New York City - Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 7:00 pm Bryant Park Word for Word Poetry Series: Canadian Poets Present Poetry
Molly Peacock, series of editor of The Best Canadian Poetry in English, introduces poets from the 2009 volume. Poets include A.F. Moritz (volume editor), Ken Babstock, Matthew Tierney, and others.
Bryant Park (West 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Aves.- behind the New York Public Library) - rain venue: The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, 20 West 44th St. (between 5th and 6th Aves.) Information (click on event name for details)
New York City - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 1:00 pm
Poetry at Historic St. Paul's Chapel: Molly Peacock & A.F. Moritz read their work with poets from the Best Canadian Poetry 2009 anthology
St. Paul's Chapel, Manhattan's oldest building in continuous public use, located on Broadway at Fulton Street
subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, A, or C lines to Broadway-Nassau St.; E line to Chambers St.; or 6 line to Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall Information
THE SECOND BLUSH
The Second Blush, Molly's sixth volume of poems, was published in the U.S.by W.W. Norton & Company in hardcover in June 2008 and in paperback in December 2009.
From Molly Peacock's poem, "The Flaw," in The Second Blush:
"The best thing about a handmade
pattern
is the flaw."
THE PAPER GARDEN
Molly Peacock's new book about the remarkable 18th-century botanical collage artist Mrs. Delany, The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72, is coming soon.
Molly Peacock is a faculty member in Spalding University's Brief-Residency MFA in Writing program. For more information, see the program's Web site or its Facebook fan page.
Listen to Molly's reading at the Poetry Society of America and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Poems and Pints Series at Fraunces Tavern, New York City, February 2, 2010.
Watch and listen to Molly's reading at the University of Southern California, October 28, 2008.
NEWS AND EVENTS
Please go the News & Events page for dates
and times of Molly Peacock's readings, poetry circles on radio, lectures, and workshops. Go to the Contact page for information about her private editorial conferences.
Read Molly's poem "The Cup" along with her discussion of the poem on the "In Their Own Words" page of the Poetry Society of America's Web site.