[LAF] Event on 7th

[steve ash]

This is orgnised by Niall McDevitt, the Irish poet who
attended the Blake talk. I've already commited by self
to attend. Though its not far from Conway Hall, so
maybe I could see you after. 


THE SIX FIFTY                     FRI OCT 7 1955-2005

A poetry reading to celebrate one of most influential
poetry readings ever

The Six Gallery Reading in San Francisco launched the
Beat poets on an all-too-suspecting public

McClure, Snyder, Lamantia, Whalen and Ginsberg became
new names in U.S. poetry

Allen Ginsberg's HOWL - which no one had heard before
-
became an instant Isiah-like prophecy for America and
smashed the forcefield of McCarthyism

Fifty years on six contemporary London-based poets are
gathering to remember that landmark evening for poetry
and to honour other Beats such as Kerouac, Wieners,
Burroughs, Waldman, Corso, and Fainlight.

Special guests will include Carolyn Cassady

As coda, the poets will usher us into the third
millennium with a volley of original poems

Poets: JOHN CONSTABLE, AIDAN ANDREW DUN, LIZA HAYDEN,
YANG LIAN, NIALL McDEVITT and CHRISTOPHER TWIGG

The venue will be the prestigious October Gallery
where Burroughs once exhibited his paintings and which
is profoundly connected to the American and
international avant-garde

FRI Oct 7 The October Gallery 24 Old Gloucester St W1
£10/£6 (concs) (Holborn/Russell Square tubes)
Doors: 7.30 Show: 8.00









		
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