All-Time Most Viewed Inspired Word Videos - Part 2

Pics - Poet Willie Perdomo @ The Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event

Poet Willie Perdomo @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
One and One (Nexus Lounge)
Manhattan, New York City

Photos By: Jose A. Arias

New Video! Vaimoana Niumeitolu @ The Inspired Word

Poet/Spoken Word Artist Vaimoana Niumeitolu @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge
Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Richard Adrion (www.evprosonline.com)

Rachel Shukert, Emanuel Xavier, Deborah Collage Grison Headline The Inspired Word - Oct. 7!

Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word reading series, featuring Rachel Shukert, Emanuel Xavier, Deborah Collage Grison + 12-slot open mic (open to not only poets and spoken word artists but fiction/nonfiction writers, comedians, monologists, singers, and musicians).

When: Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010

Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
http://www.oneandoneny.com/
Phone: (212) 598-9126

Time: 7pm (open mic sign-up starts at 6:30)

Cover Charge: $10

Must be 21 years of age or older. Please make sure to bring ID.

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Rachel Shukert is the author the the critically acclaimed memoirs "Everything Is Going To Be Great" and "Have You No Shame?" Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including Salon, McSweeney's, Slate, Gawker, the Daily Beast, Heeb, and Nerve, and been featured on National Public RAdio. She has also contributed to a variety of anthologies, including Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists and Best American Erotic Poetry: 1800 to the Present. Her plays include Bloody Mary (NYIT nominee), Johnny Applef*&ker, Everything's Coming Up Moses, The Sporting Life and The Nosemaker's Apprentice (both with Nick Jones) and The Three Gabor Sisters, and have been produced and developed by Ars Nova, Soho Think Tank, the Williamstown Theater Festival, and the Ontological/Hysteric, as well as extensively throughout the Netherlands. With Julie Klausner, Rachel co-created, co-wrote, and co-starred in Wasp Cove, New York's favorite live prime-time 1980's soap opera. She is currently developing her first feature with Yarn Films in Los Angeles. Rachel is also a contributing editor at Tablet Magazine, and an alumnus of the Ars Nova Play Group. She received a BFA from Tisch School of the Arts, and now lives in New York City with her husband Ben and her bipolar cat, Anjelica Huston. For more info, visit http://www.rachelshukert.com/



Emanuel Xavier is author of the novel, Christ Like, and editor of several anthologies including the forthcoming, Me No Habla With Acento: Contemporary Latino Poetry. A spoken word/music compilation album, Legendary, and his new poetry collection, If Jesus Were Gay & other poems, were recently released. Recipient of the Marsha A. Gomez Cultural Heritage Award, a New York City Council Citation, and a World Pride Award, he has been featured on Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry and works for Random House. He also curates a monthly spoken word poetry series for El Museo del Barrio and was recently proclaimed a 2010 GLBT Icon by the Equality Forum for his activism and contributions to the gay community. www.emanuelxavier.com



Deborah Collage Grison is a native Chicagoan and has been writing and performing for over 20 years. She has shared the stage with some of the world’s greatest literarians and spoken word artists of our time such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Dr. Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Stacye Ann Chin, Regi Gibson, Saul Williams, KRS-One and The Last Poets. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College located in Bronxville, New York. Her work has been featured in various journals and anthologies. Collage’s first collection of work The Attic: words from the top (Writes of Passage Publishing Group) was published in 2001 received critical acclaim, as did her current publication A Love Supreme: a poemoir which was released in April 2010. This collection is a memoir told through poetry that tells the story of, with, to, through away from and back to the ultimate love of self, community, family, friendship and God. You can check her out at http://www.deborahcollagegrison.com/ or www.facebook.com/deborahcollagegrison.


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New Video! Jason Schneiderman @ The Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event

Poet Jason Schneiderman @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010
One and One Bar & Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

For more info on Jason, visit http://www.jasonschneiderman.net/

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Poets Patricia Smith & Willie Perdomo Headline The Inspired Word - Sept. 30!

Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event featuring Willie Perdomo and Patricia Smith + a 6-slot open mic (open not only to poets and spoken word artists but fiction/nonfiction writers, comedians, monologists, singers, and musicians).

When: Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010

Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
http://www.oneandoneny.com/
Phone: (212) 598-9126

Time: 7:30pm

Cover Charge: $10

Must be 21 years of age or older. Please make sure to bring ID.

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Willie Perdomo is the author Where a Nickel Costs a Dime and Smoking Lovely, which received a PEN America Beyond Margins Award. He has also been published in The New York Times Magazine, Bomb, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, OCHO, and African Voices. He has been a Pushcart Prize nominee, a Woolrich Fellow in Creative Writing at Columbia University and is a 2009 fellow in Poetry from the New York Foundation for the Arts. He is co-founder/publisher of Cypher Books. www.willieperdomo.com



Patricia Smith is the author of five books of poetry, including "Blood Dazzler," a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award, and "Teahouse of the Almighty," a National Poetry Series selection. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Paris Review, TriQuarterly and many other journals, and she has been performed around the world, including Carnegie Hall and Rotterdam’s Poetry International. She is a Pushcart Prize winner and a four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam, the most successful poet in the competition’s history. A professor at the City University of New York/College of Staten Island, she is also on the faculty of both Cave Canem and the Stonecoast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine.



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Lemon Andersen Headlines @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word - Thursday, Sept. 23!

Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event, featuring the dazzling talent of HBO Def Poetry superstar Lemon Andersen + a 15-slot open mic (open not only to poets and spoken word artists but also comedians, monologists, singers, and musicians).

When: Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010

Where: One and One Bar/Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
http://www.oneandoneny.com/
Phone: (212) 598-9126

Time: 7pm (open mic sign-up starts at 6:30)

Cover Charge: $10

Must be 21 years of age or older. Please make sure to bring ID.

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LEMON ANDERSEN is an original cast member of Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. The show took home the Tony Award for “Special Theatrical Event” in 2003 and the Drama Desk nomination for “Unique Theatrical Experience.” Lemon’s film acting credits include The Soloist, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx, as well as Spike Lee’s Miracle At St. Anna, Sucker Free City, She Hate Me, and he appeared opposite Denzel Washington in Inside Man. His theater credits include Slanguage, which was directed by Jo Bonney and premiered at the New York Theater Workshop to rave reviews and sold out shows. He is currently touring County of Kings the show which was produced by Spike Lee and the Culture Project at the Public Theater. The book based on the show is the Grand Prize Winner of the 2010 New York Book Festival. His poetry has been featured on everything from radio spots, to print ads, to the limited edition Absolut Brooklyn bottle and most recently on a viral spot directed by Rik Cordero. A native New Yorker, Lemon was born, raised, and currently resides in Brooklyn.

The Great Photography of Inspired Word Staff Photographer Cathryn Lynne

Corrina Bain

Sean Patrick Conlon

Caridad de la Luz (La Bruja)

Vaimoana Niumeitolu

Oveous Maximus

Erik "Advocate of Wordz" Maldonado

Jane Ormerod

Jamaal St. John

Caroline Rothstein

Photos By: Cathryn Lynne
NYC Freelance Photographer

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The Great Photography of Inspired Word Staff Photographer Peter Woloszyn

Ngoma

Jon Sands and Adam Falkner

Rich Villar

Mike Geffner, Erik "Advocate of Wordz" Maldonado, Marvin Mendlinger

Sara Brickman and Corrina Bain

Jeanann Verlee

Carvens Lissaint

Rachel McKibbens

Photos By: Peter Woloszyn
NYC Photographer

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http://www.picsbypeter.com/

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New Vid! Vaimoana Niumeitolu @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event

Poet/Spoken Word Artist Vaimoana Niumeitolu @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Molly Kat & Justin Vinokur @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event

Poets/Spoken Word Artists Molly Kat & Justin Vinokur @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
One and One Bar and Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Video - Jamaal St. John @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event

Poet/Spoken Word Artist Jamaal St. John @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word poetry/spoken word event
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
One and One Bar & Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Elaine Delehant ((bonobofilms.com)

Vid - Tahani Salah @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event

Poet/Spoken Word Artist Tahani Salah @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word poetry/spoken word event
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
One and One Bar & Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

New Pics! Oveous Maximus @ The Inspired Word

Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge
Manhattan, New York City

Photos By: Brooke McGowan

Teaser Clip - Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event

A teaser clip of Superstar Poet/Spoken Word Artist Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC.

Full clip coming!

Videographer: Richard Adrion (www.evprosonline.com)

New Vid! Poet Jee Leong Koh @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event

Poet Jee Leong Koh @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, One and One Bar & Restaurant, Manhattan, NYC.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

New Vid! Tongo @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event

Poet/Spoken Word Artist Tongo Eisen-Martin @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, One and One Bar & Restaurant, Manhattan, NYC.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Oveous & Vaimoana Headline @ The Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event Sept. 9th!

Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word poetry/spoken word event, featuring the amazingly talented, not-be-missed Oveous Maximus!

The fabulous poet/performance artist Vaimoana Litia Makakaufaki Niumeitolu will join Oveous in the lineup, making her second Inspired Word appearance.

And, as always, there will be a 10-slot open mic (open to ANYTHING and with each person getting 3 1/2 minutes).

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When: Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010

Where: (Le) Poisson Rouge (downstairs gallery)
158 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and Sullivan)
Manhattan, New York City
http://lepoissonrouge.com/
Phone: (212) 505-3474

Time: 7pm (open mic sign-up starts at 6:30)

Cover Charge: $10

Must be 21 years of age or older. Please make sure to bring ID.

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Bios:

Oveous is a recording artist who tricked everyone into believing he was only a poet. He grew up in the Bronx and Washington Heights exposed to the richness of jazz, soul, hip hop, and latin music. An honorary member of the world-famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Oveous shares his own brand of "rap & spokenword". He became a National Poetry slam finalist three years in a row, is a multiple time winner at the Apollo Theater, has performed on the hit series HBO Def Poetry, and has recorded music with grammy award winner Louie Vega. Currently, you can download Oveous' albums ("Future Intentions" & "The Iambic Moment") online for free via his blog site: http://oveous.blogspot.com/



Vaimoana Litia Makakaufaki Niumeitolu is a poet, painter, actor, activist, and educator. She was born in Nuku‘alofa, Tonga; raised in Hawai‘i and Utah; and now lives, creates, and loves in New York City. Moana is the author of a poetry, performance text, and visual art chapbook, tonga provo harlem. She is a co-founding member of the women of color performance troupe, Mahina Movement, which has performed at more than 400 stages. Their CD is Speak the Fire. moana has shared her poetry and painting across the U.S. and in Fiji, Tonga, Ireland, Italy, and South Africa. She has been seen acting at the Metropolitan Opera and sharing her one-woman show, Tongue-in Paint, which had its world premiere in the soloNOVA Arts Festival at Performance Space 122 in NYC. Her other production, A Prayer for Tonga, premiered at Harvard University. She graduated from New York University, earned the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship from Yale University, and attended Columbia University’s M.F.A. Program in Acting.



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