If You're In The Area Come To The Reading!

The Kundiman & Verlaine reading series is back after a summer's hiatus!This time around we're being joined by other poets of color--Cave Canemfellows!--exemplifying our commitment and pursuit of building and bridgingcommunities. Of course, this'll be the usual Kundiman reading bonanza:potent poetry, delicious libation, stellar company & an overall good time!Mark your calendars & feel free to bring your peeps & help spread the word!

*******Kundiman & Verlaine presenta night of poetry & libation withTara Betts, Rathanak Keo,Dante Micheaux, Sonia Mukherji,& Doreen WangSunday, September 7

Reading begins at 5 pmOpen Bar, 4 - 5 pm$5 suggested donationVerlaine110 Rivington Streetb/w Ludlow & Essex Sts.[ directions: F to Delancey or V to 2nd Ave. ]
http://verlainenyc.com/

Readers' Bios

Tara Betts teaches creative writing at Rutgers University. Her work hasbeen published in several journals and anthologies, including GatheringGround, Callaloo, Essence and both editions of The Spoken Word Revolution. For more information, please visit www.tarabetts.net.

Rathanak Keo is a Kundiman Fellow and his poems have appeared in BoxcarPoetry Review, Stirring Magazine, Shampoo, IBPC, and Best of Mipo-CaféSummer 2007.

Dante Micheaux is an emerging poet whose work has appeared in variousjournals and anthologies. He has been a guest of the Cathedral Church ofSaint John the Divine, among others. His honors include the Oscar WildeAward and fellowships from Cave Canem Foundation and The New York Times Foundation. Micheaux lives in Manhattan.

Sonia Mukherji was born in Calcutta, raised in Maryland, and lives in NewYork. She is a Kundiman fellow, and her poetry has been published in theUS and internationally in literary journals including Shampoo Poetry,Stylus, and Calcutta’s The Little Magazine. She has featured in venues inNew York, Maryland, Austin, and Michigan, and was given an internationalpoetry feature performance in Calcutta, India, which was held at theprestigious cultural institute Nandan, hosted and reviewed by the literaryjournal Bhashanagar, and televised.

Doreen Wang is a poet and community organizer who in her "spare" time,works on exhibitions at Museum of Chinese in America.MISSION STATEMENTKundiman is dedicated to the creation, cultivation and promotion of AsianAmerican poetry.