New York, NY—The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses [clmp] and The New York Public Library present Periodically Speaking, a reading series providing a major venue for emerging writers to present their work while emphasizing the diversity of America’s literary magazines and the magazine collections of The New York Public Library. Each event presents writers from three influential literary magazines—one poet, one fiction writer, one nonfiction writer—introduced by their editors.

Program II
Tuesday, November 4th, 6 – 7:30 pm
DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room, The New York Public Library,
Humanities and Social Sciences Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd
(Please use Fifth Avenue entrance; admittance is free)

Many Mountains Moving
Many Mountains Moving: A Literary Journal of Diverse Contemporary Voices, was founded by Naomi Horii in 1994 and quickly achieved national recognition; the editors championed works that were exciting, brilliant, eccentric, courageous and heartfelt, by unknown and famous writers of all kinds. MMM is one of the very few journals to promote diversity that is truly open to all.

Editor Thaddeus Rutkowski introduces fiction writer Jon Swan.

Washington Square
Innovative and nationally-distributed, Washington Square publishes fiction and poetry by emerging and established writers. Edited and produced biannually by the students of the NYU Graduate Creative Writing Program, Washington Square also sponsors an annual literary contest judged by eminent poets and writers, and hosts an annual benefit reading in NYC.

Editor Levi Rubeck introduces poet Elisa Gabbert.

Bidoun
Bidoun was created as a platform for ideas and an open forum for exchange, dialogue, and opinions about arts and culture from the Middle East. Bidoun’s primary goal is to bring together cultural expressions from a vast and nuanced region.

Editor Michael Vazquez introduces nonfiction writer Anand Balakrishnan.

Please look for Program III on December 9th. Visit www.clmp.org for details.

This series is made possible in part by support from the New York State Council for the Arts, a state agency; The New York Public Library; and Friends of [clmp], a diverse group of individuals committed to supporting independent literary publishing.

About The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library was created in 1895 with the consolidation of the private libraries of John Jacob Astor and James Lenox with Samuel Jones Tilden Trust. The Library provides free open access to its physical and electronic collections and information, as well as to its services. It comprises four research centers – the Humanities and Social Science Library; The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; and the Science, Industry and Business Library – and 87 Branch Libraries in Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx. Research and circulating collections combined total more than 50 million items, including materials for the visually impaired. In addition, each year the Library presents thousands of exhibitions and public programs, which include classes in technology, literacy, and English as a second language. The Library serves some 16 million patrons who come through its doors annually and another 25 million users internationally, who access collections and services through the NYPL website, www.nypl.org.

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Contact: Tasha Sorenson 212.741.9110 x 16 |TSorenson@clmp.org