I'm reading at this tomorrow!
EARSHOT rides again on Friday, November 20th at 7:30pm, and as always, we'll be providing your pre-Thanksgiving lit fix at the fabulous Rose Live Music (345 Grand Street) in Williamsburg, Bklyn!
What lies in store for you, gentle Earshot lover? How about poet JOANNA FUHRMAN (author of the new collection *Pageant*) and STEVEN KARL (author of the forthcoming chapbook *(Ir)Rational Animals* and *States of Flux*)! They'll be joined by three MFA whiz kids: Brittney Inman (The New School), Kate Hall (City College) and Lynne Beckenstein (NYU).
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All this for $5 and a FREE drink! Something to be thankful for, yes? Join us there!
EARSHOT!
Friday, November 20th @ 7:30 PM
@ Rose Live Music
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
$5 + one free drink
Featuring:
Joanna Fuhrman (*Pageant*, *Moraine*)
Steven Karl (*(Ir)Rational Animals*, *States of Flux*)
Brittney Inman (The New School)
Kate Hall (City College)
Lynne Beckenstein (New York University)
Rose Live Music is located at 345 Grand Street in Brooklyn, between Havemeyer and Marcy. Visit their website for directions: http://roselivemusic.com.
EARSHOT is a bi-monthly reading series, dedicated to featuring new and emerging literary talent in the NYC area. Visit http://www.earshotnyc.com for more information or e-mail Nicole Steinberg at earshotnyc@gmail.com.
Follow the EARSHOT twitter feed at http://twitter.com/earshotnyc
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
So Much To See & Do Don't Bother Shaking A Stick Or Twitching A Tweet
New ish of Spooky Boyfriend featuring a plethora of great poets such as Dan Magers and Nicole Steinberg.
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Always lava hot is Sous Rature so check out the new ish here
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I went to a panel yesterday on Hip-Hop, Pop, and Poetry for the Brooklyn Bookfest and wrote up a 'lil something for it, read that here
There's also a snapshot on G.C. Waldrep here
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How about a new e-chapbook collaboration from Sawako Nakayasu and Jen Hofer. What? Yep completely ridiculous in the way you love it most. Read it here.
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How 'bout the fact that Dan Magers & I are both reading on Saturday? Sadly at separate locations. Here's the info on Dan's reading. I'll post the flyer for mine on Wednesday.
Dear Gmail,
Please tell my friends that I am reading on Saturday at 2pm with Flarf powerhouse Katie Degentesh. I hear she's reading some new stuff, and I completely expect it to be amazing. Tell them that if they are not too hung over, or walking in the park with their loved ones, or making $$$, or staring into the void of your peeling bedroom walls, to please stop by and hear some Poetry.
Your #1 fan,
DPM
September 19: Katie Degentesh and Dan Magers
Katie Degentesh is the author of The Anger Scale. She lives in New York City.
Dan Magers is the co-editor of Sink Review (sinkreview.org). His chapbook Exploitation Poems was published in 2007, and he's had poems published in the tiny, Red China Magazine, and Thirteen Myna Birds.
2 PM on Saturday, September 12th at the Grand Central Branch of the New York Public Library: 135 East 46th Street, in the community/program room, which is on the upper level. Elevator available. Phone: (212) 621-0670. blog:http://grandcentralpoets.blogspot.com
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Always lava hot is Sous Rature so check out the new ish here
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I went to a panel yesterday on Hip-Hop, Pop, and Poetry for the Brooklyn Bookfest and wrote up a 'lil something for it, read that here
There's also a snapshot on G.C. Waldrep here
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How about a new e-chapbook collaboration from Sawako Nakayasu and Jen Hofer. What? Yep completely ridiculous in the way you love it most. Read it here.
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How 'bout the fact that Dan Magers & I are both reading on Saturday? Sadly at separate locations. Here's the info on Dan's reading. I'll post the flyer for mine on Wednesday.
Dear Gmail,
Please tell my friends that I am reading on Saturday at 2pm with Flarf powerhouse Katie Degentesh. I hear she's reading some new stuff, and I completely expect it to be amazing. Tell them that if they are not too hung over, or walking in the park with their loved ones, or making $$$, or staring into the void of your peeling bedroom walls, to please stop by and hear some Poetry.
Your #1 fan,
DPM
September 19: Katie Degentesh and Dan Magers
Katie Degentesh is the author of The Anger Scale. She lives in New York City.
Dan Magers is the co-editor of Sink Review (sinkreview.org). His chapbook Exploitation Poems was published in 2007, and he's had poems published in the tiny, Red China Magazine, and Thirteen Myna Birds.
2 PM on Saturday, September 12th at the Grand Central Branch of the New York Public Library: 135 East 46th Street, in the community/program room, which is on the upper level. Elevator available. Phone: (212) 621-0670. blog:http://grandcentralpoets.blogspot.com
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
More, More, More
Wheelhouse has out a their Summer/Autumn issue here
Wheelhouse has free e-chaps here
& a new anthology entitled Press
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Cate Peebles is this week's No Teller
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Hi all, please join us and also spread the word about this year’s Lit fest in Fort Greene Park--- this year the featured readers are all Fort Greene residents. A link to a beautiful printable flyer follows, and if anyone wants postcards or a poster to put up, let me know. http://www.nywriterscoalition.org/downloads/2009fgplitfest.pdf
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Colson Whitehead + Touré + Nelson George at the Fifth Annual Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival!
Saturday, August 22nd
3 PM
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn (at the monument)
Featuring Fort Greene’s own: Colson Whitehead, Touré and Nelson George!
FREE!
We are proud to announce the return of our popular Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival. The 5th annual free outdoor reading will be held on August 22nd at 3:00 PM. This year features young writers, ages seven to seventeen reading alongside Fort Greene residents Colson Whitehead, Touré, and Nelson George. This exciting event brings several generations of writers together to build on the rich literary traditions of the neighborhoods surrounding beautiful Fort Greene Park.
The Festival celebrates the end of a free summer-long series of creative writing workshops for youth held in the historic Fort Greene Park. The event is free and will take place at the monument in Fort Greene Park. Come join us for a fun day of music and poetry in the park!
The Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival is presented by NY Writers Coalition,Akashic Books, GTHQ and the Fort Greene Park Conservancy, with additional support from the Walt Whitman Project. Laurie Cumbo, Founder and Executive Director of MoCADA, returns as MC for the third time.
Sponsors include State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Time Warner, the Hot Topic Foundation, Independence Community Foundation, the Valentine Perry Snyder Fund, and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.
Colson Whitehead is the author of the novels The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, andApex Hides the Hurt. He has also written a book of essays about his home town, The Colossus of New York, and is a recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. His new novel, Sag Harbor, was published this spring. Whitehead’s reviews, essays, and fiction have appeared in a number of publications, such as the New York Times, The New Yorker,Harper’s and Granta.
One of America’s leading young African-American journalists and critics, Touré is the author of three books: the novel Soul City, a collection of short stories The Promised Landand Never Drank the Kool-Aid, a collection of his work for magazines including The New Yorker and Rolling Stone, where he has served as a contributing editor for the past decade. In addition to his new TV role with TREASURE HD’s I’LL TRY ANYTHING ONCE, Touré is the host of BET’s “The Black Carpet” and regularly appears as a pop culture expert on NBC’s “TODAY.” He has also served as CNN’s first pop culture correspondent and has made appearances on “Dateline NBC,” CNN’s “American Morning,” “Anderson Cooper 360°” and “The O’Reilly Factor.”
Nelson George is an author, filmmaker, television producer, and critic with a long career in analyzing and presenting the diverse elements of African-American culture. Throughout the ’80s and ’90s George was an columnist for Billboard magazine and the Village Voice newspaper, work that led him to write a series of award winning black music histories: Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound; The Death of Rhythm & Blues; and Hip Hop America. George co-wrote Life and Def, the autobiography of his old friend Russell Simmons. He’s also had a career writing fiction, including the bestselling One Woman Short, and the story, It’s Never Too Late in New York, which has been in several anthologies. His 2009 memoir, City Kid, is a look at the connections between childhood in Brooklyn and his adult career in Manhattan, Los Angeles and Detroit.
Wheelhouse has free e-chaps here
& a new anthology entitled Press
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Cate Peebles is this week's No Teller
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Hi all, please join us and also spread the word about this year’s Lit fest in Fort Greene Park--- this year the featured readers are all Fort Greene residents. A link to a beautiful printable flyer follows, and if anyone wants postcards or a poster to put up, let me know. http://www.nywriterscoalition.org/downloads/2009fgplitfest.pdf
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Colson Whitehead + Touré + Nelson George at the Fifth Annual Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival!
Saturday, August 22nd
3 PM
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn (at the monument)
Featuring Fort Greene’s own: Colson Whitehead, Touré and Nelson George!
FREE!
We are proud to announce the return of our popular Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival. The 5th annual free outdoor reading will be held on August 22nd at 3:00 PM. This year features young writers, ages seven to seventeen reading alongside Fort Greene residents Colson Whitehead, Touré, and Nelson George. This exciting event brings several generations of writers together to build on the rich literary traditions of the neighborhoods surrounding beautiful Fort Greene Park.
The Festival celebrates the end of a free summer-long series of creative writing workshops for youth held in the historic Fort Greene Park. The event is free and will take place at the monument in Fort Greene Park. Come join us for a fun day of music and poetry in the park!
The Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival is presented by NY Writers Coalition,Akashic Books, GTHQ and the Fort Greene Park Conservancy, with additional support from the Walt Whitman Project. Laurie Cumbo, Founder and Executive Director of MoCADA, returns as MC for the third time.
Sponsors include State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Time Warner, the Hot Topic Foundation, Independence Community Foundation, the Valentine Perry Snyder Fund, and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation.
Colson Whitehead is the author of the novels The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, andApex Hides the Hurt. He has also written a book of essays about his home town, The Colossus of New York, and is a recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. His new novel, Sag Harbor, was published this spring. Whitehead’s reviews, essays, and fiction have appeared in a number of publications, such as the New York Times, The New Yorker,Harper’s and Granta.
One of America’s leading young African-American journalists and critics, Touré is the author of three books: the novel Soul City, a collection of short stories The Promised Landand Never Drank the Kool-Aid, a collection of his work for magazines including The New Yorker and Rolling Stone, where he has served as a contributing editor for the past decade. In addition to his new TV role with TREASURE HD’s I’LL TRY ANYTHING ONCE, Touré is the host of BET’s “The Black Carpet” and regularly appears as a pop culture expert on NBC’s “TODAY.” He has also served as CNN’s first pop culture correspondent and has made appearances on “Dateline NBC,” CNN’s “American Morning,” “Anderson Cooper 360°” and “The O’Reilly Factor.”
Nelson George is an author, filmmaker, television producer, and critic with a long career in analyzing and presenting the diverse elements of African-American culture. Throughout the ’80s and ’90s George was an columnist for Billboard magazine and the Village Voice newspaper, work that led him to write a series of award winning black music histories: Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound; The Death of Rhythm & Blues; and Hip Hop America. George co-wrote Life and Def, the autobiography of his old friend Russell Simmons. He’s also had a career writing fiction, including the bestselling One Woman Short, and the story, It’s Never Too Late in New York, which has been in several anthologies. His 2009 memoir, City Kid, is a look at the connections between childhood in Brooklyn and his adult career in Manhattan, Los Angeles and Detroit.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
France/London/Brooklyn-- Words Everywhere
Cerise Press, an online journal based in the United States and France, builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French and Francophone works. Co-founded by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, Sally Molini, and Karen Rigby in 2009, Cerise Press hopes to serve as a gathering force where imagination, insight, and conversation express the evolving and shifting forms of human experience. Check out the first issue here
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Issue 13 of London's OneEdit is up and it features Emily Critchley's "Homage to Cathy Wagner.
Also if you haven't checked out OneEdit before be sure to read some of the super-smart reviews here
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How about some b-sides with a nice mix of my fave poets Steinberg and Barizo? Check out the flip side to At-Large Magazine's A-side here. Oh, and this At-Large officially crushes the streak of Steinberg & I being published in tandem. I guess nothing last forever.
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Issue 13 of London's OneEdit is up and it features Emily Critchley's "Homage to Cathy Wagner.
Also if you haven't checked out OneEdit before be sure to read some of the super-smart reviews here
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How about some b-sides with a nice mix of my fave poets Steinberg and Barizo? Check out the flip side to At-Large Magazine's A-side here. Oh, and this At-Large officially crushes the streak of Steinberg & I being published in tandem. I guess nothing last forever.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
GET LIT
Lolita Bar is at 266 Broome Street in the LES of Manhattan. For
directions,
visit http://www.lolitabar.net or call 212.966.7223.**
LIT *15/16 Contributors Include:
Poetry and Prose by Cynthia Arrieu-King, Kate Baldus, A K Beck, Mark
Bilbrey, Sommer Browning, Jennifer Bryan, Blake Butler, Tyler Carter,
Jeff Chang, Jamison T. Crabtree, Mónica de la Torre, Christopher Deweese,
Denise Duhamel, Brian Foley, Andrew Grace, Kate Hall, Casey Haymes, Chris
Hosea, Christine Hume, Kirsten Kaschock, Sean Kilpatrick, Amy Lemmon, dawn
lonsinger, Julianne Lynch, Anthony Madrid, Scott Miles, Ander Monson,
Linnea Ogden, Shelly Oria, Jeffrey Pethybridge, Marie Ponsot, Brett Price,
Justin Quarry, Kathleen Rooney, Catie Rosemurgy, Brian Russell, Michael
Schiavo,Roy William Scranton, Craig Morgan Teicher, Brendon Vayo and Dean Young…*
10 Years: An Editors’ Retrospective*, with an introduction by Nicole
Steinberg and Peter Bogart-Johnson, LIT co-editors, featuring work by
Mary Jo Bang, Erin Belieu, Mark Bibbins, Liz Brown, Jenna Cardinale,
Clifford Chase, Shanna Compton, Elaine Equi, Paul Feldman, Andy Fitch, Jonathan
Franzen, Caroline Knox, Wayne Koestenbum, Thomas David Lisk, Justin
Marks,Chris McCabe, Nancy Nalven, Kathleen Ossip, Angela Patrinos, Rebecca
Reilly,Joseph Salvatore, Maureen Thorson, Chris Tonelli and Matthew Ulland…*
Bars Across Sky Across Feeling: A Selection of German Poetry in Translation*,
curated by Liesel Tarquini, with work by Susan Bernofsky, E.H.
Bottenberg,Marica Bodrozic, Katy Derbyshire, Catherine Hales, Victoria Hill, Wendy
Ann Kopisch, Friederike Mayröcker, Alistair Noon, Veronika Reichl, Monika
Rinck,Silke Scheuermann, Lutz Seiler, Tzveta Sofronieva, Donna Stonecipher,
Matthias Traxler and Chantal Wright…
AND amazing art by Alana Celii and Anna Knoell!
For more info, visit us online at http://litmagazine.wordpress.com.
Monday, June 8, 2009
From Kitchen Sinks to No Tell Motels
Albert. Goldbarth. Here's the funny thing about Mr. Goldbarth. For a while, it seemed like every journal that rejected me would publish a poem or five of Goldbarth's. In fact, he's becoming like an early James Tate, you know what I mean? At one time it seemed like every journal had a Tate poem, now it seems like Goldbarth is in a lot of journals I thumb through. In fact, to amuse myself I decided that Goldbarth and I would never appear in the same publication, but that streak seems to be over since we both appear in Zoland. I've recently been rejected from a few journals so I'll see if he shows up again. He looks pretty cagey in the photo doesn't he?
Nicole Steinberg has been the opposite of Goldbarth. Seems her & I always wind up in the same journals. In fact, we'll both be in the next issues of Coconut and Taiga. And speaking of Steinberg she's this weeks poet over at No Tell Motel.
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Intercultural Poetry Series Hosts Julia Istomina and Andrey Gritsman present a special evening at Cornelia Street Cafe on Wednesday, June 10th, at 6pm: the poetics of Komo Ananda, Melinda Wilson, and Matthew Yeager, with a *SPECIAL TWIST*!
Komo Natu Ananda was born 22 September 1980 in San Diego, California, where he lived for twelve years before moving to New England. In 2006 he moved to New York city to attend the Creative Writing program at The New School. Komo occasionally writes poetry reviews for coldfrontmag.com. His poems remain unpublished and tonight will be his first public reading.
Melinda Wilson's work has appeared in Arsenic Lobster, Avatar Review, The Lumberyard, and elsewhere. Her chapbook, Amplexus will be available from Dancing Girl Press in the fall. She holds an MFA from The New School and is originally from New Hampshire.
Matthew Yeager has published poems in The New York Quarterly, Bat City Review, Ocho and elsewhere. His poem "A Big Ball of Foil in a Small NY Apartment," selected by Paul Muldoon for The Best American Poetry 2005, is currently being adapted into a short film. A native of Cincinatti, OH, he currently lives in Harlem.
Cover $7 (includes one house drink)
Hope to see you there!
How to get to the Cornelia Street Café by Subway
A, C, E, B, D, F & V TRAINS
Get on the south end of the train.
Take the train to the West 4th Street stop.
Exit at West 3rd Street.
Walk one block north to 4th Street.
Make an acute left onto Cornelia Street.
1 & 9 TRAINS
Take the train to the Sheridan Square stop.
Walk 21/2 blocks east on West 4th Street.
Make a right onto Cornelia Street.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Saturday's Hit List
6-6-09: STEINBERG, PICCINNINI, MAGERS AND MORE @ THE BUSHWICK READING SERIES
340 Bushwick Avenue @ Siegel Street
3 to 5 PM
& it's freeeeeeee
From the lovely hostesses, Niina Pollari & Parker Phillips:
June 6th, 2009 marks the end of a glorious season of the BUSHWICK
READING SERIES -- we're an official Bushwick Open Studios Site! Join
us for these festive festivities, which include readings from poetic
moguls Nicole Steinberg, Douglas Piccinnini, and Dan Magers, as well
as an extraordinary interdisciplinary panel about the topic of
WILD/LIFE. What does that mean, exactly? You'll have to come find out
what they have to say. The cast of characters will remain unrevealed,
for now...
Bushwick Library is located on 340 Bushwick Avenue at Siegel Street, a
stone's throw from the Montrose Avenue stop off the L train and just a
little way from the Central Avenue M stop. As always, the reading
takes place from 3-5PM. Don't be late! We have too much planned for
you to be late, folks. If you're confused about the location, you can
find an incredibly helpful map here. Then, stay in town for a drink or
two and check out other Open Studios/Arts Festival events going on in
Bushwick -- http://artsinbushwick.org will give you a detailed
schedule.
Check out the Bushwick Reading Series website for audio of previous
readings -- including last month's, with a gorgeous operatic aria from
Pat Phillips -- as well as previous readers' book recommendations.
http://bushwickreadingseries.org.
Questions? Comments? Love notes? E-mail bushwickbunker@gmail.com.
We're humbly yours.
340 Bushwick Avenue @ Siegel Street
3 to 5 PM
& it's freeeeeeee
From the lovely hostesses, Niina Pollari & Parker Phillips:
June 6th, 2009 marks the end of a glorious season of the BUSHWICK
READING SERIES -- we're an official Bushwick Open Studios Site! Join
us for these festive festivities, which include readings from poetic
moguls Nicole Steinberg, Douglas Piccinnini, and Dan Magers, as well
as an extraordinary interdisciplinary panel about the topic of
WILD/LIFE. What does that mean, exactly? You'll have to come find out
what they have to say. The cast of characters will remain unrevealed,
for now...
Bushwick Library is located on 340 Bushwick Avenue at Siegel Street, a
stone's throw from the Montrose Avenue stop off the L train and just a
little way from the Central Avenue M stop. As always, the reading
takes place from 3-5PM. Don't be late! We have too much planned for
you to be late, folks. If you're confused about the location, you can
find an incredibly helpful map here. Then, stay in town for a drink or
two and check out other Open Studios/Arts Festival events going on in
Bushwick -- http://artsinbushwick.org will give you a detailed
schedule.
Check out the Bushwick Reading Series website for audio of previous
readings -- including last month's, with a gorgeous operatic aria from
Pat Phillips -- as well as previous readers' book recommendations.
http://bushwickreadingseries.org.
Questions? Comments? Love notes? E-mail bushwickbunker@gmail.com.
We're humbly yours.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Gots Love on Barrow Street
Taking a look at the contributors (including myself) in the latest ish of Barrow Street (10th Anniversary Issue) I couldn't help but think of the few degrees of separation such as Jackson Taylor who was my immediate boss while working at The New School and Teachers & Writers' Collaborative. Myself, Jared, and Adam, wrote a grant loosely based on the pedagogy of Marie Ponsot, then there's David Lehman who was my thesis adviser, Peter Moore, a former NS classmate of mine, Evan Glasson who came to my apartment a couple years back to look at a room for rent (he's rumored to have a nice jump shot too), the lovely Sharon Mesmer who I've known for a little while now, Mark Bibbins (who's classes and parties are the stuff of legends) and lastly, LIT co-hort, Nicole Steinberg. I think this is the third journal that Nicole and I have appeared in together... who's stalking who? Or maybe we both just have exquisite taste... nah words stalking words sounds much more sexy. Did I just use the word "sexy?" Yeah Saturday irony rules!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Bum Rush The Show
Join us for a special WoM event!
Word of Mouth
December 11th at 7pm
@ Bluestockings Radical Books
172 Allen St. (Between Stanton and Rivington)
Readers will be:
Jackie Clark (poetry)
Alana Joblin (poetry)
Brooke Shaffner (non-fiction)
Tara Betts (poetry)
Alana Joblin (poetry)
Brooke Shaffner (non-fiction)
Tara Betts (poetry)
Visit www.megpunschke.com/
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EARSHOT!
Friday, December 12th @ 8 PM
Rose Live Music, 345 Grand Street
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring:
The ONE O'CLOCK POETS (This Full Green Hour)
Guillermo Castro, Amy Lemmon, Katrinka Moore, Joan Lauri Poole, Elizabeth Poreba, and Sarah Stern
Tennessee Jones (Hunter College)
Michelle Brule (Brooklyn College)
Marina Kaganova (Columbia University)
Rose Live Music is located at 345 Grand Street in Brooklyn, between Havemeyer and Marcy. Visit their website for directions: http://liveatrose.com/.
EARSHOT is a bi-monthly reading series, dedicated to featuring new and emerging literary talent in the NYC area. Visit http://www.earshotnyc.com for more information or e-mail Nicoleearshotnyc@gmail.com.
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more nicole:
Upstairs at Erika's Literary Salon
Saturday, December 13th at 7:30 PM
Featuring Joanna Cooper, Tim Stark, and Nicole Steinberg
Hosted by Erika Lutzner and Kate Hall
85-101 North 3rd Street, Apt. 508
b/w Wythe and Berry
b/w Wythe and Berry
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Closest trains: L to Bedford, G to Nassau
$4 donation includes food + drink
This will be a special event as it will also be a holiday party: food, libations, music, and some good, old-fashioned poetry, prose, and non-fiction.
Joanna Cooper holds a PhD from Temple University and teaches literature and writing at Fordham University. Her work has appeared in the Cortland Review and Pleiades, and she has a poetry chapbook entitled The Crocodile Lady and Other Poems. Joanna is currently working on a book-length poetry manuscript, tentatively titled "How We Were Strangers."
Joanna Cooper holds a PhD from Temple University and teaches literature and writing at Fordham University. Her work has appeared in the Cortland Review and Pleiades, and she has a poetry chapbook entitled The Crocodile Lady and Other Poems. Joanna is currently working on a book-length poetry manuscript, tentatively titled "How We Were Strangers."
Tim Stark is the proprietor of Eckerton Hill Farm in Lenhartsville, PA. His writing has appeared on National Public Radio as well as Gourmet, Condé Nast Traveler, Washington Post, Missouri Review, Alimentum, and Organic Gardening. Tim and his farm have been profiled on National Public Radio. He read at the first salon here at Erika's loft. He is an amazing farmer, writer, and friend. His book Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer is awesome and available everywhere. If you have ever been to Erika's house in the early fall, you've had his tomatoes, and Erika will make something for the party with some of his chili's.
Nicole Steinberg is co-editor of LIT and a contributing editor to BOMB. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Barrow Street, RealPoetik, Coconut, No Tell Motel, Eleven Eleven, Barrelhouse, Spooky Boyfriend, and elsewhere. She hosts and curates EARSHOT, a reading series dedicated to emerging writers of all genres (http://earshotnyc.com) and lives in Queens, NY.
There will also be an amazing musician and an open mike. Please bring something to read for the open mike - three minutes maximum!
No spikey shoes please, Erika's floors are too old...
Potluck welcome in lieu of the four dollar donation.
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Nicole Steinberg is co-editor of LIT and a contributing editor to BOMB. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Barrow Street, RealPoetik, Coconut, No Tell Motel, Eleven Eleven, Barrelhouse, Spooky Boyfriend, and elsewhere. She hosts and curates EARSHOT, a reading series dedicated to emerging writers of all genres (http://earshotnyc.com) and lives in Queens, NY.
There will also be an amazing musician and an open mike. Please bring something to read for the open mike - three minutes maximum!
No spikey shoes please, Erika's floors are too old...
Potluck welcome in lieu of the four dollar donation.
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Darling,
It occurs to me as I rediscover all these tiny, burning altars of our love that never were they paper-made. Never were they ash-born, nor have they blown into every hungry wild eye to seed. I rediscover them, relics of these months we've spent together in my home, and although I remain devoted to you love, I hope that you will pen this letter, or one of your own, light a match and set it free. I want us all to experience a new love, this Saturday, to walk in off of the cold streets, bleary-eyed and starving, unsure of how we got here, ready hold to so many strange and unfamiliar faces, with our words, like a hand.
Soon to pen and set on fire,
Madame
The Poetry Brothel
Saturday, December 13th
9pm-2am
The Zipper Factory
336 W. 37th St. (btwn 8th and 9th Ave.)
$15 admission (includes a free drink and one private reading with your very own poetry whore!)
Featured Reader: Patricia Smith
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How about a some sommer (browning) for your winter? Musically speaking, that is:
Hello Friends!
I am playing music this Sunday with Sportsman's Paradise!
A seven-man-and-woman-strong army of guitarists will generate a
forty-minute-long blast of psychedelic blissout mash-up with Tibetan
bell interludes.
There will also be four screens of hypnotic and luminescent video
accompaniment.
How does that sound?
It's free (except it's not. You have to buy $10 in food/drink. They
have good burgers.)
It will be loud.
Monkeytown
58 N 3rd St
(btw. Kent & Wythe)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Sunday, December 14, 8pm
http://monkeytownhq.com/
I like Monkeytown and will make a huge effort to check this out.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Are You a Dom or Sub or Both?
I recently read Nick Courtright's blog Tier 3 and his thoughts on submissions sent my own mind wandering. I think it's a good post- gets one to think about ego, the role of poems kept or shared, and the intrinsic vs extrinsic nature of writing/creating. The comments are definitely worth checking out as well.
One of the things Courtright touched on was the "act of submission or submitting" and the fact that he feels dread-- you know that feeling like he's doing something wrong. I think this is because of the nature of the word itself. Submission is to put yourself or poems to the will of another in hopes of approval/reward. This is why Subs and Doms consist of a subsection of sexual deviance (deviance here conveys a good thing as the act of deviance is compared to the moralistic right). There are those that have a burning need to be dominated and this domination, in turn, results in pleasure, and there are those who get off on the dominating i.e. control every emotion/physical action/reaction. My assumption is that Courtright prolly doesn't visit or desire to spend much time with Doms and to take it out of the sexual realm-- he prolly doesn't even surround himself with a bunch of bossy, demanding friends which is why he feels such dread when it comes time to submit. He toys with the thought of hoarding all of his poems so that they are discovered and published only after his death ala Dickinson. This, appears to me my friends, as the ultimate form of control- the easiest way to keep him-- which the creative process is a manifestation of. Once he's dead then something greater than life has taken over and his hands are clean.
Yet, like a lot of us, Courtright does submit. He gives in to the unpleasantness of it all and fills out those SASE, folds those poems, writes those cover letters, attaches his document and hits send. Why? Simple because he reads and respects the journals and wants to be included (no matter how painful the process) in the ongoing conversation that each journal puts forth. Most of us not only find an ego-pleasing thrill to see our names in print or on screen, but an even greater thrill when we recognize and respect the company we are included in. Certainly when Sink Review published my poems I was even more excited when I realized that I was included with J. Mae Barizo, CA Conrad, Julia Cohen/ Mathias Svalinas, and Nicole Steinberg (who edits LIT, which is a journal I once read for).
So this leaves me with a few questions:
What if journals came up with another name? Something other than submission? A name not so easily rooted in binaries of Master/Slave context? Would those that dread submitting feel better? (& you have to dread submitting- not getting rejected- there is a huge distinction between the two)
For the poets that also edit journals does this give you a chance of ultimately evening out your Dom/Sub tendencies, therefore keeping a harmonious ying/yang effect?
Should I be doing something better with my Saturday morning like drinking coffee and eating breakfast and having real-life interactions?
One of the things Courtright touched on was the "act of submission or submitting" and the fact that he feels dread-- you know that feeling like he's doing something wrong. I think this is because of the nature of the word itself. Submission is to put yourself or poems to the will of another in hopes of approval/reward. This is why Subs and Doms consist of a subsection of sexual deviance (deviance here conveys a good thing as the act of deviance is compared to the moralistic right). There are those that have a burning need to be dominated and this domination, in turn, results in pleasure, and there are those who get off on the dominating i.e. control every emotion/physical action/reaction. My assumption is that Courtright prolly doesn't visit or desire to spend much time with Doms and to take it out of the sexual realm-- he prolly doesn't even surround himself with a bunch of bossy, demanding friends which is why he feels such dread when it comes time to submit. He toys with the thought of hoarding all of his poems so that they are discovered and published only after his death ala Dickinson. This, appears to me my friends, as the ultimate form of control- the easiest way to keep him-- which the creative process is a manifestation of. Once he's dead then something greater than life has taken over and his hands are clean.
Yet, like a lot of us, Courtright does submit. He gives in to the unpleasantness of it all and fills out those SASE, folds those poems, writes those cover letters, attaches his document and hits send. Why? Simple because he reads and respects the journals and wants to be included (no matter how painful the process) in the ongoing conversation that each journal puts forth. Most of us not only find an ego-pleasing thrill to see our names in print or on screen, but an even greater thrill when we recognize and respect the company we are included in. Certainly when Sink Review published my poems I was even more excited when I realized that I was included with J. Mae Barizo, CA Conrad, Julia Cohen/ Mathias Svalinas, and Nicole Steinberg (who edits LIT, which is a journal I once read for).
So this leaves me with a few questions:
What if journals came up with another name? Something other than submission? A name not so easily rooted in binaries of Master/Slave context? Would those that dread submitting feel better? (& you have to dread submitting- not getting rejected- there is a huge distinction between the two)
For the poets that also edit journals does this give you a chance of ultimately evening out your Dom/Sub tendencies, therefore keeping a harmonious ying/yang effect?
Should I be doing something better with my Saturday morning like drinking coffee and eating breakfast and having real-life interactions?
Friday, May 23, 2008
Equi Aqui
EARSHOT!
Join us for the next installment of EARSHOT at The Lucky Cat, located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn! EARSHOT is a bi-monthly reading series, dedicated to featuring new and emerging literary talent in the NYC area.
*Friday, May 23, 2008 at 8 PM*
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring:
ELAINE EQUI (author of Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems)
JEROME SALA (author of Look Slimmer Instantly!)
Brynn Saito (Sarah Lawrence College)
Keri Bertino (Columbia University)
Maya Funaro (Hunter College)
Admission is a mere $5 plus one free drink (beer, wine or well drinks only)!
The Lucky Cat is located at 245 Grand Street in Brooklyn, between Driggs and Roebling. Visit their website for directions: http://www.theluckycat.com.
Also visit http://www.earshotnyc.com for more information on Earshot or e-mail Nicole Steinberg at earshotnyc@gmail.com.
Join us for the next installment of EARSHOT at The Lucky Cat, located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn! EARSHOT is a bi-monthly reading series, dedicated to featuring new and emerging literary talent in the NYC area.
*Friday, May 23, 2008 at 8 PM*
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring:
ELAINE EQUI (author of Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems)
JEROME SALA (author of Look Slimmer Instantly!)
Brynn Saito (Sarah Lawrence College)
Keri Bertino (Columbia University)
Maya Funaro (Hunter College)
Admission is a mere $5 plus one free drink (beer, wine or well drinks only)!
The Lucky Cat is located at 245 Grand Street in Brooklyn, between Driggs and Roebling. Visit their website for directions: http://www.theluckycat.com.
Also visit http://www.earshotnyc.com for more information on Earshot or e-mail Nicole Steinberg at earshotnyc@gmail.com.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Mei-mei recap plus assorted other stuff
Last night I went to the Mei-mei reading (which I forgot to post on my blog) with Mónica de la Torre and Rusty Morrison. There were lots of nice faces in attendance like Nicole Steinberg (who also has a poem in the same upcoming ish of Eleven Eleven as yours (un)truly,) Evie Shockley (whose book, Half-red sea doesn't seem to be in many book stores which is a shame because it's a complete must-read) Kate Greenstreet & her husband- both always a pleasure to converse with, and my roommate, Tara aka Deep Disco (if I can continue to perpetuate a slang name like its a M.I.A. thang).
The crowd was a bit smaller i.e. no Richard Tuttle or Kiki Smith so it gave both Tara and I a lot of face time to chat with Mei-mei, which was a pleasure. Especially hearing about how Mei-mei's daughter is one out of a hundred trying to get an intern job at a graffiti studio.
Mei-mei read some new poems which were inspired by her husband's shoot with W magazine. The mix of fashion & science was of complete interest to Tara as she's a fashion designer who tutors in science and math. When Tara asked Mei-mei what her science background was, Mei-mei said she had none except an interest in making the language less masculine.
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It was a perfectly beautiful evening out so after grabbing food Tara & I walked from Williamsburg (where the reading took place) back to Chinatown.
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This morning is a wet raining one that makes me want to sit in bed and drink endless amounts of French Press Coffee.
It's also exceptional weather to try & make some significant progress in reading this book.
The crowd was a bit smaller i.e. no Richard Tuttle or Kiki Smith so it gave both Tara and I a lot of face time to chat with Mei-mei, which was a pleasure. Especially hearing about how Mei-mei's daughter is one out of a hundred trying to get an intern job at a graffiti studio.
Mei-mei read some new poems which were inspired by her husband's shoot with W magazine. The mix of fashion & science was of complete interest to Tara as she's a fashion designer who tutors in science and math. When Tara asked Mei-mei what her science background was, Mei-mei said she had none except an interest in making the language less masculine.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
It was a perfectly beautiful evening out so after grabbing food Tara & I walked from Williamsburg (where the reading took place) back to Chinatown.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
This morning is a wet raining one that makes me want to sit in bed and drink endless amounts of French Press Coffee.
It's also exceptional weather to try & make some significant progress in reading this book.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Who's House? Dan's House!
EARSHOT*Friday, December 21st, 2007 at 8 PM*
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring:
Daniel Magers
Chloe' Yelena Miller
Adrian Van Young (Columbia University)
Traci Brimhall (Sarah Lawrence College)
Jeanie Gosline (Brooklyn College)
Admission is a mere $5 plus one free drink (beer, wine or well drinks only)!
The Lucky Cat is located at 245 Grand Street in Brooklyn, between Driggs and Roebling. Visit their website for directions: http://www.theluckycat.com.
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
Featuring:
Daniel Magers
Chloe' Yelena Miller
Adrian Van Young (Columbia University)
Traci Brimhall (Sarah Lawrence College)
Jeanie Gosline (Brooklyn College)
Admission is a mere $5 plus one free drink (beer, wine or well drinks only)!
The Lucky Cat is located at 245 Grand Street in Brooklyn, between Driggs and Roebling. Visit their website for directions: http://www.theluckycat.com.
Monday, December 3, 2007
The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel- 2nd Floor
The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel – Second Floor
BOOK LAUNCH READING AND RELEASE PARTY!
December 3rd, 2007
7-9 PM
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street, NYC
FREE!!!
Featuring: Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Ana Bozicevic-Bowling, Bruce Covey, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Kate Greenstreet, Shafer Hall, editor Reb Livingston, Justin Marks, Gina Meyers, Carly Sachs, Allyson Salaza, Evie Shockley, and Nicole Steinberg
Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel – Second Floor contributors:
Eric Abbott * Deborah Ager * Malaika King Albrecht * William Allegrezza * Molly Arden * Cynthia Arrieu-King * Robyn Art * Sandra Beasley * Aaron Belz * Erin M. Bertram * Mary Biddinger * Ana Bozicevic-Bowling * Timothy Bradford * Joseph Bradshaw * Jason Bredle * Jenny Browne * Jenna Cardinale * Bruce Covey * Phil Crippen * Susan Denning * Michelle Detorie * Laurel K. Dodge * Mark DuCharme * Peg Duthie * kari edwards * AnnMarie Eldon * Jill Alexander Essbaum * Julie R. Enszer * Noah Falck * Michael Farrell * Katie Fesuk * Adam Fieled * Alice Fogel * Elisa Gabbert * Eric Gelsinger * Scott Glassman * David B. Goldstein * Dean Gorman * Anne Gorrick * Lea Graham * Kate Greenstreet * Piotr Gwiazda * Shafer Hall * Josh Hanson * Nathan Hoks * Donald Illich * Salwa C. Jabado * Charles Jensen * Jim Kober * Ron Klassnik * Jennifer L. Knox * Dorothee Lang * Sueyeun Juliette Lee * David Lehman * Reb Livingston * Rebecca Loudon * Justin Marks * Clay Matthews * Kristi Maxwell * Gary L. McDowell * Erika Meitner * Didi Menendez * Michael Meyerhofer * Steve Mueske * Gina Myers * Cheryl Pallant * Shann Palmer * Alison Pelegrin * Simon Perchik * Derek Pollard * Andrea Potos * Cati Porter * Laurie Price * Jessy Randall * Kim Roberts * Anthony Robinson * Carly Sachs * John Sakkis * Allyson Salazar * Christine Scanlon * Margot Schilpp * Morgan Lucas Schuldt * Patty Seyburn * Peter Jay Shippy * Evie Shockley * Alex Smith * Hugh Steinberg * Nicole Steinberg * Alison Stine * Mathias Svalina * Erik Sweet * Eileen R. Tabios * Bronwen Tate * Molly Tenenbaum * Chris Tonelli * Letitia Trent * Jen Tynes * Michael Quattrone * Ashley VanDoorn * Fritz Ward * J. Marcus Weekley * Betsy Wheeler * Theodore Worozbyt * Kim Young
BOOK LAUNCH READING AND RELEASE PARTY!
December 3rd, 2007
7-9 PM
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street, NYC
FREE!!!
Featuring: Hugh Behm-Steinberg, Ana Bozicevic-Bowling, Bruce Covey, Jill Alexander Essbaum, Kate Greenstreet, Shafer Hall, editor Reb Livingston, Justin Marks, Gina Meyers, Carly Sachs, Allyson Salaza, Evie Shockley, and Nicole Steinberg
Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel – Second Floor contributors:
Eric Abbott * Deborah Ager * Malaika King Albrecht * William Allegrezza * Molly Arden * Cynthia Arrieu-King * Robyn Art * Sandra Beasley * Aaron Belz * Erin M. Bertram * Mary Biddinger * Ana Bozicevic-Bowling * Timothy Bradford * Joseph Bradshaw * Jason Bredle * Jenny Browne * Jenna Cardinale * Bruce Covey * Phil Crippen * Susan Denning * Michelle Detorie * Laurel K. Dodge * Mark DuCharme * Peg Duthie * kari edwards * AnnMarie Eldon * Jill Alexander Essbaum * Julie R. Enszer * Noah Falck * Michael Farrell * Katie Fesuk * Adam Fieled * Alice Fogel * Elisa Gabbert * Eric Gelsinger * Scott Glassman * David B. Goldstein * Dean Gorman * Anne Gorrick * Lea Graham * Kate Greenstreet * Piotr Gwiazda * Shafer Hall * Josh Hanson * Nathan Hoks * Donald Illich * Salwa C. Jabado * Charles Jensen * Jim Kober * Ron Klassnik * Jennifer L. Knox * Dorothee Lang * Sueyeun Juliette Lee * David Lehman * Reb Livingston * Rebecca Loudon * Justin Marks * Clay Matthews * Kristi Maxwell * Gary L. McDowell * Erika Meitner * Didi Menendez * Michael Meyerhofer * Steve Mueske * Gina Myers * Cheryl Pallant * Shann Palmer * Alison Pelegrin * Simon Perchik * Derek Pollard * Andrea Potos * Cati Porter * Laurie Price * Jessy Randall * Kim Roberts * Anthony Robinson * Carly Sachs * John Sakkis * Allyson Salazar * Christine Scanlon * Margot Schilpp * Morgan Lucas Schuldt * Patty Seyburn * Peter Jay Shippy * Evie Shockley * Alex Smith * Hugh Steinberg * Nicole Steinberg * Alison Stine * Mathias Svalina * Erik Sweet * Eileen R. Tabios * Bronwen Tate * Molly Tenenbaum * Chris Tonelli * Letitia Trent * Jen Tynes * Michael Quattrone * Ashley VanDoorn * Fritz Ward * J. Marcus Weekley * Betsy Wheeler * Theodore Worozbyt * Kim Young
Thursday, October 25, 2007
2 Poems Here
To have poems accepted is a good feeling but it's even better when you see the issue for the first time and get a glimpse of the good company you're included with thus I was especially surprised and pleased to see that my poems came out in the same issue as Julia Cohen, fellow LIT cohort, Nicole Steinberg, and illadelph's on CA Conrad. There's also a paragraph on Liam Rector and a little write up about Wes Anderson. I know, I know you're beside yourself with anticipitation so good ahead and read it already!
http://www.sinkreview.org/
http://www.sinkreview.org/
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Laura and Nicole
This should be a pretty solid reading. I'm going to have to miss it 'cause I have previous plans for the evening, but I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
LAURA CRONK & NICOLE STEINBERG read at PERCH CAFE!
Tuesday, October 23rd
7:30 PM
365 5th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn
F/R Train to 4th Avenue/9th Street (btwn 5th and 6th St.)
W W W . T H E P E R C H C A F E . C O M
Laura Cronk has published poems in No Barrow Street, Conduit, LIT, Lyric, McSweeney's, Tell Motel, and other journals. Her poems have been anthologized in The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel and Best American Poetry 2006. She currently co-curates the Monday Night Poetry Series at KGB Bar and lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Nicole Steinberg is the co-editor of LIT and associate editor of BOMB. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Gulf Coast, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel: Second Floor, RealPoetik, Barrelhouse and elsewhere. She’s the founder, curator and host of EARSHOT, a Brooklyn-based reading series dedicated to the work and presence of emerging writers in the New York City area (http://earshotnyc.com). She lives in Queens, New York.
LAURA CRONK & NICOLE STEINBERG read at PERCH CAFE!
Tuesday, October 23rd
7:30 PM
365 5th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn
F/R Train to 4th Avenue/9th Street (btwn 5th and 6th St.)
W W W . T H E P E R C H C A F E . C O M
Laura Cronk has published poems in No Barrow Street, Conduit, LIT, Lyric, McSweeney's, Tell Motel, and other journals. Her poems have been anthologized in The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel and Best American Poetry 2006. She currently co-curates the Monday Night Poetry Series at KGB Bar and lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Nicole Steinberg is the co-editor of LIT and associate editor of BOMB. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Gulf Coast, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel: Second Floor, RealPoetik, Barrelhouse and elsewhere. She’s the founder, curator and host of EARSHOT, a Brooklyn-based reading series dedicated to the work and presence of emerging writers in the New York City area (http://earshotnyc.com). She lives in Queens, New York.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
LIT launch party wrap- up and poem accepted
The LIT launch party was a good time. The funny thing about NS events is that the alcohol seems to either last forever or vanish in a blink- this party was one of them vanishing acts. First all the Brooklyn Lagers disappeared then all the cups and at one point I noticed a few people pouring white wine into empty soda cans. Wow! That's dedication or boredom at its best. Nonetheless it was good to catch Sampson Starkweather read and see so many people I don't know with copies of LIT in their hands. Have I told you how good ish 13 is going to be?
I saw Matthew Yeager (who I hadn't seen in ages) Malachi Black, Mark Bibbins, and met Peter Bogart Johnson's (current editor of LIT along with Nicole Steinberg, a good poet, and a very funny guy) wife, and then left the party with poets Daniel Meagers and Steve Roberts for a few more drinks. Both Steve and myself had work early the next morning so it ended up being a pleasant, yet early evening... sorry Dan!
Friday I got an acceptance email from Knock Journal (out of Seattle) that they will be publishing my "Birthday Poem" in their November issue- yeah for that! At sometime today I have to figure out where else I've submitted that poem so I can retract it- definitely my least favorite task- let's just say my submission spread sheet is a half-assed infrequently updated thing of a disaster!
I saw Matthew Yeager (who I hadn't seen in ages) Malachi Black, Mark Bibbins, and met Peter Bogart Johnson's (current editor of LIT along with Nicole Steinberg, a good poet, and a very funny guy) wife, and then left the party with poets Daniel Meagers and Steve Roberts for a few more drinks. Both Steve and myself had work early the next morning so it ended up being a pleasant, yet early evening... sorry Dan!
Friday I got an acceptance email from Knock Journal (out of Seattle) that they will be publishing my "Birthday Poem" in their November issue- yeah for that! At sometime today I have to figure out where else I've submitted that poem so I can retract it- definitely my least favorite task- let's just say my submission spread sheet is a half-assed infrequently updated thing of a disaster!
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