Heading Down the Hud,SON!
Saturday night a team of poets from Albany, Brass Tacks, traveled south to Nyack for the 6th Annual Hud,SON! River Regional Poetry Slam.
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Thom’s 10 Things… The Other Poetry Slams Going to NPS, Part 2
In the last Thom’s 10 Things… I began running down the list of the other slam teams that will be competing at the National Poetry Slam with Team Nitty Gritty. This time around I am picking it up with teams 11 – 20. Some of these teams do not have much information readily available on the internet, …
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Thom’s 10 Things… The Other Poetry Slams Going to NPS, Part 1
The official list of the 72 poetry slams that are going to be gathering in Charlotte in August for the National Poetry Slam was posted the other day on the PSi website. As we were looking over the list, noticing familiar names and cities that we have traveled through and performed in, I thought about …
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Thom’s 10 Things… Favorite Slam Poets
Some people love them. Some people don’t care for them. Some folks don’t like the idea of poetry as competition. Some performers thrive on the rush of being on stage. Anyway you look at it, slam poetry is one of the most dynamic and exciting literary spectacles around. Poetry slams have been around since November 1984 when Marc …
Thom’s 10 Things… Post-Word Fest Edition
Welcome back to Thom’s 10 Things. I took last week off so that I could give all of my attention to the Albany Word Fest. This weeks post is all about that event, which was a great week of great events with great poets supporting our great community. Here we go… 1 – Founders Reading …
Thom’s 10 Things… April 11, 2012
Thanks for joining me for another edition of Thom’s 10 Things… This week I am going to be talking about Word Fest, Jared Paul, upcoming shows, Word Fest, and a little mention about Word Fest. 1 – One of my First Albany Poetry Memories Unlike most folks who have been around the scene for a …
Thom’s 10 Things… April 4, 2012
Welcome back to Thom’s 10 Things. This week I’ll be taking a look at the local poetry scene and asking some questions that I would like some answers to. Here we go… 1 – Thoughts and Memories A couple of months ago, before we held the annual Tom Nattell Memorial Reading and Beret Toss, I …
Thom’s 10 Things…
I am back with another edition of Thom’s 10 Things… on a gray day in crime-free downtown Albany. Here is what I have been thinking about this week (in no particular order). 1 – Poetry Out Loud I had the opportunity to sit on the judges panel this past Saturday for the state finals of Poetry Out …
Thom’s 10 Things…
Thom’s 10 Things… a weekly look at Thom Francis’ thoughts on upcoming projects, Albany Poets, and the local poetry and spoken word community… 1 – What I am we are Missing in Woodstock and Kingston There is a lot going on downstate that I never seem to be able to make it to. Not because …
Thom’s 10 Things…
Thom’s 10 Things… a weekly look at Thom Francis’ thoughts on upcoming projects, Albany Poets, and the local poetry and spoken word community… This is the first in a weekly series of blogs about my thoughts on the local poetry community. I have been reading at open mics and events for 18 or so years …