Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of May 6, 2018
Here’s a look at the poetry and spoken word readings, open mics, workshops, events, and slams in the region this week.
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D. Alexander Holiday
D. Alexander Holiday attended Bernard M. Baruch College and The State University of New York at Albany, receiving both a Bachelor and a Master of Arts degree from Albany University. He is the recipient of the Spellman Award from Albany University. He has published in various publications, among them The Amherst Society, A&U Magazine and more recently Arabesques Review (an international anthology and website). He has four chapbooks of poetry, Notes to Porshé, Tales From This Black Heart, The Voices in My Head(which is a collaboration with fifteen area poets) and I Use To Fall Down. He has published essays on ERIC, the research database. He has read on radio, for Crystal Brown’s “Reading for the Blind” program, has been on radio for Kym Fleming’s RPI program, and has read and performed on Public Television. He also volunteered and moderated a creative writing workshop for inmates at a state maximum security facility in upstate New York. He is also a local liaison for the GBS/CIDP Foundation International.
He is the author of six books: Letters to Osama, I Use To Fall Down: 50 + 25+ 25 Selected Poems, All The Killers Gathered, his memoir In The Care Of Strangers: The Autobiography Of A Foster Child, E-mails From Satan’s Daughter and Kith & Kin (under the G. Douglas Davis nom de plume]. Paperclips Magazine [.com] recently invited and will be featuring the author on their site.
Two Poems – D. Alexander Holiday
Two poems from local poet, writer, long-time member of the local open mic community, and the July 2018 Poets Speak Loud featured reader, D. Alexander Holiday.
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The 2018 Albany Word Fest is Almost Here
The 2018 Albany Word Fest is right around the corner. In just 10 days our week-long celebration of the poetry and spoken word kicks off at the Hudson River Coffee House.
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New Books from Local Poets
Local poets and writers Nancy Klepsch, D. Alexander Holiday, and Katrinka Moore all have new books available.
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Third Thursday Poetry Night, March 15
So we gathered once again, this time on the Ides of March, at the Social Justice Center not to stab Caesar but to read poetry. It looked like a short night but as the evening progressed more readers showed up. Tonight when I invoked the Muse it was …
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Poetry + Prose Open Mic, March 11
I am pleased to co-host (with Nancy Klepsch) this monthly free event at the Arts Center of the Capital Region. A number of us had just been here the day before to participate in the Write Here! Writers Conference sponsored by the Arts Center & the…
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NGS #13 Results – It Took a Tie Breaker…
For the thirteenth Nitty Gritty Slam, we were back home downstairs at Valentines. On this evening, we had to deal with a “less is more” situation as a few members of the NGS team were sick or out of town and some poets must not have gotten the memo that the slam was indeed happening.
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Nitty Gritty Slam, February 21
Tonight, much to the chagrin of the official Slam bartender Kim, we were upstairs at Valentines to make room for a band in the usual poets’ spot. We were just as funky & even louder to carry our voices over the sound of electric guitars & drum…
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NGS #12 Results – In The Money Again…
We were upstairs for this edition of the Nitty Gritty Slam, battling the band downstairs. The voices of the poets rose above it all and we were treated to some great new poetry and some old favorites both at the open mic and the slam. Before the slam began, and while Dain Brammage was rounding
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Third Thursday Poetry Night, February 16
Back at the Social Justice Center, a wonderful night of the voices of “regulars” & new voices too. We began the reading invoking the night’s muse, poet Bob Kaufman with a couple of his poems. Tonight’s featured poet is frequently first on the sign…
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Poetry + Prose, February 12
The second Sunday at 2 reading at the Arts Center of the Capital District in Troy, NY, with tag-team hosts Nancy Klepsch & me, Dan Wilcox. It was an eclectic mix of writers (which, of course, was the intent when the Arts Center started this open m…
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NGS #11 Results – The New Kid Takes The Top Prize in a Close Contest
Last night at Valentines, we saw three new slam poets take the stage for the 11th installment of the Nitty Gritty Slam. We also had a surprise sacrificial poet in Thom Francis who made Mojavi mad with his hidden ability to slam. But before Dain Brammage took the stage as Slam Master, we had an
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