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The 45th Annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading

There are three things to consider when the New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon sweeps you into its gracefully uncouth embrace – what it is, what it was, and who you will be when it’s over. An untamed gathering of the heart’s secret, wild nobility – over 140 poets together revealing not just that a better life could exist, but that it already does, sexy and wise, rancorous and sweet, big hearted and mad as hell. An avenging engine of resistance and eager vehicle of the nascent year. The Marathon measures its success through insurrectionist reframings of the universe, an in-it-together courage that crafts a community out of the riot of lineages and traditions we all emerge from. This collective effort also helps fund as many as 65 additional events every year. It’s our largest fundraiser, and arguably the most inspired ongoing literary event in the city.

Book Donors: *Akashic Books, Alice James, Belladonna, Black Sparrow, Bloof Books, BookThug, Brooklyn Arts Press, Carcanet Press, City Lights, Coffee House Press, Commune Editions, Copper Canyon, Cultural Society, Ecco, Edge, EOAGH, Fence, Flood Editions, Four Way Books, FSG, Futurepoem, Graywolf, Knopf, Litmus, Milkweed, New Directions, Nightboat, NYRB, Operating System, Penguin, Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs, Rescue, Roof, Rust Buckle, Solid Objects, Susan Mills Artist Books, The Song Cave, Tender Buttons, Turtle Point Press, Ugly Duckling Presse, United Artists, University of Pittsburgh, Wave, Wesleyan University Press, Wonder, and YesYes Books.**

Food Donors: Lagunitas, Otto’s Tacos, Porto Rico Coffee, Two Boots, S’MAC, and Veselka.

Volunteers: Adam O’Reilly, Addison Kamb, Adeena Karasick, Adelaide/Matthew Dicken, Alex Cuff, Andrei Starikov, Andrew Gayle, Andrew Noseworthy, Anna Gurton-Wachter, Anna Kreienberg, Annabel Lee, Batya Rosenblum, Becca Teich, Brenda Iijima, Brendan Lorber and Aurora McTague-Lorber, Bridget Talone, Carley Moore, Cat Tyc, Chloe Zimmerman, Christina Strong, Christine Wilson, Cliff Fyman, Con Messinger, Cori Hutchinson, Dave Morse, Dave Sargent, David Kirschenbaum, David Satkowski, David Wilk, Dorothy Friedman August, Dylan Jockel, Ebony Watson, Elæ / Lynne DeSilva-Johnson, Elinor Nauen, Emily Toder, Emrys Torn, Erica Hunt, erica kaufman, Erika Hodges, Fabrienne Bottero, Farnoosh Fathi, Gia Gonzales, Griffin Irvine, Gustavo Rivera, Hailey Rozenberg, Ian Dreiblatt, India NaJoans, Irene Villaseñor, Jack Murray, Jacqueline Waters, Jeff Perkins, Jennifer Bartlett, Jeremy Hovenaar, Jess Dagg, Jillian Mcmanemin, Joe Cosmo Cogen, Jonathan Aprea, Joshua Bianchi, Judah Levenson, Julia Knobloch, Julie Alsop, Katie Brunero, Katie Ebbitt, Katie Fowler, Katie Taylor, Katie Willingham, L Dahl, Laura Wilk, Linda Hayes, Linda Kleinbub, Lizzie Merrick, Lydia Cortes, Marc Nasdor, Marcella Durand & Ismael, Margaret Carson, Marie La Viña, Marina Reza, Maryam Parhizkar, Matt Longabucco, Matt Proctor, Max Nazario, Max Steele, Meredith Starkman, Michael Honigberg, Moe Blackmore, Morgan Vo, Nat Roosa, Nathaniel Siegel, Nina (Ru) Puro, Noah Lebien, Olivia Grayson, Omotara James, Peter Neeley, Phoebe Kaufman, Phoebe Lifton, Quinn Roberts, Rachel Galperin, Rachel Levitsky, Rachel Valinsky, Ry Dunn, Sara Deniz Akant, Sara Jane Stoner, Sarah Anne Wallen, Sarah Dougherty, Sarah Safaie, Shane Hanlon, Shanxing Wang, Simi Best, Stephanie Gray, Sue Landers, Suzanne Goldenberg, Tom Savage, Trace Peterson, Valentine Conaty, Will Farris, Yaz Lancaster, and Zachary A. Edminster

Performers: Andrea Abi-Karam, Ammiel Alcalay, Ashna Ali, Justin Allen, Julie Alsop, Jonathan Aprea, Penny Arcade, Ed Askew Band, Daisy Atterbury, James Barickman, J. Mae Barizo, Peter BD, Jim Behrle, Anselm Berrigan, Edmund Berrigan, Fabrienne Bottero, Michael Broder, Lee Ann Brown & Janice Lowe, Marie Buck, Phong Bui, Steve Cannon, Wo Chan, Yoshiko Chuma with Dane Terry, Lauren Clark, Todd Colby, John Coletti, CA Conrad, Lydia Cortes, Brenda Coultas, Alex Cuff, Matty D’Angelo, Kyle Dacuyan, Jordan Davis, Ted Dodson, r erica doyle, Ry Dunn, Anaïs Duplan, Marcella Durand, Steve Earle, Mel Elberg, Betsy Fagin, Will Farris, Farnoosh Fathi, Avram Fefer, Camonghne Felix, Jack Ferver, Jennifer Firestone, Jen Fisher, Jameson Fitzpatrick, Dorothy Friedman August, Kay Gabriel, John Godfrey, Suzanne Goldenberg, Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves, Phoebe Greer & Arthur Cañedo, Diana Hamilton, Odetta Hartman, David Henderson, Barbara Henning, Laura Henriksen, Erika Hodges, Bob Holman, Erica Hunt, Cori Hutchinson, Omotara James, Rachel James, Paolo Javier, Cyree Jarelle Johnson, Pierre Joris & Nicole Peyrafitte, Millie Kapp & Matt Shalzi, Vincent Katz, erica kaufman, Amy King, Anna Kreienberg, M Lamar, Yaz Lancaster, Sue Landers, Denizé Lauture, Paul Legault, Rachel Levitsky, Matt Longabucco, Brendan Lorber, Jimena Lucero, Filip Marinovich, Erin Markey, Douglas A. Martin, Eline Marx with Devin Brahja Waldman as teknikal issues, Greg Masters, Andriniki Mattis, Jillian McManemin, Yvonne Meier, Carley Moore, Tracie Morris, Dave Morse, Stephen Motika, Gala Mukomolova, Sahar Muradi, Uche Nduka, Peter Neeley, Precious Okoyomon, Edgar Oliver, Laura Ortman, Nicky Paraiso, Trace Peterson, Matt Proctor & Sarah Safaie, Lorelei Ramirez, El Roy Red, Batya Rosenblum, Bob Rosenthal, Douglas Rothschild, Judah Rubin, John Rufo, George Emilio Sanchez, Tina Satter, Tom Savage, Simon Schuchat, Purvi Shah, Frank Sherlock, Jayson Smith, Sean D. Henry Smith, Pamela Sneed, Patricia Spears Jones, Tammy Faye Starlite, Max Steele, Jim Stewart, Sara Jane Stoner, Bridget Talone, Susie Timmons, Edwin Torres, Tony Towle, Cat Tyc, Aldrin Valdez, Cecilia Vicuna, Anna Vitale, Morgan Vo, Asiya Wadud, Anne Waldman with Fast Speaking Music, Nicole Wallace, Lewis Warsh, Jacqueline Waters, Rachael Wilson, Chavisa Woods, Matvei Yankelevich, John Yau, The Double Yews , Don Yorty, Spoke and Feather, Sparrow / Foamola, The Blow, and St. Mark’s Choir.

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