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Book Launch Reading – A Possible Epic of Care by Vincent Katz & Andrei Codrescu

  • The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation 87 Eldridge Street New York, NY, 10002 United States (map)

Andrei and Vincent are delighted that the inaugural reading from their new collaborative poem A Possible Epic of Carew (Black Widow Press 2023) will be held at the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation

Hosted and introduced by the Foundation’s curator and Program Director, Alex Paul Chapin, the reading will include a reception and book signing

The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundationis a nonprofit organization that promotes the legacies of the artists Milton Resnick (1917–2004) and Pat Passlof (1928–2011) and supports the work of other painters by organizing exhibitions, publishing catalogs, and hosting related programming in Resnick’s former home/studio in Manhattan’s Lower East Side

Vincent Katz, born in New York, is known for his work as a poet, critic, curator, and translator. He is the author of fourteen books of poetry, including Broadway for Paul (Alfred A. Knopf 2020), Southness (Lunar Chandelier Press 2016), Swimming Home (Nightboat Books,2015), Understanding Objects (Hard Press 2000) and Cabal of Zealots (Hanuman Books 1988). He is the author of The Complete Elegies of Sextus Propertius, which received the National Translation Award from the American Literary Translators Association. He has curated exhibitions on Black Mountain College and Rudy Burckhardt, and recently co-curated a retrospective of the films of Isabelle Huppert at Film Forum in New York City. From 2010 to 2021, Katz curated "Readings in Contemporary Poetry" series at Dia:Chelsea in New York City. More info vincentkatz.net

The authors are grateful to the The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation and to Alex Paul Chapin for graciously hosting this event

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