Came across this site today and found an article/review of the Jawbone series at the UAG. The author of the article writes about the November 14 edition with Ed Rinaldi and Chris Funkhouser, pointing out the differences between two poets and performances. He also mentions that fact that the reading did start on time, which […]
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Northampton Poet Laureate Lesléa Newman, The Florence Poets Society, and the Northampton Arts Council will host an open poetry reading on Tuesday, January 20th starting at 6:30 p.m.at the Yellow Sofa Café (24 Main Street, Northampton, MA) to celebrate the election of President Barack Obama. Poets are asked to write an inauguration poem celebrating this
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Ring in the new year with poetry, music, and spoken word as Albany Poets Presents comes back to Valentines on Tuesday, January 5. Sign up starts at 7:00pm and the open mic starts at 8:00pm. We will also have some copies of OTHER:TEN at the show as well for all of those who were not
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The Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic returns this Wednesday, January 7 with featured poet Mary Cuffe Perez. Mary Cuffe Perez is a writer and amateur naturalist living in Galway, New York. She has a poetry book, The Woman of Too Many Days, published with Calyx Press and most recently, a children’s novel , Skylar (Philomel
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Noted environmental leader and poet, Stephen Lewandowski will appear at the Voorheesville Public Library, 51 School Rd., Voorheesville, N.Y. on Sunday January 4, 2008 at 2 pm. He will discuss his bioregional and watershed interests as well as read a selection of his poems. An informal question and answer session will immediately follow his presentation.
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Came across this article on the Best American Poetry blog about Dan Wilcox and how he has been documenting the Albany scene over the years with his camera. As a relative newcomer to Albany–we moved here from Brooklyn in 2005 when I started teaching at The College of Saint Rose–I was curious to see what
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You read that right. OTHER:TEN, the long awaited tenth issue of Albany Poets’ magazine will be available during the small press open house at the UAG Gallery that was mentioned earlier. We would like to take this time to apologize to our readers and contributors for the delay on getting this issue out. Due to
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Poetry reading at the Bohemian Book Bin, 85 Carle Terrace, Lake Katrine, NY (right off route 9W, in back of G&G Leather, 1.3 miles north from Kings Mall) on Thursday, January 8, 2009 starting at 7:30PM Featured: You!…Wide Open Reading Theme: Winter/Change (either or both) Time Limit: Usually five minutes, unless there’s 20 or more
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Information on a new magazine that is launching tomorrow, January 1st and how you can submit your poetry for publication. What a way to start the new year! The Capital Flip (www.thecapitalflip.com) will be launching in January as a cyber-publication (a.k.a. ʽzine), and will contain a section called Vice & Verse. V&V will feature four
An announcement from The Arts Center of the Capital Region. Our own Amy Williams has posted her first blog! In it, she reflects on our country’s current financial situation and comments on the value of the arts during times of economic hardship: I don’t mean to say I think that our current economic situation rivals
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The following is from an email from the editor of Poetry Cemetery with information on submitting to the magazine. This magazine has been in existence since 2006. We are currently seeking submissions– our submission requirements are below, and are, of course, available on our website. I would greatly appreciate your passing along our request for
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Each semester the New York State Writers Institute sponsors residencies of varying lengths by authors who have distinguished themselves both for their writing and their teaching. In tandem with these residencies free writing workshops are offered on a competitive basis to members of the community. The Institute will sponsor three creative writing workshops during the
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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.
