Friends, family, fans, and collaborators of the late Fanny Howe join in celebration of the great American poet and protector of the mystics of the future. Remembrances of Howe will be shared alongside readings of her work, with words from Kazim Ali, Sarah Callery, Peter Gizzi, Laura Henriksen, Linda Norton, Issa Quincy, Ariana Reines, Eleni Sikelianos, Ocean Vuong, and more. Books and zines by and about Howe will be present, thanks to Divided Publishing, Graywolf Press, Nightboat Books, Rachelle Rahmé, Semiotext(e), and Worms Magazine—including a first look at This Poor Book, completed just before Howe’s death (Graywolf Press, 2026).
Fan Faire is co-organized by Rachelle Rahmé, Hard to Read, Chase Bell, and Ariana Reines.
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“Over the years I have written during days just like these, when there was snow, or cold, and some sense of safety and enclosure. More often I have written on the road in the middle of children, crowds at train stations, airports, motels, bus depots, in offices and schoolyards.”
—Fanny Howe, Night Philosophy (Divided Publishing, 2020)
Wednesday 4/8 in the Parish Hall at St Mark's Church. 7:30pm reception, 8pm event. Free to attend, no RSVP required.
Photo courtesy of the Estate of Fanny Howe.
“VIII” from etal adnan’s the arab apocalypse. jalal toufic writes to intro: “[…A]pocalypse, revelation, is withdrawn, occulted by the ‘apocalypse,’ the surpassing disaster, so that symptomatically apocalypse’s primary sense (from Greek apokalypsis, from apokalyptein to uncover, from apo- + kalyptein to cover) is occulted by its secondary meaning, and martyr’s primary sense, witness, is occulted by its secondary, vulgar meaning: ‘a person who suffers greatly or is killed because of their political or religious beliefs.’”
mock up of a class that will relaunch the rahmé school this spring. formal sign-up to come. thought i’d show the way the typewriter reveals weird densities in thought. excited about this one, too. i’m thinking late-april.
i’m helping to launch the english translation of Quintane’s great “The Cavalier” in which teaching and office jobs are sworn off as legitimate labor. jonathan larson translated this for winter editions. benjamin krusling and i will be reading with him at 6pm on tuesday, jan 27 at the jefferson market new york public library on 6th ave. between 9th and 10th. - find us in the willa cather room on the 1st floor… see you there
Please join us at Sunview Acropolis on the eve of the winter solstice Dec 20th for an evening of improvised and experimental music. This will be my first time hosting at the new space. I’m psyched that we found a new space - 2 Blocks Down - at Sunview Acropolis! 💛 Doors at 7:30 / Music at 8pm. Please feel free to msg me for details. We run on a donation basis with a pay what you can ethos. This is an intimate setting that respects neighbors so music 🎶 will be on the quieter side.
White Hot Priests - Rachelle Rahmé @rr.rahme + Abe Edelman (Vacuum Flowers) - new duo - first show - guitars, tapes, and minimal drum machine.
Rachelle Rahmé is a Lebanese-American poet interested in collaborative liberation methodologies. Abe Edelman is assciated with Vacuum Flowers - /track/3rd-person-talk
Cecilia López - @clopez_sz_ is a composer, improviser, and multimedia artist from Buenos Aires, currently based in New York City. Her interdisciplinary work spans performance, installation, and sound sculpture often involving the creation of original electronic sound systems and devices.
Marcia Bassett and Victoria Keddie - A first-time collaboration between Marcia Bassett @lilyruskroda and Victoria Keddie @vict_0r using modular synthesis and processed voice to explore transmissions and esoteric soundscapes. Marcia Bassett works in areas of sound, improvisation and visual creations. Bassett’s work is equal parts trance and critique. Victoria Keddie is an artist working with the instability of communication through error, interference, and the residual artifacts of transmission. #experimentalmusic #modularsynth #sound #livemusic #minimal #drummachine #voice #improvisedmusic #wintersolstice #sunviewacropolis
Happy pub day to Mercurial, or Is That Liberty? by Rachelle Rahmé!
Use code MERCURIAL on our website between now and the 19th for 40% off.
The debut poetry collection by Lebanese-American poet Rachelle Rahmé, Mercurial, or Is That Liberty? is the work of a dual citizen—dual in conscience, dual in political allegiance, in exteriority, in friction with gender’s dualism, aspiration’s dualism, and the ache of the ethical.
A lyrical reckoning with a dualism that has been accepted, rejected, embedded in an endless cycle of self-critique, until the border between its apparent halves became chipped, scuffed, no longer fitting together, then scoured, submerged in a watery subconscience, faded, and a gradient was formed by the fractal nature of its bonding, making something mercurial, or is that liberty?
“Fluidity and magical tangibility of wild mind has wonderful hold of the magnitude of poetry’s ability and original impulse to startle and command. Rachelle Rahmé’s imagination and drive in language, its moves and permutations is extraordinary. Sublime. Necessary to feel, hear, breathe this vital collection. Mercurial indeed, as it returns again, again. To startle and please and awaken the intellectus for lovers of poetry. Her passion kicks it, more than ever. Now, and now, the Eternal return.”
—Anne Waldman
“Rachelle Rahmé treats each reader as a new confidante. Her silvered voice is held taut, often flexing with the light. Matters of poetics are expertly hashed out among the hassles and glamour of everyday life. She can sketch a set scene or go tearing through several painted backdrops one after another. Her voice is so highly activated. A secret and bristling landscape is uncovered at every break in the line.”
—Cedar Sigo
detail of mail art going to @threefolddetroit for a fundraiser soon, titled “daydreaming of the loire.” ++ portrait of a writer’s hand by a very special guest photographer. i was thinking the algorithm should boost hand photos, then received this, so putting it out there
The Fall 2025 season is hot on our heels and we're back in the office, busy preparing to welcome you all back to St Mark's. Until then, we're pleased to share two late summer workshops, facilitated by Andrea Abi-Karam and Rachelle Rahmé.
We offer a limited number of scholarships for our Learning programming. To be considered for a scholarship, please apply by August 8. More information available @ poetryproject.org/learning
We hope you enjoy the rest of your summer, see you all very soon!
The Poetry Project
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