Friday, February 23, 2007

New York poet reads in Cork: TONIGHT, Friday 23rd February

Renowned New York poet and essayist Michael Heller will be reading in Cork (upstairs the Slainte Bar, formerly the Vineyard, Market Lane, off Patrick Street) at 8pm this Friday 23rd February.

All welcome - admission is free!

Michael Heller (b.1937), is an American poet, essayist and critic. Among his many books are Exigent Futures, In The Builded Place, Wordflow and Living Root: A Memoir . He wrote the libretto for the opera, Benjamin, based on the life of Walter Benjamin. He is recipient of awards including the NEH Poet/Scholar grant, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (NYFA), National Endowment for the Humanities award, and The Fund for Poetry. He was born in New York City where he now lives and teaches at New York University.

This event is part of SoundEye, the Festival of the Arts of the Word.

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