Brownstone Poets on Zoom Alexandra van de Kamp, Thomas Fucaloro, Mario José Pagán Morales, Saturday, July 30 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m EST Posted on July 5, 2022
Brownstone Poets on Zoom
Saturday, July 30, 2022
from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST on Zoom
Alexandra van de Kamp
Thomas Fucaloro
Mario José Pagán Morales
Plus a limited open mic
$5
Hosted by Patricia Carragon
Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to read early in the program. Last-minute signup means you will read at the end of the program.
Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.
Please follow these instructions:
Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.)
Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D
Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.
Looking forward to seeing you at our May reading! For your convenience, here is the link to our Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/1a24ntQy8
Bios:
Alexandra van de Kamp is the Executive Director for Gemini Ink, San Antonio’s Writing Arts Center (www.geminiink.org). A native New Yorker, she has now lived in San Antonio, TX for seven years. Her most recent books of poems are Kiss/Hierarchy (Rain Mountain Press 2016) and The Park of Upside-Down Chairs (CW Books 2010). Her third book, Ricochet Script, will be published by from Next Page Press (https://nextpage-press.com) on April 1, 2022. She has also published several chapbooks, including A Liquid Bird Inside the Night (Red Glass Books 2015) and Dear Jean Seberg (2011), which won the 2010 Burnside Review Chapbook Contest. Her poems have been published in journals nationwide, such as The Cincinnati Review, The Texas Observer, Denver Quarterly, Great Weather for MEDIA, Washington Square, Sweet: A Literary Confection, and Tahoma Literary Review. Find out more about her work here: http://alexandravandekamppoet.com.
Thomas Fucaloro The winner of a performance grant from the Staten Island Council of the Arts and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Thomas Fucaloro has been on six national slam teams. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School and is a co-founding editor of Great Weather for Media and NYSAI press. He is an adjunct professor at Wagner College and BMCC where he teaches world lit and advanced creative writing. Thomas has released 2 full lengths: It Starts From the Belly and Blooms and Inheriting Craziness is a Soft Halo of Light by Three Rooms Press. He also has 3 chapbooks: Mistakes Disguised as Stars (Tired Hearts Press), Depression Cupcakes (Yes, Poetry) and There is Always Tomorrow (Mad Gleam Press). His new Chapbook The Only Gardening I Do is When I Give Up by Finishing Line Press will be out in August.
Mario José Pagán Morales is a Nuyorican poet and cultural worker born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and raised in the South Bronx. His work is anthologized in The BreakBeat Poets, Volume 4: LatiNEXT (Haymarket Books, 2020), Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea (great weather for MEDIA, 2019), and in the 2019 “The Performance of Breath” edition of The Acentos Review (edited by Peggy Robles-Alvarado and Lupe Méndez). Pagán is a founding member of the Títere Poets. In addition, he is a Pushcart Prize nominee and co-founder of the La Esquina open mic.
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Extension for Home Planet News Online, Now October 15!
Extension for Home Planet News Online, Now October 15!
From Frank Murphy of Home Planet News:
Dear Poets, Writers, Artist, I am sending out this email to remind everyone that the deadline for this issue is 10/15/2022. That’s an extension from the 10/1. I will do my best to get the magazine out by mid-November—and certainly by the end of November. If any poet, writer, or artist has a book coming out, and is being published in this issue, I will give the details of the publication. What I need for this is The name of the book, author, publisher, the price, and a link to where it may be purchased. Please get materials in asap because there’s still a lot of work to be done on the magazine. Stay well, Frank
Please email your submissions to Frank Murphy at:
homeplanetnews@outlook.com
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The Excitement is Growing: Brownstone Poets at the NYC Poetry Festival
The Excitement is Growing: Brownstone Poets at the NYC Poetry Festival on Governors Island, Saturday, September 10 at 11:30 A.M.
Spend a poetic day on Colonels Row, Governors Island on Saturday, September 10, and please make a stop at the White Horse stage at 11:30 a.m. to hear the wordsmiths from Brownstone Poets.
Our September features are:
Ptr Kozlowski
Dorothy Cantwell
Roxanne Hoffman
Megha Sood
You $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.
Your $5 contribution counts as one attendance toward inclusion in our 2023 anthology. And will be applied towards the honorarium for our features. Donations will accepted during August and September via PayPal at pcarragon@gmail.com. Or in person at the festival.
Please make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.)
For more info about the NYC Poetry Festival please visit the festival’s website: www.newyorkcitypoetryfestival.com
A round trip ferry ticket is price of admission to this otherwise free event, and the ferry ride is free for all before noon, all day for seniors 65+ and children 12-, otherwise $4. Please book your tickets in advance at https://www.govisland.com/plan-your-visit/ferry.
Looking forward to seeing you at the NYC Poetry Festival!
Facebook Invite:
https://www.facebook.com/events/398230652447273?ref=newsfeed
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Poets Wear Prada at Governors Island, Sunday, September 11 at 4:30 p.m.
Proud to be part of this event:
From Roxanne Hoffman:
Join Poets Wear Prada at the 11th NYC Poetry Festival, from Saturday 9/10 to Sunday 9/11, on Governor’s Island. Our featured reading will be in Sunday 9/11 at 4:30pm on the new 4th Stage, The Blackbird. Jack Cooper and I are pleased to announce our lineup for this special event: our authors Talena Lachelle Queen, Cyndi Dawson, and Patricia Carragon, and our special esteemed guest, Ngoma Hill. I will be hosting. Visit www.newyorkcitypoetryfestival.com for more info about the festival. A round trip ferry ticket is price of admission to this otherwise free event, and the ferry ride is free for all before noon, all day for seniors 65+ and children 12-, otherwise $4. Book your tickets online at https://www.govisland.com/plan-your-visit/ferry. #nycpoetryfestival @repoocejjj #poetswearprada #poetrycommunity #poetypublishers #poetryclubs #poetrywotkshops #slamteams #performancepoetry #spokenword #septemberhappenings #literaryevents #foryoucalender @patriciacarragon @baba_ngoma @cyndicynz2 @herbestself4440 #nycpofest @poetrysocietyny @nycpofest
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Brownstone Poets at the NYC Poetry Festival on Governors Island, Saturday, Septe
Spend a poetic day on Governors Island on Saturday, September 10, and please make a stop at the White Horse stage at 11:30 a.m. to hear the wordsmiths from Brownstone Poets.
Featured readers:
Ptr Kozlowski
Dorothy Cantwell
Roxanne Hoffman
Megha Sood
Hosted by the curator and editor-in-chief, Patricia Carragon
Your support of this would count as an attendance toward being in the 2023 anthology.
Please note:
I would like to give an honorarium to the features. Donations will be taken during August and September on PayPal at pcarragon@gmail.com. or in person at the festival. Your donation will count as an attendance toward being in the 2023 anthology.
Information about the NYC Poetry Festival:
Visit www.newyorkcitypoetryfestival.com for more info about the festival. A round trip ferry ticket is price of admission to this otherwise free event, and the ferry ride is free for all before noon, all day for seniors 65+ and children 12-, otherwise $4. Book your tickets online at https://www.govisland.com/plan-your-visit/ferry.
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Arriving at a Shoreline Book Launch
Arriving at a Shoreline: Anthology Release Celebration!!! Posted on August 14, 2022
Proud to be reading “For All We Know” for great weather for MEDIA this Saturday, August 20 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at our beloved Parkside Lounge at 317 East Houston Street near Attorney Street in East Village, NY
Celebrate great weather for MEDIA’s latest anthology, “Arriving at a Shoreline”, with an incredible lineup of contributing poets and writers.
Featuring: Joanna Acevedo, Patricia Carragon, Amy Cook, Kat Georges, Ed Go, Meghan Grupposo, Bibbe Hansen, Tanya Ko Hong, Javan Howard, Sarah Iqbal, Craig Kite, Linda Lerner, Lucía Orellana Damacela, Yuko Otomo, Puma Perl, Ron Price, Blake Z. Rong, Karl Roulston, Lady John William Snyder, and Francine Witte
Hosted by David Lawton
“Arriving at a Shoreline” is an invigorating collection of poetry and short fiction from sixty-four writers across the United States and beyond. The anthology also contains interviews with National Book Award winner Martín Espada and legendary Bay Area poet Jack Foley.
Copies of the book are selling for $22
If you wish to order copies, go to this link below:
https://www.greatweatherformedia.com/arriving-at-a-shoreline
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Birthday and Arts Extravaganza
Coming up this Wednesday: You are cordially invited to the Birthday and Arts Extravaganza Wednesday, August 10 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Art & Ray Boutique & Fine Art Gallery at 305 East 9th Street, East Village, NY 10003 It's Dorothy Friedman August's birthday and there will be cake, wine, beer, and other refreshments as well. Didi Champagne will have her amazing artwork and books for sell. A fabulous line-up of poets and musicians to entertain, plus Didi and Dorothy will perform their duet, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." Special poetry reading by Didi Champagne and Dorothy Friedman-August Poets scheduled to read: Austin Alexis, Madeline Artenberg, Dorothy Cantwell, Patricia Carragon, Mitch Corber, Phillip Giambri, Jennifer Juneau, Evelyn Katz, Linda Kleinbub, Ron Kolm, Elizabeth Morse, Nicca Ray, Barbara Rosenthal, Marianne Sciberras, Susan Weiman, Francine Witte, Ernest Woodley Musicians to perform: David Banish, Daniel Carter, Rick Eckerle, Don Fuchs, Diana Gitesha Hernandez, Ptr Kozlowski, Perry Masco, Susan Mitchell, Matthew Paris, Su Polo, Linda Schwartz Admission is FREE! Patricia Carragon as the emcee Please RSVP to either Patricia Carragon at pcarragon@gmail.com or Didi Champagne at dididlicious@gmail.com
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Birthday and Arts Extravaganza Friday, Jul 22 @ 5:07 PM
Birthday and Arts Extravaganza Friday, Jul 22 @ 5:07 PM
You are cordially invited to the Birthday and Arts Extravaganza
Wednesday, August 10 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Art & Ray Boutique & Fine Art Gallery at 305 East 9th Street, East Village, NY 10003
It’s Dorothy Friedman August’s birthday and there will be cake, wine, beer, and other refreshments as well.
Didi Champagne will have her amazing artwork and books for sell.
A fabulous line-up of poets and musicians to entertain, plus Didi and Dorothy will perform their duet, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”
Special poetry reading by Didi Champagne and Dorothy Friedman-August
Poets scheduled to read:
Austin Alexis, Madeline Artenberg, Dorothy Cantwell, Patricia Carragon, Phillip Giambri, Evelyn Katz, Linda Kleinbub, Ron Kolm, Nicca Ray, Marianne Sciberras, Susan Weiman, Francine Witte, Ernest Woodley
Musicians to perform:
David Banish, Daniel Carter, Rick Eckerle, Don Fuchs, Diana Gitesha Hernandez, Ptr Kozlowski, Perry Masco, Susan Mitchell, Matthew Paris, Su Polo, Linda Schwartz
Admission is FREE!
Patricia Carragon as the Emcee
Check out event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/419769040176057?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark_search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
Please RSVP to either Patricia Carragon at pcarragon@gmail.com
or Didi Champagne at dididlicious@gmail.com
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Brownstone Poets on Summer Hiatus: No Zoom Readings in August and September
Brownstone Poets on Summer Hiatus: No Zoom Readings in August and September
Hello Poets and Friends,
Brownstone Poets is taking a summer hiatus. There will be no Zoom readings held in August and September. We return on Saturday, October 29 with Broadstone Book authors: Susana H. Case, Margo Taft Stever, and Amy Barone.
However, Brownstone Poets will be at the New York City Poetry Festival on Governor’s Island on Saturday, September 10 at 11:30 a.m. on The White Horse Stage. I will be hosting this 30-minute slot. The featured readers are:
Roxanne Hoffman, Dorothy Cantwell, Ptr Kozlowski, and Megha Sood.
Roxanne Hoffman (photo credit: Su Polo)
Dorothy Cantwell
Ptr Kozlowski
Megha Sood Your support would count as an attendance toward being in the 2023 anthology.
I would like to give an honorarium to the features. Donations will be taken during August and September on PayPal at pcarragon@gmail.com.
I will also accept a donation in person at the festival. Your donation will count as an attendance toward being in the 2023 anthology.
Stay tuned for further details and the NYC Poetry Festival . . .
Stay cool and safe,
Patricia Carragon
Curator/ Editor-in-Chief
Brownstone Poets
Brooklyn, NY
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Alexandra van de Kamp, Thomas Fucaloro, Mario José Pagán Morales
Brownstone Poets on Zoom Alexandra van de Kamp, Thomas Fucaloro, Mario José Pagán Morales, Saturday, July 30 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m EST Posted on July 5, 2022
Brownstone Poets on Zoom
Saturday, July 30, 2022
from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST on Zoom
Alexandra van de Kamp
Thomas Fucaloro
Mario José Pagán Morales
Plus a limited open mic
$5
Hosted by Patricia Carragon
Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to read early in the program. Last-minute signup means you will read at the end of the program.
Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.
Please follow these instructions:
Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.)
Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D
Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.
Looking forward to seeing you at our May reading! For your convenience, here is the link to our Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/1a24ntQy8
Bios:
Alexandra van de Kamp is the Executive Director for Gemini Ink, San Antonio’s Writing Arts Center (www.geminiink.org). A native New Yorker, she has now lived in San Antonio, TX for seven years. Her most recent books of poems are Kiss/Hierarchy (Rain Mountain Press 2016) and The Park of Upside-Down Chairs (CW Books 2010). Her third book, Ricochet Script, will be published by from Next Page Press (https://nextpage-press.com) on April 1, 2022. She has also published several chapbooks, including A Liquid Bird Inside the Night (Red Glass Books 2015) and Dear Jean Seberg (2011), which won the 2010 Burnside Review Chapbook Contest. Her poems have been published in journals nationwide, such as The Cincinnati Review, The Texas Observer, Denver Quarterly, Great Weather for MEDIA, Washington Square, Sweet: A Literary Confection, and Tahoma Literary Review. Find out more about her work here: http://alexandravandekamppoet.com.
Thomas Fucaloro The winner of a performance grant from the Staten Island Council of the Arts and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Thomas Fucaloro has been on six national slam teams. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School and is a co-founding editor of Great Weather for Media and NYSAI press. He is an adjunct professor at Wagner College and BMCC where he teaches world lit and advanced creative writing. Thomas has released 2 full lengths: It Starts From the Belly and Blooms and Inheriting Craziness is a Soft Halo of Light by Three Rooms Press. He also has 3 chapbooks: Mistakes Disguised as Stars (Tired Hearts Press), Depression Cupcakes (Yes, Poetry) and There is Always Tomorrow (Mad Gleam Press). His new Chapbook The Only Gardening I Do is When I Give Up by Finishing Line Press will be out in August.
Mario José Pagán Morales is a Nuyorican poet and cultural worker born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and raised in the South Bronx. His work is anthologized in The BreakBeat Poets, Volume 4: LatiNEXT (Haymarket Books, 2020), Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea (great weather for MEDIA, 2019), and in the 2019 “The Performance of Breath” edition of The Acentos Review (edited by Peggy Robles-Alvarado and Lupe Méndez). Pagán is a founding member of the Títere Poets. In addition, he is a Pushcart Prize nominee and co-founder of the La Esquina open mic.
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Birthday and Arts Extravaganza
You are cordially invited to the Birthday and Arts Extravaganza
Wednesday, August 10 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Art & Ray Boutique & Fine Art Gallery at 305 East 9th Street, East Village, NY 10003
It’s Dorothy Friedman August’s birthday and there will be cake, wine, beer, and other refreshments as well.
Didi Champagne will have her amazing artwork and books for sell.
A fabulous line-up of poets and musicians to entertain, plus Didi and Dorothy will perform their duet, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”
Special poetry reading by Didi Champagne and Dorothy Friedman-August
Poets scheduled to read:
Austin Alexis, Madeline Artenberg, Dorothy Cantwell, Patricia Carragon, Phillip Giambri, Evelyn Katz, Linda Kleinbub, Ron Kolm, Nicca Ray, Marianne Sciberras, Susan Weiman, Francine Witte, Ernest Woodley
Musicians to perform:
David Banish, Daniel Carter, Rick Eckerle, Don Fuchs, Diana Gitesha Hernandez, Ptr Kozlowski, Perry Masco, Susan Mitchell, Matthew Paris, Su Polo, Linda Schwartz
Admission is FREE!
Patricia Carragon as the Emcee
Check out event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/419769040176057?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark_search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
Please RSVP to either Patricia Carragon at pcarragon@gmail.com
or Didi Champagne at dididlicious@gmail.com
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