Showing posts with label NY poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NY poetry. Show all posts
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Sunday, January 1, 2012
NYC Open Mic Joint w/Host Nathan P. @ The Nuyorican Poets Café - Tuesday, Jan. 3
The first Tuesday night of every month, Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word and the famed Nuyorican Poets Café in Manhattan’s East Village join forces to present the NYC Open Mic Joint, hosted by former Nuyorican Slam Master Nathan P.
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The Inspired Word’s NYC Open Mic Joint marks the long-awaited return of Nuyorican Poets Café legend Nathan P. as host, instantly separating it from any other open mic in the Big Apple.
Known back in the day with great reverence as the Slam Master, as well as the sharpet dresser in spoken word, Nathan P. hosted either the Wednesday or Friday night slam at the Nuyo from 2000 to 2007, introducing audiences to the likes of such up-and-comers as Oveous Maximus and Carlos Andrés Gómez.
Now, coming out of hosting retirement but still with funky cool fedoras, sharp-looking pinstriped suits, and one-of-a-kind cufflinks, he brings a special class and style to a special kind of open mic. As Nathan P. will tell you before every show, “The Open Mic Joint isn’t your father’s open mic. Noooooooooo. Trust me, it’s not like any other open mic you’ve ever seen before.”
And once you experience it for a single night, you’ll see for yourself. Be forewarned: The vibe is totally addictive.
It’s open to all types of artists - comedians, musicians, storytellers, singers, poets, fiction/nonfiction writers, playwrights, spoken word artists, performance artists, dancers, ANYTHING and EVERYTHING.
So, if you’re looking for a cool downtown spot to do your thing, this is definitely the place.
All you have to do is bring the talent, we’ll bring the rest.
25 slots, 5-minute time limit.
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When: Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012
Venue: Nuyorican Poets Café 236 East 3rd Street (between Avenues B and C) Manhattan, New York
Phone: (212) 505-8183
(917) 703-1512
Show starts @ 9pm, ends @ Midnight
Cover charge: $10
NO AGE LIMIT!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The Inspired Word Presents Uphook Press NYC Poetry Night + Open Mic - Thursday, Oct. 20
The Inspired Word Presents Uphook Press Night, featuring such gifted poets as Peter Carlaftes, Jane Ormerod, Sharon Mesmer, Roberto F. Santiago, George Wallace, John J. Trause, and Emily Kagan Trenchard.
In addition, there will be a 12-15 slot open mic. Hosted by 3-time HBO Def Poetry star Gemineye.
Uphook Press is a New York City-based publisher specializing in work by poets and spoken word artists who love both the ink and the mic.
–gape-seed- is its third anthology, taken from open submission, with the aim to promote a nationwide community of performing poets. It features 52 poets (from New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Miami, Nashville, Santa Fe, and elsewhere) and includes an interview with award-winning poet and spoken word pioneer Regie Cabico.
For more info, please check out http://www.uphookpress.com/
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BIOS:
Poet, playwright, and performer, PETER CARLAFTES began his entertainment career on the playground of the Bronx and, after seeing the world, branched out to Manhattan. He is the author of three books: Drunkyard Dog, Triumph for Rent, and A Year on Facebook—all published by Three Rooms Press.
SHARON MESMER’s many poetry and fiction publications include The Virgin Formica (Hanging Loose, 2008), Annoying Diabetic Bitch (Combo Books, 2008), and Ma Vie à Yonago (in French translation from Hachette Littératures, 2005). Sharon is a member of the flarf collective.
ROBERTO F. SANTIAGO writes placing pen to paper and fingertips to QWERTY all as an act of translation. Within poetry, he has discovered a booming collective of voices and a rickety soapbox for his multiple identities whereupon he can shout obscenities and prayers at the same time. Roberto also writes and produces music, and has been known to dance until he rips his pants.
JOHN J. TRAUSE is co-founder of the William Carlos Williams Poetry Cooperative in Rutherford, NJ, and the author of Seriously Serial, and Latter-Day Litany—the latter staged off-off Broadway. John has performed with Steven Van Zandt, Anne Waldman, and Karen Finley for the City Lights Books celebration at the Poetry Project, NYC.
EMILY KAGAN TRENCHARD began writing poetry while at the University of California, Berkeley. She now lives in Brooklyn and is co-curator of the renowned louderARTS Project Reading Series. A featured writer and performer at numerous reading series and universities across the country, and was a part of Def Poetry Jam’s seasons 3 and 4.
GEORGE WALLACE is author of twenty poetry collections, including Poppin’ Johnny (Three Rooms Press, 2010), Summer of Love Summer of Love (Shivastan Press, 2010), and Jumping Over The Moon (Boone’s Dock Press, 2011). Writer in residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace in Wet Hills, NY, George appears throughout the US and in Europe to perform, lecture, and conduct poetry workshops.
JANE ORMEROD is the author of the full-length poetry collection, Recreational Vehicles on Fire (Three Rooms Press, 2009), the chapbook 11 Films (Modern Metrics/EXOT Books, 2008), and the spoken word CD Nashville Invades Manhattan. Look carefully and you may spot her in the 80’s cult horror movie classic Screamtime.
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When: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011
Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge) 76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue) Manhattan, NYC Phone: (917) 703-1512
Doors Open for open mic sign-up @ 6:30pm
Showtime @ 7pm
Cover Charge: $10
NO AGE LIMIT.
"The Inspired Word isn't just a series, it's a movement."
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And please join us for our Tuesday Night Open Mic Joint - same time, same place!
Sunday, August 28, 2011
4-Time HBO Def Poet Kevin Coval on L-vis Lives! Book Tour + Singer NaJah Lewis + Open Mic - Thursday, Sept. 1
Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word features 4-time HBO Def Poetry star Kevin Coval celebrating the September release of his book, L-vis Lives: Racemusic Poems.
In addition to Kevin, we have special guest 17-year-old singer/songwriter/guitarist NaJah Lewis + a 15-slot open mic open to ALL types of artists.
Hosted by 3-time Def Poet Gemineye.
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Kevin Coval is the author of ALA “Book of the Year” finalist Slingshots: A Hip-Hop Poetica, a collection titled Everyday People, and L-Vis Lives: Racemusic Poems (forthcoming). He is co-founder and Artistic Director of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Teen Poetry Festival, subject of an award-winning documentary of the same name, premiering on the Oprah Winfrey Network October 2011. A regular contributor to Chicago Public Radio, and a four-time HBO Def Poet, Coval teaches at the School of the Art Institute and in high schools around Chicago.
L-vis Lives! is a bold new collection of poetry and prose exploring the collision of race, art, and appropriation in hip hop culture. L-vis is an imagined persona: a representation of artists who have used and misused Black music. Like so many others who gained fame and fortune from their sampling, L-vis is as much a sincere artist as he is a thief. In Kevin Coval's poems, L-vis' story is equal parts autobiography, forgotten history, and re-imaginings. We see shades of Elvis Presley, the Beastie Boys, and Eminem, and meet some of history's more obscure “whiteboy” heroes and anti-heroes: legendary breakdancers, political activists, and music impresarios. A story of both artistic theft and radical invention, L-vis Lives! is a poetic novella on all of the possibilities and problems of “post-racial” American culture.
You can order the book through this link - http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/L-vis-Lives
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Props for L-vis Lives!
"...part social aesthetic-activist determined to continue the Unfinished, Collected Works of John Brown, Coval has proven, at a time when many poets use metaphor and restraint to tiptoe around the tough issues of identity and borrowed race, that most L-vises have Souls."
—Thomas Sayers Ellis, author, Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair Poems
“Nothing like it has ever been written. No one really talks about these white men of color. No one considers their origins or the source of their craving. No one has bothered to label this pursuit of Blackness a meaningful tribute or a persistent dysfunction. L-vis Lives! is a cultural touchstone, a book that will easily move into a space that’s been waiting for much too long.”
—Patricia Smith, author, Blood Dazzler, finalist for the National Book Award
"Tough and smart, real and surreal, aching and funny, in-the-tradition and startlingly original, the trials of L-Vis show us the challenges of giving up on whiteness--a process at once monumentally hard, too easy, and absolutely necessary."
—David Roediger, author, How Race Survived U.S. History
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Born in Detroit but moving to New York City to pursue a musical career, NaJah Lewis is a 17-year-old singer/songwriter/guitarist who recently won first place in a talent search competition. She has performed at the Thalia Cafe/Symphony Space, Lenox Lounge, Brooklyn Nights, Electric Relaxation, and Knaps. She was the youngest vocalist selected to perform as part of the Women in Jazz Showcase at this year's International Arts Festival.
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When: Thursday, Sept 1, 2011
Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
Phone: (917) 703-1512
Doors open for open mic sign-up @ 6:30pm
Showtime @ 7pm
Cover Charge: $10
NO AGE LIMIT!
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Poet Amy Leigh Cutler @ The Inspired Word Spoken Word Poetry Event
Poet Amy Leigh Cutler @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC.
Cutler is the author of Orange Juice and Rooftops and the chapbooks "American Woman" and "You Gentle Thing." In 2011, she received the Esther Unger Poetry Prize, the Goodman Fund Poetry Award, and the David Markowitz Poetry Award. She has toured the United States and in the UK, and was nominated for the Best Performance by an International Poet at the Farrago Poetry Slam in London. She works as a photojournalist for The Basics online magazine and will continue writing her words around the world until it stops turning. For more info, please visit http://www.amyleighcutler.com/
The Inspired Word is New York City's hottest new spoken word poetry open mic series happening every Tuesday and Thursday night in downtown Manhattan, produced by longtime journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner.
Filmed & Edited By: Eugene Woody.
https://www.imgonnadieapoet.com/
Monday, August 1, 2011
Literary Soulmates: Poet Patricia Smith & Novelist Bruce DeSilva + Open Mic - Thursday, Aug. 4
The Inspired Word Presents Soulmates: The Dynamic Literary Marriage of Poet Patricia Smith and Crime Novelist Bruce DeSilva.+ a 15-slot open mic open to all types of artists.
Patricia and Bruce will first read their work, then share how they help each other with the creative process.
A rare chance to get into the heads of two great writers!
Hosted by the legendary Nathan P.
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BIOS:
Patricia Smith is the author of five books of poetry, including "Blood Dazzler," a 2008 National Book Award finalist, and "Teahouse of the Almighty," a National Poetry Series selection. In addition to appearing in The Best American Poetry 2011 and The Best American Essays 2011, her work has been published in The Paris Review, Poetry, TriQuarterly and many other anthologies and journals. She is a four-time champion of the National Poetry Slam, the most successful poet in the competition's history. Patricia is the editor of the anthology "Staten Island Noir" and teaches at CUNY/College of Staten Island and in the Stonecoast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine.
Bruce DeSilva is the author of “Rogue Island,” winner of the Mystery Writers of America’s coveted Edgar Award for best first novel of 2010. The book has also been nominated for the Anthony and Barry awards and was a Publishers Weekly “first fiction” selection as one of the year’s top debut novels. “Cliff Walk,” the second book in the series, will be published early in 2012, and DeSilva is currently writing the third. DeSilva worked as an investigative reporter, editor, and writing coach at The Providence Journal, The Hartford Courant, and, most recently, The Associated Press, before retiring from journalism two years ago to write fiction. Stories he edited have won virtually every major journalism prize including The Polk (twice), The Livingston (twice) and The Pulitzer. His book reviews have appeared in The New York Times book review section, and he continues to review fiction regularly for the AP.
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When: Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011
Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
Phone: (917) 703-1512
Doors open for open mic sign-up @ 6:30pm
Show starts @ 7:30
Cover Charge: $10
NO AGE LIMIT.
"The Inspired Word isn't just a series, it's a movement."
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Actor/Playwright/HBO Def Poet Brian Dykstra Headlines + Special Guests + Open Mic - Thursday, July 28
Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word proudly features one of the most original performing artists on the planet - actor/poet/playwright Brian Dykstra.
Opening for Dykstra will be San Francisco writer/musician/filmmaker Jesús Ángel García and London spoken word artist Talia Randall.
There will also be a 15-slot open mic open to all types of artists.
BIOS:
Brian Dykstra is a poet, playwright, and actor. He is probably the only person (other than Mos Def) to have appeared on an episode of Chappelle's Show and HBO Def Poetry in the same season. Currently he's writing a Hip Hop play that is actually written using the language of Hip Hop about how easy it is to sell out, even when the topic is race. He's about to run off and play the artist Mark Rothko in the play "Red" for three months in Cincinnati and St. Louis. He is a two time star poet of the Spoken Word Almanac Project. He lives in New York City with his amazing wife. For more info, please visit http://www.briandykstra.net/.
Jesús Ángel García is a writer, musician and filmmaker based in San Francisco. His debut (transmedia) novel, badbadbad, is available as an old-school book on real live paper, a CD of songs derived from the narrative and a DVD documentary film based on the novel’s themes of fear, hypocrisy, sexual morality, intimacy in e-culture and self-destruction v. redemption. His fiction has appeared in Monkeybicycle, 3:AM Magazine, HTML Giant and other literary venues. His non-fiction has been published in The Faster Times, Vol. 1 Brooklyn and Electric Literature’s The Outlet, where he’s a regular contributor. His work has also been featured in podcasts at Inside Higher Ed (Radio Free AWP), Orange Alert and Dr. Dick’s Sex Wisdom. More info and lit-audio-video samples may be found at http://www.badbadbad.net/.
Talia Randall is a spoken word artist who writes about, cigarette buts, chicken bones, pigeons, estate agents, old school trainers, old school days, strangers on trains, drunken encounters, her dad's record collection and bus journeys. Born and bred in London, she works solo and with two collectives, Rubix (http://rubixcollective.blogspot.com/) based at the legendary Roundhouse (http://roundhouse.org.uk/) and Show Don’t Tell (http://timeplacestory.tumblr.com/) and independent storytelling collective. She has performed and shown work at some of London's leading venues such as Battersea Arts Centre, The Roundhouse and The Whitechapel Gallery. For more info, please visit http://www.taliarandall.com/.
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When: Thursday, July 28, 2011
Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
Phone: (917) 703-1512
Doors Open for open mic sign-up @ 6:30pm
Showtime @ 7:30pm
Cover Charge: $10
NO AGE LIMIT.
"The Inspired Word isn't just a series, it's a movement."
*****
And please join us for our Tuesday Night Open Mic Joint - same time, same place!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Poets Michael Cirelli & R. Erica Doyle @ Big Apple BAP: NYC's Best American Poetry Poets
Poets Michael Cirelli & R. Erica Doyle @ The Inspired Word's Big Apple BAP: NYC's Best American Poetry Poets, Thursday, June 16, 2011, @ One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC.
Michael Cirelli was born in Providence, RI in 1975. His newest collection, Everyone Loves The Situation (Penmanship Books, 2011), deconstructs MTV's hit reality show, Jersey Shore, flipping the cultural zeitgeist on its (gelled and sprayed) head. He is also the author of Vacations on the Black Star Line (Hanging Loose Press, 2010), which was named in About.com's Poetry Picks "Best Books of 2010," and Lobster with Ol' Dirty Bastard (Hanging Loose Press, 2008), which was a NY Times bestseller from an independent press and was featured in the "Debut Poets" issue of Poets & Writers Magazine. His work has appeared in The Best American Poetry, Hanging Loose, Texas Review, World Literature Today and King Magazine, among others. He is the Executive Director of one of the nation's largest youth literary arts organization, Urban Word NYC, and has authored two poetry curricula, Poetry Jam (Recorded Books, 2010) and Hip-Hop Poetry & the Classics (Milk Mug, 2004). He has also appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and Brave New Voices. He appears in the 2011 Best American Poetry.
R. Erica Doyle was born in Brooklyn to Trinidadian immigrant parents, and has lived in Washington, DC, Farmington, Connecticut and La Marsa, Tunisia. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in Best American Poetry (2001), Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles, Callaloo, Ploughshares, Best Black Women's Erotica, Bum Rush the Page, Bloom, and from the Fishouse, among others. She has received grants and awards from the Hurston/Wright Foundation and the Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund, and was a New York Foundation for the Arts Poetry Fellow. She is also a fellow of Cave Canem, and her manuscript, proxy, was a finalist for the 2007 Cave Cavem Poetry Prize, selected by Claudia Rankine. Excerpts from proxy were also published as a Belladonna* chapbook. She received her MFA in Poetry from the New School, and lives in New York City, where she teaches in the NYC public schools and facilitates Tongues Afire: A Creative Writing Workshop for queer women and trans and gender non-conforming people of color.
This inaugural Big Apple BAP: NYC's Best American Poetry Poets was a night celebrating New York City's finest poets, whose poems over the years have been honored with inclusion in the highly respected annual anthology, The Best American Poetry. http://www.bestamericanpoetry.com/
Hosted by The Best American Poetry's founding editor, David Lehman, the debut lineup included a dazzling array of accomplished poets: Mark Bibbins, Jennifer Michael Hecht, David Shapiro, R. Erica Doyle, Jerome Sala, Elaine Equi, Michael Cirelli, Stacey Harwood, George Green, Carly Sachs, Matthew Yeager, Amy Holman, and Vicki Hudspith.
It was a fabulous night of poetry.
Founded by award-winning journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner, The Inspired Word is one of the hottest new poetry/spoken word series in the country, happening every Tuesday and Thursday night in Manhattan's East Village.
Venue: One and One Bar/Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, New York City
Filmed & Edited by: Laurence Wallace
http://www.laurencewallace.com/
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Poet David Shapiro @ Big Apple BAP: NYC's Best American Poetry Poets
Poet David Shapiro @ The Inspired Word's Big Apple BAP: NYC's Best American Poetry Poets, Thursday, June 16, 2011, @ One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC.
David Shapiro is an American poet, literary critic, and art historian. He has written some twenty volumes of poetry, literary, and art criticism. He was first published at the age of 13, his first book was published when he was just 18, and he was a finalist for the National Book Award at 24. Shapiro is one of the most prolific and important figures of the second generation of the New York School and has appeared in six editions of Best American Poetry.
This inaugural Big Apple BAP: NYC's Best American Poetry Poets was a night celebrating New York City's finest poets, whose poems over the years have been honored with inclusion in the highly respected annual anthology, The Best American Poetry. http://www.bestamericanpoetry.com/
Hosted by The Best American Poetry's founding editor, David Lehman, the debut lineup included a dazzling array of accomplished poets: Mark Bibbins, Jennifer Michael Hecht, David Shapiro, R. Erica Doyle, Jerome Sala, Elaine Equi, Michael Cirelli, Stacey Harwood, George Green, Carly Sachs, Matthew Yeager, Amy Holman, and Vicki Hudspith.
It was a fabulous night of poetry.
Founded by award-winning journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner, The Inspired Word is one of the hottest new poetry/spoken word series in the country, happening every Tuesday and Thursday night in Manhattan's East Village.
Venue: One and One Bar/Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, New York City
Filmed & Edited by: Laurence Wallace
http://www.laurencewallace.com/
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Poet Jennifer Michael Hecht @ Big Apple BAP: NYC's Best American Poetry Poets
Poet Jennifer Michael Hecht @ The Inspired Word's Big Apple BAP: NYC's Best American Poetry Poets, Thursday, June 16, 2011, @ One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC.
Jennifer Michael Hecht is the author of award-winning books of philosophy, history, and poetry. She has appeared in two editions of Best American Poetry, 1999 and 2005. Her Doubt: A History (HarperOne, 2003) demonstrates a long, strong history of religious doubt from the origins of written history to the present day, all over the world. Hecht's The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism and Anthropology (Columbia University, 2003), won the Phi Beta Kappa Society's 2004 prestigious Ralph Waldo Emerson Award "for scholarly studies that contribute significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity." She earned her Ph.D. in the History of Science and European Cultural History from Columbia University in 1995 and now teaches at The New School University. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband John, and their two children.
This inaugural Big Apple BAP: NYC's Best American Poetry Poets was a night celebrating New York City's finest poets, whose poems over the years have been honored with inclusion in the highly respected annual anthology, The Best American Poetry. http://www.bestamericanpoetry.com/
Hosted by The Best American Poetry's founding editor, David Lehman, the debut lineup included a dazzling array of accomplished poets: Mark Bibbins, Jennifer Michael Hecht, David Shapiro, R. Erica Doyle, Jerome Sala, Elaine Equi, Michael Cirelli, Stacey Harwood, George Green, Carly Sachs, Matthew Yeager, Amy Holman, and Vicki Hudspith.
It was a fabulous night of poetry.
Founded by award-winning journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner, The Inspired Word is one of the hottest new poetry/spoken word series in the country, happening every Tuesday and Thursday night in Manhattan's East Village.
Venue: One and One Bar/Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, New York City
Filmed & Edited by: Laurence Wallace
http://www.laurencewallace.com/
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Howl! Festival Needs Poets for NYC Open Air Poetry Circle Readings June 4-5
HOWL ! FESTIVAL
PRESENTS: POETS IN TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK
POETRY CIRCLE !
http://www.howlfestival.com/
On Saturday June 4th and Sunday June 5th, ALL poets are invited to participate in Open Air Poetry Circle Readings !
The format is as follows: poetry circles will be created throughout the park. Poets will each read for 5 minutes.
To sign up in advance simply:
Email: poetrycircle@howlnyc.org
the following information ASAP:
1. Your name
2. A one sentence bio.
3. Any online links to website(s) blogs etc.
4. A photo with permission to post and photographer credit.
5. The day Saturday or Sunday you would like to read in one of the circles.
6. The preferred time you would like to read 12-1pm, 1pm-2pm, 2pm-3pm, 3pm-4pm, 4pm-5pm.
7. In one, two or three words describe your poetry.
The HOWL ! Festival will confirm your participation by email in advance of the reading !
Space is limited only by the number of circles we create (4), the number of hours for reading (5), and the number of poets who can read each hour (12). The Poetry Circle readings will accommodate up to 240 poets reading each day in Tompkins Square Park in the Open Air ! Wow !
Write poem now !
Thank you !
Created and presented as part of The HOWL! Festival 2011 June 3, 4, and 5th Tompkins Square Park, East Village, New York City !
Monday, March 28, 2011
Poets Samantha Thornhill (w/Valerie June) & Veronica Golos + Open Mic - Thursday, March 31
Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word features the incredibly talented international poet Samantha Thornhill (accompanied by guitarist Valerie June) and award-winning poet Veronica Golos, making a special guest appearance coming all the way from Taos, New Mexico.
There will also be a 15-slot open mic (open not only to poets and spoken word artists but fiction/nonfiction writers, comedians, monologists, singers, and musicians).
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When: Thursday, March 31, 2011
Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
Phone: (212) 598-9126
Doors Open: 6:30pm
Cover Charge: $10
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BIOS:
Sprouted from a family of educators, international poet Samantha Thornhill performs her poetry on stages from South Africa to Hungary. Writing since age 8, Samantha went on to receive her bachelors in creative writing from Florida State University and her masters in poetry from the University of Virginia. Samantha has since built a life for herself in New York City, where she serves as writer in residence at the Bronx Academy of Letters and teaches poetry to actors in training at the Juilliard School. She is currently at work on her young adult novel Seventeen Seasons, to be published by Penguin/ Putnam. Her ode to the late folk legend Odetta is available from Scholastic as a picture book. Recently, Samantha was the beneficiary of a Jerome Foundation travel grant, which enabled her to spend three months in her homeland, Trinidad & Tobago. For more info, please visit http://www.samanthaspeaks.com./
A "self-taught" guitar player, composer and troubadour of heartbreak ballads, folk songs, spirituals, soul-stirring blues and what she calls “Organic Moonshine Roots Music," Valerie June is poised to reach a wide audience as one of the stars of the ballyhooed new MTV web series “$5 Cover” which is written and directed by Craig Brewer, creator of the Oscar-winning movie: Hustle & Flow. Her alluringly haunting voice of distinction appeals to fans similar to those of Linda Thompson, Michelle Shocked, Jeff Tweedy, Sinead O’Connor, Jessie Mae Hemphill along with the music world’s most famous Bobs; Dylan and Marley. She pursued song-writing and performing at the age of 19, while a member of the husband-and-wife team, Bella Sun. Her relatively early marriage wasn’t a surprise, the oldest girl in a strict Christian family of five children, she was domestic as well as ambitious — she pretty much raised her siblings and, as Valerie says: “Granddad always feared for my hips because I always had a baby on ’em.” For more info on Ms. June, please visit http://valeriejune.com/
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This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Video - Claudia Alick @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word
Claudia Alick @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 @ One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC.
Alick is a playwright, performance artist, actress, producer, teacher, journalist, and HBO Def Poetry poet. She produces the outdoor performance series "The Green Show" for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, has guest-lectured at New York University, Montgomery College, taught with Arena Stage and The Shakespeare Theatre, and was named by American Theater Magazine as one of 25 theater artists who will shape American Theater in the next 25 years. She has also served as the Artistic Director of Smokin' Word Productions, authored and directed plays staged at The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, LaMama E.T.C., Cherry Lane Theater, and the Hip Hop Theatre Festival, and is a member of the award winning NY Neofuturists. She lives in Ashland, Oregon.
The Inspired Word is New York City's hottest new spoken word poetry series that happens every Thursday night in downtown Manhattan, produced by longtime writer/journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner.
Videographer: Elaine Delehant
Music by: Toni Blackman, "Ha Ha."
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Geoff Kagan Trenchard @ The Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event/Part 2
HBO Def Poet/Spoken Word Artist Geoff Kagan Trenchard @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge
Manhattan, New York City
Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)
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
Sunday, October 10, 2010
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)
Pics - Poet Patricia Smith @ The Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event
Poet Patricia Smith @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
One and One Bar & Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City
Photos By: Jose A. Arias
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Tahani Salah @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event/Part 2
Poet/Spoken Word Artist Tahani Salah @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event, Part 2
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
One and One Bar & Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City
Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)
The Inspired Word is New York City's hottest new poetry/spoken word series, produced by longtime writer/journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner and hosted by Erik "Advocate of Wordz" Maldonado.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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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Saturday, October 2, 2010
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/
See more videos on YouTube.com/NYCInspiredWord
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