{"id":1400,"date":"2024-02-19T12:15:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T17:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/?page_id=1400"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:59:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T16:59:56","slug":"event-report-bob-perelman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/event-report-bob-perelman\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Perelman Reading \/ October 18, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1400_5552a7-16 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1400_5552a7-16 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1400_5552a7-16 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id1400_5552a7-16 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and 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Perelman read exclusively from his new book, <em>IFLIFE<\/em>, published by the New York-based Roof Books. He opened his set with \u201cAgainst Shock and Awe,\u201d a poem that first appeared on the Op-Ed pages of the Philadelphia Inquirer in February 2003. He then read \u201cThe Revenge of the Bathwater\u201d (to the audible amusement of the audience), \u201cThe Dream of the Bed,\u201d and several other short poems, before turning to a substantial excerpt from the book\u2019s title sequence, \u201cIflife.\u201d He closed the set with another extended poem, \u201cTank Top.\u201d 91¸£Àû 35 people remained for a lively question-and-answer period afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full photoset, visit our Flickr page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thirdfactory\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event report The poet&nbsp;Bob Perelman read to a capacity audience of more than one hundred people in an NWS event co-sponsored by the Honors College on Wednesday afternoon, October 18, 2006. Perelman read exclusively from his new book, IFLIFE, published by the New York-based Roof Books. 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