This was the last in this marvelous series until September, & it got off to a bang with Bernadette Mayer, the featured poet, reading her poems “Helens of Troy”. They will be published as a “pamphlet” by New Directions in January. What Bernadette …
Sunday Four Poetry, June 24 Read More »
There has been a recent change in the rules here, allowing poets to read in both the open mic & the Slam, of which no one took advantage tonight. Avery began the open mic with his piece in praise of dance then sat down; open mic host Mojavi brough…
Nitty Gritty Slam #20, June 19 Read More »
In what was billed as the “Blood Sport” edition of the Nitty Gritty Slam in order to fill the open spots on Team Nitty Gritty, the poets who came out brought it all with them on stage. This was one of the most competetive poetry slam that we have seen so far in the time
NGS #20 Results – It Was Blood Sport Read More »
The “Dean of Albany Poetry” Dan Wilcox just released information on the Poets In The Park series for this year. The Poets In The Park reading series has been bringing some of the best poetry and spoken word to the people of Albany in Washington Park for a number of years and this years line
Poets In The Park 2012 Read More »
Back when I lived in NYC, skulking on the fringes of the downtown poetry scene, before I ever thought of photographing the poets, I heard Donald Lev read as part a marathon reading in a loft on Lafayette St. Others I recall reading that night were Eni…
A Very Funny Fellow, a Review of the book by Donald Lev Read More »
Let’s take a look at the week ahead as we make our poetry plans. We have a new open mic series starting on Monday at Ben & Jerry’s on Lark St. to work in concert with the St. Poem Series at the UAG. Should be a dynamic evening of music and spoken word. Then on
Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of June 17, 2012 Read More »
I hadn’t been to this venue in many months, & certainly not since Kevin Peterson took over the duties as host, not because of any particular reason, just a string of conflicts. This is one of the few (only) music & poetry open mics that I do g…
Professor Java’s Wide Open Mic, June 11 Read More »
The final gathering of the season, before we take a teacherly break during July & August, on a Summer-like day of 2 parades — Albany’s Gay Pride Parade & Troy’s Flag-Day Parade, you might say Albany knocked the “L” out of Troy’s parade.It was …
Poetry + Prose Open Mic, June 10 Read More »
Dan Wilcox has a busy summer coming up with the Poets in the Park series beginning in July and his monthly Third Thursday Poetry Night. Dan has a great feature scheduled for the June edition of the long running open mic series at the Social Justice Center, Anna Eyre. Local poet Anna Elena Eyre will
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We had a great week of poetry and spoken word in the area last week and we are not skipping a beat going into the next week. There is no poetry at Art on Lark this year, but starting on Sunday we have another full week of events to look forward to. Sunday, June 10
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In the midst of the weekend of parades, Mall sales, & backyard cookouts poets showed up to read their work & listen to others & then … but I’ll leave that for the end. So Mike Burke served as MC then Edie Abrams took over introducing the…
Sunday Four Poetry, May 27 Read More »
Another great night for poetry and spoken word at Valentine’s on Tuesday, May 15 as we huddled together for the 18th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam. We had a few poets running late and some more out of town for this night, but we still had a great evening with a couple of new slammers
NGS #18 Results – Elizag Wins Again and El Presidente Ties For Second Read More »
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.
