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The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #3
Jul
18
10:00 AM10:00

The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #3

Instructor: K Hank Jost
Dates: June 27-Aug 22 (No Class July 4)

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Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Capacity: 15 Students

…it came simply from the words themselves, the ringing sound of the phrase…


Deep study of a single author’s work is one of the best ways to focus and improve one’s craft—and William Faulkner’s oeuvre is among the richest in the English language. Join us for a generative author study, where we will unpack the singular genius of Faulkner’s approach, attitude, and method, submerging ourselves in the technical virtuosity of America’s greatest novelist.


In this eight-week workshop, students will revitalize their sense of the possibilities of fiction through deep reading Faulkner’s four greatest achievements—As I Lay Dying, The Sound and The Fury, Absalom! Absalom!, and The Hamlet—analyzing their techniques and generating new ideas about compositional methods via group discussion. Supplemented by interviews, speeches, and lectures given by the author, students will extract for themselves a timeless, personal, and forever useful methodology.


Over the course of the eight weeks, students will generate four pieces of short fiction and have the opportunity to present their work to the class for feedback…

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Reading & Performing The Four Zoas: Night the Seventh
Jul
23
7:00 PM19:00

Reading & Performing The Four Zoas: Night the Seventh

Our July 23rd class on William Blake's The Four Zoas will confront key changes around the Tree of Mystery. After it springs from Urizen's heel and causes Orc inner division, its leafage hosts our recovery from the Fall. We all love trees, right, but what if that tree is poisonous? But what if it's poison we need?

Contact organizer Dan Sofaer <dansofaer@yahoo.com> for more information.

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The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #4
Jul
25
10:00 AM10:00

The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #4

Instructor: K Hank Jost
Dates: June 27-Aug 22 (No Class July 4)

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Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Capacity: 15 Students

…it came simply from the words themselves, the ringing sound of the phrase…


Deep study of a single author’s work is one of the best ways to focus and improve one’s craft—and William Faulkner’s oeuvre is among the richest in the English language. Join us for a generative author study, where we will unpack the singular genius of Faulkner’s approach, attitude, and method, submerging ourselves in the technical virtuosity of America’s greatest novelist.


In this eight-week workshop, students will revitalize their sense of the possibilities of fiction through deep reading Faulkner’s four greatest achievements—As I Lay Dying, The Sound and The Fury, Absalom! Absalom!, and The Hamlet—analyzing their techniques and generating new ideas about compositional methods via group discussion. Supplemented by interviews, speeches, and lectures given by the author, students will extract for themselves a timeless, personal, and forever useful methodology.


Over the course of the eight weeks, students will generate four pieces of short fiction and have the opportunity to present their work to the class for feedback…

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The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #5
Aug
1
10:00 AM10:00

The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #5

Instructor: K Hank Jost
Dates: June 27-Aug 22 (No Class July 4)

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Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Capacity: 15 Students

…it came simply from the words themselves, the ringing sound of the phrase…


Deep study of a single author’s work is one of the best ways to focus and improve one’s craft—and William Faulkner’s oeuvre is among the richest in the English language. Join us for a generative author study, where we will unpack the singular genius of Faulkner’s approach, attitude, and method, submerging ourselves in the technical virtuosity of America’s greatest novelist.


In this eight-week workshop, students will revitalize their sense of the possibilities of fiction through deep reading Faulkner’s four greatest achievements—As I Lay Dying, The Sound and The Fury, Absalom! Absalom!, and The Hamlet—analyzing their techniques and generating new ideas about compositional methods via group discussion. Supplemented by interviews, speeches, and lectures given by the author, students will extract for themselves a timeless, personal, and forever useful methodology.


Over the course of the eight weeks, students will generate four pieces of short fiction and have the opportunity to present their work to the class for feedback…

SIGN UP HERE

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The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #6
Aug
8
10:00 AM10:00

The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #6

Instructor: K Hank Jost
Dates: June 27-Aug 22 (No Class July 4)

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Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Capacity: 15 Students

…it came simply from the words themselves, the ringing sound of the phrase…


Deep study of a single author’s work is one of the best ways to focus and improve one’s craft—and William Faulkner’s oeuvre is among the richest in the English language. Join us for a generative author study, where we will unpack the singular genius of Faulkner’s approach, attitude, and method, submerging ourselves in the technical virtuosity of America’s greatest novelist.


In this eight-week workshop, students will revitalize their sense of the possibilities of fiction through deep reading Faulkner’s four greatest achievements—As I Lay Dying, The Sound and The Fury, Absalom! Absalom!, and The Hamlet—analyzing their techniques and generating new ideas about compositional methods via group discussion. Supplemented by interviews, speeches, and lectures given by the author, students will extract for themselves a timeless, personal, and forever useful methodology.


Over the course of the eight weeks, students will generate four pieces of short fiction and have the opportunity to present their work to the class for feedback…

SIGN UP HERE

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The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #7
Aug
15
10:00 AM10:00

The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #7

Instructor: K Hank Jost
Dates: June 27-Aug 22 (No Class July 4)

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Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Capacity: 15 Students

…it came simply from the words themselves, the ringing sound of the phrase…


Deep study of a single author’s work is one of the best ways to focus and improve one’s craft—and William Faulkner’s oeuvre is among the richest in the English language. Join us for a generative author study, where we will unpack the singular genius of Faulkner’s approach, attitude, and method, submerging ourselves in the technical virtuosity of America’s greatest novelist.


In this eight-week workshop, students will revitalize their sense of the possibilities of fiction through deep reading Faulkner’s four greatest achievements—As I Lay Dying, The Sound and The Fury, Absalom! Absalom!, and The Hamlet—analyzing their techniques and generating new ideas about compositional methods via group discussion. Supplemented by interviews, speeches, and lectures given by the author, students will extract for themselves a timeless, personal, and forever useful methodology.


Over the course of the eight weeks, students will generate four pieces of short fiction and have the opportunity to present their work to the class for feedback…

SIGN UP HERE

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The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #8
Aug
22
10:00 AM10:00

The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #8

Instructor: K Hank Jost
Dates: June 27-Aug 22 (No Class July 4)

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Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Capacity: 15 Students

…it came simply from the words themselves, the ringing sound of the phrase…


Deep study of a single author’s work is one of the best ways to focus and improve one’s craft—and William Faulkner’s oeuvre is among the richest in the English language. Join us for a generative author study, where we will unpack the singular genius of Faulkner’s approach, attitude, and method, submerging ourselves in the technical virtuosity of America’s greatest novelist.


In this eight-week workshop, students will revitalize their sense of the possibilities of fiction through deep reading Faulkner’s four greatest achievements—As I Lay Dying, The Sound and The Fury, Absalom! Absalom!, and The Hamlet—analyzing their techniques and generating new ideas about compositional methods via group discussion. Supplemented by interviews, speeches, and lectures given by the author, students will extract for themselves a timeless, personal, and forever useful methodology.


Over the course of the eight weeks, students will generate four pieces of short fiction and have the opportunity to present their work to the class for feedback…

SIGN UP HERE

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The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #2
Jul
11
10:00 AM10:00

The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #2

Instructor: K Hank Jost
Dates: June 27-Aug 22 (No Class July 4)

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Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Capacity: 15 Students

…it came simply from the words themselves, the ringing sound of the phrase…


Deep study of a single author’s work is one of the best ways to focus and improve one’s craft—and William Faulkner’s oeuvre is among the richest in the English language. Join us for a generative author study, where we will unpack the singular genius of Faulkner’s approach, attitude, and method, submerging ourselves in the technical virtuosity of America’s greatest novelist.


In this eight-week workshop, students will revitalize their sense of the possibilities of fiction through deep reading Faulkner’s four greatest achievements—As I Lay Dying, The Sound and The Fury, Absalom! Absalom!, and The Hamlet—analyzing their techniques and generating new ideas about compositional methods via group discussion. Supplemented by interviews, speeches, and lectures given by the author, students will extract for themselves a timeless, personal, and forever useful methodology.


Over the course of the eight weeks, students will generate four pieces of short fiction and have the opportunity to present their work to the class for feedback…

SIGN UP HERE

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Storage by Samuel Budin: A Launch Party
Jun
30
6:00 PM18:00

Storage by Samuel Budin: A Launch Party

Join us for the launch of Tiny Cutlery's newest title "STORAGE" by Samuel Budin.


"STORAGE" is a collection of poetry and original film photography by the poet and musician Samuel Budin. The collection chronicles the author’s experience in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, surviving off catsitting gigs for folks that fled the city. Storage becomes more than a container, and the word forms the title of a longform poem that interweaves sporadically throughout the collection, always reminding you to pickup right where you left off.

As always, preorders of the book include a special discount, as well as a bonus item: a bespoke broadsheet of Budin's longform poem printed by Tiny Cutlery. PREORDERS AVAILABLE on tinycutlery.com/shop.

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The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #1
Jun
27
10:00 AM10:00

The Long Faulkner Summer: Workshop #1

Instructor: K Hank Jost
Dates: June 27-Aug 22 (No Class July 4)

SIGN UP HERE

Saturdays 10:30am-1pm

Capacity: 15 Students

…it came simply from the words themselves, the ringing sound of the phrase…


Deep study of a single author’s work is one of the best ways to focus and improve one’s craft—and William Faulkner’s oeuvre is among the richest in the English language. Join us for a generative author study, where we will unpack the singular genius of Faulkner’s approach, attitude, and method, submerging ourselves in the technical virtuosity of America’s greatest novelist.


In this eight-week workshop, students will revitalize their sense of the possibilities of fiction through deep reading Faulkner’s four greatest achievements—As I Lay Dying, The Sound and The Fury, Absalom! Absalom!, and The Hamlet—analyzing their techniques and generating new ideas about compositional methods via group discussion. Supplemented by interviews, speeches, and lectures given by the author, students will extract for themselves a timeless, personal, and forever useful methodology.


Over the course of the eight weeks, students will generate four pieces of short fiction and have the opportunity to present their work to the class for feedback…

SIGN UP HERE

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June Poetry Parlor with Anna Lena Phillips Bell &amp; Cole Swensen
Jun
17
7:00 PM19:00

June Poetry Parlor with Anna Lena Phillips Bell & Cole Swensen

Please join us for the June edition of our POETRY PARLOR with two wonderful poets, COLE SWENSEN & ANNA LENA PHILLIPS BELL

Please join us for a listening party and poetry social with two wonderful poets passing through town -- You are invited to meet and greet in community and settle in for a listening session then Q&A. We will also experiment with beginning the evening with a "round robin" poetry offering of a short poem, song and / or community announcement by anyone who attends who wants to share. We are especially celebratign two new titles: MIGHT COULD by Anna Lena Phillips Bell from Waywiser Books, and VEER by Cole Swensen just out from Alice James Books.

Poets will bring books available for sale, and donations are also gladly accepted for the space. As with all our events at Torn Page, we are donation based and no one is ever turned away for lack of funds! Check back here for updates! Sponsored by TenderButtonsPress.com and TornPage.org

Questions? Email Lee Ann at TenderButtonsPress@gmail.com

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Portraits and Prayers: A Musical Gertrude Stein Play
May
8
to May 10

Portraits and Prayers: A Musical Gertrude Stein Play

Tender Buttons Press & Torn Page Presents!

Portraits and Prayers: A Musical Gertrude Stein Play

FRIDAY, May 8th & SATURDAY, May 9th, Doors 6:30pm Show 7pm

SUNDAY, May 10th, Doors 2:30pm, Show 3pm

@ Torn Page 435 West 22nd Street 2nd Floor.

Performance group, The Rosehips, make their own interpretation of works by avant-garde poet and playwright Gertrude Stein’s book ‘Portraits and Prayers’ with performance, art installation, music and visual design.

Michele Collins - performance, voice
Georgia Wartel Collins - bass, voice

TICKETS

FRIDAY, May 8th & SATURDAY, May 9th, Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm

SUNDAY, May 10th, Doors 2:30pm, Show 3pm

FRIDAY ONLY: OPENING NIGHT SPECIAL GUEST

special guest poet ariel rose reading after the Stein piece

Portraits and Prayers is a collection of Stein’s early essays and word portraits written in 1934 about her observations at her Saturday salon in Paris.

''After having been led through this unique world of experience by one of Gothenburg's foremost performance artists, you leave feeling uplifted and liberated from any preconceived notion, and it's simply magnificent.''

-Kjerstin Norén, reviewer at Swedish online magazine ‘Alba’ https://www.alba.nu/

WEBSITE for THE ROSEHIPS: https://therosehips.se/

ariel rosé (he/they/them)–poet, essayist, illustrator, author of the books morze nocą jest mięśniem serca, PIW 2022 (the sea at night is a muscle of the heart) and Północ Przypowieści, Znak 2019 (North: Parables), and forthcoming: “Ukraine–A Polyphony” and “ways of swimming”; co-editor of Both Sides Face East/Durable Words (Academic Studies Press 2025), Borders De Todos Lados / Fronteras from all Directions (ibidem 2026). ariel is a member of PEN Berlin. Twice a year they have been inviting poets from underrepresented countries to Oslo for a reading–the fruit of which is an anthology “Sammenvevde stemmer” to be issued by HOF, Norway 2026. Recently, they have been working on an opera on Paula Rego at the Watermill Center.

ariel is originally from Poland, a resident of Norway, living as a nomad between languages and countries.

https://www.arielrose.art/

instagram: @arielrosepoet

fb https://www.facebook.com/rosealeira

Limited Seats!

Get your reservations now!

Any questions? email Lee Ann Brown TenderButtonsPress@gmail.com

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Poetry in the Parlor! Charles Alexander, Danielle Pafunda, Trace Peterson
Mar
10
7:00 PM19:00

Poetry in the Parlor! Charles Alexander, Danielle Pafunda, Trace Peterson

Join us in the Parlor for three SUPER poets!

Charles Alexander, Danielle Pafunda, Trace Peterson

Tuesday March 10th 7pm

Email Lee Ann at TenderButtonsPress@gmail.com if you have any questions.

As with all Torn Page events, donations are encouraged but optional: no one ever turne away for lack of funds.. RSVP & DONATE HERE

Thank You and Welcome!

Thank you Gerald R.L. Torn for the banner image.

Page Poetry Parlor is located in Chelsea, NYC

at 435 West 22nd Street between 9th & 10th Avenues, 2nd floor.

(Apologies: Not ADA accessible - but readings will be livestreamed via TenderButtonsPress instagram account during the event).

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Poetry Reading &amp; Piano Performance with Artists from Galicia, Spain
May
17
4:30 PM16:30

Poetry Reading & Piano Performance with Artists from Galicia, Spain

Join host Patricio Ferrari of World Poetry in Translation as he welcomes Galician artists for an evening of poetry reading and piano performance.

ABOUT THE GUESTS

Marcos de la Fuente

Marcos de la Fuente is a multifaceted poet, therapist, and cultural activist based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the driving force behind the Open Mic monthly series “Se Buscan Poetas” (Wanted Poets) at the Bowery Poetry Club. His work encompasses poetry reading, action poetry, performance, and spoken word, both with and without musical accompaniment. Since 2010, he has been the organizer of the Kerouac Festival in Vigo, Spain, expanding the festival to New York in 2016 and Mexico City in 2019. His literary influences include Cortázar, León Felipe, Ginsberg, and Kavafis, while his philosophical inspirations come from Herman Hesse, Kundera, Fromm, and Nietzsche. Musically, his rhythm is inspired by Charlie Parker, Saul Williams, and Gil Scott-Heron.

Aida Saco Beiroa

Aida Saco Beiroa is a young Spanish pianist and composer renowned for her “extremely interesting musical personality and lively pianistic instinct.” Her formal education in music was under the tutelage of esteemed pianists such as Josep Mª Colom and Tensy Krismant at the Liceu Conservatory in Barcelona, Bart van de Roer at Codarts-Rotterdam, and Maurizio Moretti at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. In 2022, she received an invitation from Solomon Mikowsky, a globally recognized piano pedagogue, to pursue postgraduate studies at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, a testament to her exceptional talent and potential.

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Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Four, Voices of the Earth
Mar
9
8:30 PM20:30

Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Four, Voices of the Earth

$20 online / $25 door
GET TICKETS · 20 spots per show
With a run of sold out January shows for our NYC debut and a recommendation from the New York Times, Poetry Nap returns March 7-9 for a rare weekend series of all four of our Chapters. No need to see the chapters in any order to thoroughly enjoy yourself. Slip off your shoes, lie down, relax, and float away to poetry and music of the masters woven into extraordinary, witty and immersive tales guided by Lady and Lord Dosis.

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Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Three, The Secret of Forgotten Stars
Mar
9
4:00 PM16:00

Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Three, The Secret of Forgotten Stars

$20 online / $25 door
GET TICKETS · 20 spots per show
With a run of sold out January shows for our NYC debut and a recommendation from the New York Times, Poetry Nap returns March 7-9 for a rare weekend series of all four of our Chapters. No need to see the chapters in any order to thoroughly enjoy yourself. Slip off your shoes, lie down, relax, and float away to poetry and music of the masters woven into extraordinary, witty and immersive tales guided by Lady and Lord Dosis.

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Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Two, The Wild Mysteries of Ancient Love
Mar
8
8:30 PM20:30

Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter Two, The Wild Mysteries of Ancient Love

$20 online / $25 door
GET TICKETS · 20 spots per show
With a run of sold out January shows for our NYC debut and a recommendation from the New York Times, Poetry Nap returns March 7-9 for a rare weekend series of all four of our Chapters. No need to see the chapters in any order to thoroughly enjoy yourself. Slip off your shoes, lie down, relax, and float away to poetry and music of the masters woven into extraordinary, witty and immersive tales guided by Lady and Lord Dosis.

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Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter One, The Nature of Love
Mar
7
8:30 PM20:30

Poetry Nap Rare Weekend Series: Chapter One, The Nature of Love

$20 online / $25 door
GET TICKETS · 20 spots per show
With a run of sold out January shows for our NYC debut and a recommendation from the New York Times, Poetry Nap returns March 7-9 for a rare weekend series of all four of our Chapters. No need to see the chapters in any order to thoroughly enjoy yourself. Slip off your shoes, lie down, relax, and float away to poetry and music of the masters woven into extraordinary, witty and immersive tales guided by Lady and Lord Dosis.

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