Friday, December 7, 2012
Books A Seriously Magical Reading in Boerum Hill
Posted by Sarah Lerner on Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 11:35 AM
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Justin Boening, senior editor of Yes Yes Books, “lives and breathes poetry,” cohost Natalie Ellbert explained. He read a mix of old and new poems, taking no responsibility in the case of any new work being sub-par. (Not that he needed to, with titles like “The Very Very Important Benefactor.”) His work included delicate lines like “Over the bow/my fingers leave small wakes/I leave a mess of things” while describing the practice of Proxy Baptism, or baptism on behalf of the dead. (Google it!)
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