Poet M.L. Liebler’s Detroit Tonight Live series spotlights Michigan musicians and writers, and I’m scheduled to participate in the July 11 show (7 to 9 pm at UDetroit Café, 1427 Randolph, Detroit, MI 48226; more details available on the “appearances” page at mlliebler.com). While I might present a passage or two from Fighters & Writers, I plan to read several poems. (And why not? After all, I write about boxers at Gleason’s Gym in both the book and a poem in volume 8 of The Chaffey Review.)
Posts Tagged ‘Gleason’s Gym’
Detroit Tonight Live, July 2012 edition
Posted in Events, tagged Detroit Tonight Live, Fighters & Writers, Gleason's Gym, M.L. Liebler, Poetry, The Chaffey Review, UDetroit Cafe on June 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
That speed bag image
Posted in Fighters & Writers, tagged Boxing, Bruce Silverglade, Gleason's Gym on May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The photograph on the cover of Fighters & Writers (and adorning this site) was taken at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, New York. I’ve always liked the image of a speed bag still swinging in front of a blood-red wall after a boxer moved out of the frame. It simultaneously suggests activity as well as a haunting absence. My wife, Nancy, took the picture.
Numerous well-known boxers (as well as actors) have trained at Gleason’s over the years, and it’s a much-used site for filming movies and commercials. I visited it many times when I lived in New York. I write about the place and conversations I’ve had with boxers, trainers and the gym’s proprietor, Bruce Silverglade, in two essays included in Fighters & Writers: “A First-Class Sport” and “Fighters & Writers.”
