This month, The Bupkes publishes ‘America, behold’ – probably M. E. Grey’s most substantial, timely work since Pages of an Autumn Journal in 2016.
This makes a year of monthly contributions in The Bupkes – spanning menswear, an empty chair, beachfront real estate, home decor, a railway pub, and so on. Or seen another way, data security, the meaning of The New Yorker, Gaza, Ukraine, the far right – and so on.
Meanwhile, this month – and specifically Friday 27 March – sees the return of what was once referred to as The Saturday Night Reading, but last time it took place on a Sunday (and then a pandemic happened), so that name was already defunct. And a few things have happened since then. Let’s just call it a reading. Gabriele Pedrini will graciously return as host, and the evening will include readings by Deborah O’Donoghue and William Noah Glucroft, and of ‘Howl’ by Allan Ginsberg – published 70 years ago this year. It also turns out to be the wonderful Frank O’Hara’s actual 100th birthday – so a glass will certainly be raised in his memory too. For more information, please contact M E Grey via the contact form on this website.
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