About this Event
Join Fence contributors and editors at Torn Page on Sunday, April 28th to celebrate the 41st issue of Fence!
Featuring poetry by Lee Ann Brown, Anton Ivanov, Meghan Maguire Dahn, fiction by Mengyin Lin and International Literary Seminars in Kenya participants Kyra Simone and Radhiyah Ayobami, as well as Osvaldo Lamborghini's poetry, co-translated and read by Garrett Phelps. Edgar Garcia, Visiting Editor of Fence issues 40 and 41, will read his poems and share some words about the issue along with Editorial Co-Directors of Fence, Emily Wallis Hughes and Jason Zuzga.
The 41st issue of Fence — the 25th anniversary issue, carefully offset printed in Illinois — including special feature sections "Poets and The Gods" curated by Visiting Editor Edgar Garcia, and "EX\Changes in the Fence & Experimental Sound Studio Archives," as well as six full-color collages by Rachel Blau DuPlessis will be available for purchase.
- All are welcome to stay after the reading for extended conversation over drinks and snacks.
- Please register on Eventbrite.
- The event will be video recorded and livestreamed on the Fence instagram, and available to watch later on the Fence youtube channel.
- Please note there are stairs leading up to the Poetry Parlor at Torn Page.
- Free and open to the public, with donations optional, benefitting Torn Page and Fence.
Doors: 5:00pm
Performances: 6:00pm
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Torn Page, 435 West 22nd Street, New York, United States
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