Sunday, September 10, 2006

Sharing the Mic with Some of My Favorites

Hey! You Tri-Staters, come on down to Sutra next Saturday and hear me read some actual poetry, with like line breaks and everything.

I'm so stoked to be reading with these people.

SPIRIT OF HOWL! FEST
WHEN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 7:30-10:00
WHERE: SUTRA LOUNGE http://www.sutranyc.com
16 1ST AVE(BET. HOUSTON & FIRST ST)
PH: (212) 677 9477
$8 ADMISSION
SLIDING SCALE POETRY PRESENTS:

REGIE CABICO-Regie has appeared on MTV's Def Poetry Jam, PBS's In the Life, and in over 30 anthologies. http://www.globaltalentassoc.com/site/clients/cabico.htm

ANNE ELLIOTT:-Anne is a fiction writer/poet/ ukulelist/ feral cat tamer, and author of the reknowned http://Assbackwords.blogspot.com.

BOB HOLMAN- Recently dubbed a member of the "Poetry Pantheon" by N.Y Times Magazine. Holman has been crowned "Poetry Czar" (Village Voice), "Dean of the Scene" (Seventeen), and this generation's Ezra Pound(San Francisco Poetry Flash). http://www.bowerypoetry.com

SAPPHIRE- Sapphire's books include American Dreams, Black Wings & Blind Angels, and Push; NEA chairman John Frohnmayer was fired when he defended her work.

JACKIE SHEELER- Recently featured in the New York Times, poet laureate of Riker's Island, Jackie has two books and one CD out, is the talk in Talk Engine, and has hosted a weekly reading for the last seven years at Pink PonyWest. http://www.poetz.com

LARISSA SHMAILO-Larissa has a CD, The No-Net World, and teaches the class Publish, Perform, or Perish! http://larissashmailo.blogspot.com

HAL SIROWITZ- Hal is former Poet Laureate of Queens, reads Brooklyn work.

ANGELO VERGA- Angelo is a poet, teacher, editor, curator of literary events, five collections of poetry, currently engaged in "deep research" for a book of love poems.

MC CHOCOLATE WATERS- Chocolate is a pioneer performance artist, director of Eggplant Publications and bon vivant. http://www.chocolatewaters.com

And for more info on other SPIRIT OF HOWL events, click here.

2 comments:

mary grimm said...

Just wanted to say that I came across your post on 9/11 last year when I was googling for something about the Hopkins quote (for a fiction writing class)--great post. I put it up on our class website.

Anne Elliott said...

Thanks, Lucette!