Artists Space

Segue Reading Series:
Michael Gottlieb & Duriel E. Harris

Reading
October 3, 2020, 5pm

This reading is presented as part of the Segue Reading Series.

A cut-out reproduction of a painting depicting a figure being beheaded is collaged over a black and white photograph of a renaissance style interior. Black text over the top half of the image reads "Michael Gottlieb / Duriel E. Harris," and in the bottom corner black text reads "Segue."
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Michael Gottlieb and Duriel E. Harris. Saturday, October 3, 2020, Artists Space. Artist: Keith Higginbotham [A cut-out reproduction of a painting depicting a figure being beheaded is collaged over a black and white photograph of a renaissance style interior. Black text over the top half of the image reads "Michael Gottlieb / Duriel E. Harris," and in the bottom corner black text reads "Segue."]

Segue Reading Series: Michael Gottlieb & Duriel E. Harris. Reading Documentation. Saturday, October 3, 2020, 5pm. Artists Space, New York. [Video documentation of multiple individuals making introductions and reading text.]

Duriel E. Harris is the author of No Dictionary of a Living Tongue, Drag, and Amnesiac, as well as the one-woman theatrical performance Thingification. She is cofounder of the avant garde poetry/performance trio The Black Took Collective. The 2018 Offen Poet, Harris teaches at Illinois State University and is the editor of Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora.

Michael Gottlieb is the author of over twenty books, most recently Mostly Clearing. His Selected Poems is forthcoming next year. Several of his works have been adapted for the stage, including his 9/11 poem “The Dust.” He works in tech and divides his time between NYC and Connecticut.

Program support for Artists Space is provided by The Friends of Artists Space, Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, The Cy Twombly Foundation, The David Teiger Foundation, The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The New York Community Trust, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, The Danielson Foundation, The Fox Aarons Foundation, Herman Goldman Foundation, The Destina Foundation, The Luce Foundation, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, VIA Art Fund, Arison Arts Foundation, The Chicago Community Fund, The David Rockefeller Fund, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, The Jill and Peter Kraus Foundation, The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation.