The next planning session for the Stillwater Music and Poetry Fest is set for Wednesday, August 1, 7 PM at the Town Perk Cafe in Bloomsburg. Please attend if you'd like to help with planning the festival (slated for September 14-15 in Stillwater.
For further information, please contact event organizer Kevin Clark at (570) 925-2347.
7/1/07
CFS: Keystone Chapbook Award
SEVEN KITCHENS PRESS
2007 Keystone Chapbook Award – for Pennsylvania Poets
Prize: $100 plus 25 copies.
Submission deadline: Postmarked between June 17 and August 17 of each year.
Eligibility: Open to all Pennsylvania poets [see complete guidelines below].
COMPLETE GUIDELINES:
Any poet who was born, has lived, or currently lives in Pennsylvania is eligible to submit to the Keystone Chapbook Award. (Your manuscript does not have to treat Pennsylvania as its subject.) Additionally, poets living elsewhere may submit manuscripts which do show a strong connection to Pennsylvania.
Submit a paginated manuscript of 16-20 pages (not including front matter) of poetry. Include two cover pages: one with the manuscript title, author name, address, e-mail and phone number; the second cover page should have the manuscript title only. Include a table of contents page. Include, if applicable, an acknowledgments page for work previously published.
Please include, on a separate page, a brief (100-150 words) biographical note, which must address your specific connection to Pennsylvania (if you do not currently reside here).
The author’s name should not appear in the manuscript.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but you must notify us promptly if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
Submissions must be posted between June 17 and August 17. The winning manuscript will be announced on or before October 15, at which time the name of the final judge will be announced. Manuscript finalists will also be announced, and may be eligible for spring/summer publication in the Keystone Chapbook Series.
Manuscripts will not be returned. E-mailed submission is preferred, but you may send via regular mail.
Do not staple or bind your manuscript. If you are sending by mail, please use a binder clip and mail flat in an 8.5 x 11 envelope. If you are sending by e-mail, please send one document in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .rtf files are ideal); you must include the words “Keystone Chapbook” in the subject line of your e-mail. Include a $12 reading fee with each manuscript you submit. Multiple submissions are acceptable. Checks should be made payable to Ron Mohring. Online payment may be made via PayPal to sevenkitchens at yahoo dot com. Each entrant will receive one copy of the winning chapbook, to be published on or before December 31.
The winner will receive $100 and 25 copies of their chapbook. Additionally, the publisher will distribute ten review copies and will solicit online reviews of the chapbook.
Send your manuscript—by e-mail, as a Microsoft Word attachment, to: sevenkitchens at yahoo dot com; or by mail to Ron Mohring, Publisher & Editor; PO Box 668; Lewisburg PA 17837.
2007 Keystone Chapbook Award – for Pennsylvania Poets
Prize: $100 plus 25 copies.
Submission deadline: Postmarked between June 17 and August 17 of each year.
Eligibility: Open to all Pennsylvania poets [see complete guidelines below].
COMPLETE GUIDELINES:
Any poet who was born, has lived, or currently lives in Pennsylvania is eligible to submit to the Keystone Chapbook Award. (Your manuscript does not have to treat Pennsylvania as its subject.) Additionally, poets living elsewhere may submit manuscripts which do show a strong connection to Pennsylvania.
Submit a paginated manuscript of 16-20 pages (not including front matter) of poetry. Include two cover pages: one with the manuscript title, author name, address, e-mail and phone number; the second cover page should have the manuscript title only. Include a table of contents page. Include, if applicable, an acknowledgments page for work previously published.
Please include, on a separate page, a brief (100-150 words) biographical note, which must address your specific connection to Pennsylvania (if you do not currently reside here).
The author’s name should not appear in the manuscript.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but you must notify us promptly if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
Submissions must be posted between June 17 and August 17. The winning manuscript will be announced on or before October 15, at which time the name of the final judge will be announced. Manuscript finalists will also be announced, and may be eligible for spring/summer publication in the Keystone Chapbook Series.
Manuscripts will not be returned. E-mailed submission is preferred, but you may send via regular mail.
Do not staple or bind your manuscript. If you are sending by mail, please use a binder clip and mail flat in an 8.5 x 11 envelope. If you are sending by e-mail, please send one document in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .rtf files are ideal); you must include the words “Keystone Chapbook” in the subject line of your e-mail. Include a $12 reading fee with each manuscript you submit. Multiple submissions are acceptable. Checks should be made payable to Ron Mohring. Online payment may be made via PayPal to sevenkitchens at yahoo dot com. Each entrant will receive one copy of the winning chapbook, to be published on or before December 31.
The winner will receive $100 and 25 copies of their chapbook. Additionally, the publisher will distribute ten review copies and will solicit online reviews of the chapbook.
Send your manuscript—by e-mail, as a Microsoft Word attachment, to: sevenkitchens at yahoo dot com; or by mail to Ron Mohring, Publisher & Editor; PO Box 668; Lewisburg PA 17837.
4/1/07
CFS: Pittsburgh Poets: DL 6/1/07
[reprinted from the Pittsburgh Poetry Calendar]
Along These Rivers: Poetry and Photography from Pittsburgh will be an anthology showcasing outstanding work of Pittsburgh area poets and photographers.The book project is endorsed by the Allegheny Conference Pittsburgh 250 and promoted during the city's 250th birthday. Michael Wurster & Judith R. Robinson will edit the anthology.
Send up to 4 poems on any subject (2 copies of each poem) by 6/1/07. Include your name and contact information on each poem. Poems with not be returned. Poets will be notified in four months. Those selected receive 2 contributer's copies.
Send poems to: Judith R Robinson; Michael Wurster; Quadrant Publishing, LLC; 4712 Bayard St.; Pittsburgh PA 15213
Along These Rivers: Poetry and Photography from Pittsburgh will be an anthology showcasing outstanding work of Pittsburgh area poets and photographers.The book project is endorsed by the Allegheny Conference Pittsburgh 250 and promoted during the city's 250th birthday. Michael Wurster & Judith R. Robinson will edit the anthology.
Send up to 4 poems on any subject (2 copies of each poem) by 6/1/07. Include your name and contact information on each poem. Poems with not be returned. Poets will be notified in four months. Those selected receive 2 contributer's copies.
Send poems to: Judith R Robinson; Michael Wurster; Quadrant Publishing, LLC; 4712 Bayard St.; Pittsburgh PA 15213
CFS: Watershed: A Journal of the Susquehanna
Watershed: a Journal of the Susquehanna is an interdisciplinary annual print and online journal, with its debut issue slated for late 2007 publication. The journal’s mission is to promote the culture, history, environment, literature, and art of the Susquehanna watershed region, which includes parts of upstate New York, much of Pennsylvania, and parts of Maryland leading to the Chesapeake. We seek thought-provoking nonfiction on regional history, cultural and environmental issues, and top quality and inventive poetry and fiction. While contributors need not reside in the Susquehanna region, the work must evoke the Susquehanna and its hills, valleys, and, most importantly, its people. Of course, these influences could be as varied as the geography of the watershed.
Prose should be double-spaced, while poetry may be single spaced. Black and white artwork and photography should be reduced to a 5” by 7” format (or smaller if appropriate) and sent as electronic files. Electronic submissions are preferred, with text in MS Word format. Submission deadline is July 15. Contributors will receive three copies. For more information, contact Jerry Wemple via email at jwemple@bloomu.edu.
Prose should be double-spaced, while poetry may be single spaced. Black and white artwork and photography should be reduced to a 5” by 7” format (or smaller if appropriate) and sent as electronic files. Electronic submissions are preferred, with text in MS Word format. Submission deadline is July 15. Contributors will receive three copies. For more information, contact Jerry Wemple via email at jwemple@bloomu.edu.
3/1/07
Poetry Ink Reading: Philadelphia: 4/1/07
Sunday, April 1, 2PM: Poetry Ink: Celebrating Poetry with 100 Poets Reading at Robin’s Bookstore, Philadelphia.
Asian American Poetry Panel: Bucknell: 3/20/07
Tuesday, March 20, 4 PM in the Smith Library (Vaughan Literature Building) at Bucknell:
Asian American Poetry and the Poetry of Marilyn Chin: A Panel Discussion featuring Poet-in-Residence Marilyn Chin.
Chin will jion visiting scholars John Gery, Adrienne McCormick, Lisa Sewell, Afaa Weaver, and Xiaojing Zhou in a discussion of Asian American poetry and Chin's role as one of its pioneers. Panelists will consider such issues as the Asian American voice, the blancing of Asian and American heritages, the influence of traditional poetics, and the role of politics. Time will be allotted for audience questions.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information please call the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853, or see our website.
Asian American Poetry and the Poetry of Marilyn Chin: A Panel Discussion featuring Poet-in-Residence Marilyn Chin.
Chin will jion visiting scholars John Gery, Adrienne McCormick, Lisa Sewell, Afaa Weaver, and Xiaojing Zhou in a discussion of Asian American poetry and Chin's role as one of its pioneers. Panelists will consider such issues as the Asian American voice, the blancing of Asian and American heritages, the influence of traditional poetics, and the role of politics. Time will be allotted for audience questions.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information please call the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853, or see our website.
Open Mic: Pottsville: 3/18/07
Sunday, March 18, 3-6 PM: Third Sunday open mic at All Things Good, Pottsville next to the Pottsville Free Public Library. Featuring Marlene Rowe, Founder of Stray Dog Poets and Deborah Filanowski. Open mic to follow.
Black Diamond Writers Network: Tamaqua: 3/17/07
[reposted courtesy of Janet Locke in Bloomsburg]
Saturday, March 17: Black Diamond Writers Network meets in the Tamaqua Library from 10 to 12. This month the meeting is followed by a workshop. Here are the details:
Have you ever wanted to write about a story about something that’s important to you or a life-changing event that occurred in your life? Would you like to learn more about writing a memoir? If so, join us at My Back Pages: A Memoir Writing Workshop. The workshop runs from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2007 at the Tamaqua Public Library, 30 S. Railroad Street. Donna Searle, professional writing coach and owner of Writing Workshops by Design, will present the workshop following the regular monthly meeting of the Black Diamond Writers’ Network where she will speak on journaling.
Searle opened a writing studio in September 2005 at Reading’s GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. She holds weekly writing workshops for adults and teaches a graduate-level summer course in conjunction with West Chester University. Searle also writes with students at Lauer’s Park Elementary School. Searle personally writes poetry for public occasions and art shows and her nonfiction work has been published in periodicals and newspapers. She currently pursues publication for her first children’s picture book.
Cost for the workshop is $12 for Black Diamond Writers’ Network members and $15 for non-members. To register for the workshop, download an application from www.taplpa.info, visit the Tamaqua Library or call 570-645-3059. Deadline for paid registration is March 14, 2007. Seating is limited, so register early. For more information about the workshop or the Black Diamond Writers’ Network, call Kathy at 570-645-3059.
Saturday, March 17: Black Diamond Writers Network meets in the Tamaqua Library from 10 to 12. This month the meeting is followed by a workshop. Here are the details:
Have you ever wanted to write about a story about something that’s important to you or a life-changing event that occurred in your life? Would you like to learn more about writing a memoir? If so, join us at My Back Pages: A Memoir Writing Workshop. The workshop runs from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2007 at the Tamaqua Public Library, 30 S. Railroad Street. Donna Searle, professional writing coach and owner of Writing Workshops by Design, will present the workshop following the regular monthly meeting of the Black Diamond Writers’ Network where she will speak on journaling.
Searle opened a writing studio in September 2005 at Reading’s GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. She holds weekly writing workshops for adults and teaches a graduate-level summer course in conjunction with West Chester University. Searle also writes with students at Lauer’s Park Elementary School. Searle personally writes poetry for public occasions and art shows and her nonfiction work has been published in periodicals and newspapers. She currently pursues publication for her first children’s picture book.
Cost for the workshop is $12 for Black Diamond Writers’ Network members and $15 for non-members. To register for the workshop, download an application from www.taplpa.info, visit the Tamaqua Library or call 570-645-3059. Deadline for paid registration is March 14, 2007. Seating is limited, so register early. For more information about the workshop or the Black Diamond Writers’ Network, call Kathy at 570-645-3059.
11/1/06
Daniel Blasi: Bucknell: 11/17/06
Poet Daniel Blasi will present a Writers-at-Work session at Bucknell University's Writing Center (200G Roberts Hall), from noon to 1 PM on Friday, November 17.
Daniel Blasi received a BA in English from Boston University and an MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park. While at the University of Maryland, he was a finalist in the Ruth Lilly Student Fellowship administered by Poetry. After graduating, Daniel was a waiter fellow at the Breadloaf Writers' Conference, a finalist for the Beatrice Hawley Award, a finalist for the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, and a semi-finalist for the Tupelo Press first book prize. He has been a five-time semi-finalist for a Discovery/The Nation Prize. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Quarterly West, Passages North, Another Chicago Magazine, and Nimrod. Daniel lives in Boston, Massachusetts, and works at the strategic innovation consulting firm, Product Genesis, in Cambridge.
Sponsored by the Writing Center, the Writers at Work series encourages informal conversation between writers and interested members of the campus community. Bring a bag lunch; beverages and cookies will be provided.
For more information, please call the Writing Center at 577-3141.
Daniel Blasi received a BA in English from Boston University and an MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park. While at the University of Maryland, he was a finalist in the Ruth Lilly Student Fellowship administered by Poetry. After graduating, Daniel was a waiter fellow at the Breadloaf Writers' Conference, a finalist for the Beatrice Hawley Award, a finalist for the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, and a semi-finalist for the Tupelo Press first book prize. He has been a five-time semi-finalist for a Discovery/The Nation Prize. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Quarterly West, Passages North, Another Chicago Magazine, and Nimrod. Daniel lives in Boston, Massachusetts, and works at the strategic innovation consulting firm, Product Genesis, in Cambridge.
Sponsored by the Writing Center, the Writers at Work series encourages informal conversation between writers and interested members of the campus community. Bring a bag lunch; beverages and cookies will be provided.
For more information, please call the Writing Center at 577-3141.
C. K. Williams: Williamsport: 11/16/06
Poet C.K. Williams is scheduled to read at Lycoming College in Williamsport on Thursday, November 16, at 7:30 PM. The reading will take place in Shangraw Performance Hall in the Mary Lindsay Welch Honors Hall.
This reading is free and open to the public. Call call the College Relations Office at 570-321-4037 for more information. Click here for a campus map.
This reading is free and open to the public. Call call the College Relations Office at 570-321-4037 for more information. Click here for a campus map.
Junot Diaz: Bloomsburg: 11/15/06
[not poetry, but . . .]
Bloomsburg University's Big Dog Reading Series concludes this fall with author Junot Díaz on Wednesday, November 15, at 7 PM in Carver Hall’s Gross Auditorium.
Junot Díaz is the author of Drown. His short fiction has appeared in, among other places, The New Yorker, African Voices, Best American Short Stories, and Pushcart Prize XXII. The recipient of numerous awards, including the 2002 Pen/Malamud Award and a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, Díaz is now an associate professor at MIT. He was born in the Dominican Republic and spent most of his youth in New Jersey.
This reading is free and open to the public.
Bloomsburg University's Big Dog Reading Series concludes this fall with author Junot Díaz on Wednesday, November 15, at 7 PM in Carver Hall’s Gross Auditorium.
Junot Díaz is the author of Drown. His short fiction has appeared in, among other places, The New Yorker, African Voices, Best American Short Stories, and Pushcart Prize XXII. The recipient of numerous awards, including the 2002 Pen/Malamud Award and a fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, Díaz is now an associate professor at MIT. He was born in the Dominican Republic and spent most of his youth in New Jersey.
This reading is free and open to the public.
10/1/06
Cornelius Eady: Bucknell: 10/10 & 10/11/06
2006-07 Sandra & Gary Sojka Visiting Poet Cornelius Eady will be on the Bucknell campus Tuesday, October 10 and Wednesday, October 11. He will offer a reading at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall on Tuesday, October 10th and a Question and Answer session at noon on Wednesday, October 11th in the Smith Library of the Vaughan Literature Building. Both events are free and open to the public.
Cornelius Eady is the author of several poetry collections, including Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (1985, Lamont Poetry Selection), The Gathering of My Name (1991), You Don't Miss Your Water (1995), and the acclaimed Brutal Imagination (2001).
Cornelius Eady is the author of several poetry collections, including Victims of the Latest Dance Craze (1985, Lamont Poetry Selection), The Gathering of My Name (1991), You Don't Miss Your Water (1995), and the acclaimed Brutal Imagination (2001).
JoAnne Growney: Bloomsburg: 10/10/06
Poet JoAnne Growney will be the featured River Poets reader on Tuesday, October 10, 7:30 PM at the Phillips Emporium in Bloomsburg. Copies of Growney's most recent book, My Dance Is Mathematics (Paper Kite Press), will be available.
There is an open reading during the second half of this event; MC is Susan Brook.
This event is free and open to the public.
There is an open reading during the second half of this event; MC is Susan Brook.
This event is free and open to the public.
John Hoppenthaler: Bloomsburg: 10/5/06
Bloomsburg University's Big Dog Reading Series will lead off this fall with poet John Hoppenthaler on Thursday, October 5, at 7 PM in the Kehr Union Multicultural Center.
John Hoppenthaler's poetry has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies, including Ploughshares, The Southern Review, New Letters, The Bloomsbury Review, Tar River Poetry, Chelsea, Poet Lore, Connecticut Review, and September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond. His first poetry collection, Lives of Water, is available from Carnegie Mellon University Press. The poetry editor of Kestrel, he is currently editing a collection of essays and interviews on the poetry of Jean Valentine. This reading is free and open to the public.
John Hoppenthaler's poetry has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies, including Ploughshares, The Southern Review, New Letters, The Bloomsbury Review, Tar River Poetry, Chelsea, Poet Lore, Connecticut Review, and September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond. His first poetry collection, Lives of Water, is available from Carnegie Mellon University Press. The poetry editor of Kestrel, he is currently editing a collection of essays and interviews on the poetry of Jean Valentine. This reading is free and open to the public.
9/1/06
Benjamin Grossberg: Bucknell: 9/27/06
Poet Benjamin Scott Grossberg will present an informal talk on Wednesday, September 27, at noon in Roberts Hall on the Bucknell campus, as part of the Writing Center’s Writers at Work series.
Benjamin Scott Grossberg is an Associate Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Antioch College, where he teaches poetry writing, English Renaissance Literature, and English poetry. He is the author of the chapbook The Auctioneer Bangs His Gavel (Kent State University Press, 2006), and of the forthcoming Underwater Lengths in a Single Breath (Ashland Poetry Press, 2007) winner of the Richard Snyder Award. His poems have appeared in journals such as Pleiades, Mid-American Review, Paris Review, and twice in West Branch. He has received several awards for his writing, including an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council and a Pushcart Prize. He lives on a small farm near Yellow Springs, Ohio.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information, please call the Writing Center at 570-577-3141.
Benjamin Scott Grossberg is an Associate Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at Antioch College, where he teaches poetry writing, English Renaissance Literature, and English poetry. He is the author of the chapbook The Auctioneer Bangs His Gavel (Kent State University Press, 2006), and of the forthcoming Underwater Lengths in a Single Breath (Ashland Poetry Press, 2007) winner of the Richard Snyder Award. His poems have appeared in journals such as Pleiades, Mid-American Review, Paris Review, and twice in West Branch. He has received several awards for his writing, including an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council and a Pushcart Prize. He lives on a small farm near Yellow Springs, Ohio.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information, please call the Writing Center at 570-577-3141.
COMMON WEALTH Poets at Susquehanna River Conference: Bucknell: 9/23/06
On Saturday, September 23, the Upper Susquehanna River Basin Conference at Bucknell University will conclude with a reading by poets appearing in Common Wealth: Contemporary poets on Pennsylvania. The conference will be held in the Langone Center on the Bucknell campus, and the reading will commence at 5:30 PM. Poets who are scheduled to read include Marjorie Maddox, Deirdre O’Connor, Ron Mohring, Karl Patten, Charlie Rice, and Jerry Wemple. For more information, please contact Bucknell University at 570-577-2000.
Matthew Zapruder: Bucknell University: 9/22/06
Poet Matthew Zapruder will present an informal talk on Friday, September 22, at noon in Roberts Hall on the Bucknell campus, as part of the Writing Center’s Writers at Work series. This talk will follow up on Thursday evening’s WAVE BOOKS Bus Tour Reading in Bucknell Hall [see previous announcement].
Matthew Zapruder is the author of American Linden (Tupelo Press 2002), and of The Pajamaist (Copper Canyon, forthcoming 2006). His poems have appeared or are upcoming in The Boston Review, Fence, Alaska Quarterly Review, Open City, Painted Bride Quarterly, Bomb, Jubilat, Harvard Review, The New Republic and The New Yorker. He teaches poetry in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the New School, works as an Editor with Wave Books, and is co-curator of the KGB Monday Night Poetry Reading Series. He lives in New York City.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information, please call the Writing Center at 570-577-3141.
Matthew Zapruder is the author of American Linden (Tupelo Press 2002), and of The Pajamaist (Copper Canyon, forthcoming 2006). His poems have appeared or are upcoming in The Boston Review, Fence, Alaska Quarterly Review, Open City, Painted Bride Quarterly, Bomb, Jubilat, Harvard Review, The New Republic and The New Yorker. He teaches poetry in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at the New School, works as an Editor with Wave Books, and is co-curator of the KGB Monday Night Poetry Reading Series. He lives in New York City.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information, please call the Writing Center at 570-577-3141.
WAVE BOOKS Bus Tour: Bucknell University: 9/21/06
On Thursday, September 21, don’t miss the WAVE BOOKS Bus Tour Reading. This is one of only two Pennsylvania stops on the reading schedule; the other is Pittsburgh on Sept 20. The event will begin at 6:00 PM in Bucknell Hall on the Bucknell University campus.
Stopping at 50 cities in 50 days, the Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour is the biggest literary event of 2006. Throughout September and October, over one hundred poets, along with musicians, filmmakers and journalists, will participate as the bus traverses North America, bringing innovative poetry to big cities and small towns across the U.S. and Canada. Sponsored by Wave Books, the poetry bus will go more places with more poets reading more poems than was ever previously believed possible.
Beginning September 4 and ending October 27, the bus tour will visit a variety of venues, including the Space Needle in Seattle, the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, the Museum of Natural History in LA, the Green Mill in Chicago, the DiA Arts Center in New York, and a number of bookstores, galleries, bars, prisons and schools all across the US and Canada.
Participating poets include Eileen Myles, James Tate, Cole Swensen, Dean Young, John Yau, Vijay Seshadri, Lewis Warsh, Joshua Beckman, Dara Wier, Juliana Spahr, John Godfrey, Joshua Clover, David Rivard, Noelle Kocot, Matthew Zapruder, Ann Lauterbach, Tyehimba Jess, Dana Levin, Hoa Nguyen, Jeff Clark, Richard Siken, Bob Hicok, Katy Lederer, Kim Addonizio, Arthur Sze, Catherine Wagner, Srikanth Reddy, Matthew Rohrer, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Bhanu Kapil and over 100 more.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information on this event, please call the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853, or see their website.
Stopping at 50 cities in 50 days, the Wave Books Poetry Bus Tour is the biggest literary event of 2006. Throughout September and October, over one hundred poets, along with musicians, filmmakers and journalists, will participate as the bus traverses North America, bringing innovative poetry to big cities and small towns across the U.S. and Canada. Sponsored by Wave Books, the poetry bus will go more places with more poets reading more poems than was ever previously believed possible.
Beginning September 4 and ending October 27, the bus tour will visit a variety of venues, including the Space Needle in Seattle, the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, the Museum of Natural History in LA, the Green Mill in Chicago, the DiA Arts Center in New York, and a number of bookstores, galleries, bars, prisons and schools all across the US and Canada.
Participating poets include Eileen Myles, James Tate, Cole Swensen, Dean Young, John Yau, Vijay Seshadri, Lewis Warsh, Joshua Beckman, Dara Wier, Juliana Spahr, John Godfrey, Joshua Clover, David Rivard, Noelle Kocot, Matthew Zapruder, Ann Lauterbach, Tyehimba Jess, Dana Levin, Hoa Nguyen, Jeff Clark, Richard Siken, Bob Hicok, Katy Lederer, Kim Addonizio, Arthur Sze, Catherine Wagner, Srikanth Reddy, Matthew Rohrer, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Bhanu Kapil and over 100 more.
This event is free and open to the campus and community. For more information on this event, please call the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853, or see their website.
Three Cave Canem Poets: Bucknell: 9/5/06
Poets Erica Doyle, Yona Harvey and Tyehimba Jess will read on Tuesday, September 5, at 7 PM in Bucknell Hall. This reading is a celebration of the tenth anniversary of Cave Canem.
Cave Canem is an organization devoted to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. Best known for its celebrated summer workshop, Cave Canem has grown to include regional workshops, a first book prize, annual anthologies, and events in major cities around the United States. Poets Doyle, Harvey, and Jess have served as Cave Canem fellows and appear in the recently published 10th anniversary anthology Gathering Ground (University of Michigan Press).
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853, or see their website.
Cave Canem is an organization devoted to the discovery and cultivation of new voices in African American poetry. Best known for its celebrated summer workshop, Cave Canem has grown to include regional workshops, a first book prize, annual anthologies, and events in major cities around the United States. Poets Doyle, Harvey, and Jess have served as Cave Canem fellows and appear in the recently published 10th anniversary anthology Gathering Ground (University of Michigan Press).
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853, or see their website.
8/1/06
Claude Lewis: Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg: 8/24/06
[from the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel site:]
August 24, 2006:
Poetry Reading by Claude Lewis.
Claude Lewis, Esq. is currently a partner with Michak Teeter & Lewis LLC, and his practice includes real estate, commercial transactions, non-profit corporations and business related matters and, in addition, business consulting. He is engaged in several activities including membership in the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Nathanial Gadsden’s Writer’s Wordshop. Currently he is a member of the Board of Directors of Zion Academy.
Lewis has been involved in poetry presentations at the Whitaker Center, East Shore Library and Black history programs for various State Agencies including the Departments of Community and Economic Development, Environmental Protection, Education, Revenue the Office of the Auditor General and the Public Utility Commission. Claude Lewis is our current Poet Laureate of Harrisburg!
Poetry Thursdays are held at the Susquehanna Art Museum, 301 Market Street, downtown Harrisburg, 7- 8:45 pm, presented by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel and hosted by Marty Esworthy.
August 24, 2006:
Poetry Reading by Claude Lewis.
Claude Lewis, Esq. is currently a partner with Michak Teeter & Lewis LLC, and his practice includes real estate, commercial transactions, non-profit corporations and business related matters and, in addition, business consulting. He is engaged in several activities including membership in the Pennsylvania Bar Association and Nathanial Gadsden’s Writer’s Wordshop. Currently he is a member of the Board of Directors of Zion Academy.
Lewis has been involved in poetry presentations at the Whitaker Center, East Shore Library and Black history programs for various State Agencies including the Departments of Community and Economic Development, Environmental Protection, Education, Revenue the Office of the Auditor General and the Public Utility Commission. Claude Lewis is our current Poet Laureate of Harrisburg!
Poetry Thursdays are held at the Susquehanna Art Museum, 301 Market Street, downtown Harrisburg, 7- 8:45 pm, presented by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel and hosted by Marty Esworthy.
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