Upcoming/latest publications, events, readings, performances
Next reading at Familiar Trees, on Saturday 5/25: Vincent Katz and Cole Heinowitz! All readings: 5:00 - 7:00 PM. This series is curated by Evelyn Reilly and me.
I am thrilled and honored to be participating in the CRAIG WATSON MEMORIAL READING on Saturday 4/20, from 1:00-3:00 pm at Torn Page, 435 W. 22nd St. NYC, along with ten great poets including Bruce Andrews, Lee Ann Brown, Miles Champion, Andrew Levy and Geoff Young. Limited number of tickets are available at Eventbrite
Next up at Familiar Trees, on Saturday 4/27: Trace Peterson and Marianne Shaneen! All readings: 5:00 - 7:00 PM. These readings are curated by Evelyn Reilly and me.
Super reading in March at Familiar Trees! Saturday, 3/30, from 5-7, Evelyn Reilly and Michael Ruby!
Coming right up! In February at Familiar Trees: Saturday, 2/24, from 5-7, Peter Gizzi and Brenda Coultas!
What’s next at Familiar Trees? Geoff Young and Chris Funkhouser! …Sat Jan 20, 2024 from 5 - 7, 80 Railroad St., Great Barrington, MA. Curated by myself and Evelyn Reilly.
On November 12 the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s in New York City for the third time served as the producer for a dramatization of my work, presenting, in the church’s Sanctuary, I AM ANGRY AT A FORCE I CANNOT SEE: BASED ON THE POETRY OF MICHAEL GOTTLIEB, a staged adaptation of ‘The Voices’, my long poem about Covid and NYC, and ‘The Dust,’ my long poem about 9/11. (both of which appear in the Selected Poems). This production was directed by Chana Porter, with sound and music by Rohan Chander and video by ray ferreira, with support from the Axe-Houghton Foundation.
My Collected Memoirs is now out from Chax, in a uniform edition matching the Collected Essays, which Chax published in March 2023, and Selected Poems, which Chax published in 2021.
Book Party and reading! …on Saturday November 12 at 5:00 pm, at Familiar Trees in Great Barrington, MA, to celebrate the publication of the Collected Memoirs.
Next at Familiar Trees: our reading at the end this October…. Charles Alexander, Jeanne Heuving and Ted Pearson. Sat. October 28, 5-7 pm., curated by myself and Evelyn Reilly.
And.… Familiar Trees: our reading at the end this month will feature…. Kimberly Alidio and Marcella Durand. Sat. Sept 30, 5-7 pm., curated by myself and Evelyn Reilly.
Release Party! …for Drew Gardner’s new anthology, INGENIOUS PLEASURES, published by University of New Mexico Press (see below for more about this book). I’ll be reading there on Sunday, September 17, https://silvana-nyc.com/. More details to follow.
Coming up next at Familiar Trees: Rebecca Wolff and Caleb Beckwith, Aug 25, 5-7 pm, curated by myself and Evelyn Reilly.
I am thrilled, and honored, that Mark Young has excerpted sections from my upcoming Selected Memoirs to be published by Chax, forthcoming, in the latest - and, sadly, last issue of Otoliths, published today, August 1, 2023.
I’ll be reading at this year’s Boston Poetry Marathon, which runs August 5 - 6, at the Community Church of Boston in Copley Square. It’s always great!
I’ll also be participating in the Flowchart Foundation’s “The Ingenious Mode: A Gathering” event in Hudson, NY on Day 2, July 23.… There are a ton of fabulous people presenting, over two days and one night. It is going to be fabulous. Fabulous!
And there’s more! Coming up next at Familiar Trees: erica kaufman and Joshua Beckman, Sat. July 29, 5-7 pm. Not to miss! These readings are curated by myself and Evelyn Reilly.
Next! The next great reading at Familiar Trees: James Sherry and Anna Vitale, Sat. June 24, 5-7 pm. Don’t Miss it! Also, happy to announce that these readings are now being curated by myself and Evelyn Reilly.
Thrilled to be included in Drew Gardner’s new anthology, INGENIOUS PLEASURES, published by University of New Mexico Press, available June 1. And, yes, you can preorder!
Another fabulous reading coming up at Familiar Trees, curated by Brandon Downing and me. Friday, May 19 at 5:00 PM: Gillian Conoley, Eleni Sikelianos and Dara Barrois/Dixon at Familiar Trees Books’ NEW AND EXPANDED location: 80 Railroad Street, Great Barrington MA 01230 www.familiartrees.com
Another great reading coming up at Familiar Trees, curated by Brandon Downing and me. Saturday, March 25 at 6:00 PM: Evelyn Reilly and Christian Schlegel. Familiar Trees Books, 47 Railroad Street Great Barrington MA 01230 www.familiartrees.com
BOOK PARTIES FOR COLLECTED ESSAYS! …FRIDAY MARCH 10 at 5:30 PM, In Great Barrington MA, at Familiar Trees bookstore, 148 Railroad St. …SATURDAY MARCH 11 at 2:00 PM, in New York City, at Torn Page, 435 W. 22 St. (please register for NYC event https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chax-at-torn-page-tickets-567251704117). See you there!
COLLECTED ESSAYS, coming out from Chax in March 2023! …in a uniform edition matching the Selected Poems which Chax published in 2021. Stay tuned for book parties and readings! COLLECTED ESSAYS is now available for sale by Chax. Also, for a limited time, COLLECTED ESSAYS is available in a specially priced bundle with the Selected Poems.
A great upcoming reading! Brenda Iijima and Eugene Ostashevsky, the latest Readings at Familiar Trees, which I’m curating with Brandon Downing. Saturday, Feb 11, 2023, 4-6pm. Familiar Trees, 47 Railroad Street Great Barrington MA 01230 www.familiartrees.com
A great upcoming reading! Todd Colby and Jasmine Dreame Wagner, the latest Readings at Familiar Trees, which I’m curating with Brandon Downing. Saturday, January 28, 2023, 4-6pm. Familiar Trees, 47 Railroad Street Great Barrington MA 01230 www.familiartrees.com
STACY SZYMASZEK and TED DODSON! I am thrilled to be helping organize & host a reading in Great Barrington, MA for these two SUPER poets on NOVEMBER 12 at Familiar Trees Bookstore, 47 Railroad St. For more info: www.familiartrees.com
A SHOW OF MY COLLAGES AND PHOTOS: Familiar Trees in Great Barrington MA will be presenting an exhibition of my collages and photos. Very exciting! This work was created to illustrate my first book, Local Color/Eidetic Deniers, published by Alan Davies/Other Publications in 1978. The show will run from Sat. Sept 17 to Sat Oct 1. There will be a reception at the gallery on Sat Oct 1 at 5:00 PM.
CLARK COOLIDGE AND ARDA COLLINS! I am thrilled to be helping organize & host a reading in Great Barrington, MA for these two fabulous poets on Sept 17 at Familiar Trees Bookstore, 47 Railroad St. For more info: www.familiartrees.com
It’s BOSTON POETRY MARATHON time!! I will be participating again. This year I’ll be reading - virtually - on Friday, August 5. https://bostonpoetrymarathon.wordpress.com/
ASHBERY AT 95 AND THE TENNIS COURT OATH! Just thrilled to be participating in this wonderful event on Sunday, July 31 in Hudson, NY at the Flow Chart Foundation. You can learn more about THIRTEEN MILLION PILLARS OF GRASS: A GATHERING OF POETS, WRITERS, SCHOLARS, ARTISTS, PERFORMERS, AND READERS honoring John Ashbery on what would have been his 95th birthday here.
CRAIG WATSON MEMORIAL READING - I’m pleased to be joining this tribute to Craig Watson on Sunday, June 5, at 4:30 ET on Zoom. Here are the details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82826008459?pwd=U21QZkhUd0xrOElqZzhFN1hUK1JsUT09 Meeting ID: 828 2600 8459 Passcode: 75123
BOOK PARTY!!! For all you folks up here north of NYC, we’ll be getting together in Great Barrington, MA for a much-delayed book party for The Selected on Sat. April 9 at 5:00 PM. Location: the wonderful new bookstore in Great Barrington: Familiar Trees, 7 Railroad Street. Great Barrington, MA 02130. See you there!
A REVIEW of my Selected Poems has just gone up on Heavy Feather Review: (thank you Steven Fraccaro and Heavy Feather): https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2022/02/10/michael-gottlieb/
Next! …I’ll be appearing at the Poetry Project at St. Marks’ annual New Years Marathon (virtually, that is)… stay tuned (actually I’ve already recorded it)
Just read as part of the Welcome to Boog City 15 Arts Festival, a fundraiser for Boog and its endeavors on Sun. Sept. 26
Exquisite Pandemic has just republished The Dust, my 9/11 poem. Also included here is an introduction/memoir piece of mine about the writing of that poem (‘About The Dust’), which is excerpted from The Selected: https://www.exquisitepandemic.com/gottlieb-dust
NOW: Michael Hickins has just released the first drop of his new podcast, ‘But I Digress’…. an interview with me: https://anchor.fm/michael-hickins/episodes/But-I-Digress-with----Michael-Gottlieb-e1552ns
Fall 2021: Selected Poems of Michael Gottlieb, published by Chax! … with a preface by Ron Sillilman, introduction by Lonely Christopher, blurbs by Brenda Iijima and Rodrigo Toscano…. it’s coming in September!!
Rodrigo Toscano has just conducted a dialogue with me, just published on The Operating System, available through Medium: here