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Words & Music: A Conversation with J. Mae Barizo & Ligaya Mishan

Presenting the book launch of Tender Machines, by prize-winning author J. Mae Barizo with musical interludes by internationally acclaimed pianist Silvie Cheng, a 2022-23 NAC Artist Fellow. The evening will feature a reading and conversation with Barizo and Ligaya Mishan, a columnist and writer for The New York Times and T magazine, in tandem with performances of music by Meredith Monk, Caroline Shaw, and Alexina Louie.

Set against the backdrop of a changing New York landscape, the poems in Tender Machines map the realities of women’s lives and the bodies they inhabit. The lyrics swing between the domestic and the surreal, charting motherhood, desire, and an immigrant family’s haunted inheritance. This is an intersectional portrait of womanhood with all its losses, departures, and wonders.











When: Wed., Jun. 28, 2023 at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: The National Arts Club
15 Gramercy Park S.
212-475-3424
Price: Free
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Presenting the book launch of Tender Machines, by prize-winning author J. Mae Barizo with musical interludes by internationally acclaimed pianist Silvie Cheng, a 2022-23 NAC Artist Fellow. The evening will feature a reading and conversation with Barizo and Ligaya Mishan, a columnist and writer for The New York Times and T magazine, in tandem with performances of music by Meredith Monk, Caroline Shaw, and Alexina Louie.

Set against the backdrop of a changing New York landscape, the poems in Tender Machines map the realities of women’s lives and the bodies they inhabit. The lyrics swing between the domestic and the surreal, charting motherhood, desire, and an immigrant family’s haunted inheritance. This is an intersectional portrait of womanhood with all its losses, departures, and wonders.

Buy tickets/get more info now