No, I’d rather wander the stacks at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, nibbling on a “crisped rice square” with one hand and balancing a Cup-o-Joe with the other, thank you very much. To celebrate poetry month, Housing Works welcomes Pulitzer Prize–winning author James Tate, who has spoon-fed audiences life-changing realizations by way of his beautifully ratty poems for over 40 years. (housingworksbookstore)

Uhhh— Why? The? Fuck? Are? You? Posting? This? Now? I was in New York at 7pm on Thursday, and James Tate is my favorite poet, a top-three favorite writer of mine. =\ I hope a lot of people went, at least.