Sat 2 May 2009
Agitprop Reading 5/2: Brian Kim Stefans & Geoffrey Dyer
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Please join us for a monthly lit reading in the company of art @Agitprop in North Park, co-sponsored by the gallery and local smallpresses 1913, Kuhl House, and Tougher Disguises.
This event is free and open to the public. There will be a receptionafter the reading. Donations to the gallery are greatly appreciated.
Poets Brian Kim Stefans & Geoffrey Dyer will read from their work on Saturday May 2 @ 7pm in the Agitprop Gallery in North Park:
2837 University Ave (entrance on Utah), San Diego, California, 92104,619.384.7989.
Brian Kim Stefans’ recent books include “Kluge†(Roof Books, 2007),“What is Said to the Poet Concerning Flowers†(Factory School, 2006)and “Before Starting Over: Selected Essays and Interviews†(SaltPublishing, 2006). Recent digital projects include the interactiveKluge (http://www.arras.net/kluge/) and a series of digitalprojections called “Scriptor†that are intended for gallery andenvironmental settings, one of which appeared in the show “Contranym†in New York City’s ABC Gallery in September, 2008. He is presentlyAssistant Professor of English and Digital Humanities at UCLA, editsthe online mag arras.net and writes the Free Space Comix blog; helives in Los Angeles half a block away from Scarlett Johansson (’sface on a billboard).
Geoffrey Dyer’s first book of poems, “The Dirty Halo of Everything,â€was published by Krupskaya Press in 2003. Of Dyer’s work, John Yauwrites, “Welcome to the ‘valley of the near yonder hell, an Out Westsort of place,” where you will find “Golgotha embellished in cement”and the “mascara of Andromeda.” While you are here, “pay attention tothe words collaborating inside [y]our skull.” Geoffrey Dyer certainlydoes. So much so I swear that Apollinaire, William Eggleston, andHarry Dean Stanton have been slipping Dyer some potent Kickapoo Joy Juice. …This is America. And, like Eggleston and Stanton, Dyer is adamned wonderful guide.” An original member of the New Brutalistpoetry collective and a graduate of Mills College’s MFA Program, Dyerlives and blogs in the Bay Area.