meant to wake up blooming…

Aimee Herman, Thomas Fucaloro and Todd Anderson will be reading at Unnameable Books in Brooklyn on Nov. 22nd.

Where? 600 Vanderbilt Avenue. Brooklyn

When? 7-9pm

But how much? FREE!!! Though…..there will be books by Thomas and Aimee for sale!

BYOB!!

Celebrate an evening of queer art organics plus Open Mic! (sunday)

I’m excited to host the first (of many) Queer Art Organics, which is a monthly showcase of LGBTQI artists showcasing their particular creative language(s). We feature poets, writers, music makers and performance artists of all kinds. Come and soak up the sounds or sign up for the OPEN MIC!!

Come to Branded Saloon located at 603 Vanderbilt Ave/ Brooklyn. SUNDAY OCTOBER 19th from  8-10 pm

Suggestion donation of $5 (no one ever turned away for lack of funds)

STARRING:

Photo by Jennifer L Gonzeles

Jenna Leigh Evans was named one of LAMBDA Literary’s Emerging LGBT Voices of 2014. Recent publications include Electric Literature’s The Outlet, The Nervous Breakdown, The Toast, Autostraddle and the Billfold. Her debut novel, Prosperity, was a finalist for the Eludia Award and a semifinalist for the Black Lawrence Press’s Big Moose Prize. Published in July of this year, it is available in print and as an e-book.

Trae Durica is a genderqueer poet, writer and artist living in Brooklyn. Trae’s work can be found in NYSAI’s first Issue Flush’d,great weather for MEDIA’s latest anthology I Let Go of the Stars in My Hand, a self published chapbook Cacophony Worth Remembering, and on the undersides of overturned picnic tablesTrae Durica has mixed feelings about the Oxford comma.

Ian Spencer Bell is a dancer and poet combining the two in performance. In March he premieres a solo at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago. Bell is a 2014 Lambda Literary Poetry Fellow. For more information, please visit ianspencerbell.com.

 

Upcoming Readings/Performances

In celebration of new book of poetry, meant to wake up feeling, LOTS of readings coming up:

3 October, 2014: “Tina Barry and Friends” @ Roos Arts Gallery 449 Main Street Rosendale, NY  6-8 pm
9 October, 2014: Performing alongside j/j hastain and samuel ace @ Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Cafe 1203 13th St. Boulder, CO
10-12 October, 2014: Disembodied Poetics Conference at Naropa University. Registration is free. Boulder, CO
19 October, 2014: Queer Art Organics Performance and Open mic (host) w/ Jenna Leigh Evans, Stephen Ira and Trae Durica @ Branded Saloon  603 Vanderbilt Ave. Brooklyn
24 October, 2014: I Heart NYC @ le poisson rouge 158 Bleeker St. NYC
4 November, 2014: Poetry and Prose with Richard Levine, Aimee Herman, Jenna Leigh Evans, and Puma Perl @ Word Bookshop 126 Franklin St. Brooklyn, NY 7pm-8:30pm
14 November, 2014: meant to wake up feeling poetry and prose with Jenna Leigh Evans @ Dixon Place 161 Chrystie St. NYC 7:30-8:30pm FREE!
22 November, 2014: Reading with Thomas Fucaloro @ Unnameable Books  600 Vanderbilt Ave. Brooklyn 7pm FREE!!!

 

a bit of poetry. perhaps a uke. and letters.

 

 

great weather meets the Bay Ridge Poetry Society

Tonight: great weather for MEDIA invades the Bay Ridge Poet’s Society @ The Owl’s Head wine bar@  479 74th St. Brooklyn from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Featured readers: Eric Alter, Todd Anderson, John Clinton, Thomas Henry, Aimee Herman,  and Matthew Hupert

There’s a terrific open mic too – so come along and join us!