9/27: It's Litquake time! I do like to rave about events, but I especially, especially, especially like to rave about these.On October 13, join the fabulous Hollie Hardy and me for Flight of Poets at the Hotel Rex. We'll team up with six poets and a sommelier to pair delicious poetry with delightful wine. Want to know what it tastes like to drink noir poetry or zen haiku or a deep red sonnet? In this event poetry and wine are paired- we talk about the poems in terms of the wine and the vines in terms of the verses. Get your tickets early at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/193193And I'd be so delighted to see you also when I read with Daniel Handler and Matthew Zapruder at LitCrawl on October 15 at the Latin American Club. Details about that reading here:
http://litcrawl.org/sf/events/event/mcsweeney%E2%80%99s-the-believer-present/5/10: A couple of great things to share. First a piece from the NYTimes about the joys of farming with oxen:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/dining/04oxen.htmlThen a three upcoming readings- two readings on May 13 in Salem, Massachusetts as part of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival:
http://masspoetry.org/Then one reading as part of the launch of BEST NEW CALIFORNIA WRITING! In the Bay Area, I'll read a love song to my home town, May 25. Stay posted.
4/5: It's my pleasure to share this review of the fabulous Maureen McLane, from this special poetry issue of the Boston Review:
http://bostonreview.net/BR36.2/tess_taylor_maureen_n_mclane.php
2/1: Something fun and funny, courtesy of Daniel Nester:
http://wewhoareabouttodie.com/2010/11/19/getting-to-know-tess-taylor/
1/31: It's a bitter winter, but I'm looking forward to a few neat spring events. I've left the Berkshires, but I'm looking forward to this awesome panel on "first loves" with Leslie Harrison and Katie Peterson at the Edith Wharton's home, The Mount, in Lenox Massachusetts. Deets:
http://www.edithwharton.org/events-detail.php?record=68And later this spring I'll be reading twice at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival:
http://masspoetry.org/the-festival/. Stay tuned!
9/19: Fall readings announced, in California. On October 6, Tess pairs wine with great local poets as part of
LITQUAKE at Hotel Rex. On October7, she's teaching and reading at
Monterey Peninsula College. On October 9, she's reading with Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Robin Ekiss at a
San Francisco Laundromat. Come on out.
6/14: Summer readings announced! July 25, 3:30 pm at the Mount, Lenox, MA, and August 23, 7pm, Bryant Park, NYC. Hope to see you there.
5/10: The reviews are in! Well, in the Articles section, that is. All the reviews back to 2000 are in there, with essays to follow next.
5/9: Launched the new website! It's very much under construction, but please check back daily and see all the new info!