In this history-making transatlantic poetic happening, celebrating Allen Ginsberg and his epic poem HOWL, poets will perform at venues in London, Paris, and across the United States. These live poetry readings and poetic theatre pieces will be simultaneously streamed across JANET, Renater, and Internet2 advanced networks. Streaming video and audio will allow audiences at each site to not only observe readings on location, but will provide the ability to experience the art of poetry in remote theaters as well. While Transatlantic Howl! A Dedication to Allen Ginsberg is streamed, anyone from Calcutta to Caracas with broadband access will be able to watch the entire poetry reading as it happens.

Featured readers include Amiri Baraka, Anne Waldman, Anne Carson, Robert Glück, Ken Mikolowski, Danny Karlin, Joanne Kyger, Bob Rosenthal, Steven Taylor, Ed Sanders, Jacqueline Cahen-Sergent, Alice Notley, The Allen Ginsberg Greek Chorus, composer and musician Bill Douglas, Stephen Mooney, students from London, and surprise special guests. Anne Waldman of Naropa University and Internet2’s Ann Doyle will serve as MCs for this event.

Universities who are assisting in producing this poetry reading are: University College London; Birkbeck College, University of London; Renater at ENSAM (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers); San Francisco State University; University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Michigan; and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Technical support is provided by Ohio State University with additional assistance by Naropa University’s Summer Writing Program.

If you have any questions about Transatlantic Howl! A Dedication to Allen Ginsberg, contact Ann Doyle , phone or Mary Kite , phone .