Periodically Speaking: Talking New York

New York, NY, March 28, 2005 -- The Council for Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) and The New York Public Library present "Periodically Speaking," a new reading series providing a major new venue for emerging writers to present their work while highlighting the riches of literary magazines in New York City and the magazine collections of The New York Public Library. Each event focuses on a theme and presents writers from three influential literary magazines, introduced by their publisher/editors.

Program I
Tuesday, April 12th , 6-7:30 p.m.
DeWitt Wallace Periodicals Room, The New York Public Library, Humanities and Social Sciences Library at Fifth Avenue and 42 nd St. (Please use Fifth Avenue entrance)

Open City
Open City publishes a dynamic array of poetry and prose with a daring, youthful, spirit.
Editor Joanna Yas will introduce Vince Passaro reading his short story Cathedral Parkway.

Unpleasant Event Schedule
One of the premier on-line literary magazines, Unpleasant Event Schedule, publishes new poetry and fiction.
Editor Daniel Nester will introduce Shafer Hall reading a suite of poems, Big Confetti.

Hudson Review
For over 50 years The Hudson Review has celebrated the area where literature bears on the intellectual life of the time.
Editor Paula Deitz will introduce Jacqueline Brown reading an excerpt from the memoir, Willie.

Look for the next two programs of the Periodically Speaking Spring Schedule:
Tuesday, May 10th: Translations from the Axis of Evil
Tuesday, June 14th: Inner-Space

This series is made possible in part by support from The Greenwall Foundation; the New York State Council for the Arts, a state agency; HarperCollins Publishers; and Friends of CLMP, a diverse group of individuals committed to supporting independent literary publishing.

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Contact: Herb Scher, 212-704-8600; Jamie Schwartz, 212-741-9110 x16