Burroughs 101

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Three Rooms Press presents a 101 Year celebration of Beat icon and postmodern trailblazer William S. Burroughs. The event will be highlighted by tribute readings and discussions by Burroughs associates and fans including internationally acclaimed poet Anne Waldman; performance artist and playwright Penny Arcade; jazz poet and collagist Steve Dalachinsky; publisher, blogger and Burroughs historian Jan Herman; and poet Aimee Herman. Also on tap will be an audience group reading of an excerpt from Burroughs’ iconic masterpiece Naked Lunch. Three Rooms Press co-director Peter Carlaftes hosts.

About the Monthly:
THE MONTHLY at Cornelia Street Cafe, hosted by Three Rooms Press, brings together writers, artists, philosophers and scientists to discuss a monthly theme. Past events have featured Code Poetry, Conspiracy Theories (on the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination), and illegal Leaves of Grass, an exploration of grass-related ideas from Walt Whitman to the War on Drugs.











When: Fri., Feb. 6, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Where: Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St.

Price: $12, includes free drink
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Three Rooms Press presents a 101 Year celebration of Beat icon and postmodern trailblazer William S. Burroughs. The event will be highlighted by tribute readings and discussions by Burroughs associates and fans including internationally acclaimed poet Anne Waldman; performance artist and playwright Penny Arcade; jazz poet and collagist Steve Dalachinsky; publisher, blogger and Burroughs historian Jan Herman; and poet Aimee Herman. Also on tap will be an audience group reading of an excerpt from Burroughs’ iconic masterpiece Naked Lunch. Three Rooms Press co-director Peter Carlaftes hosts.

About the Monthly:
THE MONTHLY at Cornelia Street Cafe, hosted by Three Rooms Press, brings together writers, artists, philosophers and scientists to discuss a monthly theme. Past events have featured Code Poetry, Conspiracy Theories (on the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination), and illegal Leaves of Grass, an exploration of grass-related ideas from Walt Whitman to the War on Drugs.

Buy tickets/get more info now