The Brownstone Poets presents:
GEORGE DICKERSON
RICHARD LEVINE
Saturday, September 4 at 2:30 p.m.
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St. and Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900
Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street,
4, 5, or R to Court Street, Borough Hall
$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon email: pattiekake@earthlink.net
http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
http://myspace.com/pattiekake8
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
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George Dickerson's poetry has been published in The New Yorker, Mademoiselle, Nadada, Pivot, Medicinal Purposes Literary Review, Rattapallax and other publications, and are collected in George Dickerson: Selected Poems 1959-1999 (Rattapallax Press, New York, 2000). His short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories of 1963 and 1966, Penthouse and Rattapallax. He has written novels, screenplays and plays, including his one-man drama, "A Few Useless Mementos for Sale" which has been produced on stage in New York and Hollywood. George is founding editor-in-chief of the literary journal, Rattapallax, and has been on the staff of The New Yorker, and was Managing Editor of Cavalier, and Contributing Editor of Time, in which he published more than 200 articles and reviews. George’s acting career on stage and screen includes Blue Velvet and After Dark, My Sweet.
Richard Levine is the author of That Country’s Soul, (Finishing Line Press, 2010), A Language Full of Wars and Songs (Pollack Press, 2004), and Snapshots from a Battle (Headwaters Press/BigCityLit 2001). An as yet unpublished manuscript has been finalist or semi-finalist for Ohio State Press/The Journal Poetry Book Award and the University of Arkansas Press Miller Williams Poetry Prize. A recently retired public school teacher, he is learning to steward a forest and dirt.
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The Brownstone Poets 2010 Anthology Reading
The Brownstone Poets 2010 Anthology Reading
will be held at BookCourt
Monday, September 13 at 7 P.M.
Limited Open Mic - Free Admission
BookCourt 163 Court Street Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone # (718) 875-3677 http://www.bookcourt.org/
Take the F or G to Bergen St., N or R to Court St.,4 or 5 to Borough Hall
Congrats to the following poets from the 2010 anthology:
AUSTIN ALEXIS JOHN AMEN MARY ASKIN-JENCSIK RUDY BARON SAMANTHA BARROW CARYN BARUCH IRIS BERMAN WAYNE BERNINGER FAREED BITAR STEVE BLOOM ELISE BUCHMAN CHARLES J. BUTLER ROSALIE CALABRESE PATRICIA CARRAGON MARIA CHISOLM JAY CHOLLICK PETER V. DUGAN GARY ESOLEN DANIEL FERNANDEZ MICHAEL FIORITO DAVID FRANCIS DUEWA FRAZIER BRENDA J. GANNAM GORDON GILBERT ALLAN DAVID GOLDSCHMIDT MICHAEL GRAVES VIVIANA GRELL GEORGE GUIDA ROBERT HARRIS BOB HEMAN DIANA GITESHA HERNANDEZ EMMY HUNTER EVIE IVY SUZANNE KAUFMAN CARL KAVADLO LEE KOSTRINSKY JEAN LEHRMAN LINDA LERNER BRANT LYON MAX NEMEROVSKY KAREN NEUBERG TOM OLESZCZUK MARY OROVAN EVE PACKER MIREYA PEREZ JIM PORTER JOHN MARCUS POWELL LOUIS REYES RIVERA FRANK ROMANO LINDA ROTHSTEIN SARAH SARAI ADRIANA SCOPINO FRANK SIMONE HAL SIROWITZ ELIZABETH SMITH ESTHER K. SMITH MOIRA T. SMITH CINDY SOSTCHEN-HOCHMAN SPARROW GEORGE SPENCER RICKI STUART CARMELA TAL-BARON MARILYN THOMAS-KING JUANITA TORRENCE-THOMPSON ZEV TORRES CAROL WIERZBICKI
All participants will read for 3 minutes each, depending on attendance!
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GEORGE DICKERSON RICHARD LEVINE Saturday, September 4 at 2:30 p.m.
The Brownstone Poets presents:
GEORGE DICKERSON
RICHARD LEVINE
Saturday, September 4 at 2:30 p.m.
Park Plaza Restaurant 220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St. and Pineapple Walk Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900 Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street, 4, 5, or R to Court Street, Borough Hall
$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon email: pattiekake@earthlink.net http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/ http://myspace.com/pattiekake8 http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
Bios:
George Dickerson's poetry has been published in The New Yorker, Mademoiselle, Nadada, Pivot, Medicinal Purposes Literary Review, Rattapallax and other publications, and are collected in George Dickerson: Selected Poems 1959-1999 (Rattapallax Press, New York, 2000). His short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories of 1963 and 1966, Penthouse and Rattapallax. He has written novels, screenplays and plays, including his one-man drama, "A Few Useless Mementos for Sale" which has been produced on stage in New York and Hollywood. George is founding editor-in-chief of the literary journal, Rattapallax, and has been on the staff of The New Yorker, and was Managing Editor of Cavalier, and Contributing Editor of Time, in which he published more than 200 articles and reviews. George’s acting career on stage and screen includes Blue Velvet and After Dark, My Sweet.
Richard Levine is the author of That Country’s Soul, (Finishing Line Press, 2010), A Language Full of Wars and Songs (Pollack Press, 2004), and Snapshots from a Battle (Headwaters Press/BigCityLit 2001). An as yet unpublished manuscript has been finalist or semi-finalist for Ohio State Press/The Journal Poetry Book Award and the University of Arkansas Press Miller Williams Poetry Prize. A recently retired public school teacher, he is learning to steward a forest and dirt.
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BARBARA REIHER-MEYERS and ELLEN POBER RITTBERG at Brownstone Poets
Poetry Grows in Brooklyn Heights
The Brownstone Poets presents:
BARBARA REIHER-MEYERS and ELLEN POBER RITTBERG
Saturday, August 7 at 2:30 p.m.
Park Plaza Restaurant 220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St. & Pineapple Walk Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900 Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street, 4, 5, R to Court Street, Borough Hall
$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open Mic Curated by Patricia Carragon email: pattiekake@earthlink.net http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/ http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/ http://myspace.com/pattiekake8 http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
Bios:
BARBARA REIHER-MEYERS
Barbara Reiher-Meyers is a Long Island, New York poet, board member of the Long Island Poetry Collective. She curates the Long Island poetry calendar for Poetz.com, runs monthly workshops in Ronkonkoma, sends weekly emails of local poetry events, and has edited several volumes of poetry. Sounds Familiar is the title of her first book of poems.
ELLEN POBER RITTBERG
Ellen Pober Rittberg is a poet and fiction writer. Her chapbook, "Consider the Constellations" was published in July 2009 and her humorous how-to parenting book, "35 Things Your Teen Won't Tell You, So I Will" was published in Feb. 2010 by Turner Publishing. Her poetry has appeared in Raintiger, Kansas Quarterly, SlowTrains, Wheelhouse, Flutter and other on-line publications. She was one of the winners of the Mid Island Y Poetry contest, and her print journalism and a cable TV she hosted won several awards.
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