Nov
07
with Peter Carlaftes & Robert Gibbons
Wed November 7th, 2012
7:30PM
The Gallery
Minimum Age: 21+
Doors Open: 6:30PM
Show Time: 7:30PM
free!
A New Series Celebrating
Two New Books on Three Rooms Press:
Close to the Tree, by Robert Gibbons
i fold with hand i was dealt, by Peter Carlaftes
Two of NYC’s premier poets—Robert Gibbons and Peter Carlaftes— share the stage at the third installment of The Launch Pad @ The Gallery at LPR, a new series, created by Three Rooms Press in partnership with Le Poisson Rouge, which brings newly published work of established and emerging poets from around the world to the New York spotlight.
additional information: info@threeroomspress.com
This is a general admission event in The Gallery at LPR.
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Three Rooms Press presents Launch Pad 10 – The official NYC launch of BAD: The Autobiography of James Carr
About BAD: The Autobiography of James Carr
An unapologetic, brutal memoir from notorious 60s career criminal and Black Panther James Carr. BAD covers Carr’s life from his first arrest at age 10, through merciless stints in San Quentin, through his post-incarceration murder in San Jose in 1972. A savage indictment of the American penal system. Includes a new introduction by his daughter, Gea Carr, and an afterword by his widow, Betsy Carr.
About Three Rooms Press
Three Rooms Press is a fierce New York-based independent publisher inspired by dada, punk and passion. Founded in 1993, it serves as a leading independent publisher of cut-the-edge creative, including fiction, memoir, poetry translations, drama and art. In addition, Three Rooms Press produces and promotes a variety of literary and cultural events in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and more, including readings, plays, workshops and concerts. Three Rooms Press books are distributed in the U.S. and internationally by PGW Perseus.
Peter Carlaftes
Peter Carlaftes is a poet, playwright, and performer and also co-director and chief editor at Three Rooms Press. He is the author of Drunkyard Dog, A Year On Facebook, Triumph For Rent (3 Plays), I Fold With the Hand I Was Dealt, & Teatrophy (3 More Plays).
Robert Gibbons
CLOSE TO THE TREE is the first full-length collection of poems from the lyrical, strong and hip ROBERT GIBBONS, commemorating the treasure of all who went before him and paints so many different shades of color it becomes an art exhibit. Robert grew up in Belle Glade, Florida, the eldest of five children, and earned a B.S. in History from Florida A&M. In 2007, he moved to New York City in search of his muse, Langston Hughes. Gibbons has studied with such master poets as Cornelius Eady, Marilyn Nelson, Klmiko Hahn and Nathalie Handal, and has participated in workshops at Cave Canem and the 92Y. His work has been published in numerous anthologies, including The Brownstone Poets Anthology, Dinner with the Muse (Ra Rays Press), The Cartier Street Review, Nomad’s Choir, and Maintenant 6: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Art & Literature (Three Rooms Press). His poetry may also be heard on the CD Brain Ampin’ (Logo Chrysalis Productions).