Second issue of Box Car: A Magazine of the Arts, edited by Paul Vangelisti. Contributors include: Paul Vangelisti, Don Suggs, Judith E. Simonian, Charles Garabedian, Ed Moses, Robert Ackerman, Joel Bass, Ron Linden, Michael Davidson, Nathaniel Mackey, George Butterick, Edwin Denby, Robert Crosson, Julia Brown, Hiro Kaizan Kosaka, Jill Giegerich, Rick Stitch, Deirdre Bair, Betty Brown, Peter Liashkov, Alison Saar, Michael Dvortcsak, Jim Morphesis, Ellen Lampert, Ruth Weisburg, Rosmarie Waldrop, Bob Perelman, David Bromige, Norman Weinstein, Stephen Kessler, Zeke Berman, Barbara Drucker, Stephen Moore, Kim Baker, Don Boyd, Joyce Lightbody, Gerald Burns, John Taggart, John Clarke, Jed Rasula, Stephen s'Soreff, Flyghts of Fancie, Erika Suderberg, Mike Crane, Dennis Phillips, Anselm Parlatore, Norman Klein, Kei Takei, Bruce Edelstein, Lois Colette, Anni Jackson, Monique Safford, Fanny Howe, James Haining, Mary Haynes, Helen Adam, Charles Stein, Michael C. ... [details]
Single fold program for John Giorno's memorial celebration held in New York City, January 26, 2020. The memorial featuring readings, music and performances. Featuring: "spiegel im spiegel," by Arvo Pärt; greetings by Laura Hoptman; a blessing by Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche; "Gotham Lullaby" by Meredith Monk; readings from John's memoir by Verne Dawson, Bob Holman, Elizabeth Peyton, Charles Ruas, Linda Yablonsky, Penny Arcade, Bob Bielecki, Anne Waldman, Lynne Tillman, Vivian Kurz, Ilka Scobie and Fanny Howe; "we all go back to where we belong," by Michael Stipe; "After the Gold Rush," performed by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye; "thanx 4 nothing," by John Giorno; closing remarks by Kyle Dacuyan, and a reception with a dj set by Matthew Higgs. ... [details]
Periodical "... devoted to poetry and discourse amongthe arts. The debut issue contains essays by Jordan Davis and Carter Ratcliff, texts by composer Alvin Curran and poet Nada Gordon, and poetry by Daniel Bouchard, Elaine Equi, Clayton Eshleman, Drew Gardner, Richard Hell, Fanny Howe, Ann Lauterbach, Carol Mirakove, Ange Mlinko, Nick Piombino, Jerome Sala, Anne Waldman, among others. ... [details]