READINGS Wednesday 12/13 SUZANNE CLORES Author reads selections from ...
SUZANNE CLORES
Author reads selections from Memoirs of a Spiritual Outsider at Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
MICHAEL LALLY & MAGGIE DUBRIS
Authors read from recent works at the Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church, 131 E. 10th St. (2nd Ave.), 212-674-0910; 8, $7.
OPEN MIC NIGHT
Celena Glenn hosts open slam feat. readings by Eve Packer & Pedro Pietri; Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 E. 3rd St. (betw. Aves. B & C), 212-505-8183; 9, $5.
Thursday 12/14
BLOOD WORK
Performance poet Nicole Blacken performs new multimedia/experimental lyrical creation at The Kitchen, 512 W. 19th St. (betw. 9th & 10th Aves.), 212-255-5793; 8, $15 [repeats Fri. & Sat.].
SOUTHERN COMFORT, HUMOR & SWORD SWALLOWING
Authors from Oxford American Magazine Roy Blount, Hal Crowther, Tony Earley & William Gay read & entertain w/hosts John Sullivan & Marc Smirnoff; KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7:30, free.
STORYTELLING FOR GROWN-UPS
Author Peninnah Schram & musician Gerard Edery pres. stories & music of Chanukah from around the Jewish World; 92nd St. Y's Unterberg Poetry Center, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-996-1100; 8, $12.
Friday 12/15
FICTION LIVE
The New Yorker magazine & The Public Theater pres. readings of contemporary fiction at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St. (betw. E. 4th St. & Astor Pl.), 212-727-8286; 7:30, $12.
LONG SHOT VOL. 23
Veteran poets w/their chosen protégés read in celebration of recent publication; St. Mark's Church, 131 E. 10th St. (2nd Ave.), 212-674-8112; 10:30, free.
PINK PONY
Poet George Dickerson Logan reads in weekly poetry series; 176 Ludlow St. (betw. Houston & Stanton Sts.), 212-253-1922; 7, $5.
Saturday 12/16
C.S. GISCOMBE & JULIANA SPAHR
Poets read from recent works at Double Happiness, 173 Mott St. (Broome St.), 212-941-1282; 4, $4.
REVEREND BILLY CHRISTMAS SHOW
Author/actor Bill Talen (aka Rev. Billy) feat. credit card exorcism & the stop shopping choir march to Poe house for reading of The Raven; The New School, Tishman Aud., 66 W. 12th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-229-5488; 8, free.
Sunday 12/17
CORNELIA ST. READINGS
Veronica Golos, Karen Zusman & Golda Solomon read w/host Donna Cartelli; The Cornelia St. Café, 29 Cornelia St. (6th Ave.), 212-989-9319; 7, $6, incl. 1 drink.
GATHERING OF SCRIBES
Weekly open mic at Gathering of Tribes feat. Mireya Perez, 285 E. 3rd St., 2nd fl. (betw. Aves. C & D), 212-674-3778; 5, free
OUR UNORGANIZED READING (O.U.R.)
Bob Hart, J.D. Rage, Carl Herr, Peter Kerns & Bruce Weber hosts spoken word every Sunday?no time limit, no list, no features, no b.s.; ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. (betw. Suffolk & Clinton Sts.), 718-638-7039; 3, contrib.
POETRY SLAM @ URBANA
Slam poet Taylor Mali reads from new work Poems From the Like-Free Zone, open mic follows; CB's Gallery, 313 Bowery St. (Bleecker St.), 212-443-9921; sign-up at 7, $5.
ZINC BAR SERIES
Poets Alan Gilbert, Mitch Highfill & Franz Kamin read at the Zinc Bar, 90 W. Houston St. (betw. LaGuardia Pl. & Thompson St.), 212-477-8337; 6:30, $3.
Monday 12/18
A LITTLE BIT LOUDER
Guy LeCharles hosts poetry readings, 2 for 1 drinks; 13, 35 E. 13th St. (University Pl.), 212-979-6677; 7, $5.
SATURN POETRY
Hosts John Chism, Bill Duke & Su Polo w/open mic; 129 E. 15th St. (betw. Irving Pl. & 3rd Ave.), 212-598-4820; 7:30, $3.
Tuesday 12/19
HARRY ELLISON'S POETS CIRCLE
Ellison lectures on "magical moments of sensuous poetry of dreams," discussion of participants' poetry follows w/workshop; Corrado Bakery Cafe, 120 E. 15th St. (Irving Pl.), 718-651-1664; 6:30, $7.
READINGS A-GO-GO
Weekly fiction reading feat. Spoonfed kids: Tom Drymon, David Blaustein & Ted Cornwall Chris Gullo, Aaron Lawrence & Lynda Schor; Bouche Bar, 540 E. 5th St. (betw. Aves. A & B), readingsagogo@hotmail.com; 9, free.
YOUTH SPEAKS
Emerging young poets read feat. Frank Messiana & Octopoets at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 E. 3rd St. (betw. Aves. B & C), 212-505-8183; 9, $5.