A reading by Tan Lin and Mónica de la Torre, hosted by MFA student Elijah Jackson, followed by a reception/signing. Tan Lin is the author of over 13 books, including Heath Course Pak (2012), Bib. Rev. Ed., Insomnia and the Aunt (2011), 7 Controlled Vocabularies and Obituary 2004. The Joy of Cooking (2010), Plagiarism/Outsource (2009), Ambience is a Novel with a Logo (2007), BlipSoak01 (2003), and Lotion Bullwhip Giraffe (2000). His work has appeared in numerous journals including Conjunctions, Artforum, Criticism, boundary2, Cabinet, the New York Times Book Review, Art in America, and Purple. His video, theatrical, and LCD work have been shown at Artists Space, the Marianne Boesky Gallery, the Yale Art Museum, Sophienholm Museum (Copenhagen), Ontological Hysterical Theatre, and as a solo show at Treize Gallery in Paris. Lin earned a PhD from Columbia University. He currently teaches creative writing at Columbia University and New Jersey City University. His novel, Our Feelings Were Made by Hand is forthcoming from Coffee House. Mónica de la Torre’s seven poetry books include Pause the Document (forthcoming from Nightboat in March 2025), Repetition Nineteen, The Happy End / All Welcome, and two collections in Spanish published in her native Mexico City. Among other anthologies, she co-edited Women in Concrete Poetry 1959–79 and is the recipient of a 2022 Creative Capital grant and the 2022 Foundation for Contemporary Arts C.D. Wright Award for Poetry. She teaches poetry and experiments in translation at Brooklyn College.
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