IAWA HOLIDAY PRE-SALE

MEOWKU and THE CUPCAKE CHRONICLES

at the Poets Wear Prada Table

IAWA’s First Pre-Holiday Book Sale Opened to anyone who has participated at a 2019 IAWA reading at the Mulberry Street Library

10 Jersey Street NYC, 10012

FREE EVENT!

2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

A sampling of the publishing houses that have been featured at IAWA:

Alien Buddha Press, Apprentice House, Archway Publishing, Ashland Poetry Press, Big Table Publishing Company, Bone Orchard Press, Bordighera Press, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dark Light Publishing, downtown materialaktion, Dramatists Books, Finishing Line Press, Five Star, Fordham University Press, Grey Book Press, Guernica World Editions, Hammer & Anvil Books, HarperCollins, Harvard Square Editions, Hummingbird Press/Wake Forest University, iUniverse, Little A, Mad Gleam Press, New Village Press, NYQ Books, Other Press, Ovunque Siamo Press, Palgrave Macmillan US, Penguin/Putnam, Poets Wear Prada, Rain Mountain Press, Redux Consortium, Rogue Phoenix Press, Scholastic/Orchard Books, Serving House Books, Simon & Schuster,Shakespeare & Company, Soho Press, SUNY Press, University Tennessee Press,Upper Hand Press, Wordtech, Writing Knights Press

Open Mic and Shop Talk: Publishers, the Good the Bad and the Wonderful Delivering the Perfect Pitch and more …

FACEBOOK EVENT:

https://www.facebook.com/events/2157509941217266/

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New Year's Day Alternative Poetry/Spoken Word Extravaganza

Happy 2020!

Welcome to Earthly Light: The 26th Annual Alternative New Year's Day Poetry and Spoken Word Extravaganza

FREE ADMISSION!

I'm reading between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. as well as Jennifer Juneau.

Come and Enjoy!

FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/957475587973052/ Jan 1st, 2020 1 P.M. to 9 P.M. 150+ Performers Poetry / Performance / Music / Dance Plus Limited Open Mic – Sign Up Early!

St. John's Lutheran Church 81 Christopher Street (Between Seventh Avenue South and Bleecker Street, Manhattan)

Event Contact: Email: info@alternativenyd.org Website: www.AlternativeNYD.org

St. John's Contact: Phone: (212) 242-5737 Website: http://stjohnsnyc.org/

DIRECTIONS: Easily accessible by mass transit. By subway, take the 1 Train to Christopher Street or the A, B, C, D, E or F to West Fourth Street / Washington Square. By bus, take the M8 or M20.

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Fall Publications

BigCityLit

Honored to be in BigCityLit. Thank you to Barry Wallenstein and Richard Levine for accepting my music-inspired poems, "Ball and Chain" and "Mona Lisa." Shout outs to these contributors:

Jan Barry Jon Benner Christopher Hirschmann Brandt Patricia Brody Robert Burr Albert Dépas W. D. Ehrhart Barbara Elovic Rhina P. Espaillat Allen C. Fischer David Francis Vernon Frazer Philip Fried Carol Graser Walter Hess Amy Holman Kate Irving Marc Jampole J. Chester Johnson David M. Katz Maeve Kinkead Samantha Kitsch Steve Koenig Alison Koffler Dean Kostos Robert Kramer Annie LaBarge Gerry LaFemina Pamela L. Laskin Iris Lee Beth Levin Richard Levine Helane Levine-Keating ellen ‘windy’ aug lytle Djelloul Marbrook Quitman Marshall Stephen Massimilla Richard Newman D. Nurkse Alicia Ostricker Jaclyn Piudik Ron Price Gretchen Primack Stephanie Rauschenbush Bertha Rogers Carl Rosenstock Adam Roufberg Thaddeus Rutkowski Daniel Shapiro Neil Shepard Matthew J. Spireng Mason Trent David Tucker Helen Tzaglof Gerald Wagoner Barry Wallenstein Chocolate Waters Joe Weil Judith Werner Kathleen Widdoes Jeffrey Cyphers Wright Michael T. Young Kip Zegers and more.

http://nycbigcitylit.com/patricia-carragon-2/

Bear Creek Haiku

Kitty appreciation to Ayaz Daryl Nielsen and his kitty staff for publishing my catku in Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, Friday, November 22, 2019

kitty rubs against your legs free massage

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faucet waterfall thinking of cats and haiku while I brush my teeth

Kudos to Adrian Bouter, Kitsuné, Corey Cook, Alan Catlin, Paula Yup, Judith Partin-Nielsen, t. kilgore splake, and Vanessa Kittle

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2019/11/poets-adrian-bouter-kitsune-corey-cook.html?fbclid=IwAR18_hwnCUf8oOglB4IHJpG8RSY67i104gXap2aUcIjW0wdIW2f2LoDT9gs

for publishing my catku in Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, Wednesday, November 27, 2019

feline etiquette humans must cater to cats never vice versa

congrats to Stephanie Hiteshew, Vernon Odam, Rumi, James B. Peters, Teresinka Pereira, Haris Ichwan, Robert Gniewek, t. kilgore splake, Toma Rosen, and Judith Partin-Nielsen

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2019/11/poets-stephanie-hiteshew-vernon-odam.html

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Narrative Northeast

Thank you Pamela Hughes for accepting my two music-inspired poems, "Spiritual" and "Speak Low," on the Narrative Northeast's blog on Saturday, November 23.

http://www.narrativenortheast.com/?p=6470

The Avocet

Happy to be in the Fall 2019 Issue of The Avocet. Thank you Charles, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano.

Shout outs to Charles Portolano, Vivi Portolano, Linda Melville, Annie Jenkin, Holly Rose Diane Shaw, Peter Leverich, Anthony Wood, Tyler Robert Sheldon, Marjorie Borden, Kate Lassman, Jan Stuart, Wilda Morris, Jack Maze, Julia Kennedy Kirkland, Robert Savino, Greg Gregory, John Reid, and many more.

as days grow shorter the last heatwave fights to survive

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clouds open up allows sunlight to pass donut in the sky

******* headlights shine on fallen leaves obscure moon watches

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mankh's Haiku Calendar 2020, Allbook Book Press

Thanks Mankh for accepting my photo, "Birds in the 'Hood" and my two haiku below:

at midnight feline karaoke gets hotter

******* under oak branches flies dance in circles summer breeze

*2020 Haiku Calendar is dedicated to our steve dalachinsky and to the youth climate activists https://www.allbook-books.com/html/2020_haiku_calendar.htm

Thank you Rebecca Anne Banks for publishing Democracy in Subterranean Blue Poetry-Volume VII Issue XII, dedicated to Leonard Cohen. Kudos to R. Bremner.

http://www.subterraneanbluepoetry.com/SubterraneanBluePoetry.CurrentIssue.html?fbclid=IwAR1edyL9d1J3zQphMCSci-n2Zr2zkey8rj8mCRm4mQ3Es82eC76fRhPhkpM

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MEOWKU is Live on Amazon!

MEOWKU is meowing for the holidays! Books make wonderful gifts for family and friends.

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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/meowku-patricia-carragon/1133369686?ean=9781946116215

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Paperback: 46 pages Publisher: Poets Wear Prada (August 18, 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 1946116211 ISBN-13: 978-1946116215 Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.1 x 8.5 inches Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces

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No reading for December

No reading for December

Happy Holidays from Brownstone Poets

May the season bring peace of mind, joy, hope, and inspiration!

Come back on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 2:30 p.m.

to hear

Maria Chisolm, Julie Haag, Roxanne Hoffman, Freida Grace Jones, Prince A. McNally

at Park Plaza Restaurant 220 Cadman Plaza West Brooklyn, NY 11201

Starting in 2020, Brownstone Poets will be on the LAST Saturday of the month, unless there is a holiday conflict (then it would be on the third Saturday for that month).

First snow falling on the half-finished bridge

Matsuo Bashō

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Reminder Herbert, Juneau, Lerner, Stevens

REMINDER:

Four Strong Women Writers

Judith Lee Herbert, Jennifer Juneau, Linda Lerner, and Denita Stevens to rock Brownstone Poets on Saturday, November 23, at 2:30 p.m. at Park Plaza Restaurant in historic Brooklyn Heights. Poetry grows in Brooklyn Heights, and there's an open mic as well. Come enjoy an afternoon of poetry and delicious food at this cozy family-owned restaurant.

Judith Lee Herbert, Jennifer Juneau Linda Lerner Denita Stevens

Saturday, November 23, @ 2:30 P.M.

Park Plaza Restaurant

220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St. and Pineapple Walk

Brooklyn, NY 11201

718 - 596 - 5900

Subways:

Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street

R to Court Street

4 or to 5 Borough Hall

For more directions:

Please check the MTA's "The Weekender" for all transit updates.

http://web.mta.info/weekender.html

$5 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open-Mic

Curated by Patricia Carragon

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1123117011231472/

Bios:

Judith Lee Herbert’s chapbook, Songbird, was recently published by Kelsay Books, and was previously chosen as a finalist in the Blue Light Poetry Prize and Chapbook Competition in 2017. Her poems placed in contests in 2018 at the Nassau County Poet Laureate Society and the Mid-Island Y JCC. Her poetry has appeared in three additions of the Bards Annual and in Before the Dawn 2019. Her poems have been published in print and online publications including The Ekphrastic Review, These Fragile Lilacs, First Literary Review-East, Nassau County Poet Laureate Society Review, Long Island Quarterly, and Mothering in the Middle.

Jennifer Juneau is the author of the novel ÜberChef USA (Spork Press) and the poetry collection More Than Moon (Is A Rose Press.) Her work has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in journals such as the American Poetry Journal, Cimarron Review, Cincinnati Review, Columbia Journal, Evergreen Review, Gargoyle Magazine, Pank, Passages North, Portland Review, Seattle Review, Verse Daily and elsewhere. She lives and writes in Brooklyn.

Linda Lerner’s recent collection, A Dance Around the Cauldron, a prose work consisting of nine characters during the Salem witch trials brought into our own times (Lummox Press, 2017.) Previously published books: Yes, the Ducks Were Real & Takes Guts and Years Sometimes (NYQ Books (2011 and 2015). When Death is a Red Balloon, a chapbook of poems will be published by Lummox in 2019. Taking the F train forthcoming from NYQ Books. Recent acceptances: Maintenant, Gargoyle, Paterson Literary Review, Café Review, Wilderness Literary House Review, Cape Rock and Piker Press, etc. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize several times.

Denita Stevens was born and raised in Texas, but now she resides in New Jersey with her beloved Pomeranian. She is the author of Invisible Veils, a collection of poems which gives insight into what it’s like to live with anxiety, depression and survive the trauma of being sexually assaulted. Her next book will be her memoir, Disorderly Life, which is about how she spent more than a decade living with undiagnosed PTSD, but started to heal after finding the help she needed. Find out more at denitastevens.com.

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16th Annual Brevitas Festival of the Short Poem

16th Annual Brevitas Festival of Short Poems

16th Annual Brevitas Festival of Short Poems

Sunday, November 24, 2019 at 2 P.M. to 5 P.M.

PRICE $10 (includes new anthology)

pin Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, NYC 10012

BREVITAS is a community of invited poets who email one or two original, short poems (14 lines max) to each other on the 1st and 15th of each month – to nurture new work and invite constructive feedback. This Festival is the once-a-year splurge when we publicly gather to perform and project our favorite poems of the year, plus celebrate publication of the 2019 brevitas Anthology of the Short Poem.

Featured poets include Bowery Poetry Club founder Bob Holman, City Lore founder Steve Zeitlin, Queens Poets Laureate Maria Lisella and Hal Sirowitz, Sparrow, Ron Kolm, Steve Luttrell, Patricia Carragon, John J. Trause, Dorothy Friedman August, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Gerd Stern, and over FORTY more dynamic and diverse poet-members. Poet-member Steve Dalachinsky will be specially honored in memoriam. Poet-member/cartoonist Flash Rosenberg will host. Followed by a brief open mic.

Co-founders Steve Zeitlin and Jim Pignetti launched brevitas 16 years ago for a cozy circle of poet friends. The group has expanded and evolved into a powerful incubator of new poetry.

FACEBOOK INVITE:

https://www.facebook.com/events/404162563624218/

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Angel Fire

Thank you Red Focks and Jay Miner of Alien Buddha Press for accepting my first novel, “Angel Fire.” We are aiming for the book to release by spring 2020.

MEOW 😸 I want to thank Cindy Sostchen-Hochman for her editorial guidance and advice on submitting to this press. Thank you Roxanne Hoffman and Elizabeth Smith for your support, advice, et al throughout the years.

A special thank you to Mardine Herrick who encouraged me to keep writing. I came a long way baby. It took about 25 tries, including an agent back in 2009, before getting published. #AlienBuddhaPress.

In the early '90s, I began scribbling in a large green notebook. I called this story, "Invisible Souls." After numerous revisions, twists and turns in editing, the story changed, as well as the title. Life's events grew more cynical along with my words and beliefs. The end result was "Angel Fire."

Angel Fire is a novel, inspired by personal experiences and nightmares, that delves into the lives of three women protagonists, Sarah Kahn, Kate Robbins, and Dana Chu, living and working in New York City during the ’90s through the post- 9/11 world and the Obama election. The book is comprised of over 57,000 words, broken down into twenty-one chapters and an epilogue. The narrative contains elements of magic realism/ urban fantasy, and beyond the wry humor, there are bizarre twists involving erotic dreams, curses, cats, and paranormal visitations from a precocious ten-year-old girl named Allie, turning this story into a psychological thriller. Allie’s need to channel the horrific events of her young life influences, and in many ways takes over, the lives of Sarah, Kate, and Dana. The child is desperate because she wants to at last be freed from her mysterious abductor and believes she can only do so by trapping Sarah and Kate into aberrant encounters with her captor in a strange and terrible, yet oddly poetic, dreamscape.

Stay tuned for more details around the holidays or after.

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Early Fall Publications 2019

Early Fall Publications 2019

Live Mag! #16, Fall 2019

Thank you Jeff Wright for publishing my "me too" piece, "The Ballad of Lucy Jordon." https://livemag.org/issue_16/patricia-carragon/ Congrats to these wonderful writers: Ama Birch Peggy Cyphers Steve Dalachinsky Julia Knobloch Susan Lewis Yuko Otomo Wanda Phipps Mark Statman George Wallace Barry Wallenstein and more

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Thank you Joe Maita for publishing "Autumn Leaves" in Jerry Jazz Musician on October 11, 2019

http://www.peakpx.com

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2019/10/autumn-leaves-a-poem-by-patricia-carragon/?fbclid=IwAR0MeZ-8gq44rvBv-i4rq0CYm4yl56zTEac2ztDQ939BA33wFMoVV4mlfG4#comment-2078

and "Autumn in New York" in the Fall Edition, November 11, 2019

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2019/11/a-collection-of-jazz-poetry-fall-2019-edition/?fbclid=IwAR0PgQ-whsvy6RdZqEeQ7U6Xjw5MLm0l6Qm3t3I6sG2OethEwI2TKwpe9aA

Kudos to poets Steve Dalachinsky Alan Yount, Anggo Genorga, Arlene Corwin, Aurora Lewis, CJ Muchhala, David Lohrey, Ed Ruzicka, Erren Kelly, Felicia Chernesky, Freddington, Gerard Furey, Gerard Sarnat, John Grey, John Stupp, Kristofer Collins, michael newell, Michael Vander Does, Paula Puolakka, Phil Linz, Phyllis Wax, Robert Gibb, Robert Nisbet, Roger Singer, Russell Dupont, Susandale, Terrance Underwood ----------------------------------------------------------------

Thank you Joshua Meander for publishing "The Mother Tree" in the Fall 2019, Vol. 27 Issue 4 of Nomad's Choir.

Shout outs to Bob Barci, Bernard Block, Robert Gibbons, Gordon Gilbert, Patrick Hammer, Evelyn Katz, Ron Kolm, Linda Lerner, Efrayim Levensen, Erica Mapp, Joshua Meander, Yinka Meander, James McMenamin, Carrie M. Radna, Thaddeus Rutkowski, Joan Kitcher-White, and more.

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All Saint's Day Happy Hour Poetry Pub Crawl

All Saint's Day Happy Hour Poetry Pub Crawl

Celebrate the spirit of Poetry on a Friday night tour de force! Wet your whistle at each watering hole and proclaim to the rooftops! Mob of poets paint the town red! Remember, remember, the 1st of November! Remember this day, Ladies and Gentleman fore it will be yours for all time!

The full schedule of reading and drinking is as follows:

COME WHO MAY

POETRY & DRINK LOCATION #1: POETRY LOCATION #1 [6 PM – 6:20 PM]: Corner of Attorney Street Directly in front of Parkside Lounge side door entrance DRINK LOCATION #1 [6:20 PM – 6:40 PM]: Parkside Lounge, 317 East Houston Street

POETRY & DRINK LOCATION #2: POETRY LOCATION #2 [6:45 PM – 7:05 PM]: In front of Cardinal Spellman 137 East 2nd Street DRINK LOCATION #2 [7:05 PM – 7:20PM]: 2A, 25 Avenue A, Lady Stardust

POETRY & DRINK LOCATION #3: POETRY LOCATION #3 [7:30 PM – 7:50 PM]: Under La Mama Theatre Scaffold, 74 East 4th Street, Across the street from KGB Bar DRINK LOCATION #3 [7:50 PM – 8:10 PM]: KGB Bar – 84 East 4th Street

POETRY & DRINK LOCATION #4: POETRY LOCATION #4 [8:15PM – 8:35 PM]: In front of old CBGB’S 315 Bowery DRINK LOCATION #4 [8:40 PM – 9:00 PM]: Bowery Electric, 327 Bowery

AFTER PARTY POETRY LOCATION & DRINK LOCATION #5

[9:00PM – Midnight]: Mas’s Crib, East 4th Street

*A flask of Writers' Tears Whiskey will be available for the less fortunate*

Lantern escort from venue to venue FACEBOOK EVENT https://www.facebook.com/events/1454879484650393/

Hosted by Mas Walker and Jennifer Juneau

Performers confirmed thus far: Jerry Johnson, Jennifer Juneau, Nancy Mercado, Mas Walker Prince Mcnally, Buttered Roll, David Huberman, Patricia Carragon Dorothy Friedman, Rose Tang, Michael Carter, Carrie Magness Radna, Danny Lama, Big Mike Logan, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, Ron Kolm, Roxanne Hoffman, Dorothy Cantwell, Karen Neuberg

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