Word for Word Poetry: A Tribute to Jason Shinder with Mary Louise Parker, Michael O’Keefe and More
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Word for Word Poetry: A Tribute to Jason Shinder with Mary Louise Parker,
Michael O’Keefe and More
Academy Award-nominated actor Michael O’Keefe hosts a special poetry event
dedicated to the late Jason Shinder with special celebrity readers and
contributors to his latest collection, ‘The Poem I Turn To: Actors and
Directors Present Poetry That Inspires Them’. Special guest readers include:
Mary Louise Parker, Jon Robin Baitz, Bob Balaban, Melissa Leo, Michael Lally,
Matthew Maher, Alix Lambert, Carol Muske Dukes and more.
Jason Shinder was the founder and director of the YMCA National Writer’s Voice,
as well as the director of Sundance Institute’s Writing Program. He taught in
the graduate writing programs at Bennington College and the New School
University. His awards and fellowships include serving as Poet Laureate of
Provincetown, MA, and a 2007 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment
for the Arts. He divided his time between Provincetown and New York City.
Shinder died in April 2008.
The event is FREE and open to the public. For updates and additional
information, please visit the website at www.bryantpark.org or call
212-768-4242. The Bryant Park Reading Room located on the 42nd Street side of
the park – under the trees – between the back of the NYPL & 6th Avenue. Look for
the burgundy and white umbrellas. Rain Venue: Library of the General Society of
Mechanics and Tradesmen 20 West 44th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenue).
Website: http://www.bryantpark.org/calendar/wordforword.php
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