Posts tagged "Simon Pettet"

Peter Orlovsky Memorial Reading

[ Wednesday, September 22, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] Wednesday
Poet, singer, farmer, yodeler, banjo-picker, Buddhist-practitioner, Allen Ginsberg’s lifelong-companion, Kerouac’s Simon Darlovsky in Desolation Angels & George in The Dharma Bums, the generous & wonderfully whimsical Peter Orlovsky, (July 8, 1933 – May 30, 2010), was an unforgettable & hugely colorful presence in the East Village, and in and around the Poetry Project. Please join [...]

Other Flowers: A Celebration of James Schuyler

[ Wednesday, April 21, 2010; 8:00 pm; ] Wednesday
Other Flowers: Uncollected Poems, edited by Simon Pettet and James Meetze, brings together 165 unseen poems from Schuyler, spanning from the early 1950s until his death in 1991. Featuring both editors with Anselm Berrigan, Tom Carey, John Coletti, Bill Corbett, Elaine Equi, Jonathan Galassi, Vincent Katz, Eileen Myles, Charles North, Arlo Quint, Stacy Szymaszek, Susie [...]

Simon Pettet reading for NAKED LUNCH @50 – 10/7/09

This  is Simon Pettet’s reading of 2 sections of Naked Lunch: “His opening words: ‘You look to me like a man of intelligence…’” & “The lavatory has been locked for three hours solid…”.
Simon Pettet for NAKED LUNCH @ 50