Performa Poetry Series

THE CREATORS PROJECT | Poetry Makes a Brief, Triumphant Stand at Performa

NOVEMBER 19, 2015 — The three readings are curated by Mark Beasley to explore the “distinct and peculiar motifs of language online.”

HYPERALLERGIC | At Performa, Two Poets Make Online Language Flexible and Freeing

NOVEMBER 13, 2015 — At A&E Studios, for the new Performa Poetry Series, titled What if someone told u you were significant?, there were beach chairs and free beer — and the added environment of an art installation by Heather Phillipson, whose videos channeling the experience of online shopping were apt for a reading dedicated to poets “whose works borrow the distinct and peculiar motifs of language online.”

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NOVEMBER 9, 2015 - Featuring Alt-Lit poets, a group of millennial writers brought together by an Internet connection to create poetry and prose using the very language of digital communication that both alienates and comforts us in everyday life.