Roxanne Hoffman's Blog, page 2
October 2, 2011
Monday October 3 Poetic License Features Poetry, Spoken Word and Music in Central Park
Monday, October 3, 2001, New York, NY -- The public is invited to enjoy free poetry performances by some of the city's most popular poets at the Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park, this Monday, October 3rd, from 4pm to 7:30pm, and annual event series hosted by the infatigible poetry powerhouse Angela Peluso. Budding and seasoned poets of all ages are encouraged to join the scheduled line up by reading their work at an ongoing open mic between the schedule performance. The event known as Poetic License is 17 years old, and celebrates freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, the pursuit of happiness, and mankinds's creative spirit in the glorious public green space at the core of Manhattan. Poetic Licences has seen may changes, enduring new mayors and their political regimes, Wall Street and the city's real estate booms and crashes, the death of some of the most regular performers, while continuing to welcome new faces from the New York poetry scene as well as old friends. This Monday's stellar line-up include poets Roxanne Hoffman, Evie Ivy, Ron Price, Florence Kindel.
Naumberg Bandshell, Central Park, New York City, New York
Evie Ivy, a dancer and poet who currently curates two reading series, including the long running Green Pavilion Poetry Event in Brooklyn says "I always enjoy reading for Angela at Central Park, in the fresh air, among the trees. And have been happy to read or listen to an always nicely chosen group of poets! Looking forward ..."
Angela Pelusa says,"Come join us to close the seventeenth season. We're still here, no matter what!"
Directions: Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell, South of Bethesda Terrace btwn 66th & 72nd Sts., New York, NY. By subway take the C train to 72nd Street at Central Park West, or 1, 2, 3 to 72nd Street & Broadway. Enter the park at 72nd St. & Central Park West. Walk east towards the Bethesda Fountain, then head south passing the roller skaters on your right to the bandshell on you left.
Ron Price, a Pulitzer-Prize- and a National Book Award-nominated poet, works as Poet in Residence at the Juilliard School . He has taught as a Poet in the Parks, Poet in the Schools and Poet in the Prisons in Tennessee and Pennsylvania – these in addition to an endless string of useless jobs that include mailroom gopher, assembly line worker, forklift driver, leather craftsman, house organ editor, parking lot attendant and bookstore clerk. He has published in "The American Poetry Review," "The Hindu" (India), "Leviathan Quarterly" (U.K.), "The Painted Bride Quarterly," "Poetry," "Revista Forum" (Mexico,) and "Zone3." He is a past U.S.I.A. Visiting Poet to Belgium; has read and lectured throughout India for the Bureau of Cultural and Educational Affairs; and has twice given readings in Israel at the invitation of the American Center. He is the author of "Surviving Brothers," "A Crucible for the Left Hand," and "A Small Song Called Ash from the Fire."
Evie Ivy, is a professional dancer and published poet in the NYC poetry circuit. She has three chapbooks, her latest, "Cinquain, My Dear Cinquain, Selected Cinquains" was recently released by Grey Book Press. Her full-lenth collection, "The First Woman Who Danced," includes poetry based on her experiences as a dancer and dance instructor. She co-hosts one of the longest running poetry readings in the city, The Green Pavilion Poetry Event in Brooklyn, as well the Poets-on-White Reading Series in Tribeca, Manhattan.
Roxanne Hoffman worked on Wall Street, now answers a patient hotline for a New York home healthcare provider. Her words can be found on and off the net in such journals as "Amaze: The Cinquain Journal," "Clockwise Cat," "Danse Macabre," "The Fib Review," "Hospital Drive," "Lips Magazine," "Lucid Rhythms," "Mobius: The Poetry Magazine," "The New Verse News," "The Pedestal Magazine" and "Shaking Like a Mountain;" the indie flick "Love and the Vampire"; and several anthologies including "The Banana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates" (Soft Skill Press), "Love After 70" (Wising Up Press), and "It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure" (Harper Perennial). She runs the small press, Poets Wear Prada, since 2006 and blogs at http://roxanne-hoffman.blogspot.com/ and http://pwpbooks.blogspot.com/ .
Florence Kindel is the author of the chapbook Dissolutions (Green Zone, 2009. Kindel was born in Orange, New Jersey. She has her BA in Fine Arts from Kean University, NJ, and her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, in painting and drawing. She has taught at several colleges in NJ. She has been writing since early childhood and left painting to write poetry in 1983. She lives with her husband and dog in NYC
Angela Peluso, long-time model, performance artist and writer, is the author of "Nude Poet," a very personal collection of poems and stories with vivid color and moody black & white photos interspersed. Angela has been featured and produced shows at The Back Fence, The Yippie Cafe & Museum, Bowery Poetry Club, The Telephone Bar and the Smalls Jazz Club and has been featured on the "Poetry Thin Air" Cable Show.
Naumberg Bandshell, Central Park, New York City, New YorkEvie Ivy, a dancer and poet who currently curates two reading series, including the long running Green Pavilion Poetry Event in Brooklyn says "I always enjoy reading for Angela at Central Park, in the fresh air, among the trees. And have been happy to read or listen to an always nicely chosen group of poets! Looking forward ..."
Angela Pelusa says,"Come join us to close the seventeenth season. We're still here, no matter what!"
Directions: Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell, South of Bethesda Terrace btwn 66th & 72nd Sts., New York, NY. By subway take the C train to 72nd Street at Central Park West, or 1, 2, 3 to 72nd Street & Broadway. Enter the park at 72nd St. & Central Park West. Walk east towards the Bethesda Fountain, then head south passing the roller skaters on your right to the bandshell on you left.
Ron Price, a Pulitzer-Prize- and a National Book Award-nominated poet, works as Poet in Residence at the Juilliard School . He has taught as a Poet in the Parks, Poet in the Schools and Poet in the Prisons in Tennessee and Pennsylvania – these in addition to an endless string of useless jobs that include mailroom gopher, assembly line worker, forklift driver, leather craftsman, house organ editor, parking lot attendant and bookstore clerk. He has published in "The American Poetry Review," "The Hindu" (India), "Leviathan Quarterly" (U.K.), "The Painted Bride Quarterly," "Poetry," "Revista Forum" (Mexico,) and "Zone3." He is a past U.S.I.A. Visiting Poet to Belgium; has read and lectured throughout India for the Bureau of Cultural and Educational Affairs; and has twice given readings in Israel at the invitation of the American Center. He is the author of "Surviving Brothers," "A Crucible for the Left Hand," and "A Small Song Called Ash from the Fire."
Evie Ivy, is a professional dancer and published poet in the NYC poetry circuit. She has three chapbooks, her latest, "Cinquain, My Dear Cinquain, Selected Cinquains" was recently released by Grey Book Press. Her full-lenth collection, "The First Woman Who Danced," includes poetry based on her experiences as a dancer and dance instructor. She co-hosts one of the longest running poetry readings in the city, The Green Pavilion Poetry Event in Brooklyn, as well the Poets-on-White Reading Series in Tribeca, Manhattan.
Roxanne Hoffman worked on Wall Street, now answers a patient hotline for a New York home healthcare provider. Her words can be found on and off the net in such journals as "Amaze: The Cinquain Journal," "Clockwise Cat," "Danse Macabre," "The Fib Review," "Hospital Drive," "Lips Magazine," "Lucid Rhythms," "Mobius: The Poetry Magazine," "The New Verse News," "The Pedestal Magazine" and "Shaking Like a Mountain;" the indie flick "Love and the Vampire"; and several anthologies including "The Banana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates" (Soft Skill Press), "Love After 70" (Wising Up Press), and "It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure" (Harper Perennial). She runs the small press, Poets Wear Prada, since 2006 and blogs at http://roxanne-hoffman.blogspot.com/ and http://pwpbooks.blogspot.com/ .
Florence Kindel is the author of the chapbook Dissolutions (Green Zone, 2009. Kindel was born in Orange, New Jersey. She has her BA in Fine Arts from Kean University, NJ, and her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, in painting and drawing. She has taught at several colleges in NJ. She has been writing since early childhood and left painting to write poetry in 1983. She lives with her husband and dog in NYC
Angela Peluso, long-time model, performance artist and writer, is the author of "Nude Poet," a very personal collection of poems and stories with vivid color and moody black & white photos interspersed. Angela has been featured and produced shows at The Back Fence, The Yippie Cafe & Museum, Bowery Poetry Club, The Telephone Bar and the Smalls Jazz Club and has been featured on the "Poetry Thin Air" Cable Show.
A Poem Reprinted from The Rutherford Red Wheel Barrow 4
"Relativity," M. C. Escher, 1953, lithograph, 27.7 × 29.2 cm
LIFE WITHOUT CLOCKS
By Roxanne HoffmanThe only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
—Albert Einstein
would mean no waiting
no anticipation
never EVER being late
nor early
nor on time
just existing in the moment
always PRESENT
future and past, spun on a dime.
no cause and no effect
no unfolding story to foretell or to retrospect.
if we're born and we die INSTANTANEOUS
have we even existed at all?
or if we lead schizoid lives, two-faced like Janus,
does polygamy become protocol?
Or are we merely chaste immortals?
FOREVER wandering the door-locked halls…
Poems Published in Literary Anthology Celebrating William Carlos Williams
I am pleased to announce that 3 of my poems "Life With Clocks," "The Family Tree," "The Pursuit of Progeny" appear in the 4th edition of the The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow.
The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow, No.4 - 2011 reflects a diversity of voices and styles rarely combined in one book. The fourth annual edition of the literary journal was published last month by the Red Wheelbarrow Poets. A open call to poets connected with the William Carlos Williams Poetry Cooperative Reading of South Bergen County, past features including guest poets from the Tri-State region and regulars open mic readers, as well as participants of the peer-to-peer poetry workshops at the GainVille Learning Center and Café. Thirty poets are featured: John Barrale, Céline Beaulieu, Sondra Singer Beaulieu, Marian Calabro, the late George de Gregorio, Milton P. Ehrlich, Mark Fogarty, Thomas Fucaloro, Davidson Garrett, Elissa Gordon, Roxanne Hoffman, Jim Klein, Melanie Klein, Janet Kolstein, Kathy Kuenzle, Brant Lyon, Zorida Mohammed, Rick Mullin, Mike O'Brien, Jane Ormerod, George Pereny, S. Gili Post, Tony Puma, Dan Saxon, Claudia Serea, Francesca Sphynx, Madeline Tiger, John J. Trause, Dorinda Wegener and Don Zirilli.
In addition to the poetry, four essays give insight into the life and work of the Rutherford doctor/poet: "William Carlos Williams and the Baroness" by John J. Trause; "The Poetry Reading" by Madeline Tiger; "Friendship and 'The Figure 5'" by Marian Calabro and "Medicine, Languages, a River and the American Muses in the Work of William Carlos Williams" by Céline Beaulieu. Noted poet Jim Klein, who leads the Gainville poetry workshop, shares his thoughts on creating a painting in "Don't Talk Unless You Can Improve the Silence," and Mark Fogarty gives a preview of his novel in excerpts from "It's So Easy to Fall in Love."
The journal was launched on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 7PM at the Williams Center in Rutherford, New Jersey. Copies are available online at Lulu.com (http://www.lulu.com/content/10922431) and will be available through Amazon.com by the end of the year. For more information and mailorders contact the Editors.
The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow, No.4 - 2011 reflects a diversity of voices and styles rarely combined in one book. The fourth annual edition of the literary journal was published last month by the Red Wheelbarrow Poets. A open call to poets connected with the William Carlos Williams Poetry Cooperative Reading of South Bergen County, past features including guest poets from the Tri-State region and regulars open mic readers, as well as participants of the peer-to-peer poetry workshops at the GainVille Learning Center and Café. Thirty poets are featured: John Barrale, Céline Beaulieu, Sondra Singer Beaulieu, Marian Calabro, the late George de Gregorio, Milton P. Ehrlich, Mark Fogarty, Thomas Fucaloro, Davidson Garrett, Elissa Gordon, Roxanne Hoffman, Jim Klein, Melanie Klein, Janet Kolstein, Kathy Kuenzle, Brant Lyon, Zorida Mohammed, Rick Mullin, Mike O'Brien, Jane Ormerod, George Pereny, S. Gili Post, Tony Puma, Dan Saxon, Claudia Serea, Francesca Sphynx, Madeline Tiger, John J. Trause, Dorinda Wegener and Don Zirilli.
In addition to the poetry, four essays give insight into the life and work of the Rutherford doctor/poet: "William Carlos Williams and the Baroness" by John J. Trause; "The Poetry Reading" by Madeline Tiger; "Friendship and 'The Figure 5'" by Marian Calabro and "Medicine, Languages, a River and the American Muses in the Work of William Carlos Williams" by Céline Beaulieu. Noted poet Jim Klein, who leads the Gainville poetry workshop, shares his thoughts on creating a painting in "Don't Talk Unless You Can Improve the Silence," and Mark Fogarty gives a preview of his novel in excerpts from "It's So Easy to Fall in Love."
The journal was launched on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 7PM at the Williams Center in Rutherford, New Jersey. Copies are available online at Lulu.com (http://www.lulu.com/content/10922431) and will be available through Amazon.com by the end of the year. For more information and mailorders contact the Editors.
June 16, 2011
June 20: GENERATION BEAT at Yippie Museum Café in NYC
GENERATION BEAT
Date: Monday, June 20, 2011
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 pm Place: THE YIPPIE MUSEUM CAFE & GIFT SHOP 9 Bleecker Street (near the Bowery) New York, NY 10002 (212) 677-5918 http://yippiemuseum.org/Admission: $2
Host: Gordon Gilbert Featured Readers:
(Reading Their Favorite Beat Writer
& Their Own Work)
ALAN BAXTER
*PETER CHELNIK
*BOB HEMAN
* CINDY HOCHMAN
* ROXY HOFFMAN
* EVY IVY
* KIM KALESTI
*RONNIE KORPAL
*JOSH MEANDER
*ORION 0.62
*EVE PACKER
*PUMA PERL
*BOB QUATRONE
* CHRISTINE TIMM
* JOHN J. TRAUSE
* RICHARD WEST
Sorry, This is Not an Open Mic.
Beverage and Snacks Availalble at the Refreshment Stand.
COME EARLY for 4 pm screening of a Lawrence Ferlinghetti documentary by Chris Felver.
[image error] I'll be performing "The Mummy Piece" by William S. Burroughs and "Mum's The Word" by me.
THE MUMMY PIECE
by William S. Burroughs
Good Afternoon. The most arbitrary, precarious and bureaucratic immortality blueprint was drafted by the ancient Egyptians.
First, you had to get yourself mummified, and that was very expensive, making immortality a monopoly of the truly rich. Then your continued immortality in the western lands was entirely dependent on the continued existence of your mummy.
That's why they had their mummies hid real good.
Here's this plain GI Joe: He's got enough baraka to survive his first physical death. He won't get far. He's got no mummy. He's got no names. He's got nothing. What happens to a bum like that? A nameless, mummiless jerk. Why, demons will swarm all over him at the 1st check point. He will be dismembered and thrown into a flaming pit, where his soul will be utterly consumed and destroyed forever, while others with sound mummies and the right names dropped in the right places sail through to the western lands.
There are, of course, those who barely squeeze through. Their mummies are not in a good sound condition. These second class souls are relegated to third-rate transient hotels just beyond the last check point where they can smell the charnel house disposal of shit from their skimpy balconies.
Might as well face facts. My mummy is going downhill. Cheap job to begin with. God! Maggots is crawling all over. Way that demon guard looked at me this morning. Transient hotels! And here you are in your luxury condo deep in the western lands. You got no security. Some disgruntled former employee sneaks into your tomb and throws acid on your mummy or sloshes gasoline all over and burns the heck out of it. OH, SOMEONE 'S MESSING WITH MY MUMMY! Mummies are sitting ducks. No matter who you are, what could happen to your mummy is a pharaoh's nightmare: the dreaded mummy-bashers and grave-robbers, scavengers, floods, volcanoes, earthquakes. Perhaps a mummy's best friend is an Egyptologist: sealed in a glass case, kept at a constant temperature ... but your mummy is not even safe in a museum. Air raid sirens. It's the blitz!
FOR RA'S SAKE! GET US INTO THE VAULTS! scream the mummies, without a throat, without a tongue.
Anybody buying in on a deal like that ought to have his mummy examined!
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June 9, 2011
Monday June 13: Summer Gazebo Reading in Long Island
The Summer Gazebo Readings are back! Our 5th season promises to be spectacular--great authors and poets (twenty of whom will be making their Gazebo debut), generous sponsors--and delicious desserts waiting, all served up on Schoolhouse Green.
Next Monday, June 13, from 7pm to 8pm I will be reading with Tom Phelan, Lousia Calio and Steven Schimdt under the Gazebo at School House Green in Oceanside, New York.
This summertime every Monday event is curated by Tony Iovino in June, July & August. (Except this year, our Independence Day Celebration is Tuesday, July 5!!)
Each evening 4 authors and poets share their work from our Gazebo on Schoolhouse Green in Oceanside, NY.
There is no admission fee. Free refreshments & desserts are provided.
Bring a lawn chair and a friend!
See you at the Gazebo!!
Contact: Tony Iovino tonyiovino@gmail.com
Upcoming Schedule
6/13/2011
Tom Phelan Louisa Calio
Steven Schmidt Roxanne Hoffman
6/20/2011
Richard Vetere Cindi Sansone-Braff
Lloyd Abrams Darren Sardelli
6/27/2011
Robert Lipsyte Barb Reiher-Meyers
Gayl Teller Gail Goldstein
7/5/2011 (TUESDAY!!!)
Independence Day Celebration
7/11/2011
Melissa de la Cruz Christina Rau
Jack Anderson Kio
7/18/2011
Ellen Meister Carol Hoenig
Robert Savino Peter Dugan
7/25/2011
Vicki Iorio Harriett Slaughter
Bruce Grossberg Jackie Sheeler
8/1/2011
Denis Gray Jane Ormerod
Vincent Maher Ed Stever
8/8/2011
Deborah Hauser Herb Siegel
Alix Strauss Linda Opyr
8/15/2011
Florence Gatto Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan
Jerry Zezima Doreen Spungin
8/22/2011
Gae Polisner Barbara Southard
8/29/2011
Beverly Kotch Annabelle Moseley
Paul Grossman Doug Swezey
SPONSORS
21st Century AppraisersAnthony J. Santino, CouncilmanAsip/Dagger Team/Century 21 American HomesBombino's Pizza & RestaurantBondi & Iovino, Attorneys-at-Law Craig DeBaun, Fire CommissionerFriends of Don Clavin, Receiver of TaxesFriends of Judge Gary KnobelHerb & Marian BrownHome & Hearth Real EstateKimberly & Todd GarrityKiwanettes of OceansideLion's Club of RVCLong Island Pulse MagazineMary Jane McGrath, AttorneyMaryanne & SanderLehrerMichael Schamroth and FamilyMindy & Roy KaufmanMunicipal Credit UnionOceanside Federation of TeachersOceanville Mason SupplySouth Nassau Communities HospitalTower's Funeral HomeWestron Lighting
BOOKSNJ 2011 Sunday June 12 at Paramus Library in NJ
Sunday, June 12th1pm - 5pm
Rain or Shine!
@ Paramus Public Library
116 East Century Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
Join us at BooksNJ2011: a celebration of books and the readers who love them, sponsored by BCCLS, Berkeley College, the Paramus Public Library, and the New Jersey State Library, Sunday, June 12 from 1pm-5pm. The fair includes non-fiction authors as well as writers of fiction, childrens books and poetry.
I will be featured at the Poetry Tent along with two authors published by my press, Joel Allegretti and John J. Trause as well as Elijah Brown, Teresa Carson, Sondra Gash, Roxanne Hoffman, Marcia Ivans, Diana Lockward and George Witte. Please come by, say hello, introduce yourself, and listen to a poem or two from 1:00 -1:40PM MEET THE POETS, THEIR STYLES AND INSPIRATIONS.
Please come to the POETRY SLAM I am hosting from 3:30 PM - 4:10 PM.
I will also be participating as panelist at 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM on E-BOOKS with Tracey Baptiste, Shirley George Frazier, Dave White, and Charles Calde and at 2:45 PM - 3:25 PM on MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION with Diane Lockward and George Witte.
And leading the panel WRITING POETRY IS EASY. RIGHT? BUT WILL FOLKS LISTEN? at 4:15 PM - 5:00 PM with panelists Elijah Brown, Teresa Carson, Sondra Gash and Marcia Ivans.
Local Celebrity Authors also be presenting at BOOKSNJ include Chris Grabenstein, Carol Higgins Clark, Mary Higgins Clark, Brad Parks, Mary Jane Clark, and Allison Fishman.
There will be many, many readings, discussions, booksignings and workshops, lots of opportunities to get up close and personal with published writers and of course many, many books for sale!
June 2, 2011
Saturday June 4 Underground Howl Event: 8pm at The New York Underground Museum
"Symposia, Poetry & Party-ing"—w/Phoebe Legere & friends @ the Underground Museum on June 4thw/poetry by Taylor Mead, Dorothy Friedman & Richard West; slideshow of the LES by Shell Sheddy; Yours Truly will be participating in the UNDERGROUND HOWL EVENT hosted by Phoebe Legere and Dorothy Friedman August on Saturday, June 4th at 8 PM at Phoebe Legere's gallery, The New York Underground Museum, located at 221 E. 2nd Street (Between Aves. A & B) in Manhattan's Alphabet City.
I will be reading some poetry by Allen Ginsberg as well as my own.
January 25, 2011
Remembering Jack LaLanne (September 26, 1914 – January 23, 2011
"I can't die. It would ruin my image."
Jack LaLanne, noted American fitness, exercise and nutrition expert, motivational speaker, TV personality, and father of the modern physical fitness movement, died Sunday afternoon, January 23rd at his home in Morro Bay, Calif. He was 96.
"Enjoy Yourself!"
My mother idolized Jack so I've always had a soft spot for him. While other moms were packing twinkies and peanut butter sandwiches in their kid's lunch boxes, my mom was packing carrot and celery sticks, a little can of V-8, along with the veggie and sprout sandwiches in mine. Atopped with little notes quoting Jack: "Make it happen!," "Have a positivie attitude!," "Enjoy yourself!."
James Penha, Editor of The New Verse News was kind enough to post my poem for Jack, "The Battlle of the Bulge," on his blog today, Tuesday January 24th along with a video clip of Jack courtesy of YouTube. Follow the link to read the poem.
http://newversenews.blogspot.com/2011/01/battle-of-bulge.html
January 17, 2011
Happy MLK! The New Verse News: I HAD A DREAM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) January 16, 2011Dear Friends & Fellow Poets;
Check out Roxy's poem "I HAD A DREAM" on The New Verse News:
http://newversenews.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-had-dream.html
Barack Obama as a boy
on his tricycle
Have a great weekend!
Roxy & Herb
p.s. To read & remember the entire text of Dr. King's "I Hav A Dream" speech go to : http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html
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President Barack Obama44th President of the United States of America
Our President Still Riding Strong!
December 30, 2010
Sat Jan 1: Poets Welcome the New Year at Bowery Poetry Club 2pm-12am
January 1, 2011DARK MATTERSThe 17th Annual Alternative New Year's Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza 150+ Artists will Play Music, Read poetry and Dance+ Open Mic@The Bowery Poetry Club308 Bowery St. (between Houston and Bleecker Sts.)New York, NY212-614-0505 http://www.bowerypoetry.com/
http://spokenwordextravaganza.org/
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD NEAR AND FAR THAT THE LINK
FOR THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB STREAMING PAGE IS:
http://www.bowerypoetrylive.com/
FREE
I'll be reading sometime between 8 and 10pm.
By Subway: Take F to 2nd Ave. or 6 to Bleecker St.
A Non-Stop Poetry Reading, Spokenword and Peformance Poetry Marathon.
Starts at 2 p.m. and continues all afternoon, thru' the evening, till midnite.
Admission is FREE!!!
Please bring paperback books for Books Through Bars, a nonprofit organization that gives literature to prison inmates, and canned and dried goods for Urban Pathways, Inc.
Come out and celebrate the New Year with some great readings and great sounds!
Performers Include:
Hassan Abdullah
Nelson Alxndr
Austin Alexis
E J Antonio
Madeline Artenburg
Dorothy Friedman August
Brett Axel
Faruque Azam
Jane Grenier B.
Albey Balgochian
Berty Barranco
Philip Beitchman
Sarah Bernstein
Mark Blickley
Steve Bloom
Hobo Bob
Laura Boss
Andrew Boston
Christina Bruni
Charles Butler
Steve Cannon
Patricia Carragon
Samantha Chanse
Peter Chelnik
Shafi Chowdury
Rafaella Ciavatta
Mary Elizabeth Clark
Douglas Collura
Mitch Corber
Erika Dagnino
Steve Dalachinsky
Sylvie Degiese
Laura Dinnebell
Pete Dolack
Dubblex
Robert Dugdale
David Elsasser
Nicole Failla
Adam Falkner
Jim Feast
Adam Fitzgerald
Yolaine St. Fort
Luis H. Francia
Thomas Fucolora
Kathy Georges
Robert Gibbons
J M Theison de Gonzalez
Laraine Goodman
Ann Hanavan
Leigh Harrison
Bob Hart
Stephanie Hart
Jane Heil
Bob Heman
Cindy Hochman
Roxanne Hoffman
Bob Holman
John Holt
David Huberman
Patsie Ifill
Kate Irving
Evie Ivy
Jon Jenson
Larry Jones
Caledonia Kearns
Ron Kolm
Richard Kostelanetz
Peter Kozlowski
Lutnun Nahar Lata
David Lawton
Jane LeCroy
Master Lee
Joy Leftow
Jean Lehrman
David Leopold
Linda Lerner
Rick Librizzi
Tsaurah Litzky
Wayne Lopes
Hiram Lorenzen
Fran Luck
Ellen Aug Lytle
Michael Lytle
Stan Marcus
Susan Maurer
Virginia Mayer
Nancy Mercado
Big Mike
David Mills
Barbara Minch
Lissa Moira
Velez Moore
Gertrude Morris
Ras Moshe
Ngoma
Nicco
Maureen Nolan
Jeff Norman
Ronnie Norpal
Tom O.
Obsidian
Valery Oisteanu
Jane Ormerod
Yuko Otomo
Amy Ouzoonian
Eve Packer
Angela Peluso
Mireya Perez
Bobby Perfect
Puma Perl
Howard Pflanzer
Jim Pignetti
Su Polo
Jim Porter
John Marcus Powell
Kelly Powell
Ron Price
J D Rage
Nicca Ray
Nancy Reghay
Eugene Ring
Lucas Rivera
Robert Roth
Harilyn Rousso
Armand A. Ruhlman
Shahed Sadullah
Metta Sama
Jon Sands
Sarah Sarai
Tom Savage
Sohnya Sayres
Iris N. Schwartz
Ilka Scobie
Susan Scutti
Naznin Seamon
Nina Sharma
Jackie Sheeler
Veronika Sheer
Phillip Sherrod
Danny Shot
John Silver
Hersch Silverman
Sparrow
George Spencer
Diane Spodarek
Miriam Stanley
Max Steele
Shelly Stenhouse
Lawrence Swan
Alice B. Talkless
Mary Jane Tenerelli
Ken Thompson
Habib Tiwoni
Zev Torres
Angelo Verga
Jeanann Verlee
Faith Vicinza
Robert Viscusi
Laura Vookles
George Wallace
Barry Wallenstein
Bruce Weber
Joanne Pagano Weber
Richard West
Nathan Whiting
Liza Wolsky
Chavisa Woods
Jeffrey Wright
Van Yu
Susan L. Yung
Zork
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