Anne Waldman will be a part of several events, panels, and readings at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) annual conference being held this year in Seattle, WA, from February 26 – March 1, 2014.

A Tribute to William S. Burroughs
(Ira Silverberg, Elissa Schappell, Anne Waldman, Chuck Palahniuk, Alex Dimitrov)
This is a tribute to honor William S. Burroughs, one of the most notable American novelists of the 20th century, on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Burroughs was an influential member of the Beat Generation and Postmodernist movement. He wrote eighteen novels including his most well-known and controversial novel, Naked Lunch, which was published in 1959. His work has continued to shape popular culture in music, television, film, and literature.
Location: Washington State Convention Center, Level 6, Room 615/616/617
Seattle, WA

Wednesday, February 5, 2014; 6:00 pm

Belladonna* collaborative presents: Holding the Space

Join us in “holding the space” for our late friend and poet Akilah Oliver with an evening of poems in performance and new collaborations. This event supports artists who fuse music, movement, sound, and dance with spoken word poetry. We are dedicated to poets, like Oliver, who seek alternative ways to present the spoken word.

Anne Waldman & the Waldman Family Band
Joyce LeeAnn & LaVonne Natasha Caesar
Women of The Barrow Group
Maame-Mensima Horne
Victor V. Gurbo & Co.
Karl Leone
Trae Harris
Chicle + Angelus

Location: The Cornelia St. Cafe: 29 Cornelia Street, New York, NY 10014
Cover: $8 (includes one free drink)
Reserve tickets: (212) 989-9319

January 24 – February 1, 2014

Douglas Dunn & Dancers present Aubade
at the invitation of Montclair State University’s Office of Arts & Cultural Programming
Jedediah Wheeler – Executive Director

Kasser Theater

ARTISTIC TEAM: Douglas Dunn, Charles Atlas, Steven Taylor, Anne Waldman

For tickets, click here.

For the New York Times announcement, click here.

Photo by Laurie Lambrecht 2013
Dancers Left to Right:
Paul Singh, Jin Ju Song-Begin, Jules Bakshi, Kira Blazek, Grazia Della-Terza

Seminar with Anne Waldman at the University of Windsor

University of Windsor
Ontario

The Humanities Research Group’s 2013-2014 Distinguished Speakers Series Presents:

“The Poet’s Job: Looking Into The Darkness of Our Time” talk with Anne Waldman at the University of Windsor

Ezra Pound said something to the effect of “In the mind of the poet all times are contemporaneous”. Gertrude Stein invoked “The continuous present”, Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben speaks of the need to be contemporary with one’s time, and how in order to do this the poet must look into the “darkness of one’s own time”. This is seen as a generative act, however, and relates to the physiology of “off cells” in the retina. Anne Waldman will discuss her own innovative practices as a writer, her work with the poetics infrastructure and pedagogy (the founding of the Kerouac School at Naropa University with Allen Ginsberg) and other cultural interventions.

This event is free of charge and will be followed by a short reception.

Read more here…

Freed Orman Centre
University of Windsor
Ontario

Premiere Film Screening at The Douglas Dunn Salon for

Grisaille, a new movie by Ed Bowes

Discussion to follow with Douglas Dunn, Anne Waldman, and Ed Bowes

Douglas Dunn Salon
541 Broadway
New York, NY 10012

Premiere Film Screening at The Douglas Dunn Salon for

Grisaille, a new movie by Ed Bowes

Discussion to follow with Douglas Dunn, Anne Waldman, and Ed Bowes

Douglas Dunn Salon
541 Broadway
New York, NY 10012

Satellite of Love: A Tribute to Lou Reed

Rodeo Bar:
375 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10016

Sound Waves: Live Poetry and Color
Thursday, November 14, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
3716 Washington Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63108
(314) 754-1850 | www.pulitzerarts.org

Gain inspiration from visual art, music, and contemporary literature as vibraphone musicians and commissioned poets respond to Donald Judd: The Multicolored Works. Guggenheim Fellow Anne Waldman, Mónica de la Torre, senior editor of BOMB, and Cave Canem Fellow St. Louis-based poet Treasure Shields Redmond will perform original poetry alongside Judd’s work.

Sound Waves is a collaboration between The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts and 88.1 KDHX, a nonprofit arts and educational community media organization. Through this partnership, live and recorded music is presented inside the Pulitzer galleries for all to enjoy.

Poets Frank Bidart, Sven Birkerts, Eavan Boland, Lucie Brock-Broido, Greg Delanty, Jonathan Galassi, Eamon Grennan, Edward Hirsch, Jane Hirshfield, Yusef Komunyakaa, Paul Muldoon, Atsuro Riley, Tom Sleigh, Tracy K. Smith,  Colm Tóibín, Jean Valentine, Anne Waldman, Kevin Young, and others will gather at Cooper Union for a public tribute to the beloved and world-renowned poet Seamus Heaney, who passed away on August 30, 2013, at the age of 74.  Each will read a favorite Heaney poem. Singer Paul Simon will make a special guest appearance, and Irish pipes will be played. It will take place at 7:00 p.m. in Cooper Union’s Great Hall and is free and open to the public.

Read more here…

Cooper Union
Great Hall, The Foundation Building
7 East 7th Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues
New York, NY