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701 Dauphine St., corner of Dauphine and St. Peter
17 Poets! Reading Series
is a weekly literary series that takes place on Thursday nights at The Gold Mine in New Orleans' historic French Quarter, featuring nationally & internationally renowned poets, writers and painters who are featured regularly throughout the year in this multi-disciplinary art space. 17 Poets! Reading Series is coordinated by poets Dave Brinks and Megan Burns. This very celebrated literary series has been running 2 1/2 years and has produced over 130 literary programs in that time. Some of the recent literary productions and national press coverage at The Gold Mine showcasing poets & artists from the New Orleans poetry community include:
PBS The News Hours with Jim Lehrer (This documentary aired on television in April '06, coast-to-coast)
MIT Research & Logistics in Literary Communities (compiling & documenting the recent New Orleans' literary movement, including poets & artists from the community)
National Public Radio (on-going coverage examining the roles of poets & artists in the New Orleans community since the hurricane)
Some of the distinguished authors who recently have visited New Orleans and featured at 17 Poets! Reading Series include:
Bernadette Mayer
Lee Ann Brown
John Sinclair
Pierre Joris
Nicole Peyrafitte
Gordon Walmsley
Simon Pettet
Ed Sanders
Alice Notley
17 Poets! Keeping the podium lit for poetry.
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