Poets Wear Prada

*** Tuesday's 10:30 pm - 11:00 pm Jaygeeoh! Presents a Weekly Show on BCAT channels 35/68 at 10:30 PM Profiles of people in the arts: spoken word, film, music & other creative pursuits. check: www.Jaygeeohcom.com for updates on featured guests Not in Brooklyn? Or Not even in New York? Well you can still view Jaygeeoh! Presents: LIVE online at www.bcat.tv *** *** Manhattanites! POETRY THIN AIR has changed its station and time slot. Watch POETRY THIN AIR Wednesday Midnight on Manhattan Cable! Tune in at Midnight every Wednesday (i.e. 12AM Thursday) to Time Warner Channel 34 for POETRY THIN AIR, a poetry video magazine produced by the famed videographer and artist Mitch Corber. Watch POETRY THIN AIR every Wednesday Midnight (i.e. 12AM Thursday) on Manhattan Cable Channel 34! ***
Don’t have cable or not in Manhattan? You can watch these shows via the internet using free RealVideoPlayer 8.0. To find out more visit Manhattan Neighborhood Network Cable http://www.mnn.org Don’t have cable or not in Manhattan? You can watch these shows via the internet using free RealVideoPlayer 8.0. To find out more visit Manhattan Neighborhood Network Cable http://www.mnn.org
THE ART HOUSE TV show has been picked up by Manhattan Neighborhood Network Cable and airs every Monday at 5:30PM on Time Warner Channel 68. The show features spoken word, music and comedy from some of New York and New Jersey's most exciting artists and is recorded live at The Art House monthly show at Victory Hall in Jersey City. Jersey City Residents tune in to Jersey City Comcast Channel 51 Thursdays at 10PM and Saturdays at 8PM for THE ART HOUSE SHOW

*** Sundays at 3:30PM (3PM OPEN MIC SIGN-UP) Asbetos Arts Group/The Back Fence presents a Poetry Feature + open mic with Emcee Robert Dunn @ The Back Fence located in NYC's Greenwich Village at 155 Bleecker Street (NW corner at Thompson St.) For info/directions: 212-475-9221 or visit www.thebackfenceonline.com | $5 + 1 Drink/$3 Minimum + Tip. Just a short walk from subway. Take A/C/E/F/D/B to W. 4th St. or 6 to Bleecker St. Reading Curated by The Poet Who Wears Prada, Roxanne Hoffman & Legendary Beat Poet Brigid Murnaghan. Join us at The Back Fence in Greenwich Village, NYC Every Sunday Afternoon from 3PM - 6 PM when Poets, Comedians, Singer/Songwriters and Musicians Join Our Feature Readers every Sunday at Mic at The Longest Running Bar Poetry Reading in the Village at The Back Fence in Greenwhich Village NYC. *** SOS: ABC NO RIO Sunday Open Series Every Sunday Afternoon from 3PM - 5PM Everyone's a feature at ABC NO RIO, our unorganized reading for the people by the people. For 3 bucks you can be a star at this Open Mic Reading. You can bring your poetry, prose, music, humor, etc. Come to 156 Rivington Street between Clinton & Suffolk Street Hosted by Patricia Carragon, Eugene Ring, Bruce Weber, and Tom Fuculora. For info/directions visit www.abcnorio.org *** MONDAYS GET LOUDER! Join louderARTS at Bar 13 every Monday at 7PM for the City's outLOUDest Open Mic/Open Slam for Poetry & Spoken Word! @ Bar 13 35 East 13th St. (at University Pl.) 2nd Floor New York, NY 10003 212.979.6677 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W to 14th St./Union Square $6 | $5 students 2 for 1 drinks Every Monday at 7:30PM (Showtime), 7PM (Sign-up) Curated by Lynne Procope , Marty McConnell and Roger Bonair-Agard. Visit www.loudersarts.com *** Mondays at 7:30PM (OPEN SIGN-UP @ 7PM) Saturn Series Feature + Open Mic @ Nightingale Lounge Corner of 13th St. & 2nd Ave. East Village, Manhattan Hosted by Su Polo & David Elsasser $3 Donation + 2 Drink or $6 Minimum Join 'The Saturn Series' every Monday at Nightingale for our featured writers + open mic! Visit www.supolo.com for more info and upcoming features. Take any subway to Union Square or NJ Path to 14th St. Join us at Saturn Series Monday Evenings at 7:30PM (7PM Sign-up for Open Mic) *** Poetic Essentials 8:30PM on Tuesdays @ Moca 2210 Frederick Douglas Blvd. (Corner of 119th Street) No Cover with 2 Drink Minimum or Food Hosted by Francine Bridges *** Join us every Tuesday at 8PM ... The Welcomed Words/ArtKore Open Mic...An Everything open Mic! (we welcome musicians, poets, and all open mic artists every tuesday) SIGN-UP @ 7:30-STARTIME 8PM! Hosted By Dave Entwistle, Sasha Chavez, Ivy and others... $3 Suggested Donation @ The Goldhawk, 936 Park Ave. Hoboken NJ For directions & parking info visit www.thegoldhawk.com *For Validated Parking info, call 201.420.7989 *** Join Richard Marx Weinraub for a Thursday Night Open at Starbucks every Thursday at 6PM (till 8PM) Starbucks, 744 Broad Street at Clinton Street, Newark, NJ. Take NJ PATH to Newark (NY'rs switch at Journal for Newark train) From Penn Station in Newark walk west on Market Street two blocks to Broad Street and turn right one block to Clinton Street and Starbucks. No cover charge or minimum. Hosted by Richard Marx Weinraub *** Fridays at 6PM Ride The Pink Pony at The Cornelia Street Cafe! Join us every FRIDAY (except major holidays) AT 6PM for NYC's Hottest Poetry Open Mic, THE PINK PONY WEST READING SERIES at The Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street (off Bleecker St.) West Village, NYC 212-989-9319 Pink Pony Reading Series is Curated by Jackie Sheeler, "Poet Laureate of Ricker's Island," The Talk of Talk Engine, NYC's Premier Spoken Word Rock Band. $6 admission includes one drink and a spot at NYC's hottest poetry open. Sign-up starts at 5:45PM. We start promptly at 6PM and end promptly at 8PM. Visit us online at WWW.POETZ.COM for our poetry calendar and to read your favorite poets online! *** Fridays at 7:30PM The Writer's Voice (A Friday Evening Meet the Writer Series) presents TBA @ YMCA 5 W 63rd St New York Free! Contact Glenn Raucher at graucher @ ymcanyc.org Sponsored by 67Wine Visit www.67wine.com *** Join us every Friday at 8PM (till 10:30PM) for FIVE POINTS VARIETY HOUR with Emcee WILLIAM LEE! Come on over to Chinatown for a bubble drink (alcohol available too!) and some comedy mixed in with poetry and music at Silk Road Place | 30 Mott St. (street level) | Chinatown NYC $7 cover (With Student ID $2 cover) + One drink minimum ($6) For more info/directions: www.nycfivepoints.com Hosted by Feliza Marisol. For bookings contact us by email perform @ teabagopenmic.com *** EVERY FRIDAY The Harlem Experience presents... Live After 5 the after work Friday night social for cultural and sophisticated folk Every Friday starting at 5:01pm @ Tribal Spears Gallery & Cafe 2167 Frederick Douglass Blvd. (8th Ave. Between 117th & 116th) Special 9 o'clock show: HottestPoets.com Sessions In Poetry featuring "not your average string thing" Ngoma (Violin, Bamboo Flute & Didgeridoo) Vince Hunter (Guitar),Wizzoz (Bass) unboxable,improvisational,freestyle Admission: $15 (includes food and beverage) Dress casual *** Fridays at 9PM IN THE SPOTLIGHT followed by A Friday Night Poetry Slam Every Friday at 10PM hosted by Daniel P. at The Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, 236 East 3rd Street (between Aves B & C) in Manhattan. Doors open at 9:30 PM but arrive early to avoid the long line! Admission is $7.00. *** Every Sunday at 5PM (till 7PM) The Phoenix Reading Series features Guest Writers + Open Reading for Poetry and Prose (Time Permitting) @ Bengal Curry 65 West Broadway New York, NY 10007 (212.571.1122) Free with Food/Drink purchase Open reading follows featured readers until about 7pm Hosted by MICHAEL GRAVES *** Saturdays at 3pm Ear Inn Reading Series (Open Mic for Poetry & Prose) features TBA @ Ear Inn 326 Spring West of Greenwich St Subway: C/E to Spring Street; 1/9 to Canal Street; N/R to Prince Street FREE! (Reasonably priced food & drink) Hosted by Michael Broder and Jason Schneiderman 718.797.3903 or email earinnpoetry@mbroder.com *** Come to STARK OPEN MIC! Join us SATURDAY AFTERNOONS FROM 3PM T0 6PM at Spark Cafe. For Performance Artists, Poets, Comedians, Musicians and Dancers! Hosted by Viviana Grell at THE PAYAN THEATRE Times Square Arts Cener 300 West 43 St. (8th Ave.) Suite 506 New York City Every Saturday 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Saturday November 4th: TBA + Open + The Open Mic ***

Check me out!
Listen to tracks from my new CD
"Stolen Moments"(Poetry Thin Air 2006)

Every Sunday at 5:00PM
Phoenix Rising Courtesy of Madlantern Arts (www.madlantern.com)

Phoenix Rising Courtesy of Madlantern Arts (www.madlantern.com)

The Phoenix (Reading Series)
Rises in Tribeca, NYC
@
Bengal Curry
65 West Broadway
212.571.1122
For Your Weekly Dose of Poetry, Prose & Hot & Spicy Style
Hosted by Michael Graves
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December 02:
Jean Lehrman, Fred Dasig & Roxanne Hoffman
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December 09:
Isidore Century, George Spencer
& Series Host Michael Graves
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$2 Suggested Donation + Food/Drink Purchase

EAR INN

EAR INN READING
Saturdays at 3:00PM
326 Spring Street
(west of Greenwich Street)
New York City
NO COVER; Food/Drink Purchase
Subway:
C/E to Spring Street
1/9 to Canal Street
N/R to Prince Street
Curated by Michael Broder (646.281.1634)
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December 1
Terri Ford, Iwan Llwyd, Robert Minhinnick
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December 8
Stephanie Kapinos, Joseph O. Legaspi, Jamie Smith
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December 15
Winter Break: No Reading
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December 22
Winter Break: No Reading
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December 29
Winter Break: No Reading
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First Sundays at 3pm
The Riverside Poets Present
OPEN POETRY MIC
@
NYPL - Riverside Branch
127 Amsterdam Avenue (at W. 65th St.)
New York, NY 10023
Near Lincoln Center
INFO/DIRECTIONS 212.870.1810
Hosted by Arthur Bitterman
~ SAT. Dec 1st (3PM - 5PM) ~
Roxanne Hoffman + TBA
+ Open Mic

New Titles
A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES/FLY BY NIGHT PRESS
A Gathering of the Tribes Magazine Issue No. 11 Cover

www.tribes.org

Chavisa Woods

celebrates the release of
"Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind"
from Fly By Night Press

Juanita Torrence Thompson

celebrates the release of
"New York and African Tapestries" from Fly By Night Press

TRIBES GALLERY
285 East 3rd Street - 2ND Floor
(btwn Aves. C & D)
Alphabet City, NYC
Curated and Edited by Steve Cannon

... Now available from Fly By Night Press: "Black Ice: Poems" by Barbara Purcell and "Remain" by Jennifer Murphy and A Gathering of the Tribes Issue 11 at www.tribes.org...

Wednesday December 26th at 7PM
ROBIN SMALL MCCARTHY & TOM WEISS
(Last Wednesdays)
The Green Pavillion Poetry Event
@
Green Pavillion Restaurant
4307-18th Ave.
Bklyn, NY
718.435.4722
By Subway: F to 18th Ave.
$3 suggested donation + $5 food/beverage minimum
Hosted by Evie Ivy & Sol Rubin

Fridays at 7:30 p.m.
The Writer's Voice
YMCA
5 W 63rd St.
New York
Free!
Hosted by Glenn Raucher
Refreshments sponsored in part by 67Wine

Celebrates the Release of 6 New Chapbooks:
Mark Allinson.... Blue Glass Cities
R. Nemo Hill... Prolegomena to an Essay on Satire
Quincy R. Lehr... William Montgomery
Mary Meriam.... The Countess of Flatbroke
Ray Pospisil.... Some Time Before the Bell
Austin MacRae.... Gracesways
$10
MODERN METRICS PRESS

Join Us for Our Monthly
MODERN METRICS Reading
Feature + Open for Metrical Verse
Saturday ~ November 17, 2007 ~ 4-6 pm ~
AUSTIN MACRAE, author of Graceways (Modern Metrics Press 2007)
@
The Shooting Star Theatre
40 Peck Slip ~ 3rd Floor
(South Street Seaport)
Take 2|3|4|5 to Fulton
or A|C to B’way/Nassau
$5
Hosted by R. Nemo Hill

Awakened: Poetry by Madeline Artenberg, Poetry by Iris N Schwartz (Rogues Scholars Press)

"Awakened"
MADELINE ARTENBERG & IRIS N. SCHWARTZ
(Rogue Scholars Press 2006)
"Madeline Artenberg and Iris N. Schwartz give voice to a startling range of female experience, from childhood to sex to a powerful relationship with the great city these women call home." - Anne Cammon Fiero, writer; Arts Programmer, WKCR-FM

Moongarden by Anthony McCann
(Wave Books 2006)

Like moonlight, McCann's attention gives weird clarity and an alien glow to post-industrial landscapes and human interiors. He uncivilizes us into seeing the world as both ruin and possibility: "It was danger/ gave them life/ but damage/ makes us shine."

"Baffled in Baloneyville"

by Robert Dunn
$16.95
iuniverse.com
(May 2006)
BAFFLED IN BALONEYVILLE is Robert Dunn’s latest collection of allegedly comic poetry and drawings. A great antidote for stress, better than Rogaine and Viagra combined! "His humor and craftsmanship are a perfect blend. His poems weren’t just written to make you laugh —though they accomplish that non—stop- but also to shake up your view of reality... My mind definitely worked better after reading a heavy dose of one of the most entertaining and yet serious poets, Robert Dunn." —Hal Sirowitz

"There are 8 Million Stories in the Naked City" - The Naked City (1948) Directed by Jules Dassin

FIRST WEDNESDAY'S
8 MILLION STORIES
Featuring NYC's Best Story Tellers
Next Installment: NOVEMBER 7th
BIG MIKE | AUSTIN ALEXIS | LARISSA SHMAILO
JEAN LEHRMAN
Hosted by Roxanne Hoffman
@
JIMMY'S NO. 43 STAGE

43 East 7th Street (Downstairs)
Between 2ND & 3RD Avenue
East Village, NYC
212.982.3006
www.jimmysno43.com

Reading Series
The Last Monday of Every Month at 8PM
hosted by Mindy Matijasevic
Johnny O's, 2152 Westchester Ave. Bronx, NY
(Castle Hill Ave. stop on #6 train)
Presents
04/26/07 : TBA
Plus Open Mic
No cover. No minimum. Yes, contributions accepted

SOS: ABC NO RIO Sunday Open Series
Every Sunday Afternoon from 3PM - 5PM
@
ABC No Rio
Gallery/Performance Space
156 Rivington Street
between Clinton & Suffolk Sts.
212.254.3697
$3 Donation
Hosted by Patricia Carragon, Eugene Ring,
Bruce Weber & Tom Fuculora

Everyone's a feature at ABC NO RIO, our unorganized reading for the people by the people. For 3 bucks you can be a star at this Open Mic Reading. You can bring your poetry, prose, music, humor, etc. Come to 156 Rivington Street between Clinton & Suffolk Street

THE BACK FENCE

155 Bleecker Street
(at Thompson St)
Greenwich Village, NYC
212.475.9221
www.thebackfenceonline.com
Join Us Every Sunday at 3PM
Asbetos Arts Group
Poetry Curators: Robert Dunn & Brigid Murnaghan
$3 Donation + 1 Drink Minimum + Tip
A WRITER'S OPEN MIC

THE BACK FENCE
&
Asbetos Arts Group
~present~
Sunday December 2nd, 2007 @ 3 pm
CD Release Party: Robert Dunn's Sickly Minutes
***
Sunday December 9th, 2007 @ 3 pm
Angela Peluso + Open
***
Sunday December 16th, 2007 @ 3 pm
TBA + Open
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Sunday December 23rd, 2007 @ 3 pm
Cliff Bleidner + Open
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December 30th, 2007 @ 3 pm
TBA + Open

tuesday december 4, 7:30p. feat.
Monologist JASON WACHTELHAUSEN
and Poets TYLER MASS & LESLEY SELCER + the open mic (no cover) @ La Negrita ~ 99 Columbus Avenue & 109th ~ 212.961.1676 (B/C/1 to 110th) diVerseCity poetry stronger than heron

diVerseCity: Poetry in Threes
Features
Poetry on Threes with
Monologist JASON WACHTELHAUSEN
and Poets TYLER MASS & LESLEY SELCER
+ The Open Mic
All writers, musicians & performance artists welcome
at our open mic
Tuesday December 4th at 7:30PM
@
LA NEGRITA BAR/LOUNGE
999 Columbus Avenue @ W. 109th St.
B/C/1 to 110th St.
212.961.1676
Never A Cover! Always An Open!
A Monthly Series, Now in Our 3rd Year!
Hosted by Alex O. Bleecker

BARBARA PURCELL	BLACK ICE (Fly By Night Press April 2006) $10.00 www.tribes.org
R. NEMO HILL	The Stange Music of Erich Zann (Hippocampus Press 2005) $15.00 www.hippocampuspress.com
Kareem Andrew Alfred	Fables from Tales of a Sorrowful Soul (Authorhouse 2005) $15.50 www.barnesandnoble.com
ANDERSON P. SMITH	A Second Chance at a First Impresson (Xlibris 2005) $17.84 www.xlibris.com
GEORGE WALLACE	After the Fall (Butcher Block Press 2005)

THE CONSEQUENCE OF WINGS
FootHills Publishing (2005)
$8

THE REAL REASON THE QUEEN HATED SNOW
(AND OTHER STORIES)
Twilight Times Books (2006)
$4.95 USD ebook
ANNETTE MARIE HYDER

MORE OF ME DISAPPEARS
Cross-Cultural Communications (2005)

JOHN AMEN
$12
www.johnamen.com

Member Listings

This Poet Wears Prada

This Poet wears Prada or nada at all.
At the mic, this not quite five foot two Poet stands tall,
even without her Jimmy Choo shoes.
Anyone who says Talk is cheap and Actions speak louder than words
and thinks that this poetry stuff is just for faggots and nerds
has obviously not heard a peep of my words.

For the 3 to 5 minutes that I command your attention
and you're with me for every nuance and inflection,
I want to share your inner space
and take you on a journey through mine.
I want to see that light go on in your head and shine,
'cause that means we're relating and communicating just fine.

I want to get a reaction.
I want to see you to take some action,
even if it's just leaning forward
or laying back with eyes closed to listen.
If I can make your lips turn up in smile
or get the tears in your eyes to well up and glisten
then I know I'm doing it right.

Whether I'm rhyming, chiming or free-slamming verse,
I want you to take a peek at our universe.
I want you to feel, hear, smell and taste every sensation,
'cause poetry is about documentation
as well as this thing we call "communication".

It's not just about self-expression and being heard.
It's not just about our relationship with ideas and words.
It's more about you and I sharing our world
with the strangers who read the stuff
we put down on paper after we're gone
about this moment, this feeling, this idea captured yesterday
that we share with each other here today that lives on.

This Poet wears Prada or nada at all.
Forget this poor starving poet shit!
Our currency is our words and wit, so stand tall,
even without your Jimmy Choo shoes.

      Roxanne Hoffman
      Hoboken, New Jersey
      April 29, 2004

THE BROWNSTONE POETS

A Brooklyn-based Poetry Series & Open Mic
Curated & Hosted By

Patricia Carragon
@
FIFTH AVENUE RESTAURANT & DINER
432 5th Avenue
(between 8th & 9th Sts.)
BROOKLYN, N.Y. 11215
FIRST SATURDAYS | 4:30PM (3rd Saturdays every other month)
$3 donation + food/drink purchase
November 17, 2007
JOHN J. TRAUSE & DONALD LEV
***
December 1, 2007
ALAN BAXTER & ROBIN SMALL MCCARTHY
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Spark Cafe Art Center Stage

Every Saturday 3PM-6PM
STARK OPEN MIC
For Performance Artists, Poets, Comedians,
Musicians and Dancers!
~ With Special Guest Performers ~
@
THE PAYAN THEATRE
Times Square Arts Center
300 West 43 St. - Suite 506
(At 8th Ave.)
New York City
$5
Hosted by VIVIANA GRELL
INFO: 917.292.2683

SHARON LYNN GRIFFITHS
Continues The "Spring Salvation" Tour

Book Cover for PAPER SALVATION

New and selected work from her book
Paper Salvation (Wasteland Press, 2004)
www.wastelandpress.net

NEXT STOP TBA

Our Mission

We're poets who help other poets to promote themselves and their poetry by:

Providing links to member websites
Creating webpages for members who do not have their own websites
Publicizing member's upcoming features, CD-release parties and book signings
Listing free and inexpensive writing, web-marketing and self-publishing workshops

And Now We're Chapbook Publishers!
Please Visit Our Online Catalogue & Store

Every Friday - 6PM
Pink Pony West
The Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St.
(off Bleecker St.)
West Village, NYC
212-989-9319
Curated by ANGELO VERGA
$7 admission includes a free house drink &
a spot at NYC's hottest poetry open mic
Sign-up starts at 5:45pm
~Upcoming Features~
***
~December 7~
THE BASS PLAYER FROM HAND JOB
Hosted by Kathi Georges
***
~December 14~
TAMIKO BEYER & JEE LEONG KOH
Hosted by Roxanne Hoffman
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~December 21~
RENATO ROSALDO
Hosted by Les Lopes
***
~December 28~
RICK PERNOD
Hosted by Eve Packer
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We Three Productions
Present Biweekly Readings
of
Poetry and Prose
in
The Library Lounge at The Telephone Bar
149 2nd Avenue @ 9th Street
www.telebar.com or telreadings@yahoo.com
6 to Astor Place, F to 2nd Ave., L to 3rd Ave.
FREE!
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Monday, December 3rd, 7:30 PM
~featuring~
*WRITING STUDENTS*
Please Join Us For An Evening With
HUNTER COLLEGE & SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE Writing Students:
Nick Antonelli
Jeraine Brown
Heather Cetto
Alden Eardensohn
Bobby Elliott
Danny Greenberg
Ben Koenig
Michelle Koufopoulos
Jacqueline Landowne
Muriel Leung
Patricia Marquez
William Marshall
Alex Miller
Lauren Miller
Jessie Montilla
Kelly Murphy
Justin Pestana
John Powell
Reem Saeed
Amar Sharma
Abbe Stein
Melissa West
Justin Williams
Fanny Wu
Curated & Hosted By TINA CHANG
FREE!
This is our last reading of this year, see you in January 2008!
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Curated by Wayne Kral, Harold Dean James,
Julie Androshick, and Tim O’Mara
of We Three Productions since 1995
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Every FRIDAY at 10PM

IN THE SPOTLIGHT
A Friday Night Poetry Slam
Hosted by NATHAN P.
The Nuyorican Poet's Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
(between Aves B & C)
Alphabet City, Manhattan
Admission $7
Doors open at 9:30PM

HOT OFF THE PRESS!
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The Wind Twirls Everything by Francine Witte

The Wind Twirls Everything
Stories by Francine Witte
MuscleHead Press, Russell, NY.
40 pps
$7 (includes S&H)
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Book Cover: The Little Book of Fairy Tales & Love Poems by Iris Berman (Poets Wear Prada)

Book Cover: The Little Book of Fairy Tales & Love Poems by Iris Berman (Poets Wear Prada)

The Little Book of Fairy Tales & Love Poems
Poets Wear Prada (April 2006)

IRIS BERMAN
$10
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Book Cover: Payday Loans by Jee Leong Koh (Poets Wear Prada)

Payday Loans
Poets Wear Prada (April 2007)

JEE LEONG KOH
$10.00
Available at Robin's Bookstore, Philadelphia
"...Smart, irreverent, often unnerving, these sonnets smirk, smile, argue and bless. Jee Leong Koh has taken a month of days and rendered a very contemporary version of the artist as a young man. Cash in your paycheck and buy this book." — Marie Howe ++++++++++++++++++
Book Cover: Cone Investigates by Bob Heman (Poets Wear Prada)

Book Cover: Cone Investigates by Bob Heman (Poets Wear Prada)

Cone Investigates
Poets Wear Prada (March 2007)

BOB HEMAN
$6.25
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Book Cover: Dances With Tears by Efrayim Levenson (Poets Wear Prada)

Dances With Tears
Poets Wear Prada (March 2007)

EFRAYIM LEVENSON
$6.25
Available at Robin's Bookstore, Philadelphia
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Book Cover: Found in a Cord by Alex O. Bleecker (Poets Wear Prada)

Found in a Cord
Poets Wear Prada (December 2006)

ALEX O. BLEECKER
$6.25
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Book Cover: Freak Show by Ricki Stuart (Poets Wear Prada)

FREAK SHOW
Poets Wear Prada (November 2006)

RICKI STUART
$6.25
Now Available at Blue Stockings Bookstore, NYC
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Book Cover: Stirring Within by G Emil Reutter (BlazeVOX)

Stirring Within: Poems and Tales from Mount Carmel
BlazeVOX (2006)
G EMIL REUTTER
$12.00
www.cafepress.com/blazevox "...his poems are masculine: powerful words tempered by testosterone and tenderness, words full of strength and sensuality, with a keen eye toward internal reflection and self-discovery." -- Eileen M. D'Angelo, Editor of Mad Poets Review ++++++++++++++++++
Book Cover: Your Infidel Eyes by Brant Lyon (Poets Wear Prada)

Book Cover: Your Infidel Eyes by Brant Lyon (Poets Wear Prada)

YOUR INFIDEL EYES
Poets Wear Prada (October 2006)

BRANT LYON
$6.25
Now Available at St. Marks Bookstore
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Adam and Cain by Michael Graves

ADAM AND CAIN
Black Buzzard Press (March 2006)
MICHAEL GRAVES
$15.95
"Michael Graves has created a dark, visceral myth. The forward momentum of his taut, centered-line stanzas is compelling. Graves new book is a visionary project." - Dennis Nurkse, Prof. Sarah Lawrence College ... "Outside St. Jude's is high art." - Leonard Albert, Author, James Joyce and the New Psychology ... ++++++++++++++++++
Patricia Smith

photo credit: louderARTS
**PATRICIA SMITH**
Author of "Teahouse of the Almighty"
Teahouse of the Almighty by Patricia Smith

(Coffee House Press)
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BLACK ICE by Barbara Purcell

BLACK ICE
Fly By Night Press (April 2006)
BARBARA PURCELL
$10.00
www.tribes.org
COMING OUT THIS APRIL! "Barbara Purcell puts 'Directness' back into poetry, which is not to say she lacks metaphors but rather they're made even more powerful by her allegiance to the truth. In her breathtaking book, Black Ice: Poems, it's like she's taking the reader by the hand and telling him or her, 'Come with me while I tell you about my life.' And you'll be glad you did." —Hal Sirowitz, Former Poet Laureate of Queens... "There are no fake notes here. This is a fresh and gritty first book announcing a gutsy presence in our midst. I salute her." —Colette Inez, Author of "Spinoza Doesn't Come Here Anymore" ++++++++++++++++++
DEGREES OF FREEDOM by Nicholas Johnson

DEGREES OF FREEDOM
Bright Hill Press (March 2006)

NICK JOHNSON
$8.00
www.brighthillpress.org
"Degrees of Freedom" is featured on The Academy of American Poets New Spring Books List for National Poetry Month. Here's what reviewers are saying... "Nicholas Johnson is a poet of incandescent wit, the kind of mordant intelligence whose first target is its own assumptions, and a strange haunted tenderness." – D. Nurkse ... "With metamorphic dexterity and uncanny ability to invigorate common expressions so that they become pure poetry, Nick Johnson writes his poems with skill and candor. The opening of each poem in “Degrees of Freedom” parts the sky with perceptual lightning, and by the time we finish, a devastating clap of truth’s thunder rolls in taking the poem - and us - by storm." – Molly Peacock ++++++++++++++++++
JOEL ALLEGRETTI'S FATHER SILICON (The Poet's Press 2006)

JOEL ALLEGRETTI'S FATHER SILICON (The Poet's Press 2006)

FATHER SILICON
The Poet's Press (March 2006)
JOEL ALLEGRETTI
$14.00
www.poetspress.org
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One Foot Out the Door: Poems by Karen Hildebrand

ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR
Three Rooms Press (2005)

KAREN HILDEBRAND
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The No-Net World (SongCrew 2005) - CD Cover

THE NO-NET WORLD
Song Crew (2005)
LarissaShmailo (photo credit: Robert Dunn)

LARISSA SHMAILO
BUY AT CDBABY.COM
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Remain by Jennifer Murphy

Remain
JENNIFER MURPHY
(Fly By Night Press 2005)
"Murphy knows that what doesn't break you will make you one fierce warrior." —Edwin Torres, author of Fractured Humorous ++++++++++++++++++
A Little Book of Flowers by Iris Berman

The Little Book of Flowers
IRIS BERMAN
(2005)
"Her words, like a waft of perfume, draw you into her private world of flowers for an aromatic massage of the mind." —Roxanne Hoffman, Curator and Co-Host of The Longest Running Bar Reading in The Village at The Back Fence. ++++++++++++++++++

POEMS FOR TEETH
We Press (2005)

RICHARD LORANGER
www.wepress.org
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A BAKER'S DOUBLE DOZEN
Fierce Grace Press, Croton-on-Hudson NY (2005)

EUGENE RING
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Book Cover for Patricia Carragon's 1st Collection of Poetry, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF MY MIND(ROGUE SCHOLARS PRESS 2005)

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF MY MIND
Rogue Scholars Press (2005)

PATRICIA CARRAGON
www.roguescholars.com
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Book Cover for Thad Rutkowski's new book TETCHED(Behler 2005)

TETCHED
Behler (2005)

THAD RUTKOWKSI
www.behlerpublications.com

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Book Cover for Ona Gritz's new collection of poetry LEFT STANDING (Finishing Line Press 2005)

LEFT STANDING
Finishing Line Press (2005)

ONA GRITZ
"Brilliant in craft, naked and direct in expression, each poem moves us forward with yet another truth until we are left standing in the cleared air of candor, ready--as the poet is--to begin life renewed." - Molly Peacock $12
FREE SHIPPING (USA Only)
when ordered by Sept. 23
(After Sept 23rd, please add $2 shipping)
www.finishingpress.com

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81 POUNDS by BIG MIKE, Pretty Pollution Press (2005)

81 POUNDS by BIG MIKE, Pretty Pollution Press (2005)

81 POUNDS
Pretty Pollution Press (2005)
SIBLING RIVALRY by BIG MIKE, Pretty Pollution Press (2005)

SIBLING RIVALRY
Pretty Pollution Press (2005)

BIG MIKE
$10
www.prettypollutionpress.com
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Living in Dangerous Times (Book Cover)

LIVING IN DANGEROUS TIMES
Presa Press (2007)

CITY WOMAN
March Street Press (2006)

Because You Can't I Will (Book cover)

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T I WILL
A New Chapbook
Pudding House Publications (2005)

LINDA LERNER
$8.95
www.puddinghouse.com
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Spot of Bleach & Other Poems & Prose(Book
cover)

SPOT OF BLEACH
Big Foot Press(2005)

JOY LEFTOW
$10

Tuesday, December 4th - 7:30PM
Park Slope Poetry Project
Presents
BEATRICE DIAMOND
+ OPEN Mic
@
St. John -St. Matthew - Emanuel
Lutheran Church
St. John - St. Matthew - Emanuel Lutheran Church

283 Prospect Ave.
Btw. 5th & 6th Aves.
Hosted by Bill Duke
With Open Mic
$5 Donation
INFO: www.poetrycentral.com
Jan 1 '08 - No Reading
February 5 - HARRY ELLISON + Open

ACENTOS • Poet's Open
2nd and 4th Tuesdays @ 7PM
@ The Bruckner Bar & Grill
1 Bruckner Boulevard
(Corner of Third Avenue)
Bronx | NY
4, 5, 6 Subway to 138th St.
FREE ($5 Suggested Donation)
Hosted by Jessica Torres and Oscar Bermeo
www.louderarts.com

EVERY MONDAY AT 7:30PM
The Saturn Series
@
Nightingale Lounge
Corner of 13th St. & 2nd Ave.
East Village, Manhattan
7PM Sign-Up Open Mic
Hosted by Su Polo & David Elsasser
$3 Donation + $6/2 Drink Minimum
www.supolo.com

DAVID ELASSER & SU POLO photograph by Roxanne Hoffman

DAVID ELASSER & SU POLO photograph by Roxanne Hoffman

DAVID ELSASSER & SU POLO
Upcoming:
Dec. 3 - Michael Dorr
Dec 10 - Vanessa Boyd
Dec 17 - Jay Chollick ... and Holiday Party!
Dec 24 - No reading... happy holidays
Dec 31 - No reading ...Happy New Year
+ OPEN MIC

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HOT OFF THE PRESS!

Tommaso

HEY, TOMMASO!
HOW COME YOU DON'T ACT ITALIAN?
(Eastwaterfront Press 2005)
Collected Poetry of Tommaso Della Fave
info/orders: pdolack@gis.net
Send Your Check & Address To:
Eastwaterfront Press
P.O. Box 220-554
Brooklyn, NY 11222
The Book is $5
No Shipping Charges Through June
After June add $1 for Shipping

HOT OFF THE PRESS!
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THE JOYS OF AFRICAN SEX: JOKES, COURTESIES AND IDIOSYNCRACIES by Boniface Wewe (book cover)

"A beguiling little collection of bon mots, chidings, lampoonery and entertainments related to sub-Saharan Africa. Right from start. with the title, a comical salute to The Joys of Sex, .one of the most popular books in public libraries in the USA..Wewe, a Cameroonian now working as a librarian in Brooklyn, has a high time poking fun, paying respect and excoriating various elements of the contemporary African scene." THE JOYS OF AFRICAN SEX:
JOKES, COURTESIES AND IDIOSYNCRACIES
by Boniface Wewe
Black Classic Press (2004)
List Price: $9.99
TO ORDER:
African Artistic Ventures
1920 Pacific Street #3
Brooklyn, NY 11233
Phone: (718)953-6811
Fax: (718)604-7483
Email: wewendemping @ yahoo.com

25 of my jokes appear in the book Squeaky Clean Comedy.
- Craig Sharf, NJ Comedian

To buy it, click here!

Squeaky Clean Comedy

Men at Work
Robin Glasser's MEN AT WORK
Fully-illustrated & packed with risqué rhymes like
...I sputtered then sparkled with fission
- ignited by my electrician...
To order mailto:
thehourglasser
or
robinglasser@yahoo.com
$10 (discount on LARGE orders)

HOT OFF THE PRESS!
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