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An exchange between Pittsburgh poet Terrance Hayes and Flemish novelist Paul Mennes. The writers were the inaugural authors in a new city-to-city “writer residency exchange” between City of Asylum/Pittsburgh and Het Beschrijf of Brussels.
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For the first time this summer, City of Asylum created an exchange with Passa Porta, a literary organization in Brussels. It brought Paul Mennes, a Belgian writer, to Pittsburgh and sent Terrance Hayes, a National Book Award winning poet, to Brussels
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On Thursday June 23, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh partnered with the African-American poetry collective Cave Canem to host a reading with poets Toi Derricotte, Cornelius Eady, Natasha Trethewey, and Amiri Baraka.
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Read Hang Dogg, a poem from Emanuel’s collection Noose and Hook, which explores America’s wars, food, poetry, painting, death—and oh yes, dogs.
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On June 18, the New Hazlett Theater will present ‘Speaking of…Noir!’ — a night of mystery stories, dubstep/ballet/break dance fusion, soul and jazz, and the spoken word, including a reading by Terrance Hayes.
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A poem from Lighthead, Hayes’s fourth collection and winner of the 2010 National Book Award in poetry. This innovative collection presents a light-headed mind trying to pull against gravity and time.
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