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)
- JULIA TRECHAK & NATE BARBARICK. Lawrence. Thurs., May 23, 7:00 p.m. Raven Bookstore, 6 E. 7th St. FREE
- ROBERT GLICK & KATHRYN NUERNBERGER. Lawrence. Sun., July 14, 5:00 p.m. (preceded by open mic). Eighth Street Taproom (x New Hampshire).
- JOSEPH HARRINGTON, JONATHAN MAYHEW, & MARY KLAYDER read work by OTHER PEOPLE. Lawrence. Thurs., 25 July, 7:00 p.m. Raven Bookstore, 6 E. 7th St. FREE.
- DENNIS ETZEL, JR. (et al.). Lawrence. Thurs., 26 Sept., 7:00 p.m. Raven Bookstore, 6 E. 7th St. FREE.
- KIT ROBINSON (& al.). Lawrence. Sun., 6 October, 5:00 p.m. (preceded by open mic). Eighth Street Taproom (x New Hampshire).
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