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See You in Denver!

By , April 5, 2010 11:55 am

Join Terrain.org at the nation’s largest literature conference: the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ annual conference and bookfair this week, April 8-10. AWP 2010 will be held in Denver, at the Colorado Convention Center, and you’ll be able to find us there, as well.

Here’s what’s going on for Terrain.org:

Table at Bookfair

Join us at Exhibit Hall A, H9 from Thursday through Saturday. We’ll be right next to the table for Hawk & Handsaw: The Journal of Creative Sustainability, and we’re also dedicating a corner of the Terrain.org table to The LBJ: Avian Life, Literary Arts.

Wild Lives / Raucous Pens: Readings from Terrain.org and Hawk & Handsaw

Join us Thursday evening, April 8, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. (reception with free beer/wine begins at 7:30 p.m.) for a joint reading held at the Tivoli at Auraria Campus (Adirondacks Room).  Facilitated by Hawk & Handsaw editor Kathryn Miles and Terrain.org editor Simmons Buntin, the reading features Patrick Burns, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Scott Elliott, James Engelhardt, Suzanne Frischkorn, Andrew Gottlieb, Luisa Igloria, John T. Price, Ben Quick, Suzanne Roberts, Jeffrey Thomson, and Arianne Zwartjes. View flyer, with walking directions.

We hope to see you in Denver!

Terrain.org at AWP

By , February 28, 2010 12:44 pm

We’re just over a month away from the nation’s largest literature conference: the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ annual conference and bookfair, April 8-10. AWP 2010 will be held this year in Denver, at the Colorado Convention Center, and you’ll be able to find Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments there, as well.

Here’s what’s going on for us:

Table at Bookfair

Join us at Exhibit Hall A, H9 from Thursday through Saturday. We’ll be right next to the table for Hawk & Handsaw: The Journal of Creative Sustainability, and we’re also dedicating a corner of the Terrain.org table to The LBJ: Avian Life, Literary Arts, a great little literary bird journal that wasn’t able to get a table of its own.

Wild Lives / Raucous Pens: Readings from Terrain.org and Hawk & Handsaw

Join us Thursday evening, April 8, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. for a joint reading held at the Tivoli at Auraria Campus (Adirondacks Room).  Facilitated by Hawk & Handsaw editor Kathryn Miles and Terrain.org editor Simmons Buntin, the reading features Patrick Burns, Alison Hawthorne Deming, Scott Elliott, James Engelhardt, Suzanne Frischkorn, Andrew Gottlieb, Luisa Igloria, John T. Price, Ben Quick, Suzanne Roberts, Jeffrey Thomson, and Arianne Zwartjes.

We hope to see you in Denver!

Issue No. 24 Launch and Reading Redux

By , October 5, 2009 4:59 am

David RothenbergOn Thursday, September 24th, Terrain.org held its first-ever public issue launch and reading, celebrating Issue No. 24, “Borders and Bridges” with readings by David Rothenberg, Pamela Uschuk, Christopher Cokinos, and Deborah Fries at the University of Arizona Poetry Center.

We’ve just added an image gallery and mp3 of the full reading at the new Terrain.org Events section of the website.

We had a great turnout, and thank the Poetry Center and Center for Biological Diversity for sponsoring the event, the readers for such wonderful performances, and the audience. View the image gallery and listen to the full performance now.

Terrain.org Issue Launch & Reading Tonight!

By , September 24, 2009 5:02 pm

Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, a Tucson-based online journal that examines the interface between the built and natural environments, is holding its first-ever issue launch and reading tonight!

8 p.m. : University of Arizona Poetry Center : Tucson

This celebration of the “Borders & Bridges” issue (No. 24) features readings by contributors Christopher Cokinos (Hope is the Thing with Feathers and The Fallen Sky), Pamela Uschuk (Crazy Love), Deborah Fries (Various Modes of Departure), and headlining artist David Rothenberg. It will take place on September 24, at 8 p.m., at the University of Arizona Poetry Center in Tucson.

David Rothenberg is a philosopher, musician, and the author of Why Birds Sing, Sudden Music, Blue Cliff Record, Hand’s End, and Always the Mountains. His articles have appeared in Parabola, Orion, The Nation, Wired, Dwell, Kyoto Journal, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, and Sierra. Rothenberg is also a composer and jazz clarinetist, and he has seven CDs out under his own name, including On the Cliffs of the Heart, named one of the top ten CDs by Jazziz Magazine in 1995. His latest book is Thousand Mile Song, about making music with whales. Rothenberg is professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Agenda

  • Welcome, Issue Overview, Contributor and Editor/Board Callouts (in audience), and First Reader Introductions – Simmons Buntin

  • Pamela Uschuk (poetry) – 8 minutes
  • Christopher Cokinos (nonfiction) – 8 minutes
  • Deborah Fries (poetry) – 8 minutes
  • Introduction of David Rothenberg – Kieran Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity
  • David Rothenberg (music and prose) – 20-25 minutes
  • Refreshments and book signings (UA Bookstore will sell books)

Mark your calendars and please join us for this free and fun event! For more information, view www.terrain.org

Terrain.org Issue Launch & Reading : Sept. 24 in Tucson

By , August 29, 2009 4:20 am

Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments, a Tucson-based online journal that examines the interface between the built and natural environments, is holding its first-ever issue launch and reading.

This celebration of the “Borders & Bridges” issue (No. 24) features readings by contributors Christopher Cokinos (Hope is the Thing with Feathers and The Fallen Sky), Pamela Uschuk (Crazy Love), Deborah Fries (Various Modes of Departure), and headlining artist David Rothenberg. It will take place on September 24, at 8 p.m., at the University of Arizona Poetry Center in Tucson.

David Rothenberg is a philosopher, musician, and the author of Why Birds Sing, Sudden Music, Blue Cliff Record, Hand’s End, and Always the Mountains. His articles have appeared in Parabola, Orion, The Nation, Wired, Dwell, Kyoto Journal, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, and Sierra. Rothenberg is also a composer and jazz clarinetist, and he has seven CDs out under his own name, including On the Cliffs of the Heart, named one of the top ten CDs by Jazziz Magazine in 1995. His latest book is Thousand Mile Song, about making music with whales. Rothenberg is professor of philosophy and music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Agenda

  • Welcome, Issue Overview, Contributor and Editor/Board Callouts (in audience), and First Reader Introductions – Simmons Buntin

  • Pamela Uschuk (poetry) – 8 minutes
  • Christopher Cokinos (nonfiction) – 8 minutes
  • Deborah Fries (poetry) – 8 minutes
  • Introduction of David Rothenberg – Kieran Suckling, Center for Biological Diversity
  • David Rothenberg (music and prose) – 20-25 minutes
  • Refreshments and book signings (UA Bookstore will sell books)

Mark your calendars and please join us for this free and fun event! For more information, view www.terrain.org or contact Terrain.org editor Simmons Buntin at contact1@terrain.org.

Panel and Reading Image Gallery

By , February 9, 2008 9:26 pm

Tune your browser to:

http://www.terrain.org/img/gallery/index.html

for images of recent Terrain.org and related literary events in New York City, including:

“The Future of Environmental Essay” panel at the AWP conference, facilitated by Terrain.org editor Simmons Buntin and featuring Alison Hawthorne Deming, David Gessner, David Rothenberg, and Lauret Savoy (look for the text of their presentations in the July issue of Terrain.org).

Terrain.org 10th Anniversity Reading, featuring Scott Edward Anderson, Teague Bohlen, Simmons B. Buntin, Scott Calhoun, Philip Fried, Deborah Fries, Suzanne Frischkorn, Donna J. Gelagotis Lee, Dennis Must, Shann Palmer, David Rothenberg, Andrew Wingfield, and Jake Adam York; at Cornelia Street Cafe

Salmon: A Journey in Poetry Anthology Launch & Reading, hosted by Salmon Poetry publisher Jessie Lendennie, and featuring Simmons B. Buntin and others; at the Bowery Poetry Club

http://www.terrain.org/img/gallery/index.html

Terrain.org 10th Anniversary Reading

By , May 24, 2007 5:08 am

We are pleased to announce the Terrain.org 10th Anniversary Reading, and hope you’ll join us:

Thursday, January 31, 2008
6-8 p.m.
Cornelia Street Cafe
New York City, New York

The reading coincides with the annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference and Bookfair, where Terrain.org will have a table.

Scheduled and invited readers include:

Scott Edward Anderson
Simmons B. Buntin
Scott Calhoun
Philip Fried
Deborah Fries
Suzanne Frischkorn
Dennis Must
Shann Palmer
David Rothenberg

Mark your calendars now!

Terrain.org at AWP

By , February 24, 2007 8:37 pm

Look for Terrain.org flyers at the annual AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Programs) conference, in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 1-3, 2007.

There you can also find Terrain.org’s editor, Simmons Buntin, who is leading the “What’s the Conversation Rate of Euros? Americans Publishing Abroad” panel on Saturday, March 3, from 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. That’s at North Court East, 2nd Floor, Hilton Atlanta.

And check out the Tucson Literary Orgs “Tucson Heat: A Big Sexy Reading” on Thursday, March 1, from 8:00 to 10:30 p.m. at the Midtown Tavern, 554 Piedmont Avenue. Terrain.org editorial board member Deborah Fries is one of many poets who will read. Get more info at AWP Bookfair table #270.

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