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Mark Doty, Eileen Myles, and an AIDS Poetic Retrospective

Presented by Harvard Art Museum at Thompson Room, Barker Center

November 24, 2009

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Mark Doty, Eileen Myles, and an AIDS Poetic Retrospective

Poetry reading in Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Doty is the author of My Alexandria and winner of a 2008 National Book Award. Myles, hailed as "the rock star of modern poetry," is the author of over 20 volumes of poetry, most recently Sorry, Tree. They will be joined by Harvard undergraduate poets reciting works by writers — Tory Dent, Melvin Dixon, Thom Gunn, Tony Kushner,...

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Poetry reading in Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

Introduction by Christina Davis, curator of the Woodberry Poetry Room.

Co-sponsored by the Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library.

Reception to follow at the Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street.

Free admission.

For more information, please contact Susannah Hutchison at 617-496-8576 or susannah_hutchison@harvard.edu.

The above program is presented in conjunction with ACT UP New York: Activism, Art, and the AIDS Crisis, 1987–1993, an exhibition of over 70 politically-charged posters, stickers, and other visual media that emerged during a pivotal moment of AIDS activism in New York City. Organized by the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and the Harvard Art Museum. On view at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts October 15–December 23, 2009.

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Thompson Room, Barker Center

12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission Info:
Free admission.

General Day and Time Info:
6:00 - 8:00 pm

Phone: 617-496-8576

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