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A Tribute to Jason Shinder with Mary Louise Parker, Tim Blake Nelson, John Landis and More.
Tuesday September 9, 2008 at 6:30pm
Bryant Park Reading Room
42nd Street Between 5th and 6th Avenues
New York, New York 10110 Get Directions
Academy Award-nominated actor Michael O’Keefe hosts a special poetry event dedicated to the late Jason Shinder with special celebrity readers and contributors to his latest collection, ‘The Poem I Turn To: Actors and Directors Present Poetry That Inspires Them’. Special guest readers include: Mary Louise Parker, Tim Blake Nelson, Michael Lally, Bob Balaban, Alix Lambert, John Landis and more.
Jason Shinder was the founder and director of the YMCA National Writer's Voice, as well as the director of Sundance Institute's Writing Program. He taught in the graduate writing programs at Bennington College and the New School University. His awards and fellowships include serving as Poet Laureate of Provincetown, MA, and a 2007 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He divided his time between Provincetown and New York City. Shinder died in April 2008.

The event is FREE and open to the public. For updates and additional information, please visit the website at www.bryantpark.org or call 212-768-4242. The Bryant Park Reading Room located on the 42nd Street side of the park - under the trees - between the back of the NYPL & 6th Avenue. Look for the burgundy and white umbrellas. Rain Venue: Library of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen 20 West 44th Street (between 5th & 6th Avenue).
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