Good friend and fellow Blacksmith for Literary Progress Karen Lillis has organized a special memorial reading for our departed friend Richard Lick here in New York City on May 9th. Do stop by the Bowery Poetry Club for the event. Full details are below…
Words Like Kudzu Press will host a memorial reading for Richard Leck at the Bowery Poetry Club on Saturday, May 9th from 2:00pm-3:30pm. It will be called “Praise Day Reading for Richard Leck.” Admission will be free. Several writers will read from Richard’s poems and excerpts from his memoir, “Jumped, Fell, or Was Pushed.” Come celebrate Richard’s humor, his life, and his words.
Free giveaways: Richard Leck’s poetry chapbook, Memory Hair, and
copies of Go Metric No. 22, with an excerpt from Richard’s memoirs.
Readers:
- Steve Dalachinsky, NYC poet
- Bob Holman, NYC poet who runs the Bowery Poetry Club
- Arthur Nersesian, East Village novelist
- Jackie Sheeler, NYC poet and poetry MC
- Margarita Shalina, poet, translator, indie press book buyer @ St Mark’s Books
- Brian Cogan, author of Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture
- Tom Hendrickson, writer under the radar
- Karen Lillis from Words Like Kudzu Press will MC