If you are in the Glens Falls area this weekend, be sure to swing into the Queensbury Hotel for the 16th Annual Glens Falls Chronicle Book Fair. They have a great day planned with guests including “The Fabulous Beekman Boys” and reporter / author Tom Rivers. Here is a complete rundown of the big event: […]
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The Chronogram Open Word reading series continues this coming Saturday, November 5 at 7:00PM with featured readers Cate McNider and Jeffrey Davis at the BEAhive in (not downtown) Kingston with special guest co-hosts Cheryl Rice and Guy Reed. The usual host, Phillip Levine, will not be there this time around, but he did send along
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We have been going through the archives here at Albany Poets HQ and came across this great CD, Volume: A Compilation of Poets, Live, from 1995 that was produced by Mary Panza and Steve Clark chronicling the poetry scene at the time at such venues as the QE2, Margarita’s, and Borders. The poets on this
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We kicked off this week with a special edition of Poets Speak Loud with featured poet Anthony Bernini who was reading from and signing his new book, Immediate Worlds. The room was packed and the poetry was inspiring for the October installment of the series. Next month we are back on our regular schedule, the
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This was one of the last Albany Poets Presents open mics at Valentines before handing everything over to make room for the Nitty Gritty Slam. The open mic featured poetry from Dan Wilcox, Illiptical, Mojavi, Dain Brammage, Ben Golden, new poet Jessica Fisher-Smith, and another new(ish) poet to the scene Nadi Morsch. This was a
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Local painter, artist, poet, performer, former Hudson Valley Writers Guild co-President, and current HVWG webmaster (people still use that term?) Carolee Sherwood is scheduled to be the featured poet next Wednesday, November 2, at the Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic night in Saratoga Springs. the first Wednesday of every month Caffè Lena presents: Caffè Lena
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Poetry Pairing | ‘Once Upon a Midnight Dreary’ (from The New York Times blog) For your Halloween pleasure, this Poetry Pairing matches Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” with a 2009 article, “For Poe, This Has Been the Year to Die For.” … Poet Philip Schultz embraces ‘My Dyslexia’ at age 58 (from The Cleveland
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We just received information about an upcoming workshop series for writers happening every Saturday in November at East Line Books in Clifton Park. After reading about this fantastic series we wanted to find out what else is going on at the bookstore and discovered that this small, local bookstore on Rte. 9 is doing big
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Sophomore slams his way to the top of Austin poetry scene (from The Daily Texan) When Zach Caballero steps onto the stage, he hears the cheers and claps from the audience. He takes a second to breathe, and the room goes quiet. He has performed poetry across the nation from Los Angeles to Boston, yet
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The Yes! Reading Series continues on Friday, November 11 at the Social Justice Center featuring the film of Jason Cosco and poetry from MacGregor Card and Conchitina Cruz at 8:00PM. Here is some information on the features for the evening: Macgregor Card is a poet, translator and bibliographer living in Queens. His first book, Duties
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Tomorrow night the 2011-2012 season of Frequency North kicks off at The College of St. Rose with Dana Spiotta and Tobias Seamon. Host and organizer Daniel Nester has put together a great season of writers coming to Albany this year to share their work with the community and students. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMbJDY6Xs3w ACCLAIMED NOVELIST DANA SPIOTTA AND
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When You’re Strange (from Poetry Foundation) There are two kinds of people in this world: those who think the Doors are a hokey caricature of male rock stardom and those who think they’re, you know, shamans… Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology (from GalleyCat) The Occupy Wall Street library has produced the first Occupy Wall Street
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The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
