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.)
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.
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.
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.
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 BetweenThem, 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.
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
Get your copy of “The Cupcake Chronicles” and “Meowku” at the fair or order online:
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.
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 at Park Plaza Restaurant, Sat, 10/26 @ 2:30 p.m.
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.
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 BetweenThem, 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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