—EMDASH AUGUST
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Poetry Events in August
note - this is a working calendar and will be updated mid-month. check events before you go, we will have flyers collected under the monthly highlights on our instagram @emdashnyc !
Friday, August 1, 6:30 PM — Summer Fellows Showcase — Reading at Brooklyn Poets — free
Friday, August 1, 8 PM — Hot People Read Poetry — Open mic at Nook — free w/ two drink minimum
Friday, August 1, 6:30PM — Anthony Thomas Lombardi, Ashna Ali, Lara Atallah, and Meryem Uzumcu with Kan Yama Kan — Reading series at Blinky's — all proceeds go to gaza mutual aid
Saturday, August 2, 12 PM — Anyone Can Write with Maha Hashwi — Workshop at Boyfriend CoOp — $20, sliding scale and scholarship available
Sunday, August 3, 7 PM — Tamas Panitz, Emily Simon, Joel Newberger, and Alex Hamsphire with Summer Soiree — Reading at Topos Too — free
Sunday, August 3, 5pm — TBA — Reading series at Elizabeth Street Garden — free
Monday, August 4, 7:30 — A Spanglish Affair — Open mic at Frigid New York — 10
Tuesday, August 5, 7 PM — Cassandra Bristow, Kristal Uribe, Akhil Vaidya, and Reid Kurkerewicz — Reading at Unnameable Books — free
Tuesday, August 5, 7PM — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Tashie Bhuiyan, Promiti Shashwati Islam, and Tanaïs Samaiya Aftab Ahmed — Reading at Astoria Bookshop — free
Tuesday, August 5, 8 PM — June Glass, Edgar Gomez, Heather Glynis, and Austin Johnson with Perfume with Ariel Martinez — Reading series at Metropolitan Bar — free
Thursday, August 7, 7 PM — sgp, Zoey Greenwald, Nicodemus Nicoludis, Terry Nguyen, Emi Bache Rodriguez, and Mina Seckin with Poetry is Famous — Reading series at Topos Too — free
Friday, August 8, 7PM — m.s. RedCherries, Danez Smith, and Speedy Ortiz — Reading series at Poets House — free
Saturday, August 9, 6 PM — Jenkin Benson, Courtney Bush, Hannah Lee, and June Mota with are we rocking with this? — Book launch at Starr Bar — free
Sunday, August 10, 6 PM — Tangie Mitchell, Phil SaintDenisSanchez, Tariq Thompson, Hua Xi, and Honey Marmalade with Lyric — Reading series at Accent Sisters — 10
Sunday, August 10, 2 PM — Poetry & Sex in Public Places: A Celebration of Mutsuo Takahashi’s “Ode” with Randall Mann and D. A. Powell — Reading at Kerouac Alley — free
Monday, August 11, 7:30 PM — Sarah Conlisk, Larkin Breitner, and Fenne Lily with Dead Poets Are Rocking 2.0 — Reading series at Cassette — $10 adv, $15 door
Monday, August 11, 8 PM — Em Brill, Jon Ruseski, Lori-May Cruz Orillo, Mia Camille Karnofsky, Kiera Mulhern, and Gram Hummell — Book launch at KGB — free
Monday, August 11, 7:30 PM — Brooklyn Women's Writing Group — Writer's group at Nook — free w/ two drink minimum
Monday, August 11, 8 PM — Emily Hunt Kivel, Kashana Cauley, Katie Yee, Duncan B. Barlow, Samuel Ashworth, and Quincy Scott Jones with Franklin Park Reading Series — Reading series at Franklin Park — free
Tuesday, August 12, 6:30 PM — We Were the Scenery with Cathy Linh Che — Reading at Accent Sisters — free
Wednesday, August 13, 7:30 PM — Denne Michele Norris, Denny Burhan, Edgar Gomez, and Meredith Talusan — Book launch at Greenlight Books — free
Thursday, August 14, 7 PM — River — Reading series at Unnameable Books — free
Thursday, August 14, 8 PM — Grace Byron, Daniel Kolitz, Kitty St. Remy, and Samuel Hyland with Constantly Hating — Reading series at Seventh Heaven — free
Friday, August 15, 8 PM — Hot People Read Poetry — Open mic at Nook — free w/ two drink minimum
Friday, August 15, 7 PM — Natalie Diaz, Morgan Võ, and Fargo Nissim Tbakhi with Brooklyn Poets — Reading series at Brooklyn Poets — free
Saturday, August 16, 7 PM — Diana Arterian, Zephyr Lisowski, and Jennifer Nelson — Reading at Unnameable Books — free
Sunday, August 17, 1:30 PM — Erotics (5 week course) with the Warman School — Workshop at Virtual — $300, $180 for POC, free for sex workers
Sunday, August 17, 5pm — TBA — Reading series at Elizabeth Street Garden — free
Tuesday, August 19, 7:30 PM — No, Dear: Poets Who Love Poets — Reading at Dada Bar — free
Thursday, August 21, 7:30 PM — Elvis Alves — Book launch at Greenlight Books — free
Sunday, August 24, 6 PM — Cynthia Chen, Dante Clark, r. kay, Stephanie Niu, and Juno Roome with Lyric — Reading series at Accent Sisters — 10
Monday, August 25, 7:30 PM — Brooklyn Women's Writing Group — Writer's group at Nook — free w/ two drink minimum
Wednesday, August 27, 8 PM — TBA with Ditmas Lit — Reading series at Urbane Arts Club — free
Friday, August 29, 7 PM — Catherine Bresner — Reading at Unnameable Books — free
Friday, August 29, 7 PM — CoolKyds — Writer's group at Nook — free
Sunday, August 31, 5pm — TBA — Reading series at Elizabeth Street Garden — free
missing your event? submit events here.
Where we’ve been
i’ve been a fan of lactose intolerant since i saw tony tulathimutte there reading his epic about a pornsick sadist’s onlyfans request, so i was excited to catch the last lactose intolerant for a while in aaww’s new space (which is gorgeous)! the readings were great across the board but i was especially into adlan jackson’s sardonic prose and may teng’s piece on opulent asian malls. ruth minah buchwald (the host) also read a stellar intro to her novel which is going to become a seminal text for asian women with ibs.
—ash
i went to cassette for the first dead poets school of rock reading and played chess w meg the readers and musicians were epic there was a lot of turnout on a monday night and vibes were sweet + their ticket sales fundraised for ny immigration coalition ! i wont be in town for it but you should go to their upcoming event and make friends w all the lovely ppl<3
—subin
just when my bed was so enticing on a sweaty sunday evening, making the manhattan trek to the accent sisters reading absolutely paid off with some lovely poetry. after perusing the art exhibit, i sat on the couch in the back and disha began the night with some non-linear retellings of matronage and maternity that have stuck with me throughout the night. also, if i may be a homer, emdash’s very own subin absolutely crushed it on the mic in a way you’ll have to see to believe. many thanks to heather for hosting and maybe i’ll catch some of you at the lyric(ii) event at the start of august ! (what a good month it has been - going to so many readings has given me the same joy as stepping out of the shower only to realize that it is raining outside.)
—jacob
Stay earnest,
subin and ash and jacob
ps — we have a physical zine/ calendar now ! keep an eye out for emcat and emmoth around town : ) post with locations coming soon !!!!!!
