Area native and QE2 poetry open mic regular Michele Battiste came back into town in May of 2009 for a special reading at The Poetry Motel.
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Poets in the Park is celebrating over 20 years of bringing poetry in July to the Robert Burns statue in Albany’s Washington Park.
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Albany Poets will celebrate the 9th anniversary of Poets Speak Loud and commemorate the life of Tom Nattell at McGeary’s on Monday, January 27.
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A lot of things have changed over the years in our poetry community, so we asked local poets their thoughts on poetry open mics and events of the past.
Looking Back at the Top 10 Local Poetry Open Mics and Events of the Past Read More »
The busiest man in the local poetry business, Dan Wilcox, just released information on the Poets In The Park series for this year. The Poets In The Park reading series, originally hosted and organized by Tom Nattell, has been bringing some of the best local and visiting poets and spoken word artists to the people
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Don Levy is hosting another edition of Live From The Living Room on Wednesday, October 10 at the Pride Center. This month the featured poet is one of the great professors who come out to the local poetry readings and open mics, Sylvia Barnard. Sylvia taught the classics and Latin literature in Latin & in
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We have been going through the archives here at Albany Poets HQ and came across this great CD, Volume: A Compilation of Poets, Live, from 1995 that was produced by Mary Panza and Steve Clark chronicling the poetry scene at the time at such venues as the QE2, Margarita’s, and Borders. The poets on this
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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.
