July 21st-August 15th
Writer-in-Residence at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)
as part of NOT CONTENT, Painted Over/Under, and Public Interest
6522 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
with Jennifer Karmin
Taking its name from the historic collaborative writing marathons led by Bernadette Mayer and others in NYC during 1972-73, Unnatural Acts explores the themes of hunger, war, and desire through public acts of collaboration. Beginning with two days of installation and performance by Amina Cain and Jennifer Karmin, a group of ten writers/artists gathered on the third day to write together over the course of eight hours. In a daily ritual inaugurated on the fourth day, the outline of a new person’s body was traced onto the bodies of text until the exhibit closed on August 15th.
July 21: Installation (12-5) and Hunger Texts Read in the Dark performance (5-5:30pm) by Amina Cain
July 22: Installation (12-5) and 4000 Words 4000 Dead street performance (5-6pm) by Jennifer Karmin
July 23: Unnatural Acts, 8 hours of collaborative writing (12-8pm). Collaborators include: Harold Abramowitz, Tisa Bryant, Amina Cain, Teresa Carmody, Saehee Cho, K. Lorraine Graham, Jennifer Karmin, Laida Lertxundi, India Radfar, and Mark Wallace.
July 24: Artist/Writer talk (2-3pm). Collaborative reading (4-6pm).
PAST EVENTS
Thursday, June 24th @ 7:30 PM
Village Books
1049 Swarthmore Ave, Pacific Palisades, CA
with India Radfar
Sunday, June 13th @ 3 PM
Big City Forum in collaboration with artist Salomon Huerta
A Social Speakeasy/Dinner Party/Reading
Van Nuys, CA
with Harold Abramowitz
Saturday, May 22nd @ 2 PM
Les Figues Press Showcase
Silver Lake Jubilee
Literary Village Community Stage
Myra Ave between Fountain Ave & Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
with Teresa Carmody and Danielle Adair
Thursday, May 6th @ 7 PM
New Voices Series
Franklin Pierce University
40 University Dr, Rindge, NH
with Jennifer Karmin
Friday, May 7th @ 6 PM
Symposium Books
240 Westminster St, Providence, RI
with Jennifer Karmin and Anne Shaw
Saturday, May 8th @ 3 PM
Small Animal Project
Outpost 186
186 1/2 Hampshire St, Cambridge, MA
with Jennifer Karmin and Anne Shaw
Thursday, April 8th @ 2 PM
Dewclaw AWP Off-Site Reading
Stella’s Coffeehaus
1476 S Pearl St, Denver, CO
with Claire Becker, Blake Butler, Claire Donato,
Jac Jemc, Dorothea Lasky, Dylan Nice, Matt Salesses,
Matthew Simmons, Jen Tynes, and Mike Young
Friday, April 9th @ 7:30 PM
AWP Off-Site with Chiasmus, Les Figues, & Fairy Tale Review
The Thin Man Tavern
2015 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO
with Harold Abramowitz, Teresa Carmody,
Ashley McWaters, Alissa Nutting, Lance Olsen,
Vanessa Place, Lidia Yuknavich, and Kate Zambreno
Saturday, March 20th @ 7:30 PM
A New Cadence Poetry Series
Felix Kulpa Gallery
107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, CA
with Amarnath Ravva
Saturday, March 6th @ 8 PM
in conjunction with an exhibit by Kate Barclay
Amy Adler’s Echo Park Studio
1296 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
hosted by Darin Klein & Friends
with Brent Armendinger
Sunday, February 21st @ 2 PM
Collaborations Collaborations Collaborations
The Lounge at Redcat Theater
631 W 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA
hosted by Harold Abramowitz
Allison Carter & Bianca D’Amico
Amaranth Borsuk & Gabriela Jauregui & Kate Durbin
Amina Cain & Teresa Carmody
Mathew Timmons & Janine Armin
Stephanie Taylor & Vanessa Place
Sunday, December 13th @ 7 PM
Book Party Reading Series
Mandrake Bar
2692 S. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
with Jennine Capó Crucet
Saturday, November 21st @ 7:30 PM
Beyond Baroque
An Evening With LES FIGUES and SIDEBROW Presses
681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA
with Harold Abramowitz, Paul Hoover, and Anna Joy Springer
October 15th-17th
The &Now Conference of Innovative Writing
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Buffalo, NY
Peripatetic Landscapes
with Amarnath Ravva, josé felipe alvergue,
and Jennifer Karmin
Les Figues Press: A Sampler
with Alta Ifland, Vanessa Place, Pam Ore,
Lily Hoang, and Teresa Carmody
Reading as (Innovative) Event
with Teresa Carmody, Jennifer Karmin,
Anna Joy Springer, and Janice Lee
Sunday, October 4th @ 12 PM
West Hollywood Book Fair
[Short (Story)]: Writing Short Fictional Forms
647 N. San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA
moderated by Teresa Carmody
with Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Janet Sarbanes,
and Jennine Capó Crucet
Friday, September 25th @ 7:30 PM
Small Press Traffic
On the Inverted I
1111 8th St/California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA
with Anne Tardos
Sunday, August 23rd @ 4:30 PM
Poetic Research Bureau
3702 San Fernando Rd, Glendale, CA
with Amarnath Ravva
Sunday, August 16th @ 3PM
The Lounge at Redcat Theater
A book release party for Sin is to Celebration
by Amanda Ackerman and Harold Abramowitz
and Emohippus Greeting Card 3rd Series
631 W 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA
with Teresa Carmody, Honey Crawford, Darin Klein,
Vanessa Place, Sam or Samantha Yams, and Mathew Timmons
Tuesday, July 28th @ 7 PM
Marshall Auricular Hour
The French Broad Institute of Time and the River
68 N. Main St, Marshall, NC
with Steve Davidowski, Jennifer Karmin, and Kristin Prevallet
Saturday, March 7th @ 7 PM
Agitprop Reading Series
Agitprop Gallery
2837 University Ave, San Diego, CA
with Saehee Cho