POETRY EVENTS - NEW YORK CITY

Poetry Events for January and February Mark Strand (1934-2014) (photo © Timothy Greenfield-Sanders) Sunday January 18, 5:00pm Mark Strand Memorial U.S. Poets Laureate Charles Simic and Charles Wright, actor Mary Louise Parker, painterWilliam H. Bailey, composer and pianist John Musto, playwright John Guarre, novelistFrancine Prose, family members, and others pay tribute to the late poet Mark Strand (1934-2014). Admission: Free Location: American Academy of Arts and Letters (entrance at 632 West 156th Street) Wednesday January 21, 6:00pm Language Matters with Bob Holman: a film by David Grubin There are over 6000 languages in the whole world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world’s languages will have vanished. What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language? Join us to honor the new PBS documentary Language Matters with Bob Holman: a film by David Grubin with excerpts from the film woven together with live performances by endangered language speakers, including Native American poets, a hālau hula (Hawaiian school of dance), and presentations on the colorful legacy of Yiddish and the tongue twisting poetry of the Welsh language, followed by a Q & A with Bob Holman and David Grubin and a reception. Admission: Free Location: National Museum of the American Indian 1 Bowling Green Language Matters with Bob Holman airs on PBS THIRTEEN on Sunday, January 25 at 12:30pm. For more information on events and airdates visit www.languagemattersfilm.com Vijay Seshadri Saturday February 7, 3:00pm Transgenres with Vijay Seshadri Why do so many poets also write prose nonfiction? What transformations occur between poem and essay? Pulitzer Prizewinner Vijay Seshadri, whose newest book is 3 Sections, discusses notions of identity, form, and fulfillment for contemporary writers. Part of Other Impulses: Poets Writing Across Genres. Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House members Location: Poets House 10 River Terrace Get to know Vijay Seshadri in this recent New York Times profile