Wednesday, July 31, 6-8pm

An evening of poetry as part of the closing reception for First Language, Debra Pearlman’s Plus/Space installation. Poets include Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Jennifer Firestone and Kimberly Lyons.

Rachel Blau DuPlessis’s notable long poem Drafts is forthcoming in two volumes from Coffee House Press. Her other recent books are from Black Square Editions, CHAX Press, and Selva Oscura. In her career as a poet-critic, she has written extensively on gender, poetry and both feminist and objectivist poetics. She lives in Philadelphia. 

Jennifer Firestone is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Story by Ugly Duckling Presse and has co-edited two anthologies, including one forthcoming from MIT Press, Other Influences: An Untold History of Feminist Avant-Garde Poetry.  She is an associate professor of writing and co-chair of literary studies (writing) at Eugene Lang College, The New School.

Kimberly Lyons’ books of poetry and chapbooks include Approximately Near Metambesendotorg) and Capella (Oread Press). Her poems have appeared in Readings in Contemporary Poetry: An Anthology, and Best American Poetry 2023.  Her poetry and prose have appeared recently in The Swan, Middlelost, Columba, Big Other, Live Mag, Broadside Portfolio #1, and Blazing Stadium. She lives in Brooklyn.

Debra Pearlman, detail: Relief 2, UV print and aluminum, 3ft. x 5 ft. x 2ft, 2024