A NOTE ON THE MAKING OF THE RECORDING Last spring, I was offered the chance to sit with a group of insanely talented musicians and transform a handful of my poems into something else, something new. The words came alive in ways that were unexpected, unsettling, moving. Some history: I’ve collaborated with Guy Barash since […]
FICTION & AUTOFICTION: Italian Novelist Andrea Bajani (Rice University) in conversation with Nick Flynn (English / CWP Dept.) and Rodrigo Hasbún (Hispanic Studies Dept.). Alessandro Carrera (Modern and Classical Languages) will moderate the discussion.
THE NINE DREAMS / BLAKE & THE APOCALYPSE: A multidisciplinary performance of William Blake’s unfinished epic masterpiece Vala. Blake writes: I have planted a false oath in the earth, it has brought forth a poison tree. Blake began Vala at the dawn of the industrial age, when factories began billowing smoke over London—among other timely […]
In 2020 Ze Books published my book STAY: threads, conversations, collaborations—this was the second volume of a new inprint by visionary record producer Michael Zilkha (Ze Records). At this UK launch I will read from STAY.
I will be racing a car I made during this annual event, MC'd by the amazing PAT OLESZKO
A free screening of the documentary film by Larry Locke about the enigmatic Willy DeVille, who fronted Mink DeVille (their first album is one of the greatest debuts of all time—I’m a talking head in the film)…this will be a screening followed by a panel discussion / q&a.
SOLD OUT (but feel free to sign up for waiting list)
directed by marc beaudin, I hope to make it to opening night...
