Vacation House [ for those without one]

Shuttered for the Season

2006-10-08T11:18:00.000-04:00

Catch us next summer,
in the meantime, mosey on over here for further ministrations

7PM

2006-08-23T15:19:00.000-04:00

Yes, the reading is at 7PM
man, nothing gets past you guys.

photo: Jim Behrle

The Boys of Summer

2006-08-21T09:30:00.000-04:00

I get so sentimental this time of year, and even though I'm not heading back to school [full-time]the slight break in the oppressive heat signifies a return to some semblance of responsibility [read no more umbrella drinks. Dang.] But, to lift your spirits in these waning days, the very last installment of the vacation house reading series features two of new york's poetic movers and shakers. Come and let their industriousness wash over you.

MATVEI YANKELEVICH is a volunteer editor at Ugly Duckling
Presse. He translates from Russian (Daniil Kharms,
Alexander Vvedensky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, and others). His
long poem, "The Present Work," is becoming available in
chapbook form thanks to Palm Press. He is the co-translator
of "OBERIU: An Anthology of Russian Absurdism" just out
this summer from Northwestern University Press. His
translations of the works of Daniil Kharms are forthcoming
in 2007 from Ardis/Overlook.
poems here, here. and an essay

JORDAN DAVIS is the host of The Million Poems Show, a live poetry talk
show. In April, he hosted the first Flarf Festival at the Medicine
Show Theater. With Chris Edgar, he edits the literary journal *The
Hat*, and along with Sarah Manguso, edited the anthology *Free
Radicals: American Poets before Their First Books*. He has written
about poetry for Vanitas, the Village Voice and Fence's
ConstantCritic.com site, and his poems are forthcoming in Volt and the
Boston Review. His second collection of poems will be published later
this year.
Jordan knows poems [on commission]; Jordan knows reviews; Jordan knows blogs; Jordan knows banter

Flarf You

2006-08-07T13:33:00.000-04:00

oh man, I don't know what to say about the upcoming reading except that I have no idea what to expect. I'm titilated. and you should be too. Same Bat-time, Same Bat-channel. [Wed. 7pm]

JIM BEHRLE's *She's My Best Friend* is due out from Pressed Wafer in the Fall.
He is widely rumored to be a member of the shadowy editorial order of the
online magazine can we have our ball back? And his various on-line
shenanigans can be found all over the internet.

Poet and cartoonist GARY SULLIVAN is the author of *How to Proceed in
the Arts* and, with Nada Gordon, *Swoon*. He has published two issues
of his comic book, *Elsewhere*, and is currently working on a book of
translations of poetry by Ernst Herbeck.
Read Gary's Blog, the 'flarf files', & Poetry, poetry poetry

Has anyone seen this man????

Our lovely readers

2006-07-28T16:48:00.000-04:00

Good looking & talented

Photo courtesy of Alex Young.

Finally, acknowledgement from the Literary Establishment

2006-07-28T09:37:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the *shout-out*, Abby. You can *chat about* me any time you like.

In other news, I am a "bright and decent human being"
who knew.

Teacher and Student

2006-07-24T10:39:00.000-04:00

VacationHouse is returning to its Wednesday [7pm] schedule this week. We are featuring a rare treat this week--a student reading alongside her former teacher. I fully expect some version of the following exchange:
'The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner. Now I am the master.'
'Only a master of evil, Jess.'
'Your powers are weak, old man.'
'You can't win, Jess. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.'

ah, if only. Still, in spite of its non-violent nature, the reading should be full of sparks...

JESSICA FJELD was selected by Lyn Hejinian as the recipient of the
Poetry Society of America's New York Chapbook Fellowship in 2006. Her
poems are forthcoming in the next issue of the Backwards City Review,
and have previously appeared in the Columbia Review. Like 2.6 million
other people, she lives in Brooklyn.
Find work here [and here]

TIMOTHY DONNELLY is the author of Twenty-Seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit and Poetry Editor of Boston Review. He lives in Brooklyn.
Find work here, here, and here

Poets with Italian Surnames

2006-07-09T20:51:00.000-04:00

Though I was rooting for the French, Vacation House, in its eternal wisdom, has arranged itself in perfect form to celebrate Italy's world championship with readings from two phenomenal poets who just happen to have Italian surnames. Come McNally Robinson tomorrow [Monday] and revel. No headbutts, i promise.

SARAH MANGUSO is the author of two poetry collections, *Siste Viator* and *The Captain Lands in Paradise.* Her first story collection, *Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape,* is forthcoming from McSweeney's Books in 2007. She teaches at the Pratt Institute and lives in Brooklyn.

Find work here, here, and here.

PAUL VIOLI's eleventh book of poems, *Overnight*, will be published this
winter. He is the recipient of the Zabel Award from the American Academy of Arts
and Letters and numerous other poetry awards. He teaches at Columbia and
in the MFA program at New School.

Find work here, here and here
Paul also has a modern american poet's page, for those of you who are planning on writing a paper about the reading...

Wednesday

2006-06-26T16:36:00.000-04:00

appologies for the late posting [though if you find yourself here b/c i e-mailed you, this isn't really new information, and if you find yourself here by some other means, then you really have no notion of timeliness in the first place...]

This wednesday's reading will be huge. Two extremely [multi]talented poets too little heard on the New York stage: Mónica de la Torre and Kristin Prevallet. Both are constant contributers to the poetry community, and now you can come hear their actual poetry. What a novel thought.

Mónica de la Torre is co-author of the artist book Appendices, Illustrations
& Notes. She translated a volume of selected poems by Gerardo Deniz
published by Lost Roads and, with Michael Wiegers, co-edited Reversible
Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry. Her first collection of poetry, Talk
Shows, is forthcoming from Switchback Books early next year.

Find work here, here and here. Here is a nice write up about Monica by Mary Jo Bang

Kristin Prevallet is a poet, essayist, and translator; she is the author of
Scratch Sides: Poetry, Documentation, and Image-text Projects (Skanky
Possum, 2003) and SHADOW EVIDENCE INTELLIGENCE (Factory School, 2006). She
received a 2004 PEN translation fund award for her translations of Sony
Labou Tansi. She lives in Brooklyn.

Find work here, here and here. A great essay she wrote for Fence. Her EPC author page [no doubt a bit outdated, but really, who wouldn't want an EPC page. a blog seems puny in comparison]

Forecast for Wednesday

2006-06-12T11:17:00.000-04:00

The thunderous Drew Gardner and Corina Copp will be storming through SoHo this Wednesday at 7 PM. If you miss it you'll be all wet.

Ok, i promise never to do that again. Here's more about the readers from their own mouths:

Corina Copp hails from Lawrence, KS; Boulder, CO; and New Orleans, LA. She
is most recently the author of Play Air (Belladonna* Books, 2005), and the
e-book, Carpeted (Faux Press, 2004). Her poems and reviews have appeared or
are forthcoming from Fence, The Germ, The Poetry Project Newsletter, Pom2,
and Magazine Cypress. She is the Monday Night Reading Series Coordinator at
the Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, and lives in Brooklyn.

Find Work Here, and Here

Drew Gardner is the author of Sugar Pill (Krupskaya 2002) and
Petroleum Hat (Roof 2005). He lives in New York City, where he edits Snare
magazine and teaches workshops at St. Mark's Poetry Project. He conducts the
Poetics Orchestra, an ensemble featuring poetry and structured
improvisation. His weblog, Overlap, was started in 2003.

Find Work Here [get some headphones], Here and Here

Now Availible in Soothing Poster Format

2006-06-06T11:06:00.000-04:00

Courtesy of the lovely/talented Simona Schneider

Taking Over Yr Summer

2006-06-01T09:06:00.000-04:00

Here's where you are going to be, when.

June 14 [Wednesday]--7PM

Corina Copp
Drew Gardner

June 28[Wednesday]--7PM

Kristin Prevallet
Monica de la Torre

July 10[Monday]--7PM

Paul Violi
Sarah Manguso

July 26[Wednesday]--7PM

Jessica Fjeld
Timothy Donnelly

August 8[Wednesday]--7PM

Gary Sullivan
Jim Behrle

August 23[Wednesday]--7PM

Jordan Davis
Matvei Yankelevich

2006-05-23T12:13:00.000-04:00

Welcome to Vacation House, New York's only (I think) poetic respite from summer in the city.
I'm posting a preliminary schedule here; there will be two readings in August which will be nailed down in the next few days. All readings will be held at SoHo's sexiest book shop.

June 14[Wednesday]--7PM

Cori Copp
Drew Gardner

June 28[Wednesday]--7PM

Monica de la Torre
Kristin Prevallet

July 10 [Monday]--7PM
Paul Violi
Sarah Manguso

July 26--7PM
Timothy Donnelly
Jessica Fjeld