upcoming events:

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21
LITERARY DEATH MATCH
with/against: Daniel Nester, Christopher Kennedy, Michael Atkinson
BOWERY POETRY CLUB
308 Bowery
Doors 7, Show 8
$5 advance/$10 door

AND
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4
ACTORS READING WRITERS
with work also by
Todd Zuniga, Nicole Haroutunian and others
7:00, COCOA BAR
21 Clinton St. between Houston and Stanton

AND
Nelly Reifler presents:
the poets William Corbett & Stuart Dischell
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6
5:00, BARBES, 376 9th St. at 6th Ave., Park Slope
www.barbesbrooklyn.com

AND
Save the date: March 25, FIZZ at KGB
I'll read with Steve Almond

plus: publication news:
forthcoming in POST ROAD 18
Elizabeth Albert: Paintings
an intimate essay accompanying the work
of a great artist who happens to be one of my best friends

and a couple of stories forthcoming abroad:
"Grandfather's Nets" in the Milan Review, Italy
"The Railway Nurse" Dutch translation, Lava, The Netherlands