Gold Mine Saloon
701 Dauphine St., corner of Dauphine and St. Peter

17 Poets! Reading Series is a weekly literary series that takes place on Thursday nights at The Gold Mine in New Orleans' historic French Quarter, featuring nationally & internationally renowned poets, writers and painters who are featured regularly throughout the year in this multi-disciplinary art space. 17 Poets! Reading Series is coordinated by poets Dave Brinks and Megan Burns. This very celebrated literary series has been running 3 years and has produced over 160 literary programs in that time.

Recent National press coverage at The Gold Mine showcasing poets & artists from the New Orleans poetry community include:

PBS The News Hours with Jim Lehrer (This documentary aired on television in April '06, coast-to-coast)

MIT Research & Logistics in Literary Communities (compiling and documenting the recent New Orleans' literary movement, including poets & artists from the community)

National Public Radio (on-going coverage examining the roles of poets & artists in the New Orleans community since the hurricane)

Some of the distinguished authors who recently have performed at the 17 Poets! Reading Series and include:

Bernadette Mayer

Lee Ann Brown

John Sinclair

Pierre Joris

Nicole Peyrafitte

Gordon Walmsley

Simon Pettet

Ed Sanders

Alice Notley

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