The Virgin Formica ... out at last!

Please come to the Hanging Loose book party, celebrating The Virgin Formica and the other recently released and fucking brilliant titles:

Indran Amirthanayagam's The Splintered Face: Tsunami Poems
Marie Carter's The Trapeze Diaries
Michael Cirelli's Lobster with Ol' Dirty Bastard
William Corbett's Opening Day
R. Zamora Linmark's The Evolution of a Sigh
Tony Towle's Winter Journey

Friday, May 2 from 6-8pm at Teachers & Writers Collaborative
520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2020 (between 36th and 37th Street)
New York, New York

FREE!!! LIQUOR!!! ILLUMINATING CONVERSATIONS WITH DRUNKEN POETS!!!

Flarf Is Life — Flarf Festival '08

FLARF IS LIFE
2008 Holistic Expo & Peace Conference

THURSDAY, APR 24, 8 PM, DIXON PLACE, 258 BOWERY, $8
Film, neo-benshi, and theater by:

Brandon Downing: Two new short films
Rob Fitterman: Film: Bisquick / Bismarck
Nada Gordon: Neo-benshi: "Uzumaki"
Mitch Highfill: Play: "The Secret History of the '60s"
Rodney Koeneke: Neo-benshi: "Mary Poppins"
Michael Magee: Play: "William Logan: A Sedentary Life"
K. Silem Mohammad & Gary Sullivan: Play: "Chain: A Dialog"
Kim Rosenfield: Neo-benshi: "Meglio Stasera / The Libido Theory"


FRIDAY, APR 25, 7 PM, 300 Bowery, buzz "Sherry/Thomas"
Publication party for new books and DVDs by:

Brandon Downing: Dark Brandon (DVD)
Mitch Highfill: Moth Light
Sharon Mesmer: Annoying Diabetic Bitch
K. Silem Mohammad: Breathalyzer
Mel Nichols: Bicycle Day
Rod Smith: Deed
Gary Sullivan: PPL in a Depot


SATURDAY, APR 26, 6 PM, BOWERY POETRY CLUB, 308 BOWERY, $8
A Segue reading to benefit Bowery Arts and Sciences, featuring:

Shanna Compton
Katie Degentesh
Benjamin Friedlander
Drew Gardner
Nada Gordon
Mitch Highfill
Rodney Koeneke
Michael Magee
Sharon Mesmer
K. Silem Mohammad
Mel Nichols
Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
James Sherry
Rod Smith
Christina Strong

With music by the Drew Gardner Orchestra and The Saw Lady.
Hosted by Brandon Downing and Gary Sullivan.

This benefit reading will help keep Segue readings at an affordable $6.