Showing posts with label Niina Pollari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Niina Pollari. Show all posts
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Manhattan & Brooklyn Get Up to Get Down
LaunchPad
721 Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Curated by Niina Pollari, Steven Karl
Hosted by Niina Pollari
100,000 Poets for Change (http://www.bigbridge.org/100thousandpoetsforchange/) is a forum for GLOBAL readings for social change, happening on the same day (Sept. 24th). This format/forum is especially exciting because it simultaneously demonstrates the potential of both individual and international communities. Our Brooklyn edition of the reading will feature:
Tricia Taaca
Mark Bibbins
Brenda Ijima
Amy King
Ana Bozicevic
Hanna Andrews
David James Miller
Come to LaunchPad for the reading, hang out with us in the garden afterward, and support poetry as a forum for social change. And remember to check the website for all the global updates -- and see the updated information for our edition at http://www.bigbridge.org/100thousandpoetsforchange/?p=3618#comments.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Some up-coming gigs
The end of July will be busy, but busy in a good way. The First Annual New York Poetry Festival will happen on July 30th and 31st. More info here.
On Saturday July 30th at 12:30 the Coldfront Magazine Crew will be reading poems. I'm super-psyched as we have never all read together before! I will read only a poem, but the others will read for longer.
At 2pm myself & Erika Moya will curate a special Stain of Poetry for the festival featuring Dustin Luke Nelson, Jillian Brall, and Niina Pollari. Don't miss it!
At 3pm I'll read a full set of poems for No,Dear (along with radsters Amy Lawless & Jen Hyde!)
Hope to see you at the Coldfront/Stain/No,Dear readings!
On Saturday July 30th at 12:30 the Coldfront Magazine Crew will be reading poems. I'm super-psyched as we have never all read together before! I will read only a poem, but the others will read for longer.
At 2pm myself & Erika Moya will curate a special Stain of Poetry for the festival featuring Dustin Luke Nelson, Jillian Brall, and Niina Pollari. Don't miss it!
At 3pm I'll read a full set of poems for No,Dear (along with radsters Amy Lawless & Jen Hyde!)
Hope to see you at the Coldfront/Stain/No,Dear readings!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Ex-Girlfriend's Never Gonna Get Her Bass Back
Tonight, at Goodbye Blue Monday, poet & translator, Niina Pollari, will rock you out with her band Mindtroll.
If you're more in the mood for a reading, how about checking out Leigh Stein, who is reading at McNally Jackson for the Dzanc Best of the Web. Info here.
Also, check out the new ish of Action Yes which contains poems by the ever-awesome Jared White!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
The Chapbook Review
The new ish of The Chapbook Review is up and it contains a review of Niina Pollari's chapbook by me. Here's the link lots of great stuff!
Monday, January 11, 2010
"Escort Me To The Harmony"
JOHN COLETTI
NIINA POLLARI
JOHN SAKKIS
@ SPACESPACE
390 SENECA AVENUE
CORNER OF SENECA AND STANHOPE
8pm FREE BEER AND POETRY, Saturday, January 17th
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Good Stuff for a Rainy Wednesday
Niina Pollari's new chapbook is out! You can check it out here.
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My interview with Sawako is up on Coldfront, as well as, a review of Jill's book (not by me).
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& how about an interview with Justin Mark's here?
Saturday, September 5, 2009
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.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Orr floating in a river without an oar
I've been reading comments about Orr's article on "greatness" since Saturday. Greatness is a difficult one because Orr's idea of what is "great" is different than my idea or your idea of what is "great," however, I think ambition is a bit more palatable. I'm not sure which contemporary poets Orr is reading-- but I can think of a ton of poets that Orr is NOT reading if he thinks that greatness & ambition will pass away with Ashbery.
Y-A-W-N.
Ken Kesey once said that he believes a man should be as big as he has it in him to be. Now let's remove the gendering of that comment and simply say a human should be as big as a human desires to be. I strive for "bigness," yeah I like to get my B.I.G. on-- often times it fails, but the inner-tune remains the same. The biggest problem with Orr's essay is that "greatness" seems to be engendered as "male." While not surprising, it does explain why he thinks greatness will die with Ashbery- we're surrounded with astounding works of "greatness," "ambition," and poems that live large aka "B.I.G." but Orr is not reading any of it-- which is his lost. I suggest he spends less time looking for "greatness" in Barnes & Nobles and supports small presses. Who knows, he just might stumble upon some inspiration.
Here's a list of other bloggers' thoughts:
Amy King
Barbara Jane Reyes
Justin Taylor
J.Mae Barizo
Cooper Renner
John Emil Vincent
Niina Polari
Reb Livingston
I think ultimately that the Orr article is worthy because it has generated some serious dialogue and many poets have taken up the challenge to not let him define us or our ambition.
Y-A-W-N.
Ken Kesey once said that he believes a man should be as big as he has it in him to be. Now let's remove the gendering of that comment and simply say a human should be as big as a human desires to be. I strive for "bigness," yeah I like to get my B.I.G. on-- often times it fails, but the inner-tune remains the same. The biggest problem with Orr's essay is that "greatness" seems to be engendered as "male." While not surprising, it does explain why he thinks greatness will die with Ashbery- we're surrounded with astounding works of "greatness," "ambition," and poems that live large aka "B.I.G." but Orr is not reading any of it-- which is his lost. I suggest he spends less time looking for "greatness" in Barnes & Nobles and supports small presses. Who knows, he just might stumble upon some inspiration.
Here's a list of other bloggers' thoughts:
Amy King
Barbara Jane Reyes
Justin Taylor
J.Mae Barizo
Cooper Renner
John Emil Vincent
Niina Polari
Reb Livingston
I think ultimately that the Orr article is worthy because it has generated some serious dialogue and many poets have taken up the challenge to not let him define us or our ambition.
Monday, January 12, 2009
I Can Only Eat Fruit In A Relaxed Apartment
I picked up a copy of Sampson Starkweather's City of Moths on Friday at the Earshot Reading. I ran into Niina there who has a pretty good summation of the reading here.
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I had to work on Saturday and then came home and went to bed early.
Yeah I'm exciting that way.
Sunday I ate brunch at Cafe Olea, worked on poems, hung out with deep disco (roommate) & then watched Rashomon.
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I'm going to the Poets & Writers reading/party tonight in DUMBO (see previous post for info).
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Wednesday, the ever affable Mark Bibbins is reading along with John Deming.
6:00PM INTERCULTURAL POETRY SERIES
Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street, NYC 10014 212-989-9319
Julia Istomina, host
Mark Bibbins; John Deming; Michael Quattrone
Mark Bibbins is the author of The Dance of No Hard Feelings,
forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press, and the Lambda Award-winning Sky
Lounge.
Michael Quattrone is the author of Rhinoceroses (New School Chapbook
Series, 2006), and a curator of the KGB Monday night poetry reading
series. His work has appeared online in Octopus, McSweeney's, and
Jacket, and in the anthologies The Best American Erotic Poems
(Scribner, 2008) and The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel—Second Floor
(No Tell Books, 2007). He works with Visible Theatre and lives in
Sleepy Hollow, New York.
John Deming is Co-Editor in Chief of coldfrontmag.com. His poems have
appeared or are forthcoming in POOL, Parthenon West Review, Tarpaulin
Sky, Past Simple and elsewhere. A New Hampshire native, he currently
lives in New York City and teaches at Baruch College and L.I.M.
College. He holds degrees in journalism and poetry from the University
of New Hampshire and The New School.
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.
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Issue 3 of Saltgrass is hot off the presses! If you read this blog then you know I've blogged about quite a few contributors in this issue so you can imagine my excitement.
Eric Baus, CAConrad, Jessica deCourcy Hinds, Johannes Goransson, Kate Greenstreet, Brenda Iijima, Kristi Maxwell, Sawako Nakayasu, Keith Newton, Joshua Poteat, Joy Rhoades, Ken Rumble, Matt Sumell, Chris Tonelli, and Mike Young.
It's just waiting for you to read it. The basics: $5.00 print journal.
You can order the issue online & read sample poems at www.saltgrassjournal.blogspot.com.
Please pass on the good word.
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The Winter Issue of diode is up and eager for your eyes
Dear All,
I just wanted to let you know that the Winter, 2009 issue of diode is now live.
Dilruba Ahmed
Aaron Anstett
Tamiko Beyer
Ash Bowen
Charlie Clark
Arpine Konyalian Grenier
Angela Hibbs
Dennis Hinrichsen
dawn lonsinger
Bobbi Lurie
Ron Mohring
George Moore
Deborah Poe
Patrick Rosal
Michael Salcman
Maureen Seaton
Floarea Ţuţuianu, trans. Adam J. Sorkin and Irma Giannetti
Jakob VanLammeren
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I had to work on Saturday and then came home and went to bed early.
Yeah I'm exciting that way.
Sunday I ate brunch at Cafe Olea, worked on poems, hung out with deep disco (roommate) & then watched Rashomon.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I'm going to the Poets & Writers reading/party tonight in DUMBO (see previous post for info).
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Wednesday, the ever affable Mark Bibbins is reading along with John Deming.
6:00PM INTERCULTURAL POETRY SERIES
Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street, NYC 10014 212-989-9319
Julia Istomina, host
Mark Bibbins; John Deming; Michael Quattrone
Mark Bibbins is the author of The Dance of No Hard Feelings,
forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press, and the Lambda Award-winning Sky
Lounge.
Michael Quattrone is the author of Rhinoceroses (New School Chapbook
Series, 2006), and a curator of the KGB Monday night poetry reading
series. His work has appeared online in Octopus, McSweeney's, and
Jacket, and in the anthologies The Best American Erotic Poems
(Scribner, 2008) and The Bedside Guide to No Tell Motel—Second Floor
(No Tell Books, 2007). He works with Visible Theatre and lives in
Sleepy Hollow, New York.
John Deming is Co-Editor in Chief of coldfrontmag.com. His poems have
appeared or are forthcoming in POOL, Parthenon West Review, Tarpaulin
Sky, Past Simple and elsewhere. A New Hampshire native, he currently
lives in New York City and teaches at Baruch College and L.I.M.
College. He holds degrees in journalism and poetry from the University
of New Hampshire and The New School.
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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Issue 3 of Saltgrass is hot off the presses! If you read this blog then you know I've blogged about quite a few contributors in this issue so you can imagine my excitement.
Eric Baus, CAConrad, Jessica deCourcy Hinds, Johannes Goransson, Kate Greenstreet, Brenda Iijima, Kristi Maxwell, Sawako Nakayasu, Keith Newton, Joshua Poteat, Joy Rhoades, Ken Rumble, Matt Sumell, Chris Tonelli, and Mike Young.
It's just waiting for you to read it. The basics: $5.00 print journal.
You can order the issue online & read sample poems at www.saltgrassjournal.blogspot.com.
Please pass on the good word.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++The Winter Issue of diode is up and eager for your eyes
Dear All,
I just wanted to let you know that the Winter, 2009 issue of diode is now live.
Dilruba Ahmed
Aaron Anstett
Tamiko Beyer
Ash Bowen
Charlie Clark
Arpine Konyalian Grenier
Angela Hibbs
Dennis Hinrichsen
dawn lonsinger
Bobbi Lurie
Ron Mohring
George Moore
Deborah Poe
Patrick Rosal
Michael Salcman
Maureen Seaton
Floarea Ţuţuianu, trans. Adam J. Sorkin and Irma Giannetti
Jakob VanLammeren
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