The 2006 Bay Area Summer Poetry Marathon

Sat, May 13
7-10 PM all dates
$3 - $15 sliding scale

From its inception during the summer of 2000, the Boston Poetry
Marathon developed a national reputation among experimental poets. An
annual weekend-long event, it featured approximately 40 readers
(poets primarily but also artists from mixed genres). Everyone, from
the distinguished poetic elder to the excited emerging poet, read for
20 minutes each. Boston Marathon readers included Charles Bernstein,
Anselm Berrigan, Frank Bidart, Maxine Chernoff, Norma Cole, Robert
Creeley, Forrest Gander, Paul Hoover, Fanny Howe, Laura Mullen, Jena
Osman, Maureen Owen, Heather Ramsdell, David Shapiro, Tom Sleigh,
Juliana Spahr, Cole Swensen, Anne Waldman, John Yau, and many others.
When co-founders/co-curators Donna de la Perriere and Joseph Lease
moved to the Bay Area in 2003, they moved the Poetry Marathon to San
Francisco. A tremendous success, the 2004 and 2005 Bay Area Summer
Poetry Marathons took place as four day-long events at The LAB. Each
Saturday event featured over 15 readers.

This year, poets from across the U.S. and the Bay Area join together
again to celebrate innovative poetry in a series of readings
throughout the summer at The LAB. The 2006 Marathon will include
established and emerging poets such as Dodie Bellamy, Taylor Brady,
Lee Ann Brown, Maxine Chernoff, Diane DiPrima, Edward Foster, Graham
Foust, Kathleen Fraser, Gloria Frym, Brenda Hillman, D.A. Powell,
Elizabeth Robinson, Truong Tran, and many more.

May 13 readers include: Dodie Bellamy, Rebekah Bloyd, Taylor Brady,
Graham Foust, Peach Friedman, Andy Nicholson, and Truong Tran. Come
join us to hear this year's exciting line-up!

Venue:

the Lab
2948 16th Street at Capp St
San Francisco
415.864.8855
www.thelab.org

Additional Info:

415.864.8855
www.thelab.org