patricia smith, poet
 
where i've been, where i'm going
and i hope to see you there

My Itinerary:

June
  13-25: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SUMMER INTENSIVE IN CREATIVE WRITING. I’m poetry faculty; fiction is Mary Gaitskill and non-fiction is Da Chen. 212.998.7091.
  15: BRYANT PARK READING SERIES. Blue Flower Arts present Thomas Sayers Ellis, Taylor Mali and me! 7 pm, Bryant Park Reading Room, Bryant Park, 42nd St. btwn 5th and 6th Aves. (Rain venue, The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen, 20 W. 44th St.)
  25: MY BIRTHDAY!
  27-July 2: NEUTRAL ZONE VOLUME SUMMER INSTITUTE. Week-long workshop for high school students; other instructors include Roger Bonair-Agard, Kevin Coval, Scott Beal and Adam Mansbach. Head honcho is the inimitable Jeff Kass! Neutral Zone (Ann Arbor’s Teen Center), 310 E. Washington, Ann Arbor MI. 734.214.9995 or info@neutral-zone.org
July
  5-11: THE JACK KEROUAC SCHOOL OF DISEMBODIED POETICS SUMMER WRITING PROGRAM. Week 4: Public Space--Performance and Small Press Publishing. Fellow faculty includes Penny Arcade, Douglas Dunn, Allan Kornblum, Rachel Levitsky, Akilah Oliver, Amiri Baraka. The following programs are open to the public: 7:30 pm Tuesday--Faculty reading with Michelle Naka-Pierce, Joanna Howard, Rachel Levitsky, Danielle Dutton and Brian Evenson; 7:30 pm Wednesday--Student reading; 7:30 pm Thursday--Faculty reading with me, Julie Patton, Douglas Dunn, Anne Waldman, Amiri Baraka. 7:30 pm Friday--Student/faculty performance salon; 7:30 pm Saturday--Faculty reading with Laynie Browne, Steven Taylor, Selah Saterstrom, Penny Arcade. Naropa University, Boulder CO. 303.444.0202
  14-18: STONECOAST MFA RESIDENCY. Other faculty include David Mura, Tim Seibles, Aaron Hamburger, Patrick Rosal Debra Marquart, Kazim Ali, Jaed Coffin, Nancy Holder Quincy Troupe. Brunswick, ME. 207.780.5262.
  26-30: HAMLINE UNIVERSITY SUMMER WRITING WORKSHOP. I’m poetry faculty; fiction is Wells Tower and creative nonfiction is Scott Russell Sanders. On the campus of St. Olaf College, Northfield MN. 651.523.2047
August
  11: CANTAB LOUNGE. I’m goin’ home to my favorite poetry audience ever! 8 pm, 738 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge MA. $3. More at slamnews.com.
  14: DRUMS INSIDE YOUR CHEST. Poetry concert founded by actress Amber Tamblyn. Details TBA. Los Angeles, CA.
  15-19: OMEGA INSTITUTE CELEBRATION OF POETRY CONFERENCE. Details TBA. Rhinebeck, NY. 877.944.2002.