“COUPLET”—A Quarterly Poetry Reading Series & Social: Sat. Sept. 10th
Leah Umansky & DJ Ceremony present:
“COUPLET”—A Quarterly Poetry Reading Series & Social at The Delancey, LES.
The 5-Year Anniversary : Saturday, September 10, 2016 at The Delancey.
Produced by Leah Umansky & DJ Ceremony and hosted by poet Leah Umansky, Couplet is a quarterly reading series held on the Lower East Side featuring both emerging and established poets. Every event features music & after-party by DJ Ceremony.
#CoupletNYC
This edition’s featured poets:
1. JEN FITZGERALD
2. DOROTHEA LASKY
3. TOMMY PICO
4. JOHN REED
5. JEANANN VERLEE
6. MONICA YOUN
Your Hostess:
Leah Umansky is a poet, collagist and teacher in New York City. Her dystopian-themed chapbook, Straight Away the Emptied World is out now from Kattywompus Press in 2016. Her poems can be found in such places as POETRY, Thrush Poetry Journal, Faerie Magazine, Barrow Street and MAGMA. Some of her Game of Thrones inspired poems have been translated into Norwegian by Beijing Trondheim.
Your DJ:
Co-producer of Couplet, DJ Ceremony has played at well over 150 venues in and around New York City since 2001. He is the current producer and DJ of the celebrated monthly NYC Smiths & Morrissey fan party “Oscillate Wildly”. He also founded and co-produced a weekly neo-burlesque and variety show: “Corruption At Tammany Hall” in 2012, and currently produces an array of special themed parties around New York City. www.djceremony.com
The fine folks at Time Out New York named COUPLET one of the “best places to hear poetry aloud” in their August 14th, 2014 issue… we couldn’t agree more!
Leah Umansky & DJ Ceremony present:
“COUPLET”—A Quarterly Poetry Reading Series & Social
The 5-Year Anniversary!
Hosted by poet Leah Umansky with music by DJ Ceremony
Saturday, September 10, 2016, 7 to 10 PM
Venue: The Delancey, Lower live performance level
168 Delancey Street (Between Clinton & Attorney)
Lower East Side, NYC
#CoupletNYC