October 7, 2004
The California Poem (Coffee House Press), a book-length meditation on that great state; and The Book of Jon (City Lights), a mostly non-fiction memoir of growing up with a sometimes heroin-addicted, sometimes homeless father: both are out and on the shelves of your local bookstore! To read the very first blog review of The California Poem, go to:
http://estherpress.blogspot.com/
To order The Book of Jon at a 30% discount, go to the City Lights website:
http://www.citylights.com/CLpubRE.html#book_jon
To order The California Poem (or The Monster Lives of Boys & Girls, for that matter) from SPD:
http://www.spdbooks.org/SearchResults.asp?AuthorTitle=sikelianos
Or from Powells:
http://www.powells.com/s?kw=sikelianos&pokey=skeptopotamus
Excerpts from The California Poem can be found at:
http://www.centomag.org/archive/poetry/000122.html
and
http://www.octopusmagazine.com/issue03/main.html
among other places.
An excerpt from The Book of Jon can be found at:
http://www.pshares.org/Authors/authorDetails.cfm?prmAuthorID=6714
Recent Translations
If you’re interested in the work of French poet, novelist, and mathematician Jacques Roubaud, you might want to download this excerpt from Eleni’s translation of Exchanges on Light at:
www.beardofbees.com/sikelianos.html
Upcoming Readings & Book Parties
Eleni will be giving a number of readings for the new books. Please come to one of these fall events — everyone would be happy to see you. (For a the most updated list events, you might want to go to http://www.citylights.com/pub/itin.sikelianos.html)
Saturday, October 16, at 2 pm
The Rain Taxi Twin Cities Book Festival in Minneapolis, MN (10 am to 5 pm)
Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC)
1415 Hennepin Avenue
Reading with Fanny Howe
www.raintaxi.com
Friday, October 22, 7:30 pm
The Scarab Club in Detroit, MI
217 E. Farnsworth at John R
Directly behind the Detroit Institute of Arts
The 14th Annual Bernard Firestone Labor Arts Tribute
A Tribute to Women in Labor & The Working Class
Reading with Anne Feeney, Maria Mazziotti Gillian, Lolita Hernandez, and Ella Mae Singer
No admission
(313)831-1250 for directions
www.detroitpoetrynow.org or www.springfed.org
Saturday, October 23, 7 pm
Shaman Drum Bookshop in Ann Arbor, MI
311-315 S. State St.
Reading
No admission
Local phone: (734)662-7407
Toll Free: (800)490-7023
www.shamandrum.com
Tuesday, October 26, 7:00 pm
Buzzer Thirty
Astoria, Brooklyn
38-01 23rd Ave.
www.buzzerthirty.com
Wednesday, October 27, 8 pm
The Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church in New York, NY
131 East 10th St. (at 2nd Ave.), Manhattan
Reading with Yu Jian
$8; $7 students; $5 members
www.poetryproject.com
Thursday, October 28, 7 pm
Labyrinth Books
New York, NY
Reading with Marjorie Welish
No admission
www.labyrinthbooks.com/
Tuesday, November 2: Election Day:
PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO VOTE!
Thursday, November 4, 7:30 pm
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St.
Boulder, CO
Reading
No admission
www.boulderbookstore.com
Sunday, November 14, 3:00 pm
Page One, Inc.
11018 Montgomery NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111
Reading
No admission
www.page1book.com
Thursday, Dec. 9th, 7:00 pm
City Lights Books
261 Columbus Ave.
San Francisco, CA
Reading
No admission
www.citylights.com
L.A. December 15
Book Party
Place & time TBA
Thursday, December 16, 7:30 pm
Zoey’s Cafe
451 East Main St.
Ventura, CA
Reading
Phone: 805-652-1137
www.zoeyscafe.com
Spring events TBA
