NYPL: Open-Mike Pynchon Imitator Contest, US PIPS Dates

[Eric Alan Weinstein]

At 14:34 31/03/97 EST, you wrote:
>
>While at bar KGB this past Friday night, I picked up a flyer for upcoming
>poetry/fiction readings and was surprised to see the following:
>
>Sunday, April 27th
>Open-Mike Thomas Pynchon Imitator Contest
>With Emcee Melvin Bukiet
>
>I don't know whether this will be fiction writers imitating Pynchon's
>work or struggling actors imitating the man himself,  while reading his
>work.....or both. 
>
>For more info, KGB lists this number:  212-505-3360.  I've so far only
>gotten their answering machine.
>
>KGB (The Kraine Gallery Bar)  is at 85 East Fourth Street, second floor,
>between Second and Third Avenue, in the East Village.
>
>--Catherine
>
I just spoke to a nice chap called Ed at KGB. Its an open mike night
 for new short fiction (ten minutes) which is Pynchonesque. 
Sunday is my last night in New York before going back 
to London, and I will be there for a beer and (whatever?)--- even
if it sounds a little silly, it should be fun, right?
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I had been asked to be more specific about dates
regarding this post: 

>    Also, while I am in the States, I would be happy
>to consult with any list member or group of list 
>members about what can and will happen at 
>International Pynchon Week, and what present and 
>ongoing role the Programme for International
>Pynchon Studies might have. I would be happy to
>buy the beer, at least the first round, in New York,
>Philadelphia, and Washington DC, between 14 April
>and 27 April.

Dates I'm in the States: 
I'll be in NYC the 13th-15th, Philadelphia/Princeton 16th & 17th,
Penn State the 18th & 19th,  Phila 20-21, 
Baltimore/Washington area 22-24, NYC 25-28.

I look forward to meeting you all. 
Eric Alan Weinstein
Centre For English Studies
University Of London
E.A.Weinstein at qmw.ac.uk