About this Event
P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Dan Kraines to celebrate and discuss his poetry collection, ; delusional, hungry, and obsessed, this is a poetics of pain that proposes joy — an ecstasy that begs for release
Dan will be joined in conversation by Noah Warren, author of . Along with a discussion and audience Q&A, Dan will also sign copies of his book.
Tickets and books are available both on eventbrite and at the door. Doors will open at 6:30, with the talk starting closer to 7pm.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dan Kraines is a queer poet of Viennese, Bolivian, and Ukrainian heritage. Strap is his first full-length book. He has published two chapbooks: Licht and Jaffa. Dan works at the writers’ residency Hawthornden Brooklyn on weekends and for the poet Sharon Olds during the week. He taught creative writing and creative nonfiction at the Fashion Institute of Technology and ELA at high schools for underserved students prior to his current work. Queer Longing, his PhD dissertation, won the Susan B. Anthony prize for gender and sexuality studies from the University of Rochester. He lives in an old tenement apartment on the Lower East Side.
ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Noah Warren is the author of The Complete Stories (Copper Canyon 2021) and The Destroyer in the Glass (2016), which won the Yale Younger Poets prize. His poems appear in The Nation, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, POETRY, The American Poetry Review, and Ploughshares. He lives in Brooklyn and is an assistant professor at the University of Vermont.
Housekeeping notes:
- This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.
- Doors open at 6:30pm, with the talk starting around 7:00pm.
- Books will be available for purchase at the event.
- Cost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.
- The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear.
- If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we're happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts, 180 Orchard Street, New York, United States
USD 10.00 to USD 21.05
