August 29, 2011

I spent the first part of my life as a nomad, but relocated to Albany in 2000, and have been here ever since. As far back as I can remember,

Dan Wilcox – Poet, Peace Activist — Host of the third Thursday open mic for poets at the Social Justice Center, member of 3 Guys From Albany, and photographer who

Rich Tomasulo moved to Albany in 1995, and he’s been active in the poetry open mic scene for the last three years. He occasionally ventures into prose. Most of his

K. A. Thayer is traveling-sacred through word-tracing dynamogenesis. POEMS Preserves Session Lesson in Room 3 Gobsmacked                 PRESERVES They borrowed a pair of

Matina L. Stamatakis lives in upstate New York.  She has had works published in various experimental magazines like Eratio and Zafusy, and is an editor of an e-poetry collective: Venereal

J. Eric Smith is a Low Country South Carolina native who has made his home in New York’s Capital Region since 1993. He is a graduate of the United States

Carolee Sherwood is a painter, mixed-media artist and poet. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in Pirene’s Fountain, Awakenings Review, Wicked Alice, Scythe, Qarrtsiluni, Literary Mama, Juicebox: a

Bob Sharkey started on the open mic scene over ten years ago and reads out often locally. He has been a featured reader at many venues (most of which have

James Schlett has been called “the last living romantic poet of Albany.” He is a north Jersey native who has been an intermittent resident of the Capital Region for the past decade, most

Amanda is the quintessential Gemini, floating in and out of the Albany poetry scene since 1998. A passionate woman, an unabashed workaholic and an insomniac, she previously hosted “Alchemy of

I am Michael Rivet, assistant manager of Blackwidow’s Web of Poetry and have been published in a few small press, student journals, and eZines. I am a founding member of