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SUMMARY:BEHIND THE STATE CAPITOL AT 50: Eileen Myles & Cedar Sigo Read John Wieners & Their Own Work
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an unforgettable 50th anniversary celebration of 
 John Wieners’ searing\, inimitable\, “impossibly plural” collection\, 
 Behind the State Capitol\, or Cincinnati Pike (Good Gay Poets: Boston\, 
 1975)\, soon to be reissued by Song Cave.  "A complex schizo-analysis of 
 language\, Capitalism\, incarceration and state power\,” Wieners' work 
 has (over the past 5 decades) not lost but rather gained momentum and its 
 transmission now extends from coast to coast.\n\nTwo great readers of 
 Wieners’ undefiniable and uncompromising poetry—Eileen Myles and Cedar 
 Sigo—will share excerpts from his poetry\, in conversation with their own 
 work. Myles will read new poems and share sections of a (previously 
 unpublished) 1970s book-length poem Birdwatching (forthcoming from 
 Fonograf). Sigo will read from his stunning recent collection Siren of 
 Atlantis (Wave\, 2025).\n\nThe event will be introduced by poet and Wieners 
 scholar Jim Dunn. Archival audio of Wieners will also be premiered. 
 Afterwards\, we invite you to join us for an after-party at Lamont Library 
 (where Wieners once held--and lost--a job as a librarian). We will lift up 
 a glass in his honor. Come one\, come all.\n \n\nIn-Person Attendance: 
 Edison-Newman Room\, Houghton Library\, Harvard University.\nFree and open 
 to the public. After-party at the Woodberry Poetry Room.\n \n\nOnline 
 Attendance: Livestreaming available via the WPR YouTube Channel.\n 
 \n\nPersons with disabilities who would like to request accommodations or 
 have questions about physical access may contact Houghton Library's 
 Administrative Coordinator Le Huong Huynh by email or at 617-495-2443 in 
 advance of the workshop.\n\n \n\n
LOCATION:Houghton Library\, Woodberry Poetry Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Christina Davis":MAILTO:davis2@fas.harvard.edu
CATEGORIES:Reading/Lecture
CONTACT;CN="Christina Davis":MAILTO:davis2@fas.harvard.edu
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