Reading (1) "hauptprobe"

This afternoon the locals came to our living room with cake.



to hear selections from the poems I'll be reading in Brooklyn this week.



to drink a lot of coffee...





special guests included...



It was a chance for me to read in front of an audience, in comfort, in my slippers.









Kassel. Last rehearsal before Brooklyn Wednesday. Before Brooklyn Sunday.

For those in my old country, note, Reading (2) and Reading (3) are happening this week:

Tracy K. Smith, Carley Moore, and Fred Schmalz!
Blue Letter Series at Watty & Meg 1
is free and open to the public:
Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 8 p.m. through 9:30 p.m. at Watty & Meg restaurant,
248 Court Street between Baltic and Kane, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY.
Nearest trains: F/G to Bergen Street or 4/5/R to Borough Hall.


Jen Hayashida, Fred Schmalz and Chris Hosea
stage a sit-in
at Unnameable Books
Sunday 20 February at 7 p.m.,
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave. (btw: Bergen and St. Marks), Brooklyn, NY.
Trains: Q to 7th Ave. or 2-3 to Bergen.