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Derangement of the Senses Derangement of the Senses

with Jennifer Michael Hecht, Alexis Sottile, Eliza Snelling, Todd Anderson, Jason Scott Laney, Miracle Jones & Kevin Carter

Mon November 24th, 2014

7:30PM

The Gallery

Minimum Age: 21+

Doors Open: 7:00PM

Show Time: 7:30PM

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This is a general admission event in The Gallery at LPR.

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Derangement of the Senses

Derangement of the Senses is a multimedia literary reading featuring some of New York’s most exciting writers, storytellers, musicians, and burlesque performers. The result is an atmosphere where new artforms flourish and incredible acts of literary and artistic dynamo amaze and astound. Inspired by the French proto-punk poet Arthur Rimbaud, Derangement focuses on the innovative new genres that are born when transgressive, transdisciplinary collaborations happen. Burlesque performers dance as their favorite literary characters while psychedelic visuals swirl and acoustic and electronic music cacophonously collide. You haven’t seen this kind of literary reading before.

Derangement is hosted by Kevin Carter and Miracle Jones, and it takes its name from a letter written by Arthur Rimbaud, who believed that “a poet makes himself a seer by an immense, long, deliberate derangement of the senses.” Its focus is on the necessity of cross-pollination between artists that work in different genres and the explosive interactions that take place when this occurs. Shows in the past have boasted everything from laser harps and electroencephalographs to cakes and LED butterfly wings. The show began in January of 2010 and previously took place at Happy Ending Lounge in the Lower East Side. Some of New York City’s most talented young writers and performers have performed pieces that recall the NYC theatrical and artistic performance art renaissance of the 80s and 90s while also managing to make that spirit their own in an entertaining, contemporary atmosphere.

Past readers/storytellers have included Rae Bryant, Peter Aguero, Bill Cheng, Elizabeth Crane, Miracle Jones, Ed Champion, Leigh Stein, Steve Zimmer, Arianne Benford, Jeanne Thornton, Meghann Plunkett, Lisa Marie Basile, Sasha Fletcher, and Chavisa Woods. The show has also hosted burlesque performances by Nasty Canasta, Iris Explosion, Anja Keister, Lucille ti Amore, Boots LaMae, and Masae. You can find more at www.derangementofthesenses.com.

Jennifer Michael Hecht

Jennifer Michael Hecht is a teacher, author, poet, historian, and philosopher. She has seven published books, her scholarly articles have been published in many journals and magazines, and her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Ms. Magazine, and Poetry Magazine, among others. She has also written essays and book reviews for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The American Scholar, The Boston Globe and other publications. She has written several columns for The New York Times online “Times Select.” She is a longtime blogger for The Best American Poetry series web site and maintains a personal blog on her website. She currently teaches at The New School in New York City, and lives in Brooklyn. Her website is www.jennifermichaelhecht.com.

Alexis Sottile

Alexis Sottile is a writer, performer, and New York Yankees fan. As an actress at Incubator Arts Space, often avant-gardely playing “herself,” she’s gained rave reviews in the New York Times and Backstage that she licks in times of trouble. Her love poems, political screeds and reviews have appeared in the Village Voice and Time Out NY, among other spots, and her comic book writing has appeared in the anthology I Saw You: Missed Connections Comics (Three Rivers Press) while her authored comic Vs., for SMITH magazine, was nominated for an Eisner. Her heart is in the shape of Staten Island. Learn more at Alexis Sottile on Tumblr.

Eliza Snelling

Eliza Snelling’s work has appeared in The Writing Disorder, Swamp Writing, and the Wolf Review, among others. She was also a finalist in L Magazine’s Literary Upstart Contest. Eliza received her MFA in Fiction from Brooklyn College, and she currently lives in Crown Heights.

Todd Anderson

Todd Anderson creates poetic experiences using a projector, code, sound design and a wireless USB keyboard he wears around his neck. He calls this Hotwriting. He is a co-owner of Babycastles, host of the monthly WordHack language+technology series, and has a futuristic ebook forthcoming from Instar Books. See more at toddpoet.com.

Jason Scott Laney

Jason Scott Laney is a piano/keyboard player and songwriter living in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to his solo work, Jason performs with the bands Victor V. Gurbo & Co., Mad Meg, and House of Fiction. His website is www.jasonscottlaney.com..

Miracle Jones

Miracle Jones is from Texas. He is a Sagittarius. He is a very private person. You can read more of his work at miraclejones.com.

Kevin Carter

Kevin Carter is a writer, technologist, and musician whose work has been featured in Luna Luna Magazine, MAKE, The Fiction Circus, 2600 Magazine, Kerouac’s Dog Magazine, and Divine Dirt Quarterly. His first collection of short stories, Lives of the Saints, was published by The Fiction Circus in 2012. He lives in Manhattan. Read more at shotintoeternity.com.

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