The Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour
Stopping at 50 cities in 50 days, the Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour is the biggest literary event of 2006. Beginning September 4 and ending October 27, over one hundred poets, along with musicians, filmmakers and journalists, will participate as the bus traverses North America, bringing innovative poetry to big cities and small towns across the U.S. and Canada. Sponsored by Wave Books, the poetry bus will go more places with more poets reading more poems than was ever previously believed possible.
Venues include: The Space Needle in Seattle, WA; The Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD; The Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis, MN; The Bama Theater in Tuscaloosa, AL; James Turrell’s Roden Crater in AZ; Dia:Beacon in Beacon, NY; Dia Art Foundation in New York, NY; as well as bookstores, galleries, clubs, prisons and schools across the continent.
Participating poets include: Eileen Myles, James Tate, Cole Swensen, Dean Young, Joshua Beckman, Erin Belieu, Noelle Kocot, Matthew Zapruder, Tyehimba Jess, Hoa Nguyen, Richard Siken, Katy Lederer, Dara Wier, Arthur Sze, Catherine Wagner, Srikanth Reddy, Matthew Rohrer, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Bhanu Kapil and over 100 more.
Contact us for more information through bus@wavepoetry.com, or info@wavepoetry.com.
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What a great idea! Best of luck and hope to see you in Denver.
Looking forward to seeing you on the East Coast.
I’ll be bringing some people up from MO to Omaha on the 12th. Looking forward.
John in MO-
We’ll be at the Omaha Public Library from 11-1, and the night before we’ll be in Lincoln. Make sure to say hello.
we’re rescheduling and relocating our family reunion. we’ll be the puffy people in bermuda shorts. bearing big tubs of potato salad.
hey: http://www.myspace.com/98184952
Omaha Public Library along with Wave Books has promised an action-packed occasion with award-winning poets Joshua Beckman, Matthew Zapruder, Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Omaha’s own Matt Mason, and others. Don’t miss it!
TUESDAY, SEPT 12, 11AM to 1PM at Omaha Public Library’s W. Dale Clark Library, 215 South 15th Street. visit omahapubliclibrary.org for more information.
Great looking site. Can’t wait for the bus to roll into Pittsburgh.
This is great I’ll be on the road ‘thumbing’ a lift as you head towards new York ;-)
Poetry is something that people turn to for solace and celebration, especially the poets ! so this is a great idea to highten awareness.
Good Luck with the tour.
Regards
Drax
I’m sad that you’re not coming to NH. I think you should drop North Hampton, MA and do North Hampton, NH. We’re near Phillips Exeter Academy, UNH and great beaches. Don’t you think the poetry bus at Hampton Beach sounds like fun?
cool, by the way we read poetry here in goshen,this is a very small gods country town out side the 16th largest city in the usa. thats what they tell us. greg and i rent a small farm house one bath however big open space in the yard and fields around us. or louisville has the great lawn down by the mighty ohio river where they spend bunches of money every year to put on the largest fire works show in the usa. just to start derby week. hope to see you tour our city soon. tammy & greg
Looking forward to checking out the readings in the Boston area.
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Bring hamster? Bring my potato? Eagle berries and the gas monkey? I am going to bring those too.
Love.
Can’t wait until you get to Laramie, WY!
Looking forward to it.
Bon voyage, as you roll off into a month of poetry. I only wish I were with you.
I am a huge Bob Hicok fan. Is he scheduled to read in Omaha? Say yes even if he isn’t
and then make it so. Please.
We’re looking forward……………….
Fellow Poets,
I am a Hudson Valley NY poet who hosts 3 popular reading series in Orange and Ulster County and often read in Beacon NY as part of the Calling All Poets Series at the Howland Cultural Center. I want to to sign up to read with you when you arrive in Beacon NY at the Dia in October. Please let me know. I plan on being there and bringing local poets with me. robertmilby@hotmail.com
Your idea for a national tour is much needed in a land where poetry is no longer important in schools.
You’ve had very little local publicity in Richmond, VA but we’re working on getting the word out NOW!!
This is very exciting- the local poets will be out in force to support you!!!
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Strong and sober times of old
Walking, creeping towards inner time
Small cravings across the land
Wondering, thinking till time has come
Feelings amongst those of old
Haunted now and structured future
Scent of ranched tyranny
Fill the air
Touch of gold left behind
Growing pains and slender bliss
Crying lower beneath the skin
Tears pouring, listening to all was done
Nothing comes or goes
Nothing seems to change
All is still the same
by Gary R. Hess