Alien vs. Predator: Michael Robbins, Sasha Frere-Jones, Kristin Hersh, Sara Marcus, & Choire Sicha

Axl Rose, Mr. Peanut, Rilke, Buju Banton, CSI: Miami, “from Céline to Celan, from ‘Turn the Beat Around’ to And the Band Played On” — readers of the New Yorker, Poetry, and elsewhere already know the dizzyingly allusive slang editorials of Michael Robbins, a poet as likely to reference Jay-Z as he is John Berryman. Join Choire Sicha (co-founder of The Awl), Sara Marcus (Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution), Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses; Rat Girl: A Memoir), musician and New Yorker pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones, and Robbins himself to celebrate the release of Alien vs. Predator, the poet’s debut collection. Hosted by Zach Baron. Free.