SLOVENE POETRY WEEK IN NEW YORK CITY
September 24 - September 29, 2008


presented by
Ugly Duckling Presse and Literatura Magazine (Ljubljana),
with assistance from the Slovenian Consulate in New York
and CEC/ArtsLink

READINGS by Slovene and American Poets > PANELS on Slovene Poetry, Translation, and American-Slovene Poetic Dialogue > AND A BOOK-RELEASE CELEBRATION for 3 new UDP books.

with the participation of these poets from Slovenia:
Primoz Cucnik
Ana Pepelnik
Gregor Podlogar
Tomaz Salamun
Tone Skrjanec

Click HERE for a pdf program, or look below for the basic schedule.
Click HERE for bios of the participants.

SLOVENE BOOK PARTY / Friday, September 26, 10pm
@ The Poetry Project at St Marks Church (2nd Ave at 10th Street, East Village)
$8/$7; $5 for members / free chapbook with admission
Celebrating the publication of Tomaz Salamun's POKER (2nd edition), Tone Skrjanec's SUN ON A KNEE (2nd edition), and A SLOVENE SAMPLER with poems by Primoz Cucnik, Anna Pepelnik, Gregor Podlogar, Tomaz Salamun, and Tone Skrjanec.
Readings by authors and translators (Joshua Beckman, Paul Killebrew, W. Martin).

SLOVENE ROUND TABLE / Saturday, Sept 27, 1pm to 4pm
@ Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (between Houston & Bleecker)
free admission
PANEL 1 — Translating Slovene Poetry
with Barbara Carlson, Kelly Lenox, W. Martin, Ana Pepelnik,
Gregor Podlogar, Peter Richards; Moderated by Richard Jackson
PANEL 2 — Influences and Intersections Between Slovene and American Poetry
with Primoz Cucnik, Richard Jackson, Phillis Levin,
Matthew Rohrer, Tomaz Salamun, Andrew Zawacki

SLOVENE SOCIAL HOUR(S) / Saturday, Sept 27, 5pm to 8pm
@ Local 138 (138 Ludlow St, corner of Ludlow and Rivington, Lower East Side)
free admission / drink specials
DJs Paul Killebrew, Katie Geha, Gregor Podlogar; "Poetry on Record" recording booth; presented by MAKE: A Chicago Literary Magazine in cooperation with Stop Smiling

POETRY READING #1 / Sunday, September 28, 5pm
@ Housing Works (126 Crosby Street, South of Houston)
free admission
Joshua Beckman, Richard Jackson, Paul Killebrew, Dorothea Lasky, Phillis Levin,
Anna Pepelnik, Tomaz Salamun, Tone Skrjanec, Andrew Zawacki

POETRY READING #2 / Monday, September 29, 7pm
@ Melville House (145 Plymouth Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn)
free admission / reception and book sales follow reading
Corina Copp, Primoz Cucnik, Gregor Podlogar, Matthew Rohrer, Tomaz Salamun

presented by
UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE (Brooklyn)
and LITERATURA MAGAZINE (Ljubljana)
in collaboration with
THE SLOVENIAN CONSULATE IN NEW YORK;
with the generous support of
THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF SLOVENIA;
and with help from
CEC ARTSLINK,
MAKE MAGAZINE,
STOP SMILING,
THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB,
THE POETRY PROJECT,
HOUSING WORKS,
and MELVILLE HOUSE

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

[from Slovenia]
Primoz Cucnik
Ana Pepelnik
Gregor Podlogar
Tomaz Salamun
Tone Skrjanec

[from the US]
Joshua Beckman
Barbara Carlson
Corina Copp
Richard Jackson
Paul Killebrew
Dorothea Lasky
Kelly Lenox
Phillis Levin
W. Martin
Peter Richards
Matthew Rohrer
Andrew Zawacki