REMINDER:Brownstone Poets presents Bernard Block and Friends-Peter Blaxill and Joe Lobell, December 5, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. at Park Plaza Restaurant

REMINDER:

Brownstone Poets Inspiring Brooklyn Since 2005

 

Brownstone Poets presents Bernard Block and Friends—Peter Blaxill and Joe Lobell, December 5, 2015, 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.

Brownstone Poets presents:

 

Bernard Block

 

Peter Blaxill

 

Joe Lobell

Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 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 HallFor more directions:

Please check the MTA’s “The Weekender” for all transit updates. Hop Stop will no longer be available after October.

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

$4 Donation – plus Food/Drink – Open-MicCurated by Patricia Carragon

 

pcarragon@gmail.com

brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/

patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712

BIOS:

 

 

Bernard Block published four chapbooks in the 1980s: The Quest; Prometheus Returns;  Portraits; and To Music. Born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Bernard attended Cornell University and Brooklyn College with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and American Literature. He hitch-hiked to California in 1965 and lived in the Haight-Ashbury through 1967 where he gave poetry readings at the I and Thou Coffee Shop, City Lights Bookstore and anti-Vietnam war demonstrations.  He returned to NYC and studied with the poet Colette Inez in the mid ’70s. Recently he has featured at all the major spoken-word venues in NYC. In August 2014 he was invited to feature in Laugharne, South Wales in celebration of the centenary of Dylan Thomas’ birth. Bernard curates and hosts the Series “From Whitman to Ginsberg” at Cornelia St. Café. There have been 12 editions of this Series; the most recent was presented on September 25, 2015. All 12 editions were videotaped and can be accessed on his YouTube Channel. He has had 23 poems published in the prestigious European on-line literary journal, Levure Littéraire, #8 and #9.

 

 

Peter Blaxill is a retired theater professional, having worked on both sides of the footlights. As an actor he has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway. The Kennedy Center in DC, extensively in Regional Theater, Summer Stock, you name it. He studied poetry with William Packard, Pearl London, Colette Inez, David Trinidad, and several others. He’s been featured in the poetry scene around town at The Cornelia Street Cafe, Su Polo’s Saturn series, Mike Graves’s Phoenix Series, and has been an Open-Mic Gypsy at Rimes of The Ancient Mariner for many months now. His poetry can be found in the Riverside Anthology, The Jefferson Market Anthology, and he has had poems published in The New York Quarterly.

 

 

Joe Lobell, Poet, Playwright Performer: multiple appearances at the Nuyorican Café, including the Proofrock Festival, Knitting Factory, and numerous other venues. Combines Urban Poetry with rock jazz and performance. Collaborated with Jazz Musician, Conductor Composer, Butch Morris on Musical Theatre Play “Fire” produced by the Medicine Show Theatre. Also with Contrabassist and Jazz Composer Joe Gallant. Performed at Numerous venues with Blues Musician Popa Chubby and collaborated with him on Poetry/Blues Play “City Opus” produced at Medicine Show, as well as producing “City Opus” Blues Rock Poetry CD with (now known as) Popa Chubby. Returning to poetry and theatre after long hiatus. 

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Mankh on Haiku and Carragon Haiku Publication News

Hello Poets and Friends,

More Haiku news from The Weekly Avocet and Bear Creek Haiku

The Weekly Avocet, November 18^th, 2015–Special Haiku Edition Honoring my Haiku buddy, Mankh (Walter E. Harris III):

From Charles Portolano, editor and publisher of The Avocet:

    I had the pleasure of meeting Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) from Selden, NY, at our get-together of Avocet poets on Long Island this September.  He read his haikus and a few of his students read their wonderful haikus, too.   I have greatly enjoyed reading his book Haiku One Breaths. 

     I started playing with haikus when I became editor of The Avocet.  I love writing them now,    hard to write a great one, but, then, that is what makes it so much fun.

    At the end of this issue are wonderful haiku by haiku master Yosa Buson. Wonderful work!!!

Haiku Primer by Mankh (Walter E. Harris III), Selden, NY – mankh@allbook-books.com

Though its roots go back at least 2600 years, haiku as a literary form began to flourish with Matsuo Bashô in 17th century Japan. The individual hokku (what would become haiku) was extracted fromhaikai-no-renga (linked verse).

Nearly all modern haiku poets agree that the 5-7-5 syllable structure is not necessary, as Japanese is a picture language and does not have syllables, rather onji (sound-symbols, what the 5-7-5 refers to). If the poem happens to be 17 syllables (or occasionally longer), fine, but in general, 10 to 14 syllables more aptly convey what a haiku in Japanese sounds and feels like. One guide-line: whatever works best!

Typically there’s a kigo (season-word), e.g. “cherry blossom” indicates spring so you don’t need to write ‘in spring the cherry blossoms…’ Remember that haiku is a minimalist art; less is more. A haiku also has a kireji or pause, typically after the first or second line. For example, Kobayashi Issa’s classic: Don’t worry spiders / I keep house / casually; the pause is after “spiders.”

The first two lines of a haiku often create a tension/conflict/contrast which the third line resolves or somehow takes to another level, rather than repeating what’s already been stated. While some poets experiment with one long line or four lines, the principle remains the same.

If having trouble writing a haiku, ask yourself: What is it that stirs me to put this experience or observation into words? Try to translate that experience (it may take some editing) so as to allow for the exact words, so as to allow the reader/listener to experience what you experienced. So if I saw an amazing sunrise, more important than that I saw it, would be trying to convey the feeling itself.

Senryu have a similar structure but highlight human nature and are typically humorous, ironic, or poignant . . . though it can be challenging to tell the difference, so haiku often becomes the generic term for both. A haibun is a short prose piece typically followed by a haiku, and often used in travel journals, the most well-known being Bashô’s Narrow Road to the Interior. Art combined with a haikuis traditionally called haiga.

My pocket-sized book is part how-to write haiku and part anthology with poems by 24 people. It’s titled Haiku One Breaths because it’s said that the length of a haiku is what can be uttered in one breath. The subtitle is, a voice through a tangle because these little poems help to illuminate the present moment, or as Alan Watts wrote, from a Buddhist perspective, in his book The Way of Zen(p.44): “Therefore the practical discipline of the way of liberation is a progressive disentanglement of one’s Self from every identification.”

Thus, each moment gives us the opportunity to be awake . . .  and haiku can help remind us of this consciousness, along with keeping us connected with the flowing movement of the seasons.

One way to learn about haiku is simply to read them and notice what you appreciate.

To purchase Haiku One Breaths, here’s the link to my website and scroll to “sale $7” which includes mailing. http://allbook-books.com/html/purchase_books.htm

must be good friends,

three sparrows gathering

     on a lilac branch

   Mankh (Walter E. Harris III)

   Selden, NY

   mankh@allbook-books.com 

               

         

all the sunflowers

bowing to the earth,

autumn rain

           

   Mankh (Walter E. Harris III)

   Selden, NY

   mankh@allbook-books.com

October trying to memorize

marigold scent

on my fingers

   Mankh (Walter E. Harris III)

   Selden, NY

   mankh@allbook-books.com 

see that tree,

standing tall in the freezing cold —

what’s your story?

    Mankh (Walter E. Harris III)

     mankh@allbook-books.com

sunrise songs

birds drinking

the light

  Mankh (Walter E. Harris III)

  Selden, NY

  mankh@allbook-books.com

 

Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) writes haiku and other kinds of poems, also essays, much of whichis at www.axisoflogic.com where he is resident poet, and his website www.allbook-books.com. He teaches haiku, brush calligraphy, and balancing East-West traditions. He enjoys music, meditation, munchies, and more. 

 

 

Here are my contributions:

 

ghostly calicos

toms the color of midnight

catnip bewitches

Patricia Carragon

Brooklyn, NY

pcarragon@gmail.com

sleepless in Brooklyn

restless like rain’s persistence

against the window

Patricia Carragon

Brooklyn, NY

pcarragon@gmail.com

baby ginkgo fan

wears the color

of life and death

Patricia Carragon

Brooklyn, NY

pcarragon@gmail.com

unlike red maples

oaks and honeylocusts

turn blond or brunet

Patricia Carragon

Brooklyn, NY

pcarragon@gmail.com

broken olive branch

nursing home garden in bloom

Mommy . . . I’m sorry!

Patricia Carragon

Brooklyn, NY

pcarragon@gmail.com

Other Haiku Avocet writers: Joan Higuchi, Chris Valentine, Art Elser, Theresa A. Cancro, Charles Portolano, Judy Wucherer, Narges Rothermel, Indy Quillen

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Bear Creek Haiku, Issue #130, November 12, 2015

http://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2015/11/bear-creek-haiku-130-and-fool-for.html

Sam, the Brownstone Poets Mascot and friend of Linda Lerner, is a guest of honor on the Bear Creek Blog

in the bear creek haiku issue #130:

sharon anderson   hopwood  pennsylvania

heitor almeida araujo   villa mon logis  france

                           translated by teresinka pereira

patricia carragon   brooklyn  new york

alan catlin   schenectady  new york

lysa collins   white rock  british columbia

lone crow   fort collins  colorado

nancy l dahl   ypsilanti  michigan

robert edwards   kirkland  washington

chase and chris faiers   marmora  ontario

joanna haymart  (10 years old)   cottontown  tennessee

                                      granddaughter of james b peters

stephanie hiteshew   ellicott city  maryland

kitsuné   somewhere in nepal

dorothy mclaughlin   somerset  new jersey

charlie mehrhoff   oakland  maine

karla linn merrifield   brockport  new york

karen o’leary   west fargo  north dakota

syed liaquath peeran   bangalore (bangaluru)  india

andré peragallo   vernevil  france

                                   translated by teresinka pereira

teresinka pereira   toledo  ohio

james b peters   cottontown  tennessee

dennis rhodes   naples  florida

toma rosen   mt baldy zen center  california

dennis saleh   seaside  california

g a scheinoha   eden  wisconsin

rex sexton   philadelphia  pennsylvania

vivian bolland schroeder   humble  texas

t kilgore splake   calumet  michigan

brian k turner   fullerton  california

p l wick   empire  colorado

yates young   palm coast  florida

paula yup   spokane  washington

ajsa zahirovic   sarajevo  bosnia and herzegovina

Very pleased to have one of my haiku featured on this blog, as well as the cover page: 

Zen on a park bench

I am no different than

the trees or bushes

(first published in First Literary Review-East November 2013—Cindy Hochman has good taste! 😀 )

My two other haiku in this issue are:

he throws out

the garbage

before Zen enters

Kerouac kitty

poems unravel

like toilet paper

(first published in First Literary Review-East January 2013—Cindy Hochman has good taste! 😀 )

REMINDER: “Silver Tongued Devils” Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at Three of Cups

 

 

“Silver Tongued Devils”

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Basement Lounge @ Three of Cups

83 1st Avenue, at 5^th Street

New York, New York 10003

(212) 388-0059        

http://www.threeofcupsnyc.com/Lounge  

https://www.facebook.com/threeofcups

The food is great, the wine list is excellent and very reasonable and you can take your food down to the show.

ATTENTION: Doors open 6:00 p.m. for open mic signup. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. SHARP.

6:00 p.m. – Open Mic signup
Curtain up at 6:30 p.m. sharp and runs to 9:30 p.m.
21 and over only
$7 Admission

Please arrive early so we can start promptly at 6:30 p.m.

Christina Fitzpatrick

Christina Fitzpatrick is the author of the novel What’s the Girl Worth? and the short story collection Where We Lived,both published by HarperCollins. Her work has also appeared in Rattle, The Sun, and Hairpin. Currently she is at work on a novel that she describes as, “a mix of Sex and the City, Twilight, andThe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders.”

Brian Sheffield

Brian Sheffield is a Californian poet living in Brooklyn, frequenting any bar, cafe, or bookshop where he can scream at an audience for at least three minutes. He discovered punk rock in high school and poetry in early college. Almost immediately, he began to integrate them both into his own spoken and performance art form in order to express his visceral aggression in sometimes subtle and sometimes not so subtle ways. He is the author of Songs From Heaven’s Crooked Teeth and SIN(G), two chapbooks self-published under the name Mad Gleam Press. He has been published by bothNYSAI Press and Great weather for MEDIA in their most recent anthologies, as well as several journals and zines, both in print and online. He was also a featured artist in the New York based journal The Outcryer.

Patricia Carragon

Patricia Carragon loves cupcakes, chocolate, cats, haiku, and the borough of Brooklyn. Her publications credits include BigCityLit, CLWN WR, Clockwise Cat, Danse Macabre, Home Planet News, Inertia, Lips, Levure littéraire, Long Island Quarterly, Mad Hatters’ Review, The Toronto Quarterly, Word Salad, and others.  She is the author of Journey to the Center of My Mind (Rogue Scholars Press, 2005) and Urban Haiku and More (Fierce Grace Press, 2010). She hosts the Brooklyn-based Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology.  Patricia is a member of Brevitas, a group fiercely dedicated to short poems.

For more information, please check out her websites:http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com and at https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/.

Vogue Giambri

Vogue Giambri attends The New School NYC for creative writing and theater. In her free time she likes to take long walks on the beach and write poetry. She enjoys surfing, playing the guitar, and typing in her type writer. She also has a blogwww.stoopkidconfessions.wordpress.com.  . Follow her.

Produced and Hosted by Phillip Giambri aka “The Ancient Mariner

Basement Lounge @ Identity Bar & Lounge

511 E. 6^th St. (Between Avenues A & B)

www.identityloungenyc.com/

Associate Producer: Anthony Murphy

           House Manager: Russell Atwood

For information, contact:

PhillipGiambri@gmail.com

Brownstone Poets presents Bernard Block and Friends—Peter Blaxill and Joe Lobell, December 5, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. at Park Plaza Restaurant

Brownstone Poets Inspiring Brooklyn Since 2005

 

Brownstone Poets presents Bernard Block and Friends—Peter Blaxill and Joe Lobell, December 5, 2015, 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.

Brownstone Poets presents:

 

Bernard Block

 

Peter Blaxill

 

Joe Lobell

Saturday, December 5, 2015 at 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. Hop Stop will no longer be available after October.

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

$4 Donation – plus Food/Drink – Open-Mic

Curated by Patricia Carragon

pcarragon@gmail.com

brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/

patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/

en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712

BIOS:

 

 

Bernard Block published four chapbooks in the 1980s: The Quest; Prometheus Returns;  Portraits; and To Music. Born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Bernard attended Cornell University and Brooklyn College with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and American Literature. He hitch-hiked to California in 1965 and lived in the Haight-Ashbury through 1967 where he gave poetry readings at the I and Thou Coffee Shop, City Lights Bookstore and anti-Vietnam war demonstrations.  He returned to NYC and studied with the poet Colette Inez in the mid ’70s. Recently he has featured at all the major spoken-word venues in NYC. In August 2014 he was invited to feature in Laugharne, South Wales in celebration of the centenary of Dylan Thomas’ birth. Bernard curates and hosts the Series “From Whitman to Ginsberg” at Cornelia St. Café. There have been 12 editions of this Series; the most recent was presented on September 25, 2015. All 12 editions were videotaped and can be accessed on his YouTube Channel. He has had 23 poems published in the prestigious European on-line literary journal, Levure Littéraire, #8 and #9.

Peter Blaxill is a retired theater professional, having worked on both sides of the footlights. As an actor he has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway. The Kennedy Center in DC, extensively in Regional Theater, Summer Stock, you name it. He studied poetry with William Packard, Pearl London, Colette Inez, David Trinidad, and several others. He’s been featured in the poetry scene around town at The Cornelia Street Cafe, Su Polo’s Saturn series, Mike Graves’s Phoenix Series, and has been an Open-Mic Gypsy at Rimes of The Ancient Mariner for many months now. His poetry can be found in the Riverside Anthology, The Jefferson Market Anthology, and he has had poems published in The New York Quarterly.

 

 

 

Joe Lobell, Poet, Playwright Performer: multiple appearances at the Nuyorican Café, including the Proofrock Festival, Knitting Factory, and numerous other venues. Combines Urban Poetry with rock jazz and performance. Collaborated with Jazz Musician, Conductor Composer, Butch Morris on Musical Theatre Play “Fire” produced by the Medicine Show Theatre. Also with Contrabassist and Jazz Composer Joe Gallant. Performed at Numerous venues with Blues Musician Popa Chubby and collaborated with him on Poetry/Blues Play “City Opus” produced at Medicine Show, as well as producing “City Opus” Blues Rock Poetry CD with (now known as) Popa Chubby. Returning to poetry and theatre after long hiatus. 

REMINDER: Cynthia Toronto Tribute, Friday, November 13 at 7 p.m.

REMINDER:

Cynthia Toronto Tribute,

Friday, November 13 at 7 p.m.

Cynthia Toronto was an amazing friend, as well as a multi-talented, caring, and cultured person. She would set the stage on fire with her performance poetry. It was an honor to have her feature for my Brownstone Poets Reading Series.  I moved to Bensonhurst in June 2014 and Cynthia would have loved to have seen my new place. But due to her health and packing for her move to California, it was impossible for her to visit. She would have loved my new digs more than my former residence in Flushing, Queens.  Cynthia was the kind of friend who didn’t mind traveling the extra distance to visit me in Flushing. She was so kind to join me at Flushing Manor Nursing Home to say hello to my Mom. I miss Cynthia and appreciate the time I’ve spent with her. Friendship is a gift—its value will never tarnish with time.     I hope you can join us for this beautiful tribute for this awesome spitfire and multi-talented redhead:     STARK REALITY OPEN MIC presents A TRIBUTE TO CYNTHIA TORONTO @ THE ROYAL THEATRE THE PRODUCER’S CLUB   FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13th 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. 7:00 SIGN UP   A TRIBUTE TO CYNTHIA TORONTO,  the amazing POET/TEACHER/ACTRESS/WRITER PERFORMANCE ARTIST!   Hosted by Patricia Carragon, Viviana Grell and Ronnie Norpel Special guests plus an open mic!   STARK REALITY OPEN MIC@ ROYAL THEATRE @ THE THE PRODUCER’S CLUB, 358 W. 44th St., NYC 10036 (between 8th and 9th ave.) SUBWAYS: 1, 2, 3, 7, A, E, C, N, R, S, Q to TIMES SQUARE (646) 270-8824   7:00 p.m.  SIGN UP  POETS, MUSICIANS, SPOKEN WORD ARTISTS, PERFRORMANCE ARTISTS,  BRING YOUR WORDS, SONGS, MEMORIES, STORIES  FOR THIS SPECIAL NIGHT!

Reminder: Cat Haiku and More Both Formalist and American at the NY Poetry Forum Saturday, November 14 at 2 p.m.

REMINDER:

Cat Haiku and More

Both Formalist and American

at the NY Poetry Forum

Saturday, November 14 at 2 p.m.

Patricia Carragon’s feature will consist of her 5-7-5 haiku vs. her American version

Features also include David Mahler and Marvin Goldfarb

Plus a lecture by Daniel Maguire

Hosted by Daniel Fernandez

The New York Poetry Forum

at Soldiers’, Sailors’, Marines’ and Airmen’s Club

283 Lexington Avenue (between East 36th and 37th Sts)

New York, NY 10016

$4 Members, $5 Non-members. Open Mic

Subway: 6 to 33rd St or Grand Central

Please consult with the MTA’s “The Weekender” for all transit updates since Hop Stop will no longer be available in November.

Haikuniverse Again!

Another nice surprise:

http://www.haikuniverse.com/page/18/

https://www.facebook.com/haikuniverse

HAIKU BY PATRICIA CARRAGON FOR OCTOBER 20, 2015

oak trees at sunset
a squirrel trapeze artist

jumps from branch to branch

Avocet Fall Publication News

Avocet Fall Publication News

It’s Haiku Season again and some of my work found homes in The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry, Fall 2015 and in The Weekly Avocet, #151, November 4, 2015

In The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry, Fall 2015:

artificial leaves

taped to my windows

watch the real ones fall

~~~~

on a carpet of leaves

temporary respite

for the ginger cat

~~~~

golden fans

on rear window

ginkgo sunshine

I share space with numerous poets, including Joan Vullo Obergh, Lynne Haussler Oakes, Dianna Walston, Ann Taylor, Charles Portolano, Jason Talbot, Marilyn Fleming, Ray Zimmerman, Mary Pauer, and Kim Sosin

In The Weekly Avocet, #151, November 4, 2015

oak trees at sunset

a squirrel trapeze artist

jumps from branch to branch

I share space with Mary Jo Balistreri, Joanne Stokkink, Floyd D. Anderson, Stuart Watkins, Greg Gregory, Maralee Gerke, R. Duke  Liddell, Rochelle S. Cohen, Theresa A. Cancro,

and Pamela Clarke.

REMINDER: Second Brownstone Poets 2015 Anthology Reading at Barnes and Noble Park Slope, Thursday, 11/12 at 6:30 p.m.

REMINDER:

Brownstone Poets,

Inspiring Brooklyn Since 2005,

is Proud to Present:

Second Brownstone Poets 2015 Anthology Event

 

THE BROWNSTONE POETS

cover design: Bob Heman

2015 ANTHOLOGY

The Brownstone Poets 2015 Anthology Book Event

A Celebration of Poetry and Prose from Poets from

Brownstone Poets Reading Series

Thursday, November 12 at 6:30 p.m. 

Barnes and Noble Booksellers Park Slope

267 Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn, NY  11215
Limited Open Mic 
Free Admission

 

Please come and enjoy the poetry written by the poets who have made Brownstone Poets a lively and diverse Brooklyn poetry reading series. The anthologies are filled with assorted poems and photographs and are selling for $7 per copy.

Subways:

F, G to Seventh Avenue,  N, R to 9th Street

 

 

List of Contributors Who are Planning to Read and the List is Growing:

 

Austin Alexis
Bernard Block
Bob Heman
Brenda J. Gannam
Diane Block

Elliot Abosh
Erica Mapp
Gordon Gilbert

Jane Ormerod
Jay Chollick
John J. Trause
Karen Neuberg
Lorraine Conlin
Madeline Artenberg

Mireya Perez
Noel David Cohen

Patricia Carragon

Ptr Kozlowski

Ron Kolm
Rosalie Calabrese
Susan H. Maurer

Tina Chan

Yuyutsu RD Sharma

Zev Torres

REMINDER:Brevitas Poets, Gil Fagiani, Ron Kolm, and Olivia Wu, Saturday, November 7, 2015, at Park Plaza Restaurant

REMINDER:

Brownstone Poets Inspiring Brooklyn Since 2005

 

Brownstone Poets presents Brevitas Poets, Gil Fagiani, Ron Kolm, and Olivia Wu, Saturday, November 7, 2015, 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.

Brownstone Poets presents:

Gil Fagiani

Ron Kolm

Olivia Wu

Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 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. Hop Stop will no longer be available after October.

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

$4 Donation – plus Food/Drink – Open-Mic

Curated by Patricia Carragon

pcarragon@gmail.com

brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/

patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/

en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712

BIOS:

 

Gil Fagiani is an independent scholar, translator, essayist, short story writer, and poet. His latest books are Stone Walls (Bordighera Books, 2014), which focuses on his relationship with his father growing up in Stamford, Connecticut in the ’50s and ’60, and Logos (Guernica Editions, 2015), which is set in a drug treatment program in the South Bronx in the early ’70s. Gil co-hosts the Italian American Writers’ Association’s monthly readings in Manhattan. Last year, he was the subject of a New York Times article by David Gonzalez, “A Poet Mines Memories of Drug Addiction.”

Ron Kolm is a founding member of the Unbearables. He is a contributing editor of Sensitive Skin and the Editor of the Evergreen Review. Ron is the author of The Plastic Factory, Divine Comedy and Suburban Ambush. A collection of his short stories, Duke & Jill, has just been published by Unknown Press. He’s had work in Hobo Camp Review, Have A NYC 3, the Too Much anthology, The Otter, and The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry. Ron’s papers were purchased by the New York University library, where they’ve been cataloged in the Fales Collection as part of the Downtown Writers Group.

 

 

Olivia Wu’s poems have appeared in Aberration Labyrinth, Shen Jiang Weekly, and First Literary Review-East .  She is a member of Brevitas.  She is part of Poetry Society of America’s poetry workshop.  Olivia resides in Manhattan.