Dennis Cooper and Eileen Myles: October 15, 2017

The Poetry Center presents Dennis Cooper and Eileen Myles reading at McRoskey Mattress Co., San Francisco. Dennis Cooper reads his early story "My Mark," included in the New Narrative anthology Writers Who Love Too Much: New Narrative Writing 1977-1997, edited by Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian (Nightboat Books, 2017). Eileen Myles reads an older poem along with new poems in manuscript form before reading from her book Afterglow (a dog memoir) (Grove Press, 2017). This event is co-sponsored by The Poetry Center and The Green Arcade, in conjunction with Communal Presence: New Narrative Writing Today, a conference held at UC Berkeley and related venues, October 13-15, 2017, organized and convened by Daniel Benjamin, Chris Chen, Lyn Hejinian, and Eric Sneathen.

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McRoskey Mattress Co., San Francisco
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10/15/2017
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Dennis Cooper (00:32:21)

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Dennis Cooper reads in its entirety "My Mark," his early (1981) short story and his contribution to the anthology Writers Who Love Too Much. He opens by calling the story "the most New Narrative thing I ever wrote."

Eileen Myles (00:34:29)

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Eileen Myles reads an older poem titled "Mount Saint Helens." She then reads newer poems in manuscript: "Transmission," "The Vow," "A Little Bit," "Creep," "Dear Adam," and "The West." She follows by reading an extended excerpt from her book Afterglow (a dog memoir), which is told from the perspective of a pitbull she adopted named Rosie. The section is titled "The Dog's Journey."

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