Skanky Possum @ 12th St. Books Presents: Steve McCaffery & Karen Mac Cormack
Tuesday, May 20 at 7 PM, 12th St. Books
*About the Poets*
Steve McCaffery is the author of more than 25 volumes of poetry and critical prose. He was a founding member of both the text-sound ensemble The Four Horsemen and (with bp Nichol) of the Toronto research Group. His most recent books of poetry are The Basho Variations (Book Thug 2007) and Slightly Left of Thinking (Chax Press 2008). He lives and teaches in Buffalo where he is David Gray Professor of Poetry and Letters.
Born in Luanshya, Zambia, Karen Mac Cormack is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry. Titles include Nothing by Mouth, Quill Driver, Quirks & Quillets, At Issue and Vanity Release. Her poetry appears in a number of anthologies, among them: Another Language: Poetic Experiments in the USA and the UK, Out of Everywhere: Linguistically Innovative Poetry by Women in North America and the UK, Moving Borders (Three Decades of Innovative Writing by Women), The Art of Practice, and has been translated into French, Portuguese, Swedish, and Norwegian. Of dual British/Canadian citizenship she currently lives in the USA and teaches at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
*Venue*
12th Street Books in Austin TX, purveyors of used, rare and out of print books, is located at 827 West 12th Street, 2.5 blocks east of 12th & Lamar, between Shoal Creek and West.
*About the Poets*
Steve McCaffery is the author of more than 25 volumes of poetry and critical prose. He was a founding member of both the text-sound ensemble The Four Horsemen and (with bp Nichol) of the Toronto research Group. His most recent books of poetry are The Basho Variations (Book Thug 2007) and Slightly Left of Thinking (Chax Press 2008). He lives and teaches in Buffalo where he is David Gray Professor of Poetry and Letters.
Born in Luanshya, Zambia, Karen Mac Cormack is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry. Titles include Nothing by Mouth, Quill Driver, Quirks & Quillets, At Issue and Vanity Release. Her poetry appears in a number of anthologies, among them: Another Language: Poetic Experiments in the USA and the UK, Out of Everywhere: Linguistically Innovative Poetry by Women in North America and the UK, Moving Borders (Three Decades of Innovative Writing by Women), The Art of Practice, and has been translated into French, Portuguese, Swedish, and Norwegian. Of dual British/Canadian citizenship she currently lives in the USA and teaches at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
*Venue*
12th Street Books in Austin TX, purveyors of used, rare and out of print books, is located at 827 West 12th Street, 2.5 blocks east of 12th & Lamar, between Shoal Creek and West.
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