poetry readings featuring the Brooklyn Rail October 15, 2006

Announcing the very first Marquise Dance Hall Poetry Reading
featuring poets from The Brooklyn Rail

Sunday, October 15, 7 pm
FREE

Mary Donnelly, Raphael Rubinstein, and Jerome Sala will read from
their poetry, introduced by Brooklyn Rail poetry editor Mónica de la
Torre.

251 Grand Street
Williamsburg
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-388-0044
www.marquisedancehall.com
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The Marquise Dance Hall Poetry Series, curated by Jennifer Kronovet,
presents poets from a different engaging/out-there/daring/amazing
literary journal every month.

Marquise Dance Hall is a multi-function space in Williamsburg that
hosts 16 mm film screenings, live music, art shows, and readings and
that sells a wide range of rare records.

THE READERS

Mary Donnelly is a Brooklyn-based poet whose work has appeared in The
Iowa Review, Open City, Crowd, 5AM, and other journals. She is Poetry
Editor for failbetter (http://www.failbetter.com) and Executive
Director of the "Reading Between A and B" series in the East Village.

Poet and art critic Raphael Rubinstein is a senior editor at Art in
America. Forthcoming books include a collection of poems, The
Afterglow of Minor Pop Masterpieces (Make Now Press), and an anthology
he has edited, Critical Mess: Art Critics on the State of Their
Practice (Hard Press Editions).

Jerome Sala is the author of many cult classics such as Spaz Attack,
I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent, The Trip, Raw Deal: New & Selected
Poems, and most recently, Look Slimmer Instantly, from Soft Skull
Press.

Official Website: http://www.marquisedancehall.com