Helen Cook from BAM sent me this email about Eat, Drink, and Be Literary. I went to one of these and it’s a very interesting experience. You get drinks, dinner, and a little chit chat with the other people at your table (a bit like being at a wedding with Brooklyn literati).

This is followed by an intimate reading and Q&A with a renowned author. I saw Cynthia Ozick, who signed my copy of a book of hers I LOVE called Heir to the Glimmering World. I must check what she wrote in there. I overheard her talking to a teenage writer. She told her to keep going at all costs. It’s good advice.

I’ve been reading your blog and wanted to share information about an upcoming event at BAM with you. A unique series for sophisticated writers, readers, and eaters, Eat, Drink & Be Literary brings major contemporary authors to BAMcafé for intimate dinners, entertaining readings, and engaging discussions.
On April 17th, Paul Muldoon will be reading from his work and engaging in discussion with moderator Edward Hirsch. A native of Northern Ireland , Paul Muldoon has published many poems, his first at age 16. Since then, he has published several collections, including New Weather (1973), Madoc: A Mystery (1990), and Moy Sand and Gravel (2002), for which he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize.

Muldoon has received international honors that include the 1994 T. S. Eliot Prize, the 2003 Griffin International Prize for Excellence in Poetry, and the 2004 Shakespeare Prize. Muldoon was recently appointed poetry editor of The New Yorker, and he remains chairman of the Princeton University Center for the Creative and Performing Arts.

The evening will begin at 6:30pm with a sumptuous buffet and select wines, and accompanied by live music. Following dinner, Muldoon will read from and be interviewed about his work and take questions from the audience. The event is sure to be an evening of candid glimpses into the creative process and the rich writings it yields. Tickets are $48.

For more information or to buy tickets, visit BAM.org or http://www.bam.org/events/readings.aspx, or call BAM’s ticket services at 718.636.4100.

I hope that you will share my enthusiasm for this event and post this event on your blog. If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me by phone or via e-mail. I look forward to hearing from you.