Monday, September 16, 2013 at 8pm
Parish Hall of St. Mark’s Church 131 E. 10th St. NYC

There are few contemporary poets who have influenced the reading, writing and teaching of poetry as deeply as Bernadette Mayer. “Song for Bernadette” is a benefit for her. All proceeds will be donated to “The Friends of Bernadette Mayer Fund” and will help her keep warm and focused on writing throughout the winter.

Featuring Douglas Dunn, Yoshiko Chuma, Sally Silvers, Anne Waldman, Arthur’s Landing, Ernie Brooks, Aziza and the Cure, Bill Berkson, Daniel Carter, Elodie Lauten, Nirosta Steel, Nada Gordon, Brenda Coultas, Stacy Szymaszek, Lee Ann Brown, Steven Taylor and more TBA. With DJ David Marine (Buddhist Army) and a video, a turn in air: an impossibility, by: Tooth, Sophia Wang, Jon Demiglio, and Bernadette Mayer and more TBA. Guest curated by Steven Hall.

Bernadette Mayer outside St.
Mark’s Church
(C) 2011 Lawrence Schwartzwald

Co-sponsored with The Committee on Poetry and Danspace. $10-$20 suggested donation. For more info about Mayer, please read this post on Harriet.

If you want to help but can’t attend the event, you can send a check to:

Committee on Poetry
P.O. Box 582
Stuyvesant Station, New York, NY 10009-0582

All donations are tax-deductible. Checks should be written out to Committee on Poetry, with Friends of Bernadette Mayer Fund written on the memo.