Tonight, Monday, September 23rd, join me alongside a great line-up of writers at Big Words, Etc reading series in conjunction with PEN America’s Breakout Program.
I’m excited to read some new work…….hope you can make it!
Tuesday, November 21st, I will be reading poems at BIG WORDS, ETC reading series at 61 Local located at 61 Bergen St in Brooklyn. The event is from 6-8pm. Celebrate some wonderful writers exploring the theme of 5 more minutes!
Friday, December 1st, I get to celebrate Three Rooms Press’s Prose! Poetry! Party! at Cornelia Street Cafe located at 29 Cornelia St. in NYC from 6-8pm. This event is $10, but it includes a drink. What a great line-up of writers including Meagan Brothers, David Lawton, Jane LeCroy, Karen Hildebrand, Jane Ormerod, Robert Gibbons, and more! Hosted by the marvelous Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges.
6-8pm / 61 Local / 61 Bergen St. Brooklyn, NY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017:
BIG WORDS, ETC. reading series @ Wendy’s Subway 379 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn 7-9pm
This month’s theme is a meaner way to say it. I’ll be performing a new poem-song written just for tonight!
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017:
FISHFOOD MAGAZINE FREE FORM MIC NIGHT @ Parkside Lounge 317 E. Houston NYC 7:30-9:30pm
FishFood Magazine is doing what it does best, enthralling itself in all forms of art and sharing it with others along the way! The literary and creative arts mag is hosting a small free-form mic show, featuring poets, spoken word artists and musicians. Individuals will come together and showcase their talent either poetically or musically or both. Stop by if you’re in the area!
FREE Admission / TWO drinks minimum – Come one, come all!
Hosted by Aimee Herman~
Performers include:
Aimee Herman and David Lawton (Hydrogen Junkbox)
Yesenia Montilla
Craig Kine
Cheryl J. Fish (as read by Natalie Rogers)
Jeanann Verlee
Omar Holmon
Gabriella Belfiglio
Jane Ormerod
Marcio Garcia
When was the last time you were in Bushwick? OK…..When was the last time you heard writers read from the prompt of “So, What?”
Come to:
Big Words Etc. Reading Series / Wendy’s Subway / 379 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn / Sunday, Sept 25th 6pm
Directions:
L train to Montrose or Morgan / J or M to Flushing
Big Words, Etc. Reading
Sunday, September 25 – 6pm
Hosted by Stacey Kahn and Jess Martinez, Big Words Etc. is a monthly reading series that embraces democracy by letting each audience vote for the following month’s theme. Started in 2012 to give under-the-radar and emerging/aspiring writers a platform, we’ve developed into a community that lets everyone – from the professional writer to the lawyer or hair stylist with a poetic bent, to the audience member who’s not into writing but likes participating by voting on the theme – get involved. September’s theme is “Now What?”
Featuring
Aimee Herman (Big Words, Etc. Writer-in-Residence)
Timothy Gomez
Melanie Griffith
Cynthia Ann Schemmer
Sonia Jaffe Robbins
Cooper Wilhelm
Rina Deshpande
M.K. Rainey
Danielle Gregori
Bios
Aimee Herman is a teacher, poet, performance artist, and uke player in the band Hydrogen Junkbox. Aimee’s been published in an array of journals and anthologies and has two books of poems, including the most recent “meant to wake up feeling.” Thank you Big Words for existing and encouraging writers to write and read!
Timothy Gomez holds an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. His work has appeared in Connotation Press, No Tokens, Epiphany, and others. He currently lives in Whittier, CA and teaches at Aspire Ollin University Prep Academy in Huntington Park. He also co-hosts a podcast about friendship and feelings entitled Fairweather and writes at his website timfinite.me.
Melanie Griffith is a Long Island native whose writing has appeared in PANK, Beecher’s, and others. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College’s MFA program, she now lives in Providence, RI with a nautical archaeologist. When she’s not at work at a K-8 charter school in Central Falls, RI, you might find her thinking seriously about writing an essay while cooking or streaming a critically acclaimed TV drama.
Cynthia Ann Schemmer is a writer and musician living in Philadelphia. She is the Managing Editor of She Shreds Magazine, the only print publication dedicated to highlighting women guitarists and bassists. She holds an MFA in Writing from Sarah Lawrence College and has been published in Philadelphia City Paper, Impose, Underwater New York, The Media, Broken Pencil, and others. She has co-authored a chapter in Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind, a collection of tips and narratives on ways non-parents can support parents and children. She also writes Secret Bully, a creative nonfiction zine of personal essays, and her cat is her creative muse.
Sonia Jaffe Robbins is an editor, writer, and activist. She has written in many genres: journalism, criticism, memoir, and fiction. She has a chapter in an anthology titled “Red Diapers: Growing Up on the Communist Left,” and co-moderates a workshop on gender and the transition from socialism to what comes next.
Cooper Wilhelm writes poems on postcards and mails them to strangers he looks up in phone books atPoetryAndStrangers.com and hosts Into the Dark, a talk show about witchcraft and the occult, for Radio Free Brooklyn. His chapbook about necromancy and breakups, Klaatu Verata Nikto, is available from Ghost City Press.
Rina Deshpande writes and illustrates mindful, short poetry and likes to research and teach about yoga and mindful practice, too. She used to be a public school teacher and hopes to publish a children’s book someday soon. She lives in NYC and loves Halloween the most.
M.K. Rainey received her MFA in fiction writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She currently teaches writing to the youth of America through Community-Word Project, Wingspan Arts and The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Cider Press Review, Litro Online, Equinox, KGB Lit Journal, The Grief Diaries and more. She co-hosts the Dead Rabbits Reading Series and lives in Harlem with her dog. Sometimes she writes things the dog likes.
Danielle Gregori is a librarian working both at a membership library on the upper east side, and a private school on the upper west side. There’s a fantastic joke in there somewhere, but she hasn’t figured it out yet. When she’s not joyfully throwing books at children to test their reflexes, Danielle spends her free time writing young adult fiction and library-themed haikus. She’s published one book of poetry titled Lines Between the Stacks and dreams of one day sharing her apartment with a cat that doesn’t vindictively barf in her shoes.
I’m excited (and quite honored) to be writer in residence at Big Words, Etc. reading series and tonight, I perform my new piece inspired by the theme: detour.
Come and listen to some other great writers as well at 61 Local (61 Bergen St, Brooklyn) at 6:30pm
I’m excited to read a new story exploring this month’s theme: shadenfreude at BIG WORDS, Etc reading series.
Learn about the interestingly globular Nyman Riffling and what happens on his first date with the glamourous Renita Goils!
This month is full of other excellent readers, which you will just have to see for yourself!
WHERE? 61 Local, located at 61 Bergen Street in Brooklyn
WHEN? 6pm on Tuesday, March 22nd
I’m so excited to be featured at the great reading series, Big Words, Etc.! They’re back from a summer hiatus & sending it off with a great lineup & theme — I Love New York!
Come on over to Brooklyn…..take the F train to Bergen and head on in to 61 Local located at 61 Bergen St in Brooklyn. The reading is from 6-9pm.
There’s a $5 suggested donation to help pay for the beautiful space, but please feel free to donate what you can! The remaining proceeds will be donated to 826NYC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills.
Featured readers:
Stacie Evans
Aimee Herman
Devin Kelly
Dennis Norris
Thomas Pryor
& Cooper Wilhelm
Aimee Herman 