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.

Song of the Reed: The Poetry of Rumi, Sponsored by Poets House
(Anne Waldman, Brad Gooch, Coleman Barks)
Thirteenth-century Persian poet Rumi is now the most popular poet in the United States. In this event, leading Rumi interpreter, Coleman Barks, reads his beloved versions of the Sufi poet’s verse, biographer Brad Gooch shares research into Rumi’s lived experience, and poet Anne Waldman reflects on Rumi’s contribution to poetry’s ecstatic tradition.
Location: Washington State Convention Center, Level 6, Ballroom ABC
Seattle, WA

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.

Jack Kerouac School 40th Anniversary Reading
(Andrea Rexilius, Michelle Naka Pierce, J’Lyn Chapman, Anne Waldman)
Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics!
Location: Washington State Convention Center, Level 4, Patricia Olson Bookfair Stage
Seattle, WA

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