We spoke with playwright Kathleen Warnock about her reading series, which has been running monthly since 2004.
Drunken! Careening! Writers! The Liveliest Reading Series in NYC
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Meklit: Bringing the Sounds of the World to Her Melodies
Ethio-jazz singer-songwriter Meklit is using birdsong and science to craft intricate melodies and create a sound all her own.
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India's Gritty, Glamorous Poet Reads
Booker-shortlisted author, musician and poet Jeet Thayil sounds like Burroughs and Baudelaire embraced.
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The Slam Poetry That Could Be Front-Page News
Emi Mahmoud, winner of the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam, turns tragedy into art.
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Five Reasons I Couldn't Let This Poet Go
Singaporean poet Alvin Pang has a rare flair for the relevant and lyrical alike. Hear him read on race, fathers and the concept of success.
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Eugene S. Robinson Vs. National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month is full of all manner of love of metered verse. Yep. Full of it.
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The Ancient Poem That Will Put Your Life in Perspective
You don't have to be a depressed celebrity to find solace in one of the Sufi mystic Rumi's most unforgettable poems.
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Listen to This Poet Blending German and Japanese
She might be the next Calvino - except she's got one more language on him. Meet a strange and beautiful poet and writer.
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Listen to the Bard of Djibouti
Francophone poet, novelist and scholar Abdourahman Waberi jokes that he's the "Dante of Djibouti." Which is a surprisingly big job.
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Meet Microsoft's 'Chief Literary Officer' Scripting Cortana's Charisma
Meet the chatty writer behind Microsoft's artificially intelligent bot.
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How an Egyptian Song Mocking Nixon Became a Rallying Cry for the Arab Spring
Putting truth to power, even in verse, can lead to revolution.
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5 Lesbian Literary Novels to Dive Into This Summer
There have been many fantastic girl-on-girl novels written over the years. Here are five of the best.
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The Online Journals Giving a Voice to Africa's New Writers
As African literary magazines spring up, the continent's writers are finding a new freedom to tell their stories in their own voices.
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Walking in the Footsteps of Robert Frost
Following Frost is an exercise in suspending skepticism to reach deeper truths.
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From Zimbabwe: The Best Books of the Mugabe Years
To understand the tumultuous era of Mugabe's leadership, give these a read.
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52 Mini Memoirs on Kissing and Feminism: Your Next Great Read
The Best Sh*t of 2017: These short reads on everything from lost embraces to the P-word are both fiery and cool.
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How a Young Poet Is Nurturing Empathy ... With Virtual Reality
Amanda Gorman is the first U.S. Youth Poet Laureate and now an OZY Genius Award Winner
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13 Books to Watch For in the First Half of 2018
Here are a dozen great books that speak to our times.
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Korea's 20-Something Poet Bridging History and Gender
Emily Jungmin Yoon weaves together strands from Korea's brutal past with contemporary issues of race, gender and sexual violence.
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7 Books That Put the Fierce into Black Queer History
These books by LGBTQ authors shine a light on key historical moments.
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