Poets Wear Prada at Rainbow Book Fair this Saturday March 26 in NYC

This Saturday, March 26, from 11AM to 5PM, Poets Wear Prada will be sharing at table with poet Jee Leong Koh and Bench Press at the 3rd Annual Rainbow Book Fair, the only GLBT book fair in the U.S.A.. The book fair  which is sponsored in part by CLAGS will be held at The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in Greenwich Village located at 208 West 13th Street in NYC.  For more information about the fair visit:  http://www.rainbowbookfair.org/

This is the largest LGBT book event in America, and it is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Be a part of the most exciting lgbt book event in the U.S. Join authors, poets, publishers, university presses, and the entire reading and writing community in this diverse spectacular of words, images, and talent. With the Center’s dramatic large 3rd floor exhibition space, additional rooms for panels, poetry readings, and author events, free books and hourly book giveaways, mingling, and meeting authors and readers like yourself.

The book fair includes over 50 exhibitors.  Our friends Ice, Jane Ormerod, Brant Lyon  from Uphook Press and Kat Georges and Peter Carlaftes from Three Rooms Press will also have tables with books for sale at the fair.

Four of the writers published by Poets Wear Prada, Austin Alexis, Joel Allegretti, Jee Leong Koh and Richard Marx Weinraub will be among the fifty GBLT writers who will be reading at the Poets Salon curated by Regie Cabico and Nathaniel Siegel:

COME HEAR ! POETS AT THE POETS SALON

RAINBOW BOOK FAIR SATURDAY MARCH 26 2011 THE CENTER NYC

11AM TO 12NOON

A. Tennessee Williams

1. Steven Cordova

2. Bill Kushner

3. Richard Tayson

4. Jason Roush

5. James Pergola

6. Sarah Chinn

7. Regie Cabico

Each poet reads 5 minutes each Fifteen minute break 11:45am-12:00noon


12NOON TO 1PM

1. AUSTIN ALEXIS

2. Arianne Benford

3. AJ Bialo

4. Sean Patrick Conlon

5. Seren Divine

6. Jameson Fitzpatrick

7. Joseph O. Legaspi

8. Gregory Laynor

9. Tamiko Beyer

Each poet reads 5 minutes each Fifteen minute break 12:45pm-1:00pm

1PM TO 2PM

1. Betsy Andrews

2. Guillermo Filice Castro

3. CAConrad

4. Walter Holland

5. Michael Klein

6. JEE LEONG KOH

7. Laura Neuman

8. Angelo Nikolopoulos

9. Erica Kaufman

Each poet reads 5 minutes each Fifteen minute break 1:45pm-2:00pm
2PM TO 3PM

1. JOEL ALLEGRETTI

2. Michael Brazell

3. Marc E. Dones

4. Sarah Dowling

5. James Pergola

6. RICHARD MARX WEINRAUB

7. Saeed Jones

8. Vittoria Repetto

9. Scott Hightower

Each poet reads 5 minutes each Fifteen minute break 2:45pm-3:00pm

3PM TO 4PM

1. Cheryl B.

2. Leopolding Core

3. Davidson Garrett

4. Tamika LaDawn Harbor

5. Zoe Contros Kearl

6. Rickey Laurentiis

7. Timothy Liu

8. David Messineo

9. Eileen Myles

Each poet reads 5 minutes each Fifteen minute break 3:45pm-4:00pm

4PM TO 5PM

1. Bakar Wilson

2. Tim Peterson (Trace)

3. Moonshine Shorey

4. Stephanie Gray

5. Sam LaRoche

6. Joanna Hoffman

7. Natalie E. Illum

8. Jeffery Berg

9. Nathaniel Siegel

Z. James Purdy

Each poet reads 5 minutes each Fifteen minute break 4:45pm-5:00pm

Save 20% on Your Book Purchases at LULU dot com this March!

LULU.com helps you celebrate SPRING  with a new book!

Enter SPRINGREAD at the checkout for 20% off your book purchase through 3/31/2011 (This coupon can only be used once but will be applied to all the books in your shopping cart for maximum savings of $25)


Visit our LULU storefront at http://stores.lulu.com/poetswearprada to purchase copies of

THRUM: Poems by JOEL ALLEGRETTI
OUTSIDE GIRL by CYNDI DAWSON
GATHERED AT HER SKY: Life Poems by TANTRA-ZAWADI
DEAD RECKONING: Poems by GENE AUPREY

OUTSIDE GIRL by CYNDI DAWSON
$12.00

Lived through the NYC downtown ’80s? Cyndi Dawson takes you home. And if you were never there, you are now, through the penetrating glare of an "Outside Girl" who brings the reader through the scene, the clubs, the drugs, the grit, and ties it all together with love. With this collection, Cyndi Dawson, who is known largely for her stage performances, establishes herself as fierce, forceful, raw, punk poet in the tradition of Jim Carroll, who holds her own on the page as well as the stage. — PUMA PERL, author of KNUCKLE TATTOOS and BELINDA AND HER FRIENDS





 





 

GATHERED AT HER SKY: Life Poems by TANTRA-ZAWADI
$12.00

  “Tantra's writing oozes with the passion of Neruda and the sensitivity of Sonia. Her words can warm the coldest of hearts.” — Bruce George, Co-Founder of RUSSELL SIMMONS DEF POETRY JAM

“Tantra-zawadi's poetry speaks of a global consciousness and ambassadorship; each word of every line reminds us of the connection we have to one another in the race to win.”— Tshombe Sekou Harris, Founder/Host of FREEDOM VERSE CAFE

Tantra-zawadi, an award winning poet/artist/filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York, has performed to standing-room audiences in the USA, South Africa, London, Germany and Toronto. GATHERED AT HER SKY contains excerpts from her off-Broadway production SOLDIER BLUES, and her one-woman performance piece GIRL: A CHOREOSPECTIVE, as well as the text of previously recorded spoken word tracks.

 

THRUM: Poems by JOEL ALLEGRETTI
$12.00

In THRUM, Joel Allegretti, deftly and delightfully, strums his magical musical instrument, which is poetry, as he forges fresh forms of songs and stories that are inspired by strummers’s strings. “Context is everything,” Allegretti reminds us, and we’re planted in the heart of a global ancient/modern orchestra. Prepare yourself for the revelatory performance. --Martine Bellen



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

DEAD RECKONING: Poems by GENE AUPREY
$15.00

 
Author Gene Auprey offers a new collection of poems; a meditation on nature, life and death, and the ever-present possibilities of hope, humor and love. “At home somewhere between the pastoral and the familial, violence and tranquility (often showing how they are sometimes the same side of the same coin), Gene Auprey’s voice is one of restrained and steady power.” — James Midgely, Editor MIMESIS

Wed March 2: Poetry Thin Air Features Susan Maurer & Efrayim Levenson on MNN Ch 67 Live Stream

Efrayim Levenson, Author of  DANCES WITH TEARS (PWP, 2007)

Susan Maurer, author of RAPTOR RHAPSODY (PWP, 2007)

Wed@ 8:30 PoetryThinAir… Susan Maurer and Efrayim Levenson
Direction and Video by Mitch Corber

…………………………………………………………..
About two dozen shows were recently put up on YouTube by Mitch Corber so you can watch them at your convenience.

Go to http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=poetry+thin+air+spencer&aq=f
…………………………………………………………..

The show airs every Wednesday night at 8:30 pm on Channel 67

(MNN/Manhattan Neighborhood Network)

Note: if you live outside Manhattan or can't get MNN Ch 67, you can still watch
the live internet stream of the show by following instructions below.


INTERNET STREAM.....

1. Click on http://www.mnn.org/

2. Viewing the right column of MNN webpage, go to "MNN4 Culture"

3. Click "Watch MNN4 Live"

4. Click small icon to watch full screen on your computer during live broadcast.



(You can only watch the streaming video in real time, i.e. at 8:30pm Wednesday night)

Wed March 1 Poet MADELINE TIGER Reads at Williams Center for Arts, Rutherford NJ

Plus the words of William Carlos Williams

& open readings from the floor

This program is held at

Williams Center for the Arts

Marcus Theatre

One Williams Plaza

Rutherford, NJ 07070

Call the Rutherford Public Library at 201.939.8600 for more information

http://www.williamscenter.org/

Dear Family & Friends,

Although it was a cold and icy night last night, Lisa Sisler and Dorinda Wegener provided a strong and engaging feature, playing off their diversity, and Dorinda started off the evening with her reflections on the conflict between William Carlos Williams’s Romanticism as represented by his mother Elena’s influence and his scientific, Modernist commitment as represented by Ezra Pound’s influence. Once again I thank John Barrale and Claudia Serea for introducing our features.

I continue to host this excellent series, now in its sixth year, so please come by for this upcoming reading. Mark your calendars now!

NOTE that this series is held on FIRST Wednesdays each month.

Madeline Tiger

The WCW Poetry Cooperative of Southern Bergen County is pleased to invite Madeline Tiger, noted poet and teacher, as the feature on Wednesday, March, 2011 at 7:00 p. m. As usual this monthly program will also feature the words of William Carlos Williams, this time by Madeline Tiger herself, and open readings from the floor. No advanced registration is required and all poets and poetry lovers are invited. Note that we are now holding the WCW Poetry Cooperative readings in the Marcus Theater of the Williams Center for the Arts (www.williamscenter.org ) located at 1 Williams Plaza in Rutherford, N. J.

Also, please remember that noted poet Jim Klein leads our peer-to-peer poetry workshops (Red Wheelbarrow Poets) on Wednesdays (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th) when we do not have the readings at 7 p. m. NOTE that these have now been relocated to GainVille Learning Center and Café (http://www.gaincontact.com/ ):

GainVille Learning Center and Café
17 Ames Avenue
Rutherford, NJ 07070
Tel. (201) 507-1800 / Fax (201) 507-1888

Also, please see the Red Wheelbarrow website here:

http://redwheelbarrowpoets.wordpress.com/


Remember that the Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow Poets just published volume 3 of The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow, including three poems of mine, those of many others associated with the WCW Poetry Cooperative and literary life in Rutherford, some excellent essays, and as usual some original, previously unpublished work of Dr. Williams himself. Copies of the anthology are on sale now, so please contact the editors at redwheelbarrowpoets@yahoo.com , if you would like more information or like to purchase a copy or two. They make excellent birthday or holiday gifts for poetry lovers and anyone who loves literature and history.
Please come out and support these creative endeavors.
Thank you.

Love & Peace,

John J. Trause

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About Our Featured Poet:

Madeline Tiger’s tenth collection of poems, The Atheist’s Prayer, appeared from Dos Madres Press, (Spring, 2010). Her other recent collections include The Earth Which Is All (2008) and Birds of Sorrow and Joy: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2000 (2003). Her work appears regularly in numerous local and national journals and anthologies.

Ms Tiger is also a noted teacher in the Writers-in-the-Schools Program of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Playwrights Theatre of NJ; The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Poetry Programs; The Montclair Adult School (Memoir Writing); and in private poetry writing workshops for adults.


She has garnered prizes and fellowships from the NJ State Council on the Arts: 1978, 1980, 1987; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts: 1987, 1988, 1990; Blue Mountain Center, 1988; Columbia University School of the Arts, 1985-86; Poetica Magazine, 2007; and Artist/Teacher award from Playwrights Theater of NJ, 1993. In addition, she was honored with the Pioneer Teaching Artist Award of the NJ Arts Education Collective in April 2008.

Born in New York City, Madeline Tiger has lived in NJ for most of her life. She was a resident of Montclair, NJ from 1963 until moving to Bloomfield in 2000 where she lives under a weeping cherry tree. Ms Tiger has five children and seven grandchildren.

Sat Mar 19: Greek American Writers w/ JOHN J TRAUSE 6pm Cornelia St Cafe NYC

Dear Family and Friends,


Please join us at this event at which I will be presenting my poetry on SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2011 ( St. Joseph ’s Day), 6 – 8 p. m.

The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
(Between West 4th & Bleecker Streets)
New York City
(212) 989-9319

A $7.00 entry fee includes one complimentary house drink.

Please see the attached flyer and also the announcement in elegant Papyrus by the eminent host of the series Dean Kostos:

* * *

Dear Friends,

On the night before the vernal equinox, five gifted poets will read at the Cornelia Street Cafe. For full details, please open the attached flyer.

Think spring,

Dean

* * *

I look forward to seeing you there.

Peace,

JOHN J TRAUSE

JOHN


P. S. No, I am not Greek or Greek-American, but I do a mean Sappho in her original Aeolic dialect.

Reading Notice: Joel Allegretti at Pianos in Bloomfield NJ on March 7

SAVE THE DATE: RockStar Poets and Writers [Bloomfield Reading Series]

 featuring JOEL ALLEGRETTI on Monday, March 7, 2011

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

I'm the featured poet in the March installment of Rockstar Poets at Pianos, 36 Broad Street in Bloomfield, NJ. The reading is Monday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. I'll read from my chapbook, Thrum, and other work. There's an open mic afterward, so bring something to declaim from the stage.

Hope to see you Monday.

Joel Allegretti
http://www.joelallegretti.com/

Thrum: Poems a new chapbook by Joel Allegretti from Poets Wear Prada
ISBN 978-0-9841844-4-6, Trade Paperback, 38pp., $12.00

"In Thrum Joel Allegretti, deftly and delightfully, strums his magical musical instrument, which is poetry, as he forges fresh forms of songs and stories that are inspired by strummers' strings. 'Context is everything,' Allegretti reminds us, and we’re planted in the heart of a global ancient/modern orchestra. Prepare yourself for the revelatory performance." --Martine Bellen, Author of Tales of Murasaki and Other Poems, 1997 National Poetry Series selection

"Joel Allegretti's latest collection of poems is as enjoyable as it is different. Thrum takes the reader on a journey that explores known musical instruments, such as the mandolin, dulcimer and fiddle, as well as some not-so-known instruments, such as the oud, koto and theorbo. But what makes this journey unique is that each instrument is in a sense personified as the emotive element of each instrument is brought to life. Allegretti does a wonderful job tuning every poem so that the music of each instrument is realized again and again in the words on the page. An intriguing and must read for anyone who has a sense of all that culminates in the commingling of the arts."--Raymond Hammond, Editor, The New York Quarterly

Now Available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Thrum-Poems-Joel-Allegretti/dp/0984184449?ie=UTF8&tag=thprpo-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969  



words to linger on: "The Surprise" by AUSTIN ALEXIS in VOX POETICA

words to linger on: "The Surprise" by AUSTIN ALEXIS in VOX POETICA http://www.voxpoetica.com/words_to_linger_on.html

Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 12:46 PM


Dear Roxanne,

Hi. I hope you're well.

Here is a note for the PWP news page: Austin Alexis's poem, "The Surprise," is currently published on the Vox Poetica "Words to Linger On" page.

Thanks.

Cheers,

Austin Alexis
http://www.amazon.com/Austin-Alexis/e/B003XTFXFC/

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

For Lincoln: & Other Poems

by Austin Alexis

(Paperback - March, 2010)

ISBN 978-0984184439
Poets Wear Prada
34 pages

$10.00

"Austin Alexis contemplates the way time's passage alters our sense of artists such as Chopin, Haydn, Poe, and Martha Graham as well as, among others, grandparents, Einstein, and presidents Lincoln and Obama. The way the poet cultivates sound, sense, and form, he grows, as he writes George Sand did for Chopin, 'the branch he needs / in order to soar.'"                   --George Held, author of PHASED, GROUNDED, and other poetry collections

"By use of precise imaginings, Austin Alexis allows us an intimacy with select artists: Chopin, or a street poet, or Lincoln, that great artist of rhetoric and vision. An engaged and observant poet, Alexis reveals grace, connection, legend and mortality. This book is an ode to all of us."    --Sarah Sarai, author of THE FUTURE IS HAPPY

 

Reminder: World Premiere of "Night Keeps Its Promise" by Levy/Allegretti, Sunday, 3/6

Church of Holy Trinity
316 East 88th Street
(btwn 1st & 2nd Aves.)
New York, NY 10128
http://www.holytrinity-nyc.org/

Dear Friends and Colleagues:


Just a reminder that the world premiere of "Night Keeps Its Promise," a song cycle by Frank Ezra Levy on my poetry, will take place Sunday, March 6, at the Church of the Holy Trinity on 316 East 88th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues, New York, NY 10128. Showtime is 5 p.m. In addition to the song cycle, Cantori, a 36-member vocal ensemble, will perform Gypsy songs on Lorca poems and Renaissance madrigals.

You can order tickets here: http://www.cantorinewyork.com/ .


Hope to see you on Sunday.

Joel Allegretti
http://www.joelallegretti.com/

Thrum: Poems a new chapbook by Joel Allegretti from Poets Wear Prada
ISBN 978-0-9841844-4-6, Trade Paperback, 38pp., $12.00

"In Thrum Joel Allegretti, deftly and delightfully, strums his magical musical instrument, which is poetry, as he forges fresh forms of songs and stories that are inspired by strummers' strings. 'Context is everything,' Allegretti reminds us, and we’re planted in the heart of a global ancient/modern orchestra. Prepare yourself for the revelatory performance." --Martine Bellen, Author of Tales of Murasaki and Other Poems, 1997 National Poetry Series selection

"Joel Allegretti's latest collection of poems is as enjoyable as it is different. Thrum takes the reader on a journey that explores known musical instruments, such as the mandolin, dulcimer and fiddle, as well as some not-so-known instruments, such as the oud, koto and theorbo. But what makes this journey unique is that each instrument is in a sense personified as the emotive element of each instrument is brought to life. Allegretti does a wonderful job tuning every poem so that the music of each instrument is realized again and again in the words on the page. An intriguing and must read for anyone who has a sense of all that culminates in the commingling of the arts."--Raymond Hammond, Editor, The New York Quarterly

Now Available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Thrum-Poems-Joel-Allegretti/dp/0984184449/  



Winners of Tantra-Zawadi Promise Prize Announced!

Peace and Blessings!


It is with great joy to announce the winners from Chitakatira High School in Zimbabwe, of the Tantra-zawadi Promise Prize in English.

Awarded for Outstanding Academic Achievement in English:

Beauty Manjonjori

Munyaradzi Muchabaya

Pamela Chakondowa

Poetry/Creative Writing Winners:

Bornwell Muzamwese

Brighton Muzamwese

Leona Mundangepfupfu

Lincon Muchena

McCloud Moyo

Thandiwe Mukaira

Please visit my website at Tantra-zawadi.com to see more of their beautiful faces and read their poems on the topic: "Africa - Leading the 21st Century."

Show them some love and please leave comments for our young visionaries.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
--Nelson Mandela

Love, light and continued progress,



Tantra-zawadi



PWP Author Tantra-Zawadi on Tour for GATHERED AT HER SKY: Upcoming February Events!

Tantra-Zawadi at TRCC's Soul Food/Jazz Night

Basic info:


Author Tantra-Zawadi will be promoting her book, Gathered at Her Sky: Life Poems. The event will run on Wednesday February 23rd from 6:30-9:30pm, taking place at Three Rivers Community College, Cafeteria, 574 New London Turnpike, Norwich, CT 06360, USA
Event description:

Soul Food/Jazz Night · "New Orleans-Style"

Tantra will be performing with Tut Amin.


Food, Live Music, and Lots of Fun! Sponsored by: TRCC's Cultural Society, New Orleans Rebuilding Team, Fine Arts Committee, and ConnCAS.

$5 suggested donation.

Location: TRCC Cafeteria

Tantra-Zawadi  Features at 449LA aka SCAT's

Friday Night Mic with Ronne

Basic info:


Author Tantra-Zawadi will be promoting the book, Gathered at Her Sky: Life Poems. The event will run on Friday February 25th from 7-9pm at 449LA aka SCAT Showcase For Artists, 449 Lenox Avenue, New York, NY 10037, USA
Event description:

In Harlem, New York: Lenox Ave. bet. W. 132nd & W. 133rd Sts.

Admission: $5.00

For Info/Directions: (212) 234-3298



Visit Amazon's Tantra Zawadi Page:  http://www.amazon.com/Tantra-Zawadi/e/B003XLULLQ/

And follow her event's on BookTour.com: http://booktour.com/author/32957


Tantra blogs at:  http://www.tantra-zawadi.com/

Reading Notice: Joel Allegretti at Hotel Marrakech, February 16 in NYC

Wednesday February 16
6:30PM
Ronnie Norpel Presents
JOEL ALLEGRETTI
CELLA FARBER
JACKIE SHEELER
+
Open
@
Kazbar Lounge 
Marrakech Hotel, 2688 Broadway, NYC 
(bet. 102nd and 103rd Sts.)
212-222-2954

Dear Friends and Colleagues:


I have the great pleasure of helping launch a new reading series curated by Ronnie Norpel, author of Baseball Karma & the Constitution Blues (Three Rooms Press) and former collaborator of Warhol right hand Gerard Malanga.

The new series takes hold Wednesday, February 16, in the Kazbar on the second floor of the Marrakech Hotel, 2688 Broadway bet. 102nd and 103rd Streets, NYC. We start at 6:30 p.m.

In addition to yours truly, the other featured readers are journalist Cella Farber, who has written extensively on HIV/AIDS and whose articles have appeared in Esquire and Spin, and the always-amazing Jackie Sheeler, author of the must-have poetry collection Earthquake Came to Harlem from New York Quarterly Books.
There will be an open reading.

That sound you're hearing right now is the call of the Master Musicians of Joujouka summoning you to the Kazbar. Heed the call or the ghosts of William Burroughs and Brion Gysin will come to your home to get you. I met William Burroughs. Trust me, you don't want his ghost showing up at your door.


Joel


http://www.joelallegretti.com/

THRUM, a new chapbook by Joel Allegretti from Poets Wear Prada
ISBN 978-0-9841844-4-6, Trade Paperback, 38pp., $12.00

"In Thrum Joel Allegretti, deftly and delightfully, strums his magical musical instrument, which is poetry, as he forges fresh forms of songs and stories that are inspired by strummers' strings. 'Context is everything,' Allegretti reminds us, and we’re planted in the heart of a global ancient/modern orchestra. Prepare yourself for the revelatory performance."

--Martine Bellen, Author of Tales of Murasaki and Other Poems, 1997 National Poetry Series selection

"Joel Allegretti's latest collection of poems is as enjoyable as it is different. Thrum takes the reader on a journey that explores known musical instruments, such as the mandolin, dulcimer and fiddle, as well as some not-so-known instruments, such as the oud, koto and theorbo. But what makes this journey unique is that each instrument is in a sense personified as the emotive element of each instrument is brought to life. Allegretti does a wonderful job tuning every poem so that the music of each instrument is realized again and again in the words on the page. An intriguing and must read for anyone who has a sense of all that culminates in the commingling of the arts."

--Raymond Hammond, Editor, The New York Quarterly

Thrum: Poems by Joel Allegretti Now Available on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Thrum-Poems-Joel-Allegretti/dp/0984184449?ie=UTF8&tag=thprpo-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969

SUN Feb 6 Poet Joel Allegretti 5:30PM Bengal Curry 65 W B'way NYC

PHOENIX READING SERIES

Sunday, February 6, 2011

5:30-7:30 PM

presents the following featured readers:

JOEL ALLEGRETTI, ALAN BAXTER,
BRENDA MORRISE, STAN RAFFES

with Limited Open Mic

@

Bengal Curry

65 West Broadway

New York, NY 10007-2292

212.571.1122

(Between Murray & Warren)

1 1⁄2 blocks below Chambers St

Take the 1, 2, 3, A, C or E trains to Chambers St.

Hosted by Mike Graves

212.571.1122

$3 + Meal/Bev

For info, booking and to reserve spot for open reading contact:

mikegraves5 at hotmail dot com

This Sunday will be another great experience at the Phoenix Reading @ Bengal Curry. If you love poetry you will not want to miss it. If you love Indian food, including the best naan in NYC, you will not want to miss it. If you love both you will be in Nirvana. If the weather is bad please call Bengal Curry at 212-571-1122 to verify that the venue is open.



* * *


My poem "The Widow," a short ekphrasis on a Fernando Botero painting, will appear in the next issue of PHOENIX MAGAZINE, edited by Michael Graves.

Hope to see you Sunday.

Joel

http://www.joelallegretti.com/




THRUM, a new chapbook by Joel Allegretti from Poets Wear Prada

ISBN 978-0-9841844-4-6, Trade Paperback, 38pp., $12.00





"In Thrum Joel Allegretti, deftly and delightfully, strums his magical musical instrument, which is poetry, as he forges fresh forms of songs and stories that are inspired by strummers' strings. 'Context is everything,' Allegretti reminds us, and we’re planted in the heart of a global ancient/modern orchestra. Prepare yourself for the revelatory performance."--Martine Bellen, Author of Tales of Murasaki and Other Poems,1997 National Poetry Series selection

"Joel Allegretti's latest collection of poems is as enjoyable as it is different. Thrum takes the reader on a journey that explores known musical instruments, such as the mandolin, dulcimer and fiddle, as well as some not-so-known instruments, such as the oud, koto and theorbo. But what makes this journey unique is that each instrument is in a sense personified as the emotive element of each instrument is brought to life. Allegretti does a wonderful job tuning every poem so that the music of each instrument is realized again and again in the words on the page. An intriguing and must read for anyone who has a sense of all that culminates in the commingling of the arts."--Raymond Hammond, Editor of The New York Quarterly

Now Available on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Thrum-Poems-Joel-Allegretti/dp/0984184449?ie=UTF8&tag=thprpo-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969