I had a great time reading and visiting w/folks in Oklahoma last week. I read at Oklahoma City University on Wednesday eve. (Day of the Dead - a propos for Things Come On) and at Univ. of Tulsa on Thursday. Here is an account of the latter reading by my co-reader, Sheila Black, who read some pretty swell poems of her own - some inspired by things said by her son, who suffers from schizophrenia.
The students at Tulsa were great, too - understood Things Come On better than I do, as I've told several folks since. Great close readers. My host, Grant Jenkins, gave me a wonderful tour of Tulsa, including Ron Padgett's childhood home, the (former) Greenwood neighborhood (where an entire community was massacred), the art-deco disneyland of the Boston St. Methodist Church, and the kitch paradise of Oral Roberts.
Literarisches Events (in and around Lawrence KS)
- SONIA SANCHEZ. Kansas City MO. Friday, Feb. 17, 6:45 p.m., 115 Education Bldg., UMKC, 615 East 52nd Street.
- WILLIAM J. HARRIS, BRENT SALSBURY, & a ten-minute play. Lawrence. Thursday, Feb. 23, 7:00 p.m., Raven Bookstore, 6 E. 7th St.
- SIMONE MUENCH, ERIC GOODMAN, & CYRUS CONSOLE. Kansas City MO. Thursday, April 5, 7:00 p.m., The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania.
- CHARLES ALEXANDER, MELODY CHARLES, & JONATHAN STALLING. Lawrence. Thursday, April 26, 7:00 p.m., Raven Bookstore, 6 E. 7th St.
. . . and readings elsewhere, involving . . . Myself!
- Thurs., FEB. 16, U. of Oklahoma, Norman OK - 7:00 p.m., Jacobson House (Boyd x Chautauqua).
- Wed., FEB. 22, Washburn U., Topeka KS - 3:00 p.m., Mabee Library.
- Thurs., MARCH 22, Minneapolis - details TBA
- Fri., MARCH 29 & Sat., MARCH 30 - Fort Collins and Denver - details TBA
- Sat., NOV. 3, San Diego - details TBA
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