A Best of Fence: The First Nine Years

September 12: party to celebrate the publication of A Best of Fence: The First Nine Years, Volumes I and II.

The Volumes:



Group in backyard:



Group in kitchen:



Got to sneak Explosive Magazine in there somehow!:



Peter and Eugene:



Standing room only:



Lynne during second leg of readings in backyard:



Matt:



Rebecca:



Rodrigo:



Audience:



Aw, the newly engaged:



Colie and Josh:



Steve:



Chris:



Ken, Jason, and Caroline:



Present eds/eds present:

Vegas

After Yaddo, flew to Vegas for the 4th of July. Fireworks at the Golden Nugget:

Yaddo

Some photos:

The Celebrity Apprentice

My sister appeared on the Celebrity Apprentice. It was a farce. She did great, though.

Dinner at Trump Hotel:



Annie the night before:



Family strategizing:



Set:



Donald Trump Viper Pit at afterparty:



Btw, totally rigged. A number of NBC executives told me so at the afterparty (but who ever really thought otherwise? It's Donald Trump and Mark Burnett!). I am proud of my sister for raising a million dollars for international refugees.

Princeton

May 13: Reading with Joshua Clover as part of the Princeton Graduate Poetry Colloquium, Labyrinth Books, Princeton, NJ. 5:30PM.

This was a lot of fun. Joshua and I both read and then presented intellectual statements. The students were expecting a brawl, but Joshua and I agreed on pretty much everything except for: (1) whether or not we believe in The Revolution (I don’t; he does); (2) whether or not we’re willing to work at hedge funds (I am; he isn’t); (3) probably (and this is conjecture) whether or not we would spend our Sabbatical in Paris (I have never been to Paris-embarrassing, but true). We had a great discussion over a wonderful Indian dinner after the reading and Q&A. Great fun to discuss the financial issues of the day with Joshua!

Greg Londe introducing:



Joshua:



Some audience:

Burlington, VT

April 29: Reading as part of the Painted Word Poetry Series, at the Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT. 6:30PM.

Again, no pictures due to broken phone… but the memories will live on!… Wonderful space, wonderful audience… and it was great to see my old friends Josh and Rachel and their beautiful little boy.

Galway, Ireland

April 26: Reading and appearing as a panelist as part of “Are Economists the New Politicians” at the Cuirt International Festival. The Meyrick Hotel, Galway, Ireland. 7PM.

No pictures (I dropped my iPhone in Kennedy Airport and broke it)—very unfortunate. Truly fascinating panel.

New York—On Stellar Rays

April 10: Reading with James Hannaham and Danielle Blau at On Stellar Rays, 133 Orchard Street, New York, NY. 7PM.

No pictures, but a great gallery space. We read in the basement. My shoulder was injured and I was therefore on a great deal of Soma, wine, and Vicodin (I was in so much pain). I can hardly remember…

Quants playing poker

Lunch with old boss

The woman looks alive (in the hellish-looking DB Bistro):



Now (looks) dead:

New York—PSA Poems and Pints Series

March 3: Reading with D. Nurkse as part of the Poetry Society of America's Poems & Pints series at The Fraunces Tavern, New York, NY. 6:30PM.

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This was a lovely event sponsored by the PSA. Alice Quinn gave such thoughtful introductions, and the historic (Washington-era, old Wall Street establishment) Fraunces Tavern was a great venue in which to read my current Wall Street establishment poems.

D. Nurkse, my co-reader:



Some audience:

Billboards

I was interested in these images.

This one—even the models get skinnier during a recession:



Ugly:



Pretty:



Ugly:



Pretty:



“We Make Trash An Asset” (And Assets Trash…):



Pretty/ugly:

Millay Colony Celebration at the Bowery Poetry Club

February 4: Reading as part of an event celebrating the Millay Colony for the Arts. Bowery Poetry Club. New York, NY. 6PM.

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I am on the Board of the Millay Colony, and Caroline Crumpacker, the Executive Director, was kind enough to ask me to participate in what was mainly an evening of former colonists performing their work. Here is Caroline:



Calliope, who oversees the colony buildings and grounds:



Audience:



Performers:

Richmond

January 29: Reading at the University of Richmond, Weinstein Hall's Brown-Alley Room, Richmond, VA. 8PM.

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This reading was great, though the pictures weren’t. It was great to spend time with Brian Henry, who has been such a terrific supporter of my work over the years, first as the editor of Verse Magazine, and then as the editor of Verse Press, which published my first book, Winter Sex. Brian still edits Verse on-line—he has made a big difference in the lives of many emerging poets:



Richmond airport:



One of the students (then my iPhone ran out):