Kevin Killian and Andrew Durbin

Thursday, November 6, 2014, 4:30 pm
Photo of Kevin Killian
Kevin Killian and Andrew Durbin read from their poetry. Free.
Location: 
Humanities Building, Humanities Auditorium
Sponsor: 
The Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives
Contact: 
The Poetry Center
Phone: 
415-338-2227
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Kevin Killian

Kevin Killian, one of the original New Narrative writers, has written a book of poetry, Argento Series; two novels, Shy and Arctic Summer; a book of memoirs, Bedrooms Have Windows; and a book of stories, Little Men, which won the PEN Oakland award for fiction. He has written often on the U.S. poet Jack Spicer, and the edition of Spicer's poetry My Vocabulary Did This to Me, edited with Peter Gizzi, won the American Book Award in 2008. Recently, Killian’s books have been all about Kylie Minogue — a book of poems, Action Kylie, and a book of stories, Impossible Princess. He is a senior adjunct professor at California College of the Arts.

Andrew Durbin

Andrew Durbin co-edits Wonder, a publisher of art books, ephemera, pamphlets and glossies. His writing has appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, Washington Square, West Wind Review and elsewhere. He is an associate editor of Conjunctions and lives in Brooklyn.

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