Periodically Speaking: Speaking on Listening

The Council for Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) and The New York Public Library present Periodically Speaking, a free reading series providing a major new venue for emerging writers to present their work while highlighting the riches of literary magazines in New York City and the magazine collections of The New York Public Library. Each event presents writers from three influential literary magazines, introduced by their publisher/editors. The themes for the fall series of readings focus on the senses. The next reading will feature poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction that address 'listening' in different and innovative ways.

Periodically Speaking: Speaking on Listening will be presented, Tuesday, November 8th, 6 - 7:30 pm in the DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room of The New York Public Library's Humanities and Social Sciences Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd St. (Please use Fifth Avenue entrance). For more information, please call 212/930.0876

n+1
n+1, a twice-yearly print journal of politics, literature, and culture, was nominated as the Best New Title of 2004 by Utne Reader.

Editor Keith Gessen will introduce Elif Batuman reading her essay, Babel in California.

The Hudson Review
For over 50 years The Hudson Review has celebrated the area where literature bears on the intellectual life of the time.

Editor Paula Deitz will introduce National Book Award-winner Lily Tuck, reading her memoir Group Grief.

failbetter
failbetter (www.failbetter.com) is one of the web's most widely-read literary magazines-featuring original fiction, poetry and art.

Editor Thom Didato will introduce Jen Benka reading her poem, States.

Look for the next program in the Periodically Speaking Fall Schedule:

Tuesday, December 13th:
Speaking on Tasting featuring Max Ruback from Zing Magazine, Michelle Wildgen from Tin House, and Michael Graves from Mad Hatters' Review.

This series is made possible in part by support from The New York Community Trust, The Greenwall Foundation; the New York State Council for the Arts, a state agency; and Friends of CLMP, a diverse group of individuals committed to supporting independent literary publishing.

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