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Frederick Seidel Giveaway of EVENING MAN

We're pleased to announce an exclusive giveaway of Frederick Seidel's Evening Man, a chapbook produced by FSG in a limited edition and signed by the poet. This book will never be available in stores; this is your only chance to acquire a copy! We were all pretty excited in the office when the books arrived - they came out beautifully in a minimal, handsome design. You can sign up here for the giveaway: we're giving away 50 copies at the end of March and 50 copies at the end of April.

For more on Seidel, check out the recent Los Angeles Times review of his forthcoming collection Poems 1959-2009: "There is no doubt that Seidel is one of the best poets alive today, and now... his collected works can be taken at their measure: They are haughty, funny and terrifying, with plenty of delicious contention throughout."

There's also a wealth of audio readings available by the poet on our Downloads page.

"Racer"

You can download the audio here, or listen to it in the player below.

Charles Wright at the 92nd St Y

Charles Wright, whose forthcoming book Sestets will be published on March 31st, will be reading at the 92nd St Y in New York on April 6th. You can find more details and purchase tickets here. Here are a couple samples of Wright's work, read by the man himself.

"Jesuit Graves"

You can download the audio here, or listen to it in the player below.

Helen Frost

Helen Frost is the author of Keesha’s House, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; The Braid, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Honor Book; and, most recently, Diamond Willow. She has lived and taught in Alaska, and now lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Marilyn Hacker

Marilyn Hacker is the author of eleven books of poems and seven published books of translations from the French. She translated French poet Marie Étienne's King of a Hundred Horsemen for FSG in 2008.

You can read all blog posts about Marilyn Hacker here.