Here is a website featuring recordings of poets from all over the world. It looks like this is a great resource for teachers and students for research. According to their About Us page: “The Poetry Archive exists to help make poetry accessible, relevant and enjoyable to a wide audience. It came into being as a result of […]
Autum Ashante has been mentioned on the Albany Poets BBS recently concerning the controversy surrounding her poetry and background. “A 7-year-old prodigy unleashed a firestorm when she recited a poem she wrote comparing Christopher Columbus and Charles Darwin to “pirates” and “vampires” who robbed blacks of their identities and human rights.” Link to BETTER OR
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Poetry can turn up anywhere these days, which is great to see. According to an article from Indianapolis, Indiana TV station WISH, “Thirty-nine Indiana poets will have their work displayed on IndyGo busses and for 10 days they’ll be doing live readings.” These readings took place from 4:00pm to 6:00pm right on the busses. What a
What is going on in the world of poetry and spoken word outside the Albany community? Who are the up and coming poets and performers downstate in Woodstock and Hudson? Welcome to the new Albany Poets blog. This will be updated with the latest from the poetry, spoken word, music, art and performace scenes all
Black Ice, poet and spoken word artist that has been featured on HBO’s “Def Poetry” and recently hosted a special poetry showcase at The Egg in Albany in April, has a new CD coming out on September 5. HipHopGalaxy.com says: “Black Ice earned his respect as one of the premiere wordsmiths on Russell Simmons’ “Def
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The Daytona Beach News Journal in Florida has an article on their site about a cafe in the area holding weekly open mics for elementary kids. They have been doing this since May and the number of kids performing is getting expanding steadily. Would something like this work in Albany? Do you have kids and
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Albany Poets is looking for Albany area poets to be featured on our website, Other:____, and future printed publications. If you are interested in having your work featured on the site along side some of the most talented poets in the Northeast, send an email to submissions@albanypoets.com with a sample of your work and a
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Albany Poets is currently looking for people to assist us in various tasks in effort to promote poetry and spoken word through out the Northeast and beyond. Flyering:We are looking for people to assist us in distributing flyers all around the greater Capital Region area and the Hudson Valley to promote upcoming poetry and spoken
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Albany Poets is proud to be a part of the 2006 LARKfest. For the second year in a row, Albany Poets will be bringing poetry and spoken word to this annual event, celebrating its 25th year. For this year’s event, Albany Poets will host an all day open mic poets and performers between the music
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The fifth issue of Albany Poets quarterly art/lit zine is now available. This issue of Other:____ is packed with poetry, photos, art, and more from poets, writers, and visual artists from all over the Northeast. Poets John Allen, Lilibet Ana, Beth Babb, Alan Catlin, Christine Cornell, Brandon Kopcienski, Nina Mauceri, Adarro Minton, Richard Morell, Lisa
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Poets Speak Loud at Tess’ Lark Tavern on Monday, April 24, 2006 The post-Word Fest Poets Speak Loud was not just our monthly poetry and spoken word open mic at the Lark Tavern, but also day two of Paddy Kilrain benefit show. Paddy, a local singer/songwriter, was hit by a drunk driver in late March
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Albany Poets Presents returns to Valentines on Tuesday night, August 1 with a poetry and music open mic.Sign up starts at 7:00pm, show starts at 8:00pm. All poets and musicians are invited to come and share their work at this truly innovative open mic featuring spoken word, music, and more. There is a $3.00 suggested
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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.
