(alphabetical by author, then ordered by date)

BILL BERKSON
PORTRAIT AND DREAM:
NEW AND SELECTED POEMS

April 4, 2009 @ 7 pm
The Poetry Center
Reading with Kit Robinson and Lewis Warsh
San Francisco, CA

April 14, 2009 @ 4:30 pm
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

April 15, 2009 @ 7 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Reading with Barrett Watten
Detroit, MI

April 16, 2009 @ 7 pm
Walker Art Center
Reading with Vincent Katz and Lewis Warsh
Minneapolis, MN

April 18, 2009 @ 7 pm
Woodland Pattern
Reading with Kit Robinson
Milwaukee, WI

April 19, 2009 @ 2 pm
Woodland Pattern
Gallery Talk
Milwaukee, WI

April 22, 2009 @ 8 pm
Poetry Project
Reading with Norma Cole
New York, NY

June 14, 2009 @ 7 pm
Bridge Street Books
Washington, DC

ALLISON HEDGE COKE
OFF-SEASON CITY PIPE

April 24-30, 2009
International Poetry Festival
Toronto, ON

STEVE HEALEY
EARTHLING

July 17, 2009 @ 8 pm
The Soap Factory
Reading with Kao Kalia Yang, Lightsey Darst
(poetry forthcoming from CHP), and more!
Minneapolis, MN

VICTOR HERNANDEZ CRUZ
THE MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA

April 8, 2009 @ 6:30 pm
Jean Burden Poetry Series
California State University
Los Angeles, CA

April 23, 2009 @ 7 pm
Writers on the Cutting Edge
Schomburg Center for Research and Black Culture
New York, NY

NORAH LABINER
GERMAN FOR TRAVELERS

April 30, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
The Loft Literary Center
Publication Reading and Reception
Minneapolis, MN

May 9, 2009 @ 9:30 pm
The Kitty Cat Klub
Reading with music by Rank Strangers,
His Mischief, and Middlepicker
Minneapolis, MN

May 21, 2009 @ 7 pm
Hamline Midway Branch Library
St. Paul, MN

June 30, 2009 @ 7 pm
Ridgedale Library
Minnetonka, MN

July 15, 2009 @ 7 pm
Prairie Lights Bookstore
Iowa City, IA

TED MATHYS
THE SPOILS

April 3, 2009 @ 4 pm
Tufts University
Hosted by Tufts English Graduate Organization
The Terrace Room in Paige Hall
Reading with Barbara Orton
Medford, MA

May 10, 2009 @ 3pm
The Rendezvous
Slope Editions Reading Series
Reading with Chris Martin
Turner Falls, MA
May 12, 2009 @ 7pm
Moonstone Reading Series
Robin's Bookstore
Reading with Chris Martin
Philadelphia, PA
May 21, 2009 @ 6pm
Reed Gallery
University of Cincinnati
Reading with Abraham Smith
Cincinnati, OH

DAVID MURA
FAMOUS SUICIDES OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE

April 1, 2009 @ 7 pm
Minnesota Book Awards Readers' Choice Event
The Loft Literary Center
Minneapolis, MN

April 24, 2009 @ 6 pm
Raking Through Books
Kieran's Irish Pub
Minneapolis, MN

MARK NOWAK
COAL MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY

April 15, 2009 @ 1:30 pm
Carnegie Mellon University
Porter Hall, Room A18A
Pittsburgh, PA

April 15, 2009 @ 8 pm
University of Pittsburgh
Studio Theatre, Cathedral of Learning
Davis & Elkins College Theater students to perform Coal Mountain Elementary
Pittsburgh, PA

April 16, 2009 @ 12 pm
West Virginia University
Student Union Rhododendron Room
Lecture: "Labor History with line breaks"
Morgantown, WV

April 16, 2009 @ 8 pm
Davis & Elkins College
Boilerhouse Theater
Opening Night of D&E Theater Department's production of Coal Mountain Elementary
Elkins, WV

April 18, 2009 @ 11 am
AFL-CIO's National Labor College
Annual Conference of the United Association of Labor Educators
Silver Springs, MD

April 18, 2009 @ 7 pm
Red Emma's Bookstore
Baltimore, MD

April 19, 2009 @ 2 pm
Davis & Elkins College
Boilerhouse Theater
Closing Night of D&E Theater Department's production of Coal Mountain Elementary
Elkins, WV

April 24, 2009 @ 3 pm
University of Iowa English Department
Location on campus TBD
Iowa City, IA

April 24, 2009 @ 7 pm
Prairie Lights Bookstore
Iowa City, IA

April 25, 2009 @ 12 pm
John L. Lewis Museum of Mining and Labor
Lucas, IA

May 7, 2009 @ 7 pm
Rondo Community Outreach Library
Labor History Series
St. Paul, MN

June 4, 2009 @ 7 pm
Arise! Bookstore
Minneapolis, MN

AKILAH OLIVER
A TOAST IN THE HOUSE OF FRIENDS

April 6, 2009 @ 6 pm
Academy of American Poets
National Poetry Month Gala
New York Public Library Mulberry Branch
Reading with Frances Richey and others
New York, NY

May 6, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
Charles University
Faculty of Arts
Prague, Czech Republic

May 7, 2009
Kolibka Cafe
Reznicka 10, Praha 1
Prague, Czech Republic

May 12, 2009
Ivy Writers
Reading with Virginie Lalucq
Paris, France

RON PADGETT
HOW TO BE PERFECT

April 15, 2009 @ 7 pm
Brooklyn Public Library
Reading with Alice Notley
Brooklyn, NY

April 22, 2009 @ 5:30 pm
Film Row Cinema
Elma Stuckey Memorial Reading
Reading with Michael Burkard
Brooklyn, NY

April 29, 2009 @ 7 pm
Poetry Society of America Awards Ceremony
New York, NY

ELENI SIKELIANOS
BODY CLOCK

June 9, 2009 @ 7 pm
Boulder Book Store Poetry Bookclub
Boulder, CO

PATRICIA SMITH
BLOOD DAZZLER

April 1, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
Hamline University
St. Paul, MN

April 8, 2009
Beaver Country Day School
791 Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill, MA

April 16, 2009 @ 7 pm
Lake Tahoe Community College
Lake Tahoe, CA

April 17, 2009 @ 7 pm
Sierra Nevada College
Incline Village, NV

April 19, 2009 @ 4:30 pm
Hudson Valley Writers Center
Reading with Judy Blundell
Sleepy Hollow, NY

April 22, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
Phillips Exeter Academy
Lamont Poetry Series Reading
Assembly Hall of the Main Academy Building
Exeter, NH

April 26, 2009 @ 6:30 pm
Seattle Poetry Slam 2009 Grand Slam
Lamont Poetry Series Reading
Assembly Hall of the Main Academy Building
Seattle, WA

A.B. SPELLMAN
THINGS I MUST HAVE KNOWN

April 6, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
Folger Shakespeare Library
Washington, DC

May 31, 2009 @ 4 pm
The Studio Museum in Harlem
New York, NY

DONNA STONECIPHER
THE COSMOPOLITAN

April 4, 2009 @ 7 pm
Woodland Pattern
Reading with Oni Buchanan
Milwaukee, WI

April 5, 2009 @ 7 pm
Myopic Books
Reading with Oni Buchanan
Chicago, IL

April 6, 2009 @ 7 pm
Prairie Lights Bookstore
Reading with Oni Buchanan
Iowa City, IA

April 8, 2009 @ 4 pm
University of Illinois
Illini Union Bookstore
Reading with Oni Buchanan and Janice Dickerson
Champaign, IL

KAO KALIA YANG
THE LATEHOMECOMER