Adrian Matejka http://adrianmatejka.com/reads Author of Mixology Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:47:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Peteroy’s Irrelevant Questions for Relevant Writers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdrianMatejka/~3/GcL64Eh0QD8/peteroys-irrelevant-questions-for-relevant-writers http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/work/peteroys-irrelevant-questions-for-relevant-writers#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:25:25 +0000 Adrian http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/?p=826 Don Peteroy at The Cincinnati Review asked if I would trade poems for a new album by Public Enemy. You can read our exchange here.

In honor of this imaginary Public Enemy album, one of my all-time favorite cuts, “Don’t Believe the Hype”:

]]> http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/work/peteroys-irrelevant-questions-for-relevant-writers/feed 0 http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/work/peteroys-irrelevant-questions-for-relevant-writers Fort Gondo Poetry Series http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdrianMatejka/~3/BpdF3tgFLwI/fort-gondo-poetry-series http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/fort-gondo-poetry-series#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:17:43 +0000 Adrian http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/?p=819 I’ll be reading with Sally Van Doren as part of the Fort Gondo Poetry Series.

WHEN:

February 17 , 2012 at 7:00pm

WHERE:

Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts

3151 Cherokee Street

Saint Louis, MO 63118

 

 

]]> http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/fort-gondo-poetry-series/feed 0 http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/fort-gondo-poetry-series African American Read-In http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdrianMatejka/~3/P3uGCUHXE9k/african-american-read-in http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/african-american-read-in#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:06:12 +0000 Adrian http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/?p=811 I’ll be reading as part of the African American Read-In at Penn State-Altoona.

WHEN:

February 13, 2012 at 5:30pm

WHERE:

Harry E. Slep Student Center

3000 Ivyside Park

Altoona, PA 16601

]]> http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/african-american-read-in/feed 0 http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/african-american-read-in Pen American Center Poetry Relay http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdrianMatejka/~3/WDNwGL6YBms/pen-american-center-poetry-relay-2 http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/work/pen-american-center-poetry-relay-2#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:34:10 +0000 Adrian http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/?p=784 My friend and poet extraordinaire, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, tagged me in the Pen American Center’s Poetry Relay. You can find the audio and text of five poems from the Jack Johnson project here.

I found this image and some others of Jack Johnson here. The source images are much higher quality than this.

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“In Walked Bud” was inspired by the Thelonious Monk song of the same name from his live album, Misterioso:

]]> http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/work/platte-valley-review/feed 0 http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/work/platte-valley-review Sound Waves: Buddhism & The Beats http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdrianMatejka/~3/iIBOcCNMXb4/sound-waves-buddhism-the-beats http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/sound-waves-buddhism-the-beats#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:45:42 +0000 Adrian http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/?p=769 I’ll be reading as part of The Pulitzer Foundation’s Buddhism & The Beats Reading.

WHEN:

December 8, 2011 from 6:00-9:00 p.m.

WHERE:

The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

3716 Washington Boulevard

St. Louis, MO 63108

]]> http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/sound-waves-buddhism-the-beats/feed 0 http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/sound-waves-buddhism-the-beats Jack Johnson on the Illinois Poet Laureate Website http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdrianMatejka/~3/_puaiyU6wxM/jack-johnson-on-the-illinois-poet-laureate-website http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/work/jack-johnson-on-the-illinois-poet-laureate-website#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:43:34 +0000 Adrian http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/?p=759 Many thanks to Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein for including my work on the Poet Laureate website. You can find text and audio of poems from The Big Smoke here.

 

]]> http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/work/jack-johnson-on-the-illinois-poet-laureate-website/feed 0 http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/work/jack-johnson-on-the-illinois-poet-laureate-website Jack Johnson on the Black Studies Blog http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdrianMatejka/~3/LCqj8J-BlkI/jack-johnson-on-the-black-studies-blog http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/work/jack-johnson-on-the-black-studies-blog#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:34:22 +0000 Adrian http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/?p=753 My friend and cultural scholar, Howard Ramsby, just posted a series of links to some of the Jack Johnson poems on SIUE’s Black Studies Blog. Thanks for your continued support, Howard!

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WHEN:

October 7, 2011 at 2:00pm

WHERE:

Chandler Recital Hall

Old Dominion University

4810 Elkhorn Ave

Norfolk, VA 23508

 

]]> http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/old-dominion-university-literary-festival/feed 0 http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/old-dominion-university-literary-festival 100 Thousand Poets for Change http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdrianMatejka/~3/GwRfXWWPh8E/100-thousand-poets-for-change http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/news/100-thousand-poets-for-change#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:55:17 +0000 Adrian http://adrianmatejka.com/reads/?p=741 I’ll be reading as part of St. Louis’s 100 Thousand Poets for Change Reading.

WHEN:

September 24, 2011 at 9:00pm

WHERE:

The Way Out Club
2525 S. Jefferson Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63104

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