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Segue Reading Series: Jee Leong Koh and Thaddeus Rutkowski

ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH AT 5PM, POETS JEE LEONG KOH AND THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI WILL PRESENT AN HOUR-LONG EVENING OF  POETRY AS PART OF THE SEGUE READING SERIES FALL LINE-UP 2024 AT ARTISTS SPACE.

THE POETS
Jee Leong Koh is the author of Steep Tea, named a Best Book of the Year by UK’s Financial Times. His Snow at 5 PM won the Singapore Literature Prize. He heads the literary nonprofit Singapore Unbound, the press Gaudy Boy, and the journal SUSPECT.

Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of eight books, including two of poetry: Border Crossings and Tricks of Light. His most recent book is Safe Colors, a novel. He teaches at Medgar Evers College, Columbia University, and a YMCA. He received a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.

THE CURATORS
Regie Cabico, a spoken word pioneer and current Executive Director of A Gathering of the Tribes, won the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam. His TV credits include HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TEDx and NPR’s Snap Judgment. His first full-length poetry collection A Rabbit in Search of a Rolex was released by Day Eight in 2023.

Drew Pisarra is the author of two short story collections, You’re Pretty Gay (2021) and Publick Spanking (1996), two sonnet collections, Infinity Standing Up (2019) and Periodic Boyfriends (2023); and two radio plays, The Strange Case of Nick M. (2021) and Price in Purgatory (2023).

A Gathering of Tribes – founded in 1991 by blind poet, playwright, and former professor Steve Cannon (1935–2019) – is a non-profit arts organization based in New York City that provides a platform for diverse, traditionally underrepresented artists and writers. amplifying the emerging and established revolutionary voices of our time.

The Segue Foundation is an internationally-renowned arts organization based in New York City with a history of commitment to innovative literature, film, and dance. Segue sponsors the experimental Segue Reading Series, a legendary series that has run continuously in New York City for over 40 years.

The Segue Reading Series for Fall 2024 continues every Saturday through Nov. 23 at Artists Space (11 Cortlandt Alley, New York, NY, 10013). Tickets are $5 at the door. Or $5 for livestream via https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89395947519 . For more info including the full-lineup: https://www.seguefoundation.com/reading-series











When: Sat., Nov. 16, 2024 at 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Where: Artists Space
11 Cortlandt Alley
212-226-3970
Price: $5
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ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH AT 5PM, POETS JEE LEONG KOH AND THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI WILL PRESENT AN HOUR-LONG EVENING OF  POETRY AS PART OF THE SEGUE READING SERIES FALL LINE-UP 2024 AT ARTISTS SPACE.

THE POETS
Jee Leong Koh is the author of Steep Tea, named a Best Book of the Year by UK’s Financial Times. His Snow at 5 PM won the Singapore Literature Prize. He heads the literary nonprofit Singapore Unbound, the press Gaudy Boy, and the journal SUSPECT.

Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of eight books, including two of poetry: Border Crossings and Tricks of Light. His most recent book is Safe Colors, a novel. He teaches at Medgar Evers College, Columbia University, and a YMCA. He received a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.

THE CURATORS
Regie Cabico, a spoken word pioneer and current Executive Director of A Gathering of the Tribes, won the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam. His TV credits include HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TEDx and NPR’s Snap Judgment. His first full-length poetry collection A Rabbit in Search of a Rolex was released by Day Eight in 2023.

Drew Pisarra is the author of two short story collections, You’re Pretty Gay (2021) and Publick Spanking (1996), two sonnet collections, Infinity Standing Up (2019) and Periodic Boyfriends (2023); and two radio plays, The Strange Case of Nick M. (2021) and Price in Purgatory (2023).

A Gathering of Tribes – founded in 1991 by blind poet, playwright, and former professor Steve Cannon (1935–2019) – is a non-profit arts organization based in New York City that provides a platform for diverse, traditionally underrepresented artists and writers. amplifying the emerging and established revolutionary voices of our time.

The Segue Foundation is an internationally-renowned arts organization based in New York City with a history of commitment to innovative literature, film, and dance. Segue sponsors the experimental Segue Reading Series, a legendary series that has run continuously in New York City for over 40 years.

The Segue Reading Series for Fall 2024 continues every Saturday through Nov. 23 at Artists Space (11 Cortlandt Alley, New York, NY, 10013). Tickets are $5 at the door. Or $5 for livestream via https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89395947519 . For more info including the full-lineup: https://www.seguefoundation.com/reading-series

Buy tickets/get more info now