Peter Heller, author most recently of the novel The Dog Stars, says, “So writing for me is all about momentum.”
Love this insight:
“I write between a 1,000 and 1,100 words every day but I always make sure I stop in the middle of a thought, of a scene, of a dialogue, and it just makes it so exciting to start writing again the next day.”
Over 300 people showed up celebrate the #JC100 @powerHouseArena on August 15, 2012. It may have been thundering and raining right around the 7 pm start time, but that didn’t keep people away. Alyssa Shelasky did a great job handling the MC duties, and our four speakers — Tamar Adler (author of An Everlasting Meal), Dave Crofton (One Girl Cookies), Matt Lewis (Baked), and Deb Perelman (SmittenKitchen.com) — gave wonderful, inspiring tributes to Julia Child.
I’ve storified the evening’s tweets, which probably tell the story best.
Here are some pictures from the event:
Alyssa Shelasky opens the program.
Tamar Adler.
Dave Crofton of One Girl Cookies.
Matt Lewis of Baked.
Deb Perelman of SmittenKitchen.com.
More photos can be found here and here and here.
And special thanks to the following sites and blogs and people that posted announcements about the event and helped us get the word out about the celebration: powerHouse Arena (of course); Brooklyn Based; Rachel Fershleiser; Abrams; Gothamist; Time Out New York; Village Voice; New York Grub Street; Bomb; brooklynbullshit.com; The L Magazine; This Week In New York; Nifty NYC; and GalleyCat.
“Write what you love.”
Truly amazing to see Poet Laureate Philip Levine and Poet Tracy K. Smith — who had just been awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry about a week earlier — read poems on the same stage at the Knopf / Tumblr #PoetryParty at Housing Works Bookstore in NYC on April 23, 2012.
Fantastic to see the Poet Laureate Philip Levine read alongside two young, emerging poets — Saeed Jones and Karolina Manko — at the Knopf / Tumblr #PoetryParty at Housing Works Bookstore in NYC on April 23, 2012.
It truly was a Celebration of Poetry / #PoetryParty. Amazing poetry readings from four amazing poets.
Tracy K. Smith, in her first public poetry reading since being awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Poet Laureate Philip Levine.
Knopf and Tumblr have put together an amazing LIVE celebration of poetry featuring Poet Laureate Philip Levine, 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winner Tracy K. Smith, and two fantastic poets from the Tumblr community: Saeed Jones and Karolina Manko.
The event takes place on Monday, April 23, 7 pm, at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in NYC. Open bar. Amazing poetry. Poet Laureate. Pulitzer Prize Winner. Poets from the Tumblr community. Put it on your calendar and come out to celebrate poetry with us!
Every year Knopf celebrates National Poetry Month through its Poem-A-Day program, highlighting an amazing poem every single day throughout the month of April. This year, we had the awesome opportunity to partner with Tumblr to create a Tumblr blog with the specific goal of celebrating poetry. We’re featuring the daily Knopf poem, but we’re also showcasing poetry submissions from the Tumblr community. So check out the Tumblr blog — Celebrate Poetry, and be sure to submit your own poem(s).
