Launch of Dearest Annie, You Wanted A Report on Berkson’s Class…

The collected letters of Frances LeFevre Waldman, edited by Lisa Birman with introduction by Bill Berkson and afterword by Anne Waldman, is an engaging, at times hilarious, elegant romp covering Frances’ time in Bill Berkson’s workshop at the New School with Hannah Weiner, Bernadette Mayer, Peter Schjeldahl, and Michael Brownstein. With readings by Bob Hershon, Lewis Warsh, Michael Brownstein, Charles North, Eileen Myles, Ron Padgett, Alisa Sikelianos, Anne Waldman, Ambrose Bye & Devin Waldman.