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Brownstone Poets Change of reading schedule 2020

Change of schedule for Brownstone Poets in 2020:

as of January 2020, the reading series will be held on the last Saturday of the month unless it conflicts with a holiday. Hence, whenever there is a holiday conflict, the reading will be held on the third Saturday instead. Due to back-to-back religious holidays in September 2020, there will be no regular reading that month. Since there will be no regular September reading, we will have one on July 18 (not to conflict with the NY Poetry Festival). We will continue not to have a regular reading in December.

We will keep you posted on the anthology readings for 2020.

Last Saturday Readings (3rd Saturday when there is a holiday conflict, etc.)

Park Plaza Restaurant

220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St. and Pineapple Walk

Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201

(718) 596-5900

2:30 P.M.

$5 donation + food/drink - Open-Mic

Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street, 4 or R to Court Street, Borough Hall

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Judith Lee Herbert, Jennifer Juneau, Linda Lerner, and Denita Stevens at Park Pl

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.

Reminder Annie Christain, Adam Holoubek, and -Debora Lidov

Three awesome poets Annie Christain, Adam Holoubek, and -Debora Lidov to rock Brownstone Poets on Saturday, October 26, 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. Annie Christain Adam Holoubek Debora Lidov

Saturday, October 26, @ 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/463106810956941/

BIOS

Annie Christain is an associate professor of composition and ESOL at SUNY Cobleskill and a former artist resident of the Shanghai Swatch Art Peace Hotel and the Arctic Circle Art and Science Expedition. Her poems have appeared in Seneca Review, Oxford Poetry, The Chariton Review, and The Lifted Brow, among others. She received the grand prize of the Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Contest, the Greg Grummer Poetry Award, the Oakland School of the Arts Enizagam Poetry Award, and the Neil Shepard Prize in Poetry. Tall As You Are Tall Between Them, her debut poetry book, was published in fall 2016 by C&R Press.

Adam Holoubek is a New York City based poet and filmmaker originally from Bratislava, Slovakia. He has spent his life travelling between Europe and North America and is inspired by different cultures found on both continents. His written body of work consists of poetry and prose concerning themes of identity, travel, urban life, and the subconscious. In 2018 Adam published his work titled Spoken Word Transcendence which is available for purchase on his website as well as Amazon Kindle. Regarding film work Adam received Honorable Mention in 2018 from the L.A. Experimental Forum and in 2019 his work was selected for the Mastic Beach Mini Indie Film Fest.

Website link: www.adamholoubekfilms.com

Debora Lidov is the author of the chapbook Trance (Finishing Line Press, 2015). Her poems have appeared in numerous journals including Paris Review, Salamander Magazine, Tarpaulin Sky, upstreet, and The Yale Review. She lives in Brooklyn.

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Rainbow Book Fair!

National Coming Out Day is Friday, October 11th and the Rainbow Book Fair is Saturday October 12!

Join my publisher Roxanne Hoffman of Poets Wear Prada and other PWP authors at The LGBT Community Center

Continue celebrating National Coming Out Day

Party with us at the Rainbow Book Fair on Saturday. October 12!

Join PWP from noon to 6 p.m. for the Rainbow Book Festival at The LGBT Community Center located at 208 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011.

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Check out the PWP authors: Austin Alexis, Geer Austin, Patricia Carragon, Jack Cooper, Robert Gibbons, Jee Leong Koh, Michael Montlack, Chocolate Waters, Richard Marx Weinrub

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Summer – Early Fall 2019 Publication News

Summer – Early Fall 2019 Publication News

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot July 28, 2019

Bear Creek Haiku Issue #157, August 2019

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my haiku online and in print.

Kudos to:

r. soos, Cathy Porter, pl. wick, Teresinka Pereira, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Toma Rosen, Pawel Markiewicz, George Held, Dennis Rhodes, and more. https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2019/07/poets-r-soos-cathy-porter-pl-wick.html

Issue #157, August 2019:

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Jerry Jazz Musician, A Collection of Jazz Poetry–Summer 2019 edition

Proud to have my poem, “Take Five,” in the latest Jerry Jazz Musician Journal. Thank you Joe Maita for its publication. Kudos to:

Arlene Corwin, Aurora Lewis, CJ Muchhala, Dan Franch, Ed Ruzicka, Fred Shaw, Freddington, John Stupp, michael newell, michael yellin, Robin Ray, Roger Singer, Steve Dalachinsky, Susandale, Victor Craven, Victor Enns

A collection of jazz poetry — Summer, 2019 edition

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Panoplyzine Issue #13 August 2019

Thank you Jeff Santosuosso for the honor to have my jazz poem, “My Way,” selected in your latest issue of Panoplyzine. Cheers to these wonderful writers: Jennifer Maloney, Lenny DellaRocca, Alec Solomita Susan Tepper, and others.

Check out my work at: https://panoplyzine.com/my-way-patricia-carragon/

The Weekly Avocet #139, August 11, 2019

Thank you Charle Portolano, for honoring my haiku again. Kudos to F. D. Moeller , K. Millevolte, Charles Portolano, Marjorie Borden, John McPherson, Suzanne Cottrell, MaryJane Nordgren, Lynne Soulagnet

on Shore Promenade

hints of autumn

August breeze

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yellow boots

splash in puddles

her smile, the sun

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sun heats up

sidewalks and tempers

clouds take refuge

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backyard rumble

raccoons amuse

the indoor cat

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Clockwise Cat Felino Soriano Tribute Issue, September 2019

A big shoutout to Alison Ross for her devotion and hard work in getting out this beautiful issue dedicated to a beautiful soul and poet. I’m honored to have my poem, “Dust in the Wind” in this issue. Kudos to other poets, Cindy Hochman, Karen Neuberg, Annmarie Lockhart, Sheila Murphy, Heller Levinson, Heath Brougher, Connie Stadler, and more. Read the issue at: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/62841455/felino-soriano-tribute

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Annie Christain, Adam Holoubek, and Debora Lidov poetry

Three awesome poets Annie Christain, Adam Holoubek, and -Debora Lidov to rock Brownstone Poets on Saturday, October 26, 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. Annie Christain Adam Holoubek Debora Lidov

Saturday, October 26, @ 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/463106810956941/

BIOS

Annie Christain is an associate professor of composition and ESOL at SUNY Cobleskill and a former artist resident of the Shanghai Swatch Art Peace Hotel and the Arctic Circle Art and Science Expedition. Her poems have appeared in Seneca Review, Oxford Poetry, The Chariton Review, and The Lifted Brow, among others. She received the grand prize of the Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Contest, the Greg Grummer Poetry Award, the Oakland School of the Arts Enizagam Poetry Award, and the Neil Shepard Prize in Poetry. Tall As You Are Tall Between Them, her debut poetry book, was published in fall 2016 by C&R Press.

Adam Holoubek is a New York City based poet and filmmaker originally from Bratislava, Slovakia. He has spent his life travelling between Europe and North America and is inspired by different cultures found on both continents. His written body of work consists of poetry and prose concerning themes of identity, travel, urban life, and the subconscious. In 2018 Adam published his work titled Spoken Word Transcendence which is available for purchase on his website as well as Amazon Kindle. Regarding film work Adam received Honorable Mention in 2018 from the L.A. Experimental Forum and in 2019 his work was selected for the Mastic Beach Mini Indie Film Fest.

Website link: www.adamholoubekfilms.com

Debora Lidov is the author of the chapbook Trance (Finishing Line Press, 2015). Her poems have appeared in numerous journals including Paris Review, Salamander Magazine, Tarpaulin Sky, upstreet, and The Yale Review. She lives in Brooklyn.

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Purchase Links:

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Purchase Links:

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

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REMINDER: Ronald P. Bremner, David Dephy, Aaron Fischer, and Roger S. Mitchell

REMINDER: Ronald P. Bremner, David Dephy, Aaron Fischer, and Roger S. Mitchell at Brownstone Poets on Saturday, September 28 at 2:30 p.m. at Park Plaza Restaurant

Four awesome poets Ronald P. Bremner, David Dephy, Aaron Fischer, and Roger S. Mitchell to rock Brownstone Poets on Saturday, September 28 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.

Ronald P. Bremner

David Dephy

Aaron Fischer

Roger S. Mitchell

Saturday, September 28 @ 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/437217833543235/

Ronald P. Bremner writes of incense, peppermints, and the color of time. in such venues as International Poetry Review, Anthem: a Leonard Cohen Tribute Anthology, Poets Online, Jerry Jazz Musician, and Climate of Change: Sigmund Freud in Poetry. Ron’s most recent books are Hungry Words (Alien Buddha Press), Absurd (Absurdist poetry from Cajun Mutt Press), and Chambers of a Heart (with the photographs of James LaFratta, from New Feral Press), Ektomorphic (ekphrasis, from Presa Press), and Pencil Sketches (Clare Songbirds Publications. He has thrice won Honorable Mention in the Allen Ginsberg awards, and he invites you to visit his Instagram poetry at beat_poet1, where milk and cookies await.

David Dephy–-Born June 21st, 1968. The trilingual Georgian/American poet, novelist, essayist, multimedia artist. His works are published in the USA by the several literary magazines and anthologized also in many collections of poetry and prose in the USA, UK, Germany, Brazil, Ukraine, Georgia, Mexico, Portuguese, Romania. He is an active participant of the American and international poetry and artistic scenes such as PEN World Voices, 92Y Poetry Center, Voices of Poetry, Long Island Poetry Listings, Columbia University in the City of New York – The School of the Arts, Bowery Poetry Club which named him as a Literature Luminary. He lives and works in New York City.

Aaron Fischer spent 30+ years as a technical journalist and an editor at a progressive news site. He’s much happier writing poems. He has been a finalist in the Prime Number and The Naugatuck River Review poetry contests and has been nominated for three Push Cart Prizes. In 2018, his sonnet, “Aubade for LR,” was named as one of the top three sonnets of the year by the Maria W. Faust sonnet contest. His chapbook, Black Stars of Blood: The Weegee Poems, was published in the summer of 2018.

Roger S. Mitchell’s latest book of poems, Reason's Dream, was published last year by Dos Madres. Lemon Peeled the Moment Before: New and Selected Poem, was published in 2008. In 2010, he published a book of poems written on a Fellowship awarded by AIRIE, Artists in Residence in the Everglades, titled The One Good Bite in the Saw Grass Plant. Among his anthology appearances, he has work in the recent Penguin anthology, Zoo of the New, ed. by Nick Laird and Dan Patterson. He lives in Jay, NY and plays drums.

Meowku only a few books left

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Ronald P. Bremner, David Dephy, Aaron Fischer, and Roger S. Mitchell

Reminder: Ronald P. Bremner, David Dephy, Aaron Fischer, and Roger S. Mitchell to rock Brooklyn.

Four awesome poets Ronald P. Bremner, David Dephy, Aaron Fischer, and Roger S. Mitchell to rock Brownstone Poets on Saturday, September 28 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.

Ronald P. Bremner

David Dephy

Aaron Fischer

Roger S. Mitchell

Saturday, September 28 @ 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/437217833543235/?active_tab=about

Ronald P. Bremner writes of incense, peppermints, and the color of time. in such venues as International Poetry Review, Anthem: a Leonard Cohen Tribute Anthology, Poets Online, Jerry Jazz Musician, and Climate of Change: Sigmund Freud in Poetry. Ron’s most recent books are Hungry Words (Alien Buddha Press), Absurd (Absurdist poetry from Cajun Mutt Press), and Chambers of a Heart (with the photographs of James LaFratta, from New Feral Press), Ektomorphic (ekphrasis, from Presa Press), and Pencil Sketches (Clare Songbirds Publications. He has thrice won Honorable Mention in the Allen Ginsberg awards, and he invites you to visit his Instagram poetry at beat_poet1, where milk and cookies await. David Dephy–-Born June 21st, 1968. The trilingual Georgian/American poet, novelist, essayist, multimedia artist. His works are published in the USA by the several literary magazines and anthologized also in many collections of poetry and prose in the USA, UK, Germany, Brazil, Ukraine, Georgia, Mexico, Portuguese, Romania. He is an active participant of the American and international poetry and artistic scenes such as PEN World Voices, 92Y Poetry Center, Voices of Poetry, Long Island Poetry Listings, Columbia University in the City of New York – The School of the Arts, Bowery Poetry Club which named him as a Literature Luminary. He lives and works in New York City.

Aaron Fischer spent 30+ years as a technical journalist and an editor at a progressive news site. He’s much happier writing poems. He has been a finalist in the Prime Number and The Naugatuck River Review poetry contests and has been nominated for three Push Cart Prizes. In 2018, his sonnet, “Aubade for LR,” was named as one of the top three sonnets of the year by the Maria W. Faust sonnet contest. His chapbook, Black Stars of Blood: The Weegee Poems, was published in the summer of 2018.

Roger S. Mitchell’s latest book of poems, Reason's Dream, was published last year by Dos Madres. Lemon Peeled the Moment Before: New and Selected Poem, was published in 2008. In 2010, he published a book of poems written on a Fellowship awarded by AIRIE, Artists in Residence in the Everglades, titled The One Good Bite in the Saw Grass Plant. Among his anthology appearances, he has work in the recent Penguin anthology, Zoo of the New, ed. by Nick Laird and Dan Patterson. He lives in Jay, NY and plays drums.