Exhibition at Central Booking Gallery Feb. 8, 2018
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Airtime: A Public Poem
Here’s a link to Airtime: A Public Poem, an essay published in the global journal Ragazine about a recent public poem performance installation at the New York City Poetry Festival: http://ragazine.cc/2018/01/desiree-alvarez-public-poetry/
Public Poem, Governors Island
Performance installation of Public Poem
Pleiades Book Review
Dolls, Freaks, Art: American Poets Creating a New Mythology by Christine Butterworth-McDermott
Very happy about the glowing review of Devil’s Paintbrush in The Pleiades Book Review by Christine Butterworth-McDermott in which she says “Alvarez’s work is blessed by unique language” and “her world is one in which self-made magic, how we observe and envision and assemble, becomes paramount to full engagement.” Feeling very honored, thank you Pleiades, Christine Butterworth-McDermott, and Bauhan Publishing.
Pleiades Book Review 14.2
http://www.pleiadesmag.com/issues/
Traveler’s Vade Mecum Launch Reading at New York Public Library
I’m happy & honored to be included in Helen Klein Ross’s new anthology and reading at the NYPL book launch:
Wednesday, November 2 from 6 to 8 PM
New York Public Library
476 Fifth Avenue at 42nd St, near Grand Central Station
The Margaret Liebman Berger Forum on the 2nd Floor, Rm 227
Poem in Boston Review
I’m happy to have a poem from a manuscript-in-progress published in Boston Review. Also proud to be a finalist for their 2016 Annual Poetry Contest:
Publishers Weekly Review
Publishers Weekly has written a wonderful review of Devil’s Paintbrush!
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-87233-218-8
Mythical and magical, this debut collection from painter and poet Alvarez portrays human behavior as an interconnected aspect of nature’s kingdom. Alvarez slowly, steadily peels back onion-skin layers of history in order to uncover elements of the sublime. Often structuring her poems as series of declarative statements, she utilizes sharp language that never distracts from the central mood or atmosphere. She recounts history, whether personal or cultural, not with …read more
A Video Poem in Luna Luna Magazine
Luna Luna Magazine is featuring my new animated video poem Amor Fati (from my book Devil’s Paintbrush) at:
http://www.lunalunamagazine.com/blog/a-video-poem-by-desire-alvarez
You can also see it on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/lunalunamag/posts/1777771339111232
Five-Star Review in San Francisco Book Review
Poetry Reading at Juilliard
I’ll be reading from my new book Devil’s Paintbrush (winner of the 2015 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize) at The Juilliard School on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 6:00 pm with poets Helen Klein Ross and Danniel Schoonebeek.
Three Muses Reading series, The Glorya Kaufman Studio, The Juilliard School, 2nd Floor, 65th St. west of Broadway, New York City
2015 Poetry Book Award
2015 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize
Available from Bauhan Publishing April 2016 and from Amazon
link to purchase book from Bauhan
Back to Life NYFA Exhibition, St. Ann’s Church, April 11- May 31, 2015
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 3, 2015, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Exhibition Dates: Sunday, April 12, 2015 – Sunday, May 31, 2015
Location: Saint Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, 157 Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (Church entrance at the corner of Clinton and Montague Streets)
Central Booking Gallery, September 12, 2014
Friday, September 12 from 6 – 8pm
Central Booking Gallery, 21 Ludlow Street, NYC
I have a wall installation of new text based oil paintings at Central Booking. Please join us for a reception for the gallery’s fall exhibitions, including BUILDING, an architecture themed group show.
