READINGS Wednesday 9/27 RITA BARROS Author discusses new photography book, Fifteen ...
RITA BARROS
Author discusses new photography book, Fifteen Years: Chelsea Hotel; Cooper Union's Wollman Aud., 51 Astor Pl. (betw. 3rd & 4th Aves.), 212-353-4195; 6:30, free.
NANCY KELTON
Reading & discussion of author's guide for writers, Writing from Personal Experience: How to Turn Your Life Into Salable Prose; Borders, 461 Park Ave. (57th St.), 212-980-6785; 6, free.
Thursday 9/28
MARY DONNELLY & TOM SAVAGE
Poets with "MAD ALEX presents" share works, 594 B'way (betw. Houston & Prince Sts.), 212-693-0405; 6:30, $5.
MOTH SLAM!
Timothy "Speed" Levitch hosts night of improv shorts about arriving in NY slam competition; Dixon Place, 309 E. 26th St. (betw. 2nd & 1st Aves.), 212-741-8936; 8, sign-up at 7:30, $5.
POETRY IN MOTION
NYC Transit Museum & Poetry Society of America host group reading feat. poets from "Subway Poster Series" Elizabeth Alexander, Paul Muldoon, Sonia Sanchez & Grace Schulman; NYC Transit Museum (betw. Boerum Pl. & Schermerhorn St.), Bklyn., 718-243-8601; 7, free.
OUR SISTERS VOICES
Multi-cultural readings by writer Meroe Elahi, poet Ingrid "Ing" Riviera-Dessuit & editor Zahera Saed; Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
SIX WOMEN WRITERS
Winners of Rona Jaffee Foundation Wrtiers' Award: Trudy Dittmar, Amy Havel, Joanie V. Mackowski, Leslie Ryan, Julia Slavin & Lisa Russ Spaar share their work at NYU's Glucksman Ireland House, 1 Washington Mews (5th Ave.), 212-998-8816; 7, free.
Friday 9/29
HARMONY HAMMOND
Murals, installations & reading by author of Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History at Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
PINK PONY
Poet Marc Desmond reads at Pink Pony, 176 Ludlow St. (betw. Houston & Stanton Sts.), 212-253-1922; 7, $5.
THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW
Author Clay McLeod Chapman reads new stories w/music by Joshua Camp & Michael Hearst; The Red Room at KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-802-9350; 10:30, $15 [repeats Sat. at 12 a.m.].
Saturday 9/30
KNITTING FACTORY
Weekly open mic. feat. Daniela Gioseffi; Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St. (betw. B'way & Church St.), 212-219-3055; 6, $5.
DAVID MCGIMPSEY
Author discusses Imagining Baseball & leads "Baseball Reading Group"; Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave.), 212-253-0810; 2:30, free.
WARREN ELLIS
Graphic Novelist, in only US appearance, discusses previous work & new Transmetropolitan at Jim Hanley's Universe, 4 W. 33rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-268-7088; 12, free.
Sunday 10/1
CENTERFOLD
Weekly poetry reading & open mic feat. Arie Kaplan; 263 W. 86th St. (B'way), 212-866-4454; 5:45, contrib.
SHEILA KOHLER & VICTORIA REDEL
Authors read new work for "Fiction Sunday Evening Reading Series" at KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free
OUR UNORGANIZED READING (O.U.R.)
Spoken word every Sunday, hosted by Bob Hart, J.D. Rage, Carl Herr, Peter Kerns & Bruce Weber?no time limit, no list, no features, no b.s.; ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. (betw. Suffolk & Clinton Sts.), 718-638-7039; 3, contrib.
POETRY SLAM @ URBANA
Open mic & slam feat. Jack McCarthy; CB's Gallery, 313 Bowery St. (Bleecker St.), 212-443-9921; sign-up at 7, $5.
PAUL VIOLI, SHELLEY STENHOUSE
Recent works read by poets; Posman Books, 1 University Pl. (betw. Waverly Pl. & 8th St.), 212-533-2681; 3, free.
Monday 10/2
CHEAP THRILLS, IN WRITING
Erik Seims hosts evening of readings w/Frankie Clinton, Faceboy, Finnegan, Mariana Franklin, Eric Kirchberger, Jennifer Knox, Erin Lippincott at Surf Reality, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.) 212-673-4128; 8, $6.
A LITTLE BIT LOUDER
Harlem poet Ngoma offers spoken word performances from CD Paradigm->Shift, along w/open mic & DJs between sets, Guy LeCharles Gonzales hosts; 13, 35 E. 13th St. (University Pl.), 212-979-6677; sign-up at 7, $5.
SATURN READING SERIES
John Chism, Bill Duke & Su Polo host evening of open mic w/feat. reader Tony Gloeggler; 129 E. 15th St. (betw. Irving Pl. & 3rd Ave.), 212-598-4820; 7:30, $3.
TRIBUTE TO ROBERT LOWELL
Poets Frank Bidart, Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott, Robert Pinsky, Heather McHugh & David Gewanter celebrate & read verse drama works of Robert Lowell at 92nd St. Y, Unterberg Poetry Center, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-996-1100; 8, $12.
Tuesday 10/3
ALICIA BAY LAUREL
Author reads & commemorates 30th anniversary edition of Living On Earth; Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
SCOUT
Series of readings & performances w/host Eileen Myles feat. Robert Gluck, Jocelyn Saidenberg, Laurie Weeks & music by Thalia Zedek (Come) at Thread Waxing Space, 476 B'way, 2nd fl. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-966-9520; 8, $3.
BOB SLAYMAKER, REBECCA HINDE
Poetry reading followed by open mic; VCS, 272 W. 10th St. (betw. Greenwich & Washington Sts.), 212-271-2696; 7, $3.