Books

Information on new books and publications from local poets, writers, and authors.

Daniel Nester

The Memoir Office – A New Project by Daniel Nester

Our friend Daniel Nester recently set up shop at the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy for “The Memoir Project“. Dan explains the project like this: Inspired by practitioners of personal monologue, first-person documentarians, and conceptual and performance art, The Memoir Office is a working writing space for The Memoirist (Daniel Nester), who …

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Anthony Bernini

Immediate Worlds – The New Book by Anthony Bernini

Anthony Bernini’s second volume of poetry, has been released. This 72-page bound paperback volume, produced with exacting care by The Troy Bookmakers, includes a discerning preface by Selma R. Burkom, past professor of English and American literature at San Jose State University.  Anthony Bernini now lives and works in Brunswick, New York.  His poems have …

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Email From Satans Daughter

D. Alexander Holiday’s new book, “Emails From Satan’s Daughter”

Local poet / writer D. Alexander Holiday has a new book available entitled, Emails From Satan’s Daughter, which you can order now. The book, about dealing with bullying in adult life and particularly in the workplace, also features some local notables to be on the lookout for. Monsters. We all have them around us in …

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Poetry Book Donations

This is from our friend Carol Graser: Dear Friends, I recently started running poetry workshops at Tryon Girls Center, a New York State juvenile detention center.  I’ve been impressed with what fluid, expressive writing they produce and how much they love poetry. These girls have a lot of difficulty in the classroom but they sit …

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New from A.P.D. : "To the Husband I Have Not Yet Met" by Mary Kathryn Jablonski

A.P.D. Announces the Publication of “To the Husband I Have Not Yet Met” Poems by Mary Kathryn Jablonski A.P.D. is proud to announce the publication of “To the Husband I Have Not Yet Met,” by Saratoga Springs, NY, poet Mary Kathryn Jablonski. The 28-page chapbook contains 17 poems with a woodcut by Allen Grindle illustrating …

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Press Conference on March 10 to Mark Publication of Memoir by Albany Sting Case Defendant

We usually do not post stories and articles that are of a political nature on the Albany Poets blog, but we thought that this was an important issue since it took place right in our backyard.  The following is the press release regarding a press conference marking the publication of the memoir of Yassin Aref, …

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