Elinor Nauen

I'm reading in Bob Heman's long-running CLWN WR series, at Westbeth on Friday, June 18. Liza Wolsky & Basil King will read for 20 minutes & me for 10 minutes in Bob's arcane & philosophical lineup. The fun starts at 7:00.

Thursday, June 10, 2010: Tony Towle and Mónica de la Torre

Hail, lovers of the written/​spoken word! Please come to ProsePros' next reading - the last till the fall.

6:30 to 7:45 p.m. [starts & ends on time!]

at the Sidewalk Café

94 Avenue A at 6th Street -- V or F to Second Avenue (exit at First Avenue), 212-473-7373

If there is a New York School of Poetry, Tony Towle has been involved in it for over 45 years, having taken workshops with Kenneth Koch and Frank O’Hara at the New School in 1963. In 1970, he received the Frank O’Hara Award, in conjunction with which his first major collection, North, was published. The History of the Invitation: New & Selected Poems 1963-2000 was published by Hanging Loose Press in 2001. Memoir 1960-1963 (Faux Press, 2001) is a chronicle of Towle’s early years as a poet in New York. His 12th book of poems, Winter Journey, was published by Hanging Loose in 2008. In most of his books there have been imaginative prose pieces as well as poems.

Mónica de la Torre is author of the books Talk Shows (Switchback, 2007); Acúfenos, a collection published in Mexico City (Taller Ditoria, 2006); and Public Domain (Roof Books, 2008). She co-edited the newly released anthology of post-Latino writing Malditos latinos, malditos sudacas: Poesía hispanoamericana Made in USA (Billar de Lucrecia, 2010) and is a 2009 NYFA poetry fellow. A translator and essayist as well, she is senior editor at BOMB Magazine.

The reading takes place in the welcoming backroom of the Sidewalk Café, famed for really great hamburgers, plus vegetarian fare and all beverages.

* * * Eat! Drink! Tip! * * *

Admission is FREE, but we do pass the hat. All proceeds go to the readers.

For more information: Martha King at gpwitd@​aol.com; Elinor Nauen at Elinor@​ElinorNauen.com or ProsePros on Facebook.

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Last reading of the season! Stay tuned in 2010-11 for Tiphanie Yanique, Lars Gustafsson, Phillip Lopate & many more great prose writers