Back & Forth / Poetry & Jazz: A Conversation and Performance with David Meltzer & Marty Ehrlich
Fri, Sep 23, 2011
4:00 PM
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Join the one and only David Meltzer (then youngest poet included in Donald Allen’s groundbreaking New American Poetry) in a rare New York appearance as he trades vocal/musical riffs with renowned saxophonist/clarinetist Marty Ehrlich. After performing, they will be joined by poet, CUNY professor, and Lost & Found editor Ammiel Alcalay in conversation followed by open discussion with the audience. David Meltzer’s recent When I Was A Poet, Number Sixty in the legendary Pocket Poets Series from City Lights will be available.