 

 

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