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"UNITED BANK: an in-windows series at 3945 Chesnut Street"
Rodrigo Toscano, Jeff Derksen, Rita Wong, Louis Cabri
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Exhibit Duration: October 04 - December 02, 2002
Location: Slought Foundation Annex (3945 Chestnut Street)
Reception: Friday, October 18, 2002
Exhibition Openings Series
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Aaron Levy, Louis Cabri
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Poets (in order of appearance): Rodrigo Toscano (October 4-18), Jeff Derksen (October 19-November 2), Rita Wong (November 3-17), Louis Cabri (November 18-December 2).
“UNITED BANK,” a Slought Foundation storefront series, is funded by Facilities and Real Estate Services at the University of Pennsylvania.
Rodrigo Toscano’s three books include: The Disparities (Green Integer) and Partisans (O Books) and Platform (Atelos). Recent poetry can be found in Open Letter, Cross Cultural Poetics, the upcoming Anthology of Brazilian and American Poetry, Cities of Chance (Rattapallax), and an Audio CD compilation by Kenning Audio Editions. His work has been translated into German, Portuguese and Spanish. Toscano is originally from California (San Diego & San Francisco). He has been living in NYC for four years where he works at the Labor Institute.
Jeff Derksen is author of the forthcoming Transnational Muscle Cars and of But Could I Make a Living From It (hole, 2000). He is the author of Dwell (Talonbooks, 1993) and Down Time (Talonbooks, 1990), a past editor of Writing magazine, and a founding member of the Kootenay School of Writing. He is currently a Fulbright scholar living in Brooklyn.
Rita Wong is the author of a book of poetry, monkeypuzzle (vancouver,
bc, canada: press gang publishers, 1998) and recently completed a
dissertation entitled "provisional mobilities: rethinking labour through
asian racialization in literature." She is a founding member of DAARE, direct action against refugee exploitation, formed in solidarity with Fujianese women migrants in Canada.
Louis Cabri is author of The Mood Embosser (Coach House, 2001) and Curdles (housepress, 2000). He recently co-edited two special issues of Open Letter magazine of letters to/from poets, and edited the poets' dialogue series PhillyTalks (1997-2001). Currently he is completing a dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania.
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