Word for Word Poetry: A Tribute to Jason Shinder with Mary Louise Parker, Michael O'Keefe and More

Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Word for Word Poetry: A Tribute to Jason Shinder with Mary Louise Parker, Michael O’Keefe and More

Academy Award-nominated actor Michael O’Keefe hosts a special poetry event dedicated to the late Jason Shinder with special celebrity readers and contributors to his latest collection, ‘The Poem I Turn To: Actors and Directors Present Poetry That Inspires Them’. Special guest readers include: Mary Louise Parker, Jon Robin Baitz, Bob Balaban, Melissa Leo, Michael Lally, Matthew Maher, Alix Lambert, Carol Muske Dukes and more.

Jason Shinder was the founder and director of the YMCA National Writer’s Voice, as well as the director of Sundance Institute’s Writing Program. He taught in the graduate writing programs at Bennington College and the New School University. His awards and fellowships include serving as Poet Laureate of Provincetown, MA, and a 2007 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He divided his time between Provincetown and New York City. Shinder died in April 2008.

Location: The Bryant Park Reading Room located on the 42nd Street side of the park – under the trees – between the back of the NYPL & 6th Avenue. Look for the burgundy and white umbrellas.
Bryant Park phone number: 212-768-4242

Directions to Bryant Park: Subways B, D, F, V to 6th Ave. 42nd St. 7 line to 5th Ave. 42nd St.; Bus M1, M2, M3, M4, Q32, to 5th Ave. 42nd St.; M5, M6, M7 to 6th Ave. 42nd St.

Rain Venue:
Library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
20 West 44th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenue)
212.921.1767

The website link for the entire series including poetry, kids and writers is here:
http://www.bryantpark.org/calendar/wordforword.php
All programming is subject to change
The events are FREE and open to the public