Reading by John Giorno

Feb 23, 1976
Field:

Reading, Performance

Location:

Grand Luxe Hall, Western Front

Time:

8:30 p.m.

Description:

John Giorno read a selection of poems in the Grand Luxe Hall, including the unfinished long-form text “Drinking the Blood of Every Woman’s Period.” The reading was introduced by Opal L. Nations, and was presented as part of Warren Tallman's reading series Four American Poets.

Video documentation is available upon request.

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Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.