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The New Philadelphia Poets Come to Bowery Poetry Club

On January 16, 2010, The New Philadelphia Poets came to NYC to perform at Bowery Poetry Club. Performing as a group, The New Philadelphia Poets’ “reading” was filled with sharp wit that was only heightened by the theatrical presentation. It was a fresh, and much needed approach to the performance aspect of poetry. Below are a few photographs from this event, and visit their website for more information about The New Philadelphia Poets.

From the New Philadelphia Poets Website:

REDEMPTIVE STRIKE: RECKONING THE DECADE

At the beginning of the century, we found ourselves in a dark wood. The past ten years saw the collapse of the Twin Towers, the marriage of religious fundamentalism and global politics, and the rise of digital communities. With this in mind, The New Philadelphia Poets launch a redemptive strike on the past decade. Join us for a reconsideration of this yet unnamed era.

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The Romantics, The Beats, and the Human Experience

by: Sarah Cooke

At City Lights, poetic lineage is almost tangible. I certainly owe much of my evolution as a writer to the Beats. And on January 12, Jerome Rothenberg, Michael McClure, and Leslie Scalapino gave us a glimpse of the ways in which the lineage of the Romantic poets has shaped their work.

2010 02 25

It Could Simply be Where the Ocean Meets the Avenue

by: Daniel Dissinger

There was a moment that night, at The Bowery Poetry Club, where you might have forgotten that you were here or otherwise there; that the body, clothed with a hat and a silver chain, exists at all. It is at that simple accident that poetry lives-a warm intelligence and a constant interruption of childlike intuition, like knowing that the best places to hide for hide-n-seek are always the best places to read and write

When it is said that excellent literature and poetry “leaps off the page”; that the images “come to life”, it is safe to say the body of its creator, the writer, becomes the vessel for the work. On April 28, 2009, Taylor Mali and Galway Kinnell invited their fans, close readers, and attentive listeners to a night of superlative poetry filled with classic performances, and most importantly, uproarious fun.

2009 05 16

…and their names were Ann(e): at The Bowery Poetry Project with Anne Waldman and Ann Lauterbach.

by: Daniel Dissinger

NEW YORK, NY-To get to the staging area of The Bowery Poetry Club, don’t get distracted by the variety of edibles, or the chalkboard with various mouth-watering combination’s of food and drink written in colorful neon. Ignore your stomach, follow your ears, and walk straight through the curtain hanging in the corner-dive head first into this poetic rabbit-hole.

2009 04 24

How I Met Slam Poet Taylor Mali at the Red Hen Press Reception

by: Daniel Dissinger

NEW YORK, NY – “I have no idea…right…okay…no. Well, it was supposed to be, or I thought this was going to be a reading. No. I’m just going to head back. Oh…huh…no, it’s okay. Listen, I did meet someone…yeah, Taylor Mali.”

2009 04 08

Ben Mazer: A Booming Whisper at Cornelia Street Cafe

by: Daniel Dissinger

NEW YORK, NY – The directions from HopStop.com should have read something like this: turn left on West 4^th street, then immediately turn left on the pretentious street with NO street sign, that is Cornelia Street. Do not proceed to West 11^th street just because it stopped raining and the sun is out.

2009 04 08

The Uncalled-For Reading in Brooklyn

by: Daniel Dissinger

BROOKLYN, NY – It was only a day ago that FIELD magazine held their 40^th anniversary reading at The New School in Manhattan. Now, in a basement in Brooklyn–where a little girl blocks the steps to do her homework-people of all ages and fashion senses fill every seat, sit on the floor, and stand in the back for a night of poetic mastery.

2009 04 08

FIELD at The New School

by: Daniel Dissinger

NEW YORK, NY – On his website, Editor David Young says of poetry, “I feel that poetry is one of the great and enduring human activities and that it merits being served with integrity and humility.” On March 24^th, The New School was host to FIELD‘s 40^th anniversary-where these types of poets that fill David Young’s criteria, as well as fulfill the listener and reader’s every expectation-treated the crowd to a night of FIELD‘s best and brightest.

2009 04 08

Recipes for the Apocalypse – Videos

As promised, here are the videos from Baobob Tree Press’s release party for its new anthology, Recipes for the Apocalypse: A Toast to a New Frontier, held March 7, 2009 at the Lazy Dog in Boulder, Colorado.

The anthology and CD is available for purchase at Baobob Tree Press’s online store.

Rob Geisen

Max Taylor

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