The Poetry Project Newsletter, Number 14, April 1, 1974

Includes listings of events, including one by Burroughs and Giorno on April 24, 1974 at St. Mark's.

"William Burroughs, and John Giorno with an appearance programed for April 24, tops the list of upcoming readiers [sic] at the Church."

Published in New York City by The Poetry Project at St. Mark's in April, 1974.

This copy is addressed to author Fielding Dawson, and was acquired from Philip Smith, Bookseller (Berkeley, CA.).

I have an additional copy addressed to the [Detroit] Alternative Press (Ken Mikolowski), from their archive of Poetry Project Newsletters, acquired from Type Punch Matrix (Silver Springs, MD.)

Bibliographic Information:

• Not in Shoaf
• Not in Schottlaender (v4)
• Raven 19740401TPPN.0.14

Contents:

• Michael McClure: "First Poetry Streak" (poetry)
• General notices:
• March 13, 1974 benefit at St. Mark's with Michael McClure, Allen Ginsberg, and Gregory Corso
• New books by McClure and Ginsberg
• William S. Burroughs and John Giorno reading on April 24, 1974 with others
• An apology to Aram and Gailyn Saroyan
• On Milk Quarterly, number 6
• Anne Waldman readings in Great Britain
• Dr. Generosity's Poetry Pub future readings
• Harold Norse's Karma Circuit
• Red Grooms is in Caracas
• Morris Golde is in South America
• On the Robert Dash show at Far Gallery
• "A Festival of Women's Poetry" at Manhattan Theatre Club
• Monday night poetry readings at The Public Works, Houston, TX.
• Rochelle Owens reading at The Wonen's Interart Center
• A call for small publishers at Cronopios Bookstore in Amherst, MA.
• Recent works by The Menard Press (London)
• On Out There, number 3
• Tuesday noon poetry series calendar at the School of Visual Arts
• On The Offenses of Richard M. Nixon
• Rebecca Wright's Brief Lives, in The Ant's Forefoot, number 12
• On Keith Abbott's Blue Suede Shoes
• Free workshops at The Poetry Project
• Bernadette Mayer's Friday night lectures
• Ed Friedman's performance series at the parish hall
• On Fervent Valley, number 3
• On Io, number 19
• Bernadette Meyer reading at Queens College
• Bill Knott and Tom Raworth reading at Body Politic
• On Stooge, number 9
• Monday night readings at the Western Front (Vancouver, B.C., Canada)
• Geronimo Press' release of Erje Ayden's novel The People of Imprisoned City
• Michael Brownstein, Larry Fagin, and Tony Towle at MoMA
• Jeff Weiss' play Horsemeat at Theatre Genesis
• Kulchur Foundation's publishing of Larry Fagin's Rhymes of a Jerk
• The City Lights Conference in Grand Forks, ND.
• A quote from New York Daily News

Publishing Information:

• Editor: Bill MacKay