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Showing posts with label Poetry Readings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poetry Readings. Show all posts
Saturday, May 9, 2015
SAT 5/9 Come Hear Austin Alexis Live, Greenwich Village, NYC, 7PM
Poets Wear Prada
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Emotive Fruition Features Geer Austin's Work Wednesday April 22, 2015 in NYC at 7:30pm
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| EMOTIVE FRUITION: A RADICAL POETRY READING |
The poetry of poet and writer Geer Austin, author of Cloverleaf (Poets Wear Prada, 2014), will be featured Emotive Fruition's celebration of April is National Poetry Month, at Botanic Lab, Wednesday, April 22, at 7:30pm in New York City.
Take the F or M train to Essex street. About a 4-minute walk from the station.
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| Geer Austin |
CELEBRATE NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!
Wednesday, April 22 @ 7:30pm
Botanic Lab
86 Orchard Street (at Broome)
New York, NY 10002
Emotive Fruition: Cel-e-brate Good Rhymes, C’mon!
Curated, directed and hosted by Thomas Dooley.
$10 at the door. The performance runs an hour.
Get a beverage, drink in the poems.
The actors: Helene Yorke, Pearl Sun, and Lucas Hall
Monday, April 20, 2015
Poets Wear Prada at the 2015 Rainbow Book Fair in New York
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| Authors Rosalie Calabrese and Austin Alexis The 2015 Rainbow Book Fair Holiday Inn - Midtown, NYC
Sat., April 18, 2015
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Our authors Joel Allegretti (THRUM, EUROPA/NIPPON/NEW YORK: Poems/Not-Poems), Michael Montlack (The Slip), Austin Alexis (Lovers and Drag Queens, For Lincoln & Other Poems), Jee Leong Koh (PAYDAY LOANS), Chocolate Waters (The Woman Who Wouldn't Shake Hands, and Geer Austin (Cloverleaf) read at the event's Poetry Salon hosted by Nathaniel Siegel.
Here's a little clip of Geer Austin reading at the event:
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Award-Winning Poet Michael T. Young in Lambertville, NJ, Saturday, November 15
Poet Michael T. Young will read Saturday evening, November 15, from his brand-new collection, "The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost" (Poets Wear Prada) at Panoply Books in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Nov. 13, 2014 - HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Award-Winning New Jersey poet Michael T. Young will read Saturday evening, November 15, at Panoply Books in Lambertville, New Jersey, from his brand-new book "The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost," his second full-length poetry collection, soon to be released by Hoboken-based publisher Poets Wear Prada.
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| Michael T. Young, "The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost" |
Michael T. Young has published three other books, including his prize-winning chapbook "Living in the Counterpoint"
Since "The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost" had its unofficial launch earlier this year in May at the West Caldwell Poetry Festival, the poet as been on tour throughout his home state of New Jersey, and in New York, to promote his new book. Mr. Young, a philosopher as well as poet, who works as as administrative assistant in the corporate world, writes about self-exploration and identity in the context of his real-life observations during his daily activities. New Jersey readers will recognize many references in his poems to places traveled during his daily commute such as Pulaski Skyway and the Hudson River waterfront. In one of his poems "Announcing the Stops," Young writes: "The conductor announces over the intercom: / "This is Grove Street," 'This is Exchange Place,' / 'This is World Trade Center'; and later, / when I return home, the same conductor, / like a faithful Blakean, announces the same stops, / but in reverse, as if this made them / into another world, another darkness / outside the windows, another night / with cool air streaming shells and sand / and other relics of merciful judgment. //"
Bertha Rogers, author of "Heart Turned Back," lauds "The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost" and says in his new book, "Michael T. Young leads his readers into loving the world in its beautiful day-to-dayness. He does this by showing the reader, in thoughtful and graceful language, how to look and listen."
Asked about the unusual title of his book, Mr. Young replied that it is simply the title of one of the poems included in the book. The book itself is dedicated to his wife, Chandra, "with whom every moment is a beautiful moment even when we are lost."
Michael T. Young was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He moved to New York City in 1990. Young lives with his wife and children in Jersey City, New Jersey.
A limited number of signed pre-release copies of "The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost" will be available for sale at the Lambertville reading.
Panoply Books Reading Series
Saturday, November 15 @ 6PM
Panoply Books
46 N. Union St.
Lambertville, NJ
Free.
Contact: (609) 397-1145 or info@panoplybooks.com
Panoply Books in Lambertville, New Jersey offers offbeat, rare and out-of-print quality used books, textiles, and artwork. The bookstore is open Monday through Thursday 11AM to 5PM and Friday through Sunday 11AM to 5:30PM.
Poets Wear Prada is a small literary press publishing beautifully designed, well-crafted poetry chapbooks from Sinatra’s hometown, the birthplace of professional baseball, Hoboken, New Jersey, since 2006.
For more details about how to purchase "The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost," and for additional events please visit the poet's website http://MichaelTYoung.com or his publisher's blog at http://pwpbooks.blogspot.com.
Since "The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost" had its unofficial launch earlier this year in May at the West Caldwell Poetry Festival, the poet as been on tour throughout his home state of New Jersey, and in New York, to promote his new book. Mr. Young, a philosopher as well as poet, who works as as administrative assistant in the corporate world, writes about self-exploration and identity in the context of his real-life observations during his daily activities. New Jersey readers will recognize many references in his poems to places traveled during his daily commute such as Pulaski Skyway and the Hudson River waterfront. In one of his poems "Announcing the Stops," Young writes: "The conductor announces over the intercom: / "This is Grove Street," 'This is Exchange Place,' / 'This is World Trade Center'; and later, / when I return home, the same conductor, / like a faithful Blakean, announces the same stops, / but in reverse, as if this made them / into another world, another darkness / outside the windows, another night / with cool air streaming shells and sand / and other relics of merciful judgment. //"
Bertha Rogers, author of "Heart Turned Back," lauds "The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost" and says in his new book, "Michael T. Young leads his readers into loving the world in its beautiful day-to-dayness. He does this by showing the reader, in thoughtful and graceful language, how to look and listen."
Asked about the unusual title of his book, Mr. Young replied that it is simply the title of one of the poems included in the book. The book itself is dedicated to his wife, Chandra, "with whom every moment is a beautiful moment even when we are lost."
Michael T. Young was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He moved to New York City in 1990. Young lives with his wife and children in Jersey City, New Jersey.
A limited number of signed pre-release copies of "The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost" will be available for sale at the Lambertville reading.
Panoply Books Reading Series
Saturday, November 15 @ 6PM
Panoply Books
46 N. Union St.
Lambertville, NJ
Free.
Contact: (609) 397-1145 or info@panoplybooks.com
Panoply Books in Lambertville, New Jersey offers offbeat, rare and out-of-print quality used books, textiles, and artwork. The bookstore is open Monday through Thursday 11AM to 5PM and Friday through Sunday 11AM to 5:30PM.
Poets Wear Prada is a small literary press publishing beautifully designed, well-crafted poetry chapbooks from Sinatra’s hometown, the birthplace of professional baseball, Hoboken, New Jersey, since 2006.
For more details about how to purchase "The Beautiful Moment of Being Lost," and for additional events please visit the poet's website http://MichaelTYoung.com or his publisher's blog at http://pwpbooks.blogspot.com.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
MON 3/25 7PM AT YIPPIE: "DHARMA BUM" JACK COOPER "ON THE ROAD AGAIN"
JOHN
JACK “JACKIE” (eDWARD) COOPER
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N T H E R O A D A G A I N
Yippie Museum Café
9
Bleecker Street (near the Bowery)
Monday,
March 25th, 2013
7
– 9:30 pm
A
celebration of
JACK
KEROUAC
hosted
by Gordon Gilbert
with
fellow dharma bums:
Big
Mike Roxanne Hoffman Patricia Carragon
Evie
Ivy Puma Perl Vivian O’Shaughnessy
Jon
L. Peacock Bob Quatrone
Linda
Camiola Steve Dalachinsky Amy Barone
Mitch
Corber Clare Ultimo
Stephen Bluestone April
Jones
subway:
B,D,F,M, downtown 6 to Broadway/Lafayette
$4
suggested donation
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Chocolate Waters & Elaine Sexton Jan 29 @ Bluestockings
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| Chocolate Waters |
"Chocolate Waters's The Woman Who Wouldn't Shake Hands is a romp with a gymnast of poetic wordplay. Waters' wit can leave you in stitches one moment, only to reveal the sardonic undertones of her meaning in the next, turning you warm to chilled with the simple flip of the wrist."
~ Chavisa Woods
Elaine Sexton continues to explore text as “evidence,” the poem as a collage of spent things, words and images reconstituted to make fresh shapes. She is the author of Sleuth and Causeway, both published by New Issues.
Women's & Trans' Poetry Jam
@
Bluestockings
172 Allen Street
(between Stanton and Rivington)
212.777.6028
Host by Vittoria Repetto
I look forward to seeing YOU there.
Chocolate Waters
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Host Vittoria Repetto is the author of "Not Just A Personal Ad" (Guernica Editiions, 2006) and "Head For the Van Wyck" (Monkey Cat Press, 1995). She has been hosting the Women's & Trans’ Poetry Jam at Bluestockings Bookstore since its opening in 1999.
An open mic for women and trans introduces the featured readers.
A suggested donation of $5 helps to support our features.
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| The Women Who Wouldn't Shake Hands by Chocolate Waters (Poets Wear Prada, 2011) |
Copies of Ms. Waters latest collection will be available for purchase and signing. Books can also be purchased online at Amazon.com, CreateSpace.com and B&N.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Kiwanis Summer Gazebo Readings Raise $$$ for Summer Camp; June 11: Teller, Savino, Cooper, Siegal and Goldstein Feature
SUMMER GAZEBO READING SERIES
monday evenings 7-8 p.m.
June, July and August
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| SCHOOLHOUSE GREEN on Foxhurst Road (just east of Long Beach Road across from the Firehouse) Oceanside, New York |
FEATURING ON MONDAY JUNE 11TH:
Gayl Teller Robert Savino Jack Cooper
Gayl Teller Robert Savino Jack Cooper
Herbert Siegel Gail Goldstein
HOST: Tony Iovino
Free & Open to the Public
Bring Your Own Lawn Chair.
http://www.facebook.com/events/400692499973137/
HOST: Tony Iovino
Free & Open to the Public
Bring Your Own Lawn Chair.
http://www.facebook.com/events/400692499973137/
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| Jack Cooper [Credit: Jay Franco, Inspired Word] |
John Jack Jackie
(Edward) COOPER is the author of "Ten" (Poets
Wear Prada, 2012), preview of his forthcoming “Aphorithms.” His
American English translation of "Wax Women,"
with French texts of the original poems by Jean-Pierre Lemesle and photographs
by Henry Jacobs (International Art Office, Paris: 1985), drew acclaim and
dedicated full-window display from the Gotham Book Mart in New York—legendary fishing
hole to the “wise”—released in the United States the following year. His work
has appeared online (exitstrata.com),
his reviews in "The Times Book Review"
and "Publisher's Weekly." He has read
manuscripts for Farrar, Straus & Giroux; served the Modern Language
Association (MLA) as research associate;
taught English for eleven years to refugees for the federally funded ELESAIR Project; and was an XML specialist and content production editor for McGraw-Hill/GROW Network. Currently, he is co-publisher and production editor for Poets Wear Prada, a small literary press based in Frank Sinatra's hometown, Hoboken, New Jersey.
Robert Savino is a native Long Island poet and practicing retiree. Among Savino's publications are a full-length book of poetry, Inside a Turtle Shell (Allbook Books, 2009), and a chapbook, fireballs of an illuminated scarecrow (Good Japan Press, 2008). Widely published his work has also appeared in a multitude of literary journals, Angelflesh, Avenging Spirit, Axe Factory, Babylon Review, Backstreet Quarterly, Black Book Press, Bone & Flesh, Conflict of Interest, Creations Magazine 2007, 2008, 2009, Ellipsis, Fan Magazine, Fulva Flava, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Home Planet News, In My Shoes, Incoming, Jerseyworks, Long Island Quarterly, Long Islander, Mad Poets Review, Mobius-The Poetry Magazine, Negative Capability, North American Review, Oberon, Poetry Motel, Poetry Superhighway, Rogue Scholars, Skyline Magazine, Skyline Review, Sport Literate, Surreal Underground, Tapestries, The Equinox, Urban Beat, Wooden Head Review, Xanadu, and several anthologies, Babyboomer Birthright (PoetWorks Press, 2013), Toward Forgiveness (Writers Ink Press, 2011), examination anthology (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2010), Long Island Sounds (The North Sea Poetry Scene Press, 2009), Long Island Sounds:2008 (The North Sea Poetry Scene Press, 2008), primal sanities (Allbook Books, 2007), The Light of City and Sea (Street Press, 2006). His awards include the Oberon Poetry Prize in 2008 and the Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society's 15th Annual Poetry Competition in 2005.
Gail Goldstein is a retired teacher who works with autistic children. She is published in numerous poetry anthologies and literary magazines ("Toward Forgiveness," "Mobius," "PPA Literary Review," "Long Island Sounds," etc.) and has won various poetry awards (Mobius, Farmingdale, Princess Ronkonkoma). She is on the editorial staff of several poetry anthologies. "Whispers and Shouts," an anthology of poetry written by women from Long Island, will be Gail’s first book. It is coming out later this year. Gail’s other passion is music. A percussionist, Gail is part of the drUUmatics, a West African drum ensemble performance group. Visit www.druumatics.org for more information.
Nassau County Poet Laureate (2009-2011), Gayl Teller received an MA from Columbia University and another MA from Queens College, CUNY. Her poetry collections include "At the Intersection of Everything You Have Ever Loved," "Shorehaven," "Moving Day," and "One Small Kindness." Her most recent poetry book, "Inside the Embrace," was selected in national competition to be published by WordTech/Cherry Grove. For 14 years, director and founder of Mid-Island Y JCC Poetry Reading in Plainview, NY, a reading sponsored in part by the NYSCA, she's taught in the English department of Hofstra University since 1985. Finalist for Nassau County Poet Laureate in 2007, she has conducted numerous poetry workshops and seminars and been the feature reader at many universities, poetry centers, and libraries. Her work has received the Edgar Allan Poe Prize, the Peninsula Library Poetry Prize, a National Federation of State Poetry Societies Prize, a National League of American PEN Women Prize, and The Connecticut Writer Prize; "One Small Kindness" was a finalist for the Blue Light Poetry Prize. Her poems are widely published and anthologized, and her book reviews have appeared frequently in "Small Press Review."
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| Robert Savino |
Robert Savino is a native Long Island poet and practicing retiree. Among Savino's publications are a full-length book of poetry, Inside a Turtle Shell (Allbook Books, 2009), and a chapbook, fireballs of an illuminated scarecrow (Good Japan Press, 2008). Widely published his work has also appeared in a multitude of literary journals, Angelflesh, Avenging Spirit, Axe Factory, Babylon Review, Backstreet Quarterly, Black Book Press, Bone & Flesh, Conflict of Interest, Creations Magazine 2007, 2008, 2009, Ellipsis, Fan Magazine, Fulva Flava, Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Home Planet News, In My Shoes, Incoming, Jerseyworks, Long Island Quarterly, Long Islander, Mad Poets Review, Mobius-The Poetry Magazine, Negative Capability, North American Review, Oberon, Poetry Motel, Poetry Superhighway, Rogue Scholars, Skyline Magazine, Skyline Review, Sport Literate, Surreal Underground, Tapestries, The Equinox, Urban Beat, Wooden Head Review, Xanadu, and several anthologies, Babyboomer Birthright (PoetWorks Press, 2013), Toward Forgiveness (Writers Ink Press, 2011), examination anthology (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2010), Long Island Sounds (The North Sea Poetry Scene Press, 2009), Long Island Sounds:2008 (The North Sea Poetry Scene Press, 2008), primal sanities (Allbook Books, 2007), The Light of City and Sea (Street Press, 2006). His awards include the Oberon Poetry Prize in 2008 and the Lake Ronkonkoma Historical Society's 15th Annual Poetry Competition in 2005.
Gail Goldstein is a retired teacher who works with autistic children. She is published in numerous poetry anthologies and literary magazines ("Toward Forgiveness," "Mobius," "PPA Literary Review," "Long Island Sounds," etc.) and has won various poetry awards (Mobius, Farmingdale, Princess Ronkonkoma). She is on the editorial staff of several poetry anthologies. "Whispers and Shouts," an anthology of poetry written by women from Long Island, will be Gail’s first book. It is coming out later this year. Gail’s other passion is music. A percussionist, Gail is part of the drUUmatics, a West African drum ensemble performance group. Visit www.druumatics.org for more information.
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| Gayle Teller |
Nassau County Poet Laureate (2009-2011), Gayl Teller received an MA from Columbia University and another MA from Queens College, CUNY. Her poetry collections include "At the Intersection of Everything You Have Ever Loved," "Shorehaven," "Moving Day," and "One Small Kindness." Her most recent poetry book, "Inside the Embrace," was selected in national competition to be published by WordTech/Cherry Grove. For 14 years, director and founder of Mid-Island Y JCC Poetry Reading in Plainview, NY, a reading sponsored in part by the NYSCA, she's taught in the English department of Hofstra University since 1985. Finalist for Nassau County Poet Laureate in 2007, she has conducted numerous poetry workshops and seminars and been the feature reader at many universities, poetry centers, and libraries. Her work has received the Edgar Allan Poe Prize, the Peninsula Library Poetry Prize, a National Federation of State Poetry Societies Prize, a National League of American PEN Women Prize, and The Connecticut Writer Prize; "One Small Kindness" was a finalist for the Blue Light Poetry Prize. Her poems are widely published and anthologized, and her book reviews have appeared frequently in "Small Press Review."
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| Herbert Siegel |
Herbert Siegel, Ph.D., has been a CEO of major public companies and
is the recipient of numerous professional certifications and awards. He
also holds degrees in business and international law. He has published four books of poetry including “Poems From My Drawer”
(2007), “Poems For The Universe” (2009) and his most recent "Life Through My Glasses: Collected Poems, 1950–2011" (Trafford Publishing, 2011). New York State Senior Poet Laureate (2009), he has received multiple awards for his poetry including the Ellen La Forge Foundation
Poetry Prize, published by Grolier of Cambridge; Sketchbook; the Voice
of the Bards; and the 2010 Award of Excellence from the Poetry Institute
of Canada.Visit him online at http://www.HerbSiegel.org.
The Kiwanis Club on Oceanside raises dollars to send children to summer camp through advertising sponsorships, program patronships and the sale of raffle tickets.
To date the following businesses are sponsoring this year's reading series with their corporate pledge of $150:
21st
Century Appraisers
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Bondi
Iovino & Fusco, Attorneys-at-Law
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Aaron
Rappaport, D.D.S., P.C. & David Rappaport, D.M.D.
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Anthony
J. Santino, Councilman
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Bonbino's
Pizza & Restaurant
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Dee's Nursery
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Friedberg
Jewish Community Center
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Herb
& Marion Brown
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Home
& Hearth Real Estate
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Mary Jane
McGrath, Attorney
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Michael
Schamroth and Family
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Municipal
Credit Union
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Nassau Financial Federal Union
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Oceanville
Mason Supply
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South Nassau
Communities Hospital
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Tower's
Funeral Home
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Westron
Lighting
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Advertising Sponsorships and Program Patronships are still available! Sponsorships are $150 and include the sponsor's business name and logo on signs, posters and the thousands of fliers the club distributes, as well as on all announcements (including every email the club sends). Individuals can also participate as "Program Patrons" for $25. "Program Patrons" will have their names listed on the programs the club will be distributing each week.
If you, or anyone you know, would like to become a sponsor or a Program Patron, send your check made payable to "Oceanside Kiwanis" to Tony Iovino at the address below-- email or include your logo and the listing you want us to print.
Tony Iovino
68 Yorktown Street
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
Home: 516-763-1667
Work: 516-741-8585
Cell: 516-459-3262
tonyiovino@gmail.com
Monday, June 4, 2012
June 6 Ice Gayle Johnson at WCW Center in Rutherford NJ
(June 4, 2012 -- Rutherford, New Jersey) -- The William Carlos William Poetry Cooperative of Southern Bergen County features poet, publisher, and entrepreneur Ice Gayle Johnson this Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 7:00 p. m. As usual the monthly program also features the words of William Carlos Williams and a brief talk about the Rutherford poet. An open reading concludes the program. The event is free and open to the public. No advanced registration is required and all poets and poetry lovers are invited to attend and participate in the open reading. The WCW Poetry Cooperative readings are held the first Wednesday of each month on the upstairs Terrace of Williams Center for the Arts (www.williamscenter.org) located at 1 Williams Plaza in Rutherford, New Jersey. The event is hosted by John J. Trause, Director or the Oradell Public Library. For more information, please contact the Rutherford Public Library at 201.939.8600.
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| Author Ice Gayle Johnson |
Creator of “The Five-point Cut,” “Graduated Bob” and “Fire Fly,” the Chicago-based stylist Ice, a member of Intercoiffeur, the international honorarium and organization for hairdressing professionals, served on Clairol’s Presidential Council with First Lady Nancy Reagan’s colorist. An accomplished photographer, she has been represented by the Ward Nasse Galley of New York, her photos appearing on Marcel Schulman Greeting Cards, Signature Greetings, and others.
As a co-founder and shaper of Uphook Press, Ice co-edited and contributed to its debut collection, “A Cautionary Tale: Peer into the Lives of Seven New York Performing Poets,” in 2008. Three other anthologies have followed: “you say. say.” (2009), “Hell Strung and Crooked” (2010), and “gape-seed” (2011). Ice Gayle Johnson has performed her poetry, coast to coast -- from the Bowery Poetry Club in New York to The Beat Museum in San Francisco. Her spoken word tracks have been featured by Stay Thirsty Media and Poetz.com. Eponymous CD and DVD are available at CDbaby and at DVD.com.
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| John J. Trause, Director, Oradell Public Library |
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| William Carlos Williams |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Jack Cooper
atelierprincipen@gmail.com
201.253.0561
“The Key: Lady Grizzly & Sir Charles Otter” by Ice Gayle Johnson (Hoboken: Poets Wear Prada, 2012), 42 pages, ISBN-10: 0615606512, ISBN-13: 978-0615606514, list price: $12.00, is available in paperback from Amazon Books and other popular booksellers.
Founded in 2006, Poets Wear Prada publishes beautifully designed, well-crafted poetry chapbooks from Sinatra’s hometown, the birthplace of professional baseball.
"Inside Out, Upside Down, & Round and Round Poems Selected & New" by John J. Trause (Nepal: Nirala Publications, 2012), 83pages, ISBN-81-8250-049-4 2012, list price: $20.00, is available from the publisher (www.niralapublications.com).
The Nirala Nepal Series is a series of contemporary writing.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Kiwanis Summer Gazebo Readings Resume in Oceanside on June 4
(May 27 - Oceanside, New York) The Kiwanis Club of Oceanside, New York announces, with great pride and enthusiasm, their Sixth Annual Summer Gazebo Readings series. The Summer Gazebo Readings feature four published authors/poets each Monday evening throughout the summer, set on a village green in Oceanside. An eclectic mix of authors (non-fiction and fiction) and poets read from their works before large, friendly, receptive crowds.
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| Tony Iovino |
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| Linda Opyr |
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| Roxanne Hoffman |
Schoolhouse Green is located on Foxhurst Road, Oceanside, New York (just east of Long Beach Road), about a 4 minute drive from the Long Island Rail Road's Rockville Centre Station.
The event is free an open to the general public. Seating is limited; please, bring your own lawn chair. Many of the authors/poets will have books available for sale and signing. Light refreshments will be also be available.
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| Peter Dugan |
The Kiwanis Club of Oceanside sponsors numerous programs in the Oceanside Community geared for children and the under privileged. Their major use of the funds is to sponsor underprivileged children to a week long summer camp outside of Utica called Kamp Kiwanis. Each year we send upwards of twenty five children, fully outfitted.
The Kiwanis Club invites you to become an advertising sponsor for the reading series. All proceeds raised (all--not net--all) by the program help send underprivileged kids to Kamp Kiwanis. Sponsorships are $150 and include your name and logo on signs, posters and the thousands of flyers they distribute, as well as on all announcements (including every email they send).
The club is also offering "Program Patrons" for $25. "Program Patrons" will have their names listed on the weekly program distributed each week at the reading.
If you would like to become a sponsor or Program Patron, send your check made payable to "Oceanside Kiwanis" to 68 Yorktown Street, Rockville Centre, NY 11570-- email or include your logo and the listing you want us to print.
Raffle tickets will also be sold at the readings to raise additional funds for the program.
For more information contact Tony Iovino by email at tonyiovino@gmail.com.
Friday, May 25, 2012
May 28: Coney Island's On Our MInd: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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| Jack Cooper Dreaming of Coney Island Hmmm...Those Nathan's Franks |
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| A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
Celebrants:
Bernard Block
Tom Oleszczuk
Kim Kalesti
Jessica Femiani
Barbara Ann Branca
Jack Cooper
Richard West
Bob Quatrone
Patricia Brody
Thad Rutkowski
Dorothy Friedman
Linda Lerner
Evie Ivy
Steve Bluestone
Robert Agnoli
David Elsasser
Orion 0.62
About Our Host:
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| Gordon Gilbert (Photo: Thomas Good / NLN) |
Gordon Gilbert, a long-term resident of the West Village, is a writer of short stories, poetry and monologues, currently writing, directing and producing a work-in-progress, "Monologues from the Old Folks Home." He has only been exploring the NYC spoken word scene since 2008. And of course, he is working on the great American novel, a life-long project to which he returns every few years.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Sun., May 27: Phoenix Reading w/ Allegretti, Kolm and Padki in Greenwich Village, NYC
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| PHOENIX READING SERIES Sundays at 4PM @ Scalinatella 245 Bleecker Street (west of Carmine) New York, NY 10014 |
Ron Kolm is probably best known for his involvement with the Unbearables, a loose collective of cultural revolutionaries -- poets and artists, he founded in 1985 with Bart Plantenga, Mike Golden, and Peter Lamborn Wilson, inspired by Hakim Bey's seminal book "TAZ" (Temporary Autonomous Zone). In addition to organizing and participating in the group's performance-demonstrations, he has co-edited the group's anthologies, all published by Autonomedia, the latest titled "The Unbearables Big Book of Sex." "The Ron Kolm Papers," some thirty-five cartons of correspondence, notebooks, objects, chapbooks, signed first editions and runs of literary magazines, were purchased by the Fales Library at New York University, where they now reside.
Melind Padki, originally from India, now residing in New Jersey, has had poems and short stories published in both English and “Marathi,” his mother tongue. He spent twelve years in the great city of Mumbai before coming to Unites States as a post-doctoral fellow at University of Southern California, Los Angeles. His observations, up close and personal, of Mumbai's massive slums and local workers' movements, have appeared in India’s national newspaper, “Times of India.”
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| Michael Graves |
By Subway: Take the 1 train to Christopher Street-Sheridan Square; alternatively the A, B, C, D, E, or F train to West 4th Street and exit at the West 3rd Street exit.
From New Jersey: Take NJ PATH to Christoper Street.
The first Phoenix reading took place in 1995 at La Poeme, a venue on Prince and Elizabeth Streets, and in the years since the series has grown and evolved into the friendly forum it is today. Each week, Phoenix features a set of talented and recognized poets (usually two or three) who read for 20 minutes each. Following the spotlight readings, there is an open mic, and any and all audience members are welcome to share 3-5 minutes of their own material. Phoenix also publishes a print review.
For more information about the series and the print review, please contact Host Michael Graves by email to mikegraves50@hotmail.com
About the Readers:
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| Joel Allegretti |
Joel Allegretti is the author of four collections of poetry: Europa/Nippon/New York: Poems/Not-Poems (Poets Wear Prada, 2012); Thrum (Poets Wear Prada, 2010); Father Silicon (The Poet’s Press, 2006), selected by The Kansas City Star as one of 100 Noteworthy Books of 2006, a list that included novels by Cormac McCarthy and Thomas Pynchon; and The Plague Psalms (The Poet’s Press, 2000).
Allegretti’s poems have appeared in Smartish Pace, PANK, The New York Quarterly, Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art, MARGIE, Fulcrum and many other national journals, as well as in The Best American Poetry blog. His work has be published in several anthologies, including three this year: Divining Divas (Lethe Press), Token Entry: New York City Subway Poems (Smalls Books), and In the BLACK, In the RED (Helicon Nine).
Allegretti’s poetry has been set to music by Frank Ezra Levy for two song cycles: “A Cycle by the Sea,” which had its world premiere at Kean University in 2009, and “Night Keeps Its Promise,” first performed by Cantori New York at Holy Trinity, New York City, in 2011.
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| Ron Kolmn |
Ron Kolm is an American poet, editor, activist and bookseller. In 1985, Kolm, Bart Plantenga, Mike Golden, and Peter Lamborn Wilson founded the Unbearables, a loose collective of poets and artists based on the precepts of Hakim Bey, as set forth in his seminal book, TAZ (Temporary Autonomous Zone).
Taking their name from a short story by Mike Golden, they target literary cliches, which they attempt to deconstruct with
humor.
Kolm is a co-editor of the groups anthologies: Unbearables (1995), Crimes of the Beats (1998), Help Yourself! (2002) and The Worst Book I Ever Read (2009) all published by Autonomedia. Kolm's own publications include The Plastic Factory (1989, Red Dust), Welcome to the Barbecue (Low-Tech Press, 1990) and Rank Cologne (P.O.N. Press, 1991). His work can also be found, along with the other Unbearables, in the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunder's Mouth Press, 1999), and in Up Is Up, But So Is Down: New York's Literary Scene, 1974-1992 (New York University Press, 2006). He has collaborated on a novel, Neo Phobe, written with Jim Feast (Unbearable Books, 2006).
Historian Robert Siegle describes Kolm as "an editor and facilitator for magazines and presses as well as a writer of fiction and poetry" who "carried boxes of little magazines around to bookstores, passed around copies of new work, and connected people" in general, noting that "wherever we look along the networks that hold together the diverse creative talents who constitute this cultural revolution, we find Kolm."
Milind Padki, was born in India to a famous bohemian literary couple. Grew up in a house full of books and literary discussions. Published bits and pieces in school and college magazines. For his pharmaceutical education and PhD in the pharmaceutical sciences, he lived in the great city of Mumbai for 12 years, where Indian society was and still is, under constant churn. Observed Mumbai’s massive slums and slum dwellers up close and personal. Observed workers’ movements very closely. Published small pieces in India’s national newspaper, the “Times of India”. Came to the US as a Post-doctoral fellow at USC, Los Angeles. On the east Coast since 2002, where he has participated in many open poetry readings. Has published poems and short stories in both English, and “Marathi”, his mother tongue. His literary interests are in the interaction between the Indian immigrant and American culture.
Kolm is a co-editor of the groups anthologies: Unbearables (1995), Crimes of the Beats (1998), Help Yourself! (2002) and The Worst Book I Ever Read (2009) all published by Autonomedia. Kolm's own publications include The Plastic Factory (1989, Red Dust), Welcome to the Barbecue (Low-Tech Press, 1990) and Rank Cologne (P.O.N. Press, 1991). His work can also be found, along with the other Unbearables, in the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunder's Mouth Press, 1999), and in Up Is Up, But So Is Down: New York's Literary Scene, 1974-1992 (New York University Press, 2006). He has collaborated on a novel, Neo Phobe, written with Jim Feast (Unbearable Books, 2006).
Historian Robert Siegle describes Kolm as "an editor and facilitator for magazines and presses as well as a writer of fiction and poetry" who "carried boxes of little magazines around to bookstores, passed around copies of new work, and connected people" in general, noting that "wherever we look along the networks that hold together the diverse creative talents who constitute this cultural revolution, we find Kolm."
About the Host:
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Sat. 5/19: Fink, Hoffman, Karageorge, Shmailo at Cornelia St. Cafe in NYC
The Greek-American Writers’ Association
Presents
Tom Fink, Roxanne Hoffman,
Penelope Karageorge & Larissa
Shmailo
6-7:30 PM, Saturday, May 19th, 2012
The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street (Between West 4th & Bleecker Streets)
(212) 989-9319
A $7.00 entry fee
includes one complimentary house drink.
Hosted
by Dean Kostos
A freelance journalist, Penelope Karageorge writes frequently about film and theatre. She is the author of a crime novel, Murder at Tomorrow (Walker Publishing), Stolen Moments (Pinnacle Press) and a poetry collection, Red Lipstick and the Wine-Dark Sea (Pella Publishing). Her short stories have been published in journals as diverse as Mouth Full of Bullets and The Charioteer. Penelope began her career as a Newsweek reporter, interviewing luminaries including Bette Davis and Cary Grant. She was publicity director of People magazine. She's currently developing her original film script, a romantic comedy set on the Greek island of Lemnos, Drinking the Sun.
Roxanne Hoffman worked on Wall Street, now answers a patient hotline for a New York home healthcare provider. Her words can be found, on and off the net, in Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Clockwise Cat, Danse Macabre, The Fib Review, Hospital Drive, Lips Magazine, Lucid Rhythms, Mobius: The Poetry Magazine, The New Verse News, The Pedestal Magazing and Shaking Like a Mountain; the indie flick Love and the Vampire starring Dave Gold and Rick Poli; and several anthologies including The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates (Soft Skill Press), Love After 70 (Wising Up Press), and It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure (Harper Perennial). She started the small literary press Poets Wear Prada with her late husband in 2006, and continues to runs it with the poet, fiction writer and translator Jack Cooper.Her elegiac poem "In Loving Memory" with illustrations by Connecticut artist Edward Odwitt was published as a chapbook in 2011.
Larissa Shmailo has been published in The Unbearables Big Book of Sex, Barrow Street, Fulcrum, Rattapallax, Drunken Boat, Big Bridge, Mad Hatters Review, Naropa’s We among other publications. Larissa translated the Russian Futurist opera Victory over the Sun by A. Kruchenych for the original English-language production performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, archived at the Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art. Her CD, Exorcism won her the 2009 New Century Music Awards for spoken word with music. Her first CD, The No-Net World, is heard frequently on the radio and internet. She has published three books of poetry, In Paran (BlazeVox), A Cure for Suicide (Cervena Barva Press), and the e-book Fib Sequence (Argotist Ebooks).
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Robert Gibbons featured at Go Cat Go, May 14th, in Yorkville, NYC
Monday, May 14th
6:45 PM - 9 PM
Peter Chelnik's GO-CAT-GO! Poetry Event
~featuring~
ROBERT GIBBONS
@
Gracie's Corner Diner
352 E 86th St
(between 1st Ave & 2nd Ave)\
New York, NY 10028
Neighborhoods: Yorkville, Upper East Side
(212) 737-8505
FREE! Open Mic for Poetry
your food/beverage purchase helps support the venue
Robert Gibbons, originally from Belle Glade (Palm Beach County) Florida, is an actor, model, musician, educator, writer and spoken word artist. His work has been published widely online and in print in places like Cartier Street Review, Nomad's Choir, Stained Sheets, and The Palm Beach Post, appearing in several anthologies, Dinner With the Muse, The Anthology of the Green Pavilion Poetry Event, ed. Evie Ivy (Ra Rays Press, 2009), The Brownstone Poets, ed. by Patricia Carragon and hell strung and crooked, eds. Jane Ormerod, Ice Gayle Johnson, Brant Lyon, Tom Fucalora (Uphook Press, 2011).
A popular performance poet he has been featured for Kairo's Cafe at the Church of the Village, Saturn Series at Nightingale Cafe, Poets on White at Space on White, and at The Cornelia Street Cafe, among other venues.
He received his B.S. in History from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee in 1989. Robert has taught in the
Palm Beach County School District; the Prince George’s County School
District; the Fairfax County School District; and now works as an
English Specialist for the Renaissance Charter High School of Innovation
of East Harlem (Manhattan), New York City.
Robert has studied poetry at Cave Canem and the 92Y with master poets Cornelius Eady, Marilyn Nelson, KImiko Hahn,
Nathalie Handal, and Linda Susan Jackson.
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| Peter Chelnik |
Publisher/Editor Roxanne writes a little bit about the host of Go Cat Go!:
Peter Chelnik is responsible for getting me to read my work in public. In 2003 I went to hear him read at The Back Fence at Dee Anne Gorman's invitation. I had never met him before. There was this big burly "all-American" guy at the mic wearing his trademark Pendleton plaid wool shirt, baseball cap, glasses, mustache. reading list poems and what lists he read. It sounded like jazz rants. No music. But he was making music with his words.And his words were filled with American people and American scenes. big and real just like him. He was terrific. Then after the reading broke up, Bridgid Murnagham, reading curator and our waitress for the day, dragged Dee and me on to the stage to read from our notebooks while Chelnik, along with his brother and nephew cheered us on.
We became fast friends, and Herb and I had the pleasure of publishing a chapbook of his poetry, "Paradise Highway," four years later in 2007.
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