Elk River Books Reading with Michael Earl Craig
On May 29th, I will join Michael Earl Craig for a reading in Livingston, MT at Elk River Books.
on May 20, 2014
On May 29th, I will join Michael Earl Craig for a reading in Livingston, MT at Elk River Books.
The inaugural Tooth & Bristle reading at Hyde Park Books at 7 PM on Friday, November 15th, featuring the all-star cast of Joel Bartron, Daphne Stanford, Adrian Kien, and Christian Winn.
Reading in San Diego at the Digital Gym / Media Arts Center with Anna Carrete and Grant Leuning. Hosted by the fabuloso editeurs de 1913.
on May 5, 2013
A reading at the Cottonwood Club in Bozeman, MT hosted by Dalton C. Brink with Adrian Kien, Max Hjortsberg, and Michael Earl Craig and special musicial guest Jason Lytle.
In honor of National Poetry Month, the BOISE 150 Sesqui-Shop hosted Boise’s Poet Laureate, Diane Raptosh, and three other local poets, Adrian Kien, Kim Philley, and Megan Williams, for a reading of their poetry.
GHOST TOKENS #5: IN/BEACON/OUT happening on APRIL 6TH, 2013 featuring JAMEY BRADEN, ADRIAN KIEN, TARA ATKINSON. LIGHT RAIL STOP MEET UP: MT. BAKER.
JOURNEY WITH US THROUGH BEACON HILL. FOR FREE.
A READING.
Poet Adrian Kien on taxidermy, the fetish of admiration, and his new book, The Caress is a Letter of Instruction (Slope Editions, 2013).
http://thewritersblockboise.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/poet-adrian-kien-interviewed-by-j-reuben-appelman/
From Slope Editions:
The poems in Adrian Kien’s new collection comprise a poetic dialogue between a professional taxidermist, Rob, and his “trophy” wife, Robin. Language becomes tyrannical. At issue in these poems is the contrast between the concepts of freedom found in Nature and that of property, the consumption of Nature and the ownership of one’s self, one’s body, one’s language, one’s memory and experiences. These issues are relevant to our thinking about traditions, memories and property; anything that we think we own.
Available now on the Slope Editions website.
Or locally in Boise at Hyde Park Books.
We’d Like to Ask You Some Questions, Adrian Kien 2013
From the book: Who Is There, published by Blazevox 2008
Download book: http://www.blazevox.org/ebk-akien-REAL.pdf
I was invited to participate in a group exhibition based on the theme “Unfinished.” The exhibition is up through February 2013.
Read an article in the Idaho Statesman about the exhibition.
Death Songs “Let This Body Go” from Post-Consumer on Vimeo.
on June 1, 2012
Look Up is a 32-page, full-color book of drawings by Kelly Packer and poetry by Adrian Kien. The book is a companion piece to an exhibition at Enso Artspace. The book features 10 beautifully reproduced images of oil bar drawings. Each piece is accompanied by a poem.
From the introduction by Adrian Kien:
“The poems and drawings are not supposed to be illustrations or explanations of each other. Instead they seek to inhabit a third space, something akin to a musician conducting a theremin. Lean in and you hear the tiny tapping of aphids crawling over tulip petals. Lean out and you see your body projected in x-rays.”
You can view all 10 pieces in the book at Kelly’s website: http://www.kellypacker.com/portfolio/art_work_by_series/category/look-up/
The drawings in the book are square 12 x 12 inch pieces.
The book is 8.5 x 8.5 inches and has a soft-cover. The interior pages are printed on a luscious 100-lb paper. It is published by Chaos Editions (self-published) and is a limited-edition of 200. Each copy is numbered and signed by the authors.
The book is available on Etsy.
Another year, another session of poetry on demand. I will be creating poems for all at the Modern Art 2010 event. Come visit me and J. Reuben Appelman on the balcony.
I participated in the Fence and 1913 AWP Reading Event at Mario’s Double Daughter Salotto in Denver, CO. Also on the bill were Macgregor Card, Bruce Covey, Ben Doller, Brandon Downing, Aaron Kunin, Richard Meier, Josie Sigler, Edwin Torres, Cathy Wagner and Lynn Xu.
The Mouth and Thistle reading series hosted Boyd Ni and I. We read our new translations published by Free Poetry. Ni read his translations of Raul Zurita. I read my translations of Christian Prigent and selections from my recent project – 100 poems in 100 days.
A performance at the 8th Street Marketplace part of the Artists in Residence (AiR) program, March 2009.
on May 5, 2008