Along comes the Bernheimer Aquifer we’ve counted on without being privy to its full expanse, surfaced herewith: a great reservoir of gentle turnings, bubblings philosophically adroit. “Eliminate guesswork by speaking/in the language of things” and “It’s only pay per view moon.” Bernheimer’s poems sing resolutely behind the beat to catch thought’s nuance, to deliver, with unflinching punnery, the truth inside (and beyond) our fondest clichés.

—Bill Berkson

Ron Silliman on The Spoonlight Institute

THE SPOONLIGHT INSTITUTE 2009-10 Tour Dates

Feb. 7, 4:30 pm, Poetic Research Bureau, Luna Theater, Glendale, CA

Mar. 5, 7:30 pm, Mrs. Dalloway's, Berkeley, CA

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Dec 12,  4 pm, Segue Series, Bowery Poetry Club, New York City

Dec. 9,   7:30 pm, Danny's Tavern, 1951 W Dickens Ave., Chicago, IL

Dec. 4,   7:30 pm, Small Press Traffic, San Francisco, CA

Nov. 12, 7:00 pm, Maude Fife Room, UC Berkeley

Nov. 6,  3 pm, Woodberry Room, Lamont Library, Harvard, Cambridge MA

Nov. 5,   6 pm, Symposium Books, 240 Westminster St., Providence RI