News & Events
I want to surprise and entertain both my readers and myself.
-Lynn Levin
Events
Upcoming appearances by Lynn Levin
September 2024
- No River Twice, Arts&Cultural Council of Bucks County, Freeman Hall, Doylestown, PA–Thursday, September 5, 2024, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
October 2024
- Latin American Book Fair, Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library, 18 South 7th St., Philadelphia, PA. Speaking in Tongues: Poets on the Art of Translation, a conversation with Miguel Bacho, David Acosta, Lynn Levin–Saturday, October 5, 2024, 2-4 p.m.
- Head House Books, 619 South 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA. House Parties presentation and book signing–Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
- No River Twice on Zoom–Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 7-8 p.m.
- The Newtown Poetry Series, Newtown Library Company, 114 E. Centre Ave., Newtown, PA 18940. Reading selections from short story collection House Parties–Friday, October 18, 2024, 6:00 p.m.
November 2024
- Karolyn’s Book Group (private event). Discussion of House Parties–Monday, November 4, 2024, 1:00 p.m.
- Pine Run Village (private event), a presentation of House Parties–Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
- Deb’s Book Group (private event). Discussion of House Parties–Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 7 p.m.
December 2024
- Morrisville Public Library Book Club, 300 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Morrisville, PA. Discussion of House Parties–Monday, December 2, 2024, 7 p.m.
- Princeton Makes Artists Cooperative, Literary Arts Series. Princeton Shopping Center, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, NJ 08540–Sunday, December 15, 2024, 4 p.m.
January 2025
- Penn’s Village, 201 South 21st Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103. Presentation of House Parties plus a mini lesson on aspects of fiction writing–Thursday, January 16, 2025, 2 p.m.
February 2025
- Congregation Kol Emet, Morrisville, PA. Brunch and Learn presentation of House Parties–Sunday, February 9, 2025, 10:30 a.m.
- Encores (private event). Presentation of House Parties–Thursday, February 20, 2025.
March 2025
April 2025
May 2025
June 2025
News
How does a writer invent quirky predicaments for characters and strange what-if scenarios for
plots? What is it like to be both a fiction writer and poet? Lynn Levin talks about this and more
with poet Carolyne Wright in the interview “Playthings of Chaos” featured in the Winter 2023
(#112) print edition Rain Taxi Review of Books.
Learn more by going here:
https://raintaxi.com/rain-taxi-review/print-edition/
As Seen in Philadelphia Magazine
The Best Books to Read This Summer
Lynn Levin podcasts and video recordings of readings
- The Musical Innertube Podcast. Air date: May 2, 2023 “Lynn Levin: poet, teacher, translator, critic. Is there anything in literature she can’t do? Apparently not! Now you can add ‘short story writer’ to that list! House Parties is full of characters, twists, and a bit of fun!” Hosts Don Rooney and John Timpane talk to Lynn Levin about the short stories in House Parties.
You can listen to the podcast here or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart, Audible, Stitcher, YouTube, Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts.
- Lynn Levin reads from her poetry collection The Minor Virtues (Ragged Sky, 2020) in a Moonstone Arts Virtual Reading. Recorded July 2020.
You can watch the video on YouTube here.
Lynn Levin is a founding member of the poetry improv troupe No River Twice.
- Lynn Levin is a founding member of No River Twice, an improvisational poetry reading collaboration in which audience and poets interact to determine the direction of the reading. You can learn more about No River Twice by going here.
Poem by Lynn Levin in artwork by conceptual artist Jenny Holzer
Lynn Levin’s poem “If You Are Reading This” appears in conceptual artist Jenny Holzer’s artwork For Philadelphia (2018) a display of LED text scrolling across the ceiling of the Comcast Technology Center, a new skyscraper in Philadelphia. Levin’s poem accompanies poems by Wislawa Szymborska, Anna Swir, William Carlos Williams, Charles Bernstein, Jeanne Murray Walker, and others.
You can see an image of part of Holzer’s For Philadelphia here.
