Almost Completely Understanding / Words to My Llama
February 04, 08:00PM until 11:59PM
Lester's Bar, 2519 NW 2nd ave., Miami, FL 33127 (map)
An evening of textual and aural excitement at Lester's Bar, with:
P. Scott Cunningham
Matthew Abess
David Gonzalez
w/ varia presented for neural pleasure
poetry, fiction, analog sounds
readings and DJing
etc.
Billy Collins and Mary Oliver
April 01, 03:00PM until 04:30PM
Knight Concert Hall, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33132 (map)
In honor of National Poetry Month, O, Miami presents the two most popular poets in America: Billy Collins and Mary Oliver.
Billy Collins has published eight collections of poetry and was the United States Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003 and the New York State Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006. He was named a "Literary Lion" by the New York Public Library and has been awarded fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In October 2004, Collins was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s Mark Twain Prize for Humor in Poetry.
Mary Oliver has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award for Poetry, the Lannan Foundation Literary Award, the New England Booksellers Association Award for Literary Excellence, and the Poetry Society of America’s Shelley Memorial Award, among others. She has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship. The New York Times described her as "far and away, this country's [America's] best-selling poet." She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts and Hobe Sound, Florida.
Pancake Breakfast with Michael Bay
July 12
Undisclosed, but awesome. And probably at an IHOP or Waffle House we've rented for the day.
An intimate round-table breakfast with the Wesleyan graduate and University of Wynwood Film Professor. Your choice of plain, blueberry, banana, or chocolate chip. Vegan options also available. Invite-only to only the most loyal members of the Lady Python Nation, so sign up now.
