Thank you David Kirschenbaum and Ron Kolm for having me perform for Welcome to Boog City 15.5 Arts Festival on YouTube back on February 21.
Kudos to Amy Barone, Peter Bushyeager, Matthew Hupert, Meghan Grupposo, Francine Witte.
Enjoy!
I will be reading from my debut novel, “Angel Fire, “ as well as some jazz poetry:
Amidst the global pandemic, Stone Soup Poetry has been offering an online open mic via Zoom for anyone interested. This continues to receive an amazing response, and we appreciate everyone’s participation.
On Wednesday June 30, poet, novelist, editor and publisher Patricia Carragon closes out June for Stone Soup.
Patricia Carragon’s fiction piece “What Has to Happen Next” has been nominated for Sundress Publications Annual Best of the Net Anthology. Her poem “Paris the Beautiful” won Poem of the Week from great weather for MEDIA. She was nominated by Bear Creek Haiku for a Pushcart Prize. Her latest books from Poets Wear Prada are Meowku and The Cupcake Chronicles and her debut novel, Angel Fire, is from Alien Buddha Press. Patricia hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology. She is an executive editor for Home Planet News Online.She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Join us this Wednesday night from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.
The meeting ID is 859 8647 7048
Password: stonesoup
OCTOBER CARRAGON EVENTS:
WOMEN’S LITERARY WORKSHOP
Join the PEN America Women’s Literary Workshop for its annual reception and celebration of participants’ work in poetry, prose, and playwriting. Now in its 25th year, the PEN America Women’s Literary Workshop is a peer group that provides opportunities for women writers to share their work. All readers and writers, regardless of gender, are welcome to join in this celebration of their work.
UPCOMING CARRAGON EVENTS
Thursday, September 27 at Bluestockings Bookstore
192 Allen Street, NYC – 10002
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
With Maureen Brady
Hosted by Vittoria Repetto
Open mic ( for women and trans only) – sign-up at 7 p.m. – 8 minute limit
Bring your poetry, your prose, your songs, and your spoken word.
$10 suggested donation
F train to Second Ave.
FACEBOOK EVENT :
https://www.facebook.com/events/283225419069835/
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Monday, October 1 at Saturn Series Reading at
Barlovento
430 Third Avenue at corner of East 30th Street, NYC
Train: 6 to 33rd Street, walk East
7:30 p.m.
With Juanita Torrence-Thompson and Elleraine Lockie
Hosted by Su Polo
Open mic sign-up at 7:15 p.m. $3 donation, plus food or beverage
6 train to 28th Street
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Open Mic for Poets
Sunday, October 14 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Queens Central Library
89-11 Merrick Boulevard
Jamaica, NY 11432
(718) 990-0700
Guest poet Patricia Carragon
Free admission
http://www.queenslibrary.org/event/open-mic-for-poets
F train to 169th Street
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Sunday, November 18 at the Great Weather for MEDIA Sunday Reading Series
at The Parkside Lounge
317 E. Houston Street, NYC 10002
Hosted by George Wallace
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
2 drink minimum (they do have coffee and sodas)
$3 suggested donation. Open mic list closes at 4:45
F train to Second Avenue
More details to come on co-feature (s) . . .
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Sunday, December 16 at Voices of Poetry at the Montauk Club
25 8th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
With Cathy Gigante-Brown, Heather Corbally Bryant, Gillian Cummings, Terence Degnan, Devon Moore,
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Hosted by Neil Silberblatt and Harvey Soss
Free Admission – No Open
2, 3 to Grand Army Plaza
G to Seventh Avenue
***Check with the MTA Weekender for all service changes
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Wednesday, February 17 from 5:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.
Rimes of the Ancient Mariner is proud to present:
“What The Hell Is Love?” Project Part III –
“Is That All There Is?”
The final episode in an incredible writer/performance series.
Downstairs @ Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street, New York, NY 10014
Thursday June 18, 2015 @ 6:00 p.m. SHARP!
Doors open 5:45 p.m.
$8.00 Admission includes one free drink.
Hosted by Phillip Giambri (The Ancient Mainer)
Subways: A, B, C, D, E, F, M to West 4th Street
1 to Christopher Street
Featured readers for this final event will be:
Phillip Giambri
Blair Hopkins
Vincent Quatroche
Karen Levy
Jeff Rose
Patricia Carragon
Thomas Rigney
LinDel Sandlin
Gordon Gilbert
Vogue Giambri
Danny Matos
Diane Block
Marc Montfleury
Viviana
Phoenix Reading Series
Sunday, May 24 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Peter Blaxill, Rosalie Calabrese,
Patricia Carragon
Left Bank Books
17 Eighth Avenue near West 12th Street,
Greenwich Village, NY 10023
212-924-5638
Hosted by Michael Graves
$5 contribution.
Open Mic
Subways:
A, C, D, E, F to 14th St. 1 to 14 St.
LOVE HAPPENS AT THE NEW YORK POETRY FORUM
Saturday, February 14 from 2 to 5:30ish p.m.
Patricia Carragon
with Edward Fisher and Marvin Goldfarb
The New York Poetry Forum
Soldiers’, Sailors’, Marines’ & Airmen’s Club
283 Lexington Avenue (between East 36th & 37th Sts)
New York, NY 10016
Subway: 6 to 33rd Street
Open Mic
$4 for Members, $5 for Non-members
Hosted by Daniel Fernandez
Brownstone Poets presents Michael Broder and Richard Loranger on Saturday, October 4 at Park Plaza Restaurant in historic Brooklyn Heights. Enjoy the varied menu at this affordable family-run diner while listening to great poetry. Poetry grows in Brooklyn Heights and there’s an open mic as well.
Brownstone Poets presents:
Michael Broder
Richard Loranger
Saturday, October 4, 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,
4 or to 5 Borough Hall
For more directions:
$4 Donation – plus Food/Drink – Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon
pcarragon@gmail.com
brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
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BIOS:
Michael Broder is the author of This Life Now (A Midsummer Night’s Press, 2014). He holds a BA from Columbia University, an MFA from New York University, and a PhD in Classics from CUNY Graduate Center. His poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in BLOOM, Court Green, Columbia Poetry Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, Classical World, and other journals, as well as in the anthologies This New Breed, My Diva, Divining Divas, Rabbit Ears, and Ancient Obscenities. He lives in Brooklyn with his husband, the poet Jason Schneiderman, and numerous cats, both feral and domestic.
| Photo credit: Robert Fischer |
Richard Loranger is a writer, performer, visual artist, and all around squeaky wheel, currently residing in Oakland, CA. He is the author of Poems for Teeth, as well as The Orange Book and nine chapbooks, including Hello Poems and the recent 6 Questions (Exot Books). Recent work can be found in the online journals London Grip New Poetry (www.londongrip.co.uk) and The Marsh Hawk Review (www.marshhawkpress.org) and in the just released anthology I Let Go of the Stars in My Hand (great weather for MEDIA). You can find more about his work and scandals at www.richardloranger.com.
Patricia Carragon's Blog: Words Give Me the Will to Write 