Hello The Midwest

Exciting readings in Wisconsin and Illinois!

Monsters of Poetry
Carmen Maria Machado, Brad Liening, Lily Brown, and Claire Becker
Friday, October 7, 2011, 7:30 PM
The Project Lodge
817 E. Johnson, Madison, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Lily Brown & Claire Becker
Saturday, October 8, 2011
brunch reading...somewhere
Please email for details.

Bonk!
Lily Brown, Claire Becker, with music by Marco Jimenez
Saturday, October 8, 2011, 6PM (doors at 5:30)
Racine Arts Council
316 6th St, Racine, Wisconsin

Good Evening Reading Series
Stephen Danos, Claire Becker, Lily Brown
Sunday, October 9, 2011, 3:30 PM (also my half birthday)
Three Peas Art Lounge
75 E 16th St, Chicago, Illinois

I wrore a poem called "I Feel Like Seeing the Moon"

and I didn't see the moon, and the poem is on the internet: Everyday Genius

My book reviewed in detail in Open Letters Monthly

This guy is good: Jeff Alessandrelli, All the Questions, a review of Claire Becker's Where We Think It Should Go.

I'm reading at Stain of Poetry Series

Claire Becker * Jason Bredle * Cynthia King * Nate Pritts * Bill Rasmovicz * Paige Taggart

7 PM on April 29th @ Goodbye Blue Monday – Bushwick, Brooklyn

Click the links for details!

See you soon NYC.

Love,

Claire

Reading at SF State & downtown SF March 24th

I’ll be giving two poetry readings on Thursday, March 24, 2011 for The Poetry Center at San Francisco State.  Please consider attending. Details below; both readings are free.

Thursday MAR 24: Jennifer Martenson (Providence, RI) and Claire Becker (San Francisco)

3:30 pm @ the Poetry Center, Humanities Building, Rm. 512, SFSU

1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA 94132

7:30 pm @ The Green Arcade Bookstore

1680 Market St. (at Gough), San Francisco, CA 94102

When I'm reading in D.C. during AWP this weekend if I make it there over the snow.

Two readings on the same night.  Maybe I'll see some of you there!

Reading #1

1913 * Action Books  * Letter Machine Editions * Octopus Books
Friday, February 4
4:00pm - 6:00pm

at Comet Ping Pong
5037 Connecticut Avenue
Washington, DC
www.cometpingpong.com

Please join us for a reading AWP OFF-SITE reading celebrating the release of new books from Action Books, Letter Machine Editions, and Octopus Books, as well as the new issue of 1913 a journal of forms.

Action: Lara Glenum, Abe Smith
Letter Machine Editions: Juliana Leslie, Farid Matuk, Sawako Nakayasu

Octopus: Cynthia Arrieu-King, Claire Becker

1913: Julie Carr, Joe Hall, Jeff T. Johnson, Kathleen Ossip,
Ric Royer, Ronaldo Wilson

For more info visit http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=171785542864436

 READING #2

Switchback Books, Coconut Books and Horse Less Press Reading
On the heated rooftop! Plus, come early and catch the Lame House/Binge Press reading at 6:00!

Friday, February 4
7:00pm - 9:30pm

Madam's Organ
madamsorgan.com
2461 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC

- Becca Klaver
- Brian Foley
- Bruce Covey
- Cathy Park Hong
- Christopher Salerno
- Claire Becker
- Daniela Olszewska
- Gina Myers
- Jennifer Tamayo
- Jen Tynes
- Marisa Crawford
- Natalie Lyalin

For more information, visit the Facebook Event page: http://www.facebook.com/events/create.php?eid=119112604822644