The progenitive NYC icon Richard Hell, who helped pioneer punk and what came next, welcomes poet/performer Ariana Reines to the stage for a discussion of her work followed by a reading. NPR’s Bookworm describes Reines as “one of the crucial voices of her generation.” Personal, unpredictable, and often extreme, her poetry is at once lyrical and disruptive, with a penchant for overturning convention.
