#gregorypardlo

[winehead32]

Two collections of short stories and a memoir. #johnedgarwideman #jamelbrinkley #gregorypardlo #shortstories #shortstory #memior #memoirs

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#readsoullit #photochallenge 16. Favorite Poet(s): #RachelElizaGriffiths #GregoryPardlo I was fortunate to catch both at the 2015 #txbookfest. Good stuff. ___________________________________________ #booknerdigans #blackamericanauthors #blackhistorymonth2017 #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚

[jmberryfictionwriter]

#readsoullit #photochallenge 16. Favorite Poet(s): #RachelElizaGriffiths #GregoryPardlo I was fortunate to catch both at the 2015 #txbookfest. Good stuff. ___________________________________________ #booknerdigans #blackamericanauthors #blackhistorymonth2017 #blackbooks #blerdlife 📚

[travelingasafamily]

“Written by Himself” by Gregory Pardlo

I was born in minutes in a roadside kitchen a skillet whispering my name. I was born to rainwater and lye; I was born across the river where I was borrowed with clothespins, a harrow tooth, broadsides sewn in my shoes. I returned, though it please you, through no fault of my own, pockets filled with coffee grounds and eggshells. I was born still and superstitious; I bore an unexpected burden. I gave birth, I gave blessing, I gave rise to suspicion. I was born abandoned outdoors in the heat-shaped air, air drifting like spirits and old windows. I was born a fraction and a cipher and a ledger entry; I was an index of first lines when I was born. I was born waist-deep stubborn in the water crying                              ain’t I a woman and a brother I was born to this hall of mirrors, this horror story I was born with a prologue of references, pursued by mosquitoes and thieves, I was born passing off the problem of the twentieth century: I was born. I read minds before I could read fishes and loaves; I walked a piece of the way alone before I was born.

Poem: "Written By Himself" by Gregory Pardlo from The Best American Poetry 2010

Image: “The Invisible Man” by Gordon Parks (Harlem, 1952)

[fourwaybooks]

What’s Happening Next Week?

This Monday, October 26, at 6 pm, J. Mae Barizo (The Cumulus Effect) will read for Bennington Writers at Cornelia Street Café (29 Cornelia Street) in NYC.

This Monday, October 26, at 7 pm, Pulitzer Prize winner Gregory Pardlo (Digest) will read for Reimagining the Mainstream: A Celebration of Gregory Pardlo in the Dining Commons at The Graduate Center, CUNY (365 5th Avenue) in NYC.

This Thursday, October 29, at 7 pm, Liam Callanan (Listen and Other Stories) will read at BookBar (4280 Tennyson St.) in Denver, CO.

Next Friday, October 30, at 4 pm, Liam Callanan (Listen and Other Stories) will be the instructor for Starting Strong with Character, Action, and Rhythm in the Contemporary Short Story at Lighthouse Writers Workshop (1515 Race St.) in Denver, CO.

Next Sunday, November 1, at 4 pm, will be the 2017 Northampton Poet Laureate Patrick Donnelly’s (Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin) inaugural reading in the Neilson Browsing Room at Neilson Library (7 Neilson Drive) at Smith College in Northampton, MA. His reading will be followed by the first event of Donnelly’s Choral Poem Project, a performance of Albert Goldbarth’s poem “Library” by a spoken-word choir from the Northampton area. The event will be sponsored by the Gallery of Readers Series.

The Cumulus Effect, Digest, Listen and Other Stories, and Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin are all available from Four Way Books. 

For up-to-date information about author readings, please visit our events page and/or our website.

[fourwaybooks]

Four Way Books Author Readings This Weekend

Tonight, Friday, September 18, at 7 pm, Pulitzer Prize winner Gregory Pardlo (Digest, available from Four Way Books) and Rachel Eliza Griffiths (Lighting the Shadow, available from Four Way Books) will read with Natalie Shapero for Brooklyn Poets at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church (157 Montague St.) in Brooklyn, NY.

Tomorrow, Saturday, September 19, at 2 pm, Rachel Eliza Griffiths (Lighting the Shadow, available from Four Way Books) will read for the Mexican Poetry Reading, a part of FRIDA KAHLO: Art, Garden, Life, at Ross Hall at the New York Botanical Garden.

This Sunday, September 20, at 4 pm, Pulitzer Prize winner Gregory Pardlo (Digest, available from Four Way Books) will be speaking at the Brooklyn Book Festival along with Nick Flynn, Ada Limon, and Cate Marvin for “Poets Looking Back”, hosted by Hafizah Geter. 

This Sunday, September 20, at 5 pm, Rachel Eliza Griffiths (Lighting the Shadow, available from Four Way Books) will read with David Ebenbach for Busboys and Poets (14th and V) (2021 14th St NW) in Washington, DC. 

For more information about Four Way Books author readings and events, visit our events page and/or our website.

[fourwaybooks]

Hear Pulitzer Prize Winner Gregory Pardlo Read at Politics & Prose Tonight Wednesday September 9

Tonight, Wednesday, September 9, at 7 pm, Pulitzer prize winner Gregory Pardlo (Digest, available from Four Way Books) will read at Politics & Prose (5015 Connecticut Avenue NW) in Washington, DC. 

[fourwaybooks]

Hear Pulitzer Prize Winner Gregory Pardlo Read TOMORROW Wednesday August 26 in Thomaston, ME

Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 26, Pulitzer Prize winner Gregory Pardlo (Digest, available from Four Way Books) will read at Watts Hall (246 Main St.) in Thomaston, ME at 7 pm. There will also be short readings by Martha Rhodes and Christopher Fahy. Prior to the reading, from 5:45 to 6:30 pm, there will be a wine and cheese reception at Thomaston Public Library (60 Main St.). This is a free event.