Token Entry Release Party, Sunday April 15 at 4 p.m.

I will be one of the readers who will be celebrating the release of TOKEN ENTRY: New York Subway Poems (2012, Smalls Press, Gerry LaFemina, editor) along with many of the contributor poets. There will be a viewing of some of the Subway Series poem movies, and of course, the variety of Manitoba's good drinks. So come on down and party!



Manitoba's
99 Avenue B, New York, NY 10009

Sunday, April 15
4 p.m. to 7 p.m.


(212) 982-2511


http://www.manitobas.com/


Subways:


L to 1st Avenue


F to 2nd Avenue


Congrats to the following contributors:


Cheryl Dumesnil
Tom C Hunley
Sebastian Matthews
David Wojahn
C.K. Williams
George Guida
George Wallace
Meredith Trede
Michael Waters
Hilary Sideris
Allen C. Fischer
Richard Fein
Marie-Elizabeth Mali
Alicia Ostriker
Anita Ytuarte Oelkers
Phillip Fried
Alessandra Lynch
Joseph O. Legaspi
Amy Lemmon
Rachel Zucker
Cynthia Toronto
Suzanne Parker
Illene Starger
Chase Twichell
Anne Pierson Wiese
Melinda Thomsen
Stephan Massimilla
Maria Terrone
Quitman Marshall
Stefanie Lipsey
Colette Inez
Aaron Smith
Ravi Shankar
Sybil Kollar
Myron Ernst
Maureen Seaton
Lee Kostrinsky
Susana H. Case
J. Allyn Rosser
Carl Rosenstock
Patrick Philips
Miranda Field
Elaine Sexton
Denise Duhamel
Daniela Gioseffi
Jeffrey McDaniel
Judy Kamilhior
Rosalie Calabrese
Phillip Dacey
Michele Battiste
George Held
Timothy Liu
Andrey Gritsman
Malena Morling
Joey Nicoletti
Monique Ferrell
Christine Timm
Frank Murphy
Vivian Shipley
Allison Joseph
Natalie Safir
Patricia Carragon
John Brehm
Edward Hirsch
Carly Sachs
Laura McCollough
Richard Levine
Joel Allegretti
Dean Kostos
Amy Holman
Billy Collins
Hayan Charara
Angelo Verga
Charles Bernstein
Sharon Balter
Rhina P. Espaillat
Cornelius Eady
Elizabeth Dolan
L.S. Asekoff
Jared Smith
Claude McKay
Paul Blackburn
Muriel Rukeyser
Grace Paley
Hart Crane
Langston Hughes
Maxwell Bodenheim


My poem, "Roller Coaster Train," is in this anthology.  Wahoo!

The Brownstone Poets 2012 Anthology is Here!

 
The Brownstone Poets 2012 Anthology is Here!

A labor of love brought together with the help of my team of assistant editors, Cindy Hochman, Brenda J. Gannam, and Karen Neuberg.  Kudos to all three!  Without their help and guidance, this anthology would not have been possible.

Copies will be sold at the readings for $6.

Stay tuned for the Annual Brownstone Poets Anthology Reading. Details to come . . . 


Will bring copies to Poets House for the Annual Showcase.  Details to come . . .  
 

Congrats to the contributors (the features from last year and  the poets who came to support the Brownstone Poets venues), who will be getting their comp copy, plus . . .

Our Guest Poet:
GEORGE WALLACE

List of Contributors:

AMY HOLMAN
AUSTIN ALEXIS
BARBARA HANTMAN
BERNARD BLOCK
BOB HEMAN
BRANT LYON
BRENDA J. GANNAM
CAROLYN OTA
CINDY HOCHMAN
DAVID LAWTON
DEAN KOSTOS
DEBORAH HAUSER
DONNA HUNT
DUBBLEX
ELIZABETH HARRINGTON
ELLIOT ABOSH
ELYZSABETH AHNE
ERNEST KYLE WOODLEY
EVIE IVY
G.E. SCHWARTZ
GAIL FISHMAN GERWIN
GEORGE SPENCER
GREGORY VINCENT ST. THOMASINO
IRIS BERMAN
JACOB VICTORINE
JAMES MCMENAMIN
JEFFREY CYPHERS WRIGHT
JOHN A. TODRAS
JOSEPH CHARLES REBIS, JR.
JOY LEFTOW
JUDY KAMILHOR
KAREN NEUBERG
KATHERINE A. HOGAN
KATHRYN M. FAZIO
LAURA BOSS
LINDA CARTER BROWN
LINDA LERNER
LINDA ROTHSTEIN
MARY ASKIN-JENCSIK
MATTHEW ANISH
MAX NEMEROVSKY
MINDY LEVOKOVE
MIREYA PEREZ
MOLLY PEACOCK
PATRICIA CARRAGON
PETER MARRA
RICHARD FEIN
RICHARD MARX WEINRAUB
SHONDA BUCHANAN
SWETA SRIVASTAVA VIKRAM
TANTRA-ZAWADI
TINA CHAN
TOM OLESZCZUK
VALERIE CONTI
VELEZ MOORE
VICKI IORIO
VIRGINIA CRAWFORD
YUYUTSU RD SHARMA
ZEV SHANKEN
ZEV TORRES

Maintenant 6 and the Fifth Annual NYC Dada Poetry and Art Salon

I am happy to be part of Maintenant 6 and one of the many featured readers at the Fifth Annual NYC Dada Poetry and Art Salon.




From Three Rooms Press:

Three Rooms Press and Son of a Pony present:
The Fifth Annual NYC Dada Poetry and Art Salon
Friday, March 16
Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $7


Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker and 
W. 4th St.)

Subways: E, A, C, F, M, D to West 4th Street   
1 to Christopher Street



Featured Dada performers include:
--NY Dada's JOANIE FRITZ ZOSIKE and 
LOIS KAGAN MINGUS
--Dada Daddy PETER CARLAFTES
--Romanian Dada descendent VALERY OISTEANU
--Underground Comic Book Artist MIKE DIANA 
with CITY SCUM SHOT
--LA Dada's CYNTHIA TORONTO
--NJ Dada's JOHN J. TRAUSE
--and surprise guests


It's back! And better than ever: The fifth annual Dada Poetry and Art Salon, with Dada hostess KAT GEORGES! This year's theme: Declare Art on War!

Wear your favorite Dada fashion, thrill to the excitement of the strangest, most hard-hitting Dada performances ever, and enjoy Dada-inspired poetry read LIVE! from the latest edition of Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art* (Three Rooms Press, 130 pages, 2012).


Featured guest poets include Dada superstar boxer/poet Arthur Cravan, brought back to life for this special event. Plus Live Dada Twitter, and performances by underground comic book artist Mike Diana with Steven Retchard, NY Dada's Joanie Hieger Zosike & Lois Kagan Mingus, NJ Dada's John J. Trause, Romanian Dada descendent Valery Oisteanu, LA Dada's Cynthia Toronto, Dada Daddy Peter Carlaftes, and surprise guests!


Plus: new videos, book giveaways and more. The first 20 people will receive a free copy of the hot-off-the-press Maintenant 6: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Literature and Art (inspired by Arthur Cravan‘s early 20th Century Maintenant ’zine--the first ’zine EVER!).


Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $7 which includes (naturally) a free drink! Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village, between W. 4th Street at Bleecker (http://corneliastreecafe.com).


Reservations and additional information: threeroomspress@mac.com


Maintenant 6: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art is the fifth edition of an annual collection of contemporary Dada work inspired by Dada instigator and Three Rooms Press spiritual advisor Arthur Cravan. This issue, edited by Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges, includes bold poetry, cutting-edge visual art, essays and word art from Neo-Dadaists worldwide, including: Roger Conover, Mina Loy, Jerome Rothenberg, Giovanni Fontana, Fork Burke, Paolo Pelosini, Constantin Xenakis, Vittore Baroni, George Wallace, Scott Wannberg, Duska Vrhovac, Bart Verburg, Mike Mollett and more than 100 other artists. Color cover, with interior black and white text and images. It is now archived in the MOMA library.


The original Dada movement peaked from 1916-1922, primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works. Its purpose was to ridicule what its participants considered to be the meaninglessness of the modern world. In addition to being anti-war, dada was also anti-bourgeois and anarchist in nature.

How Dirty Girls Get Clean Anthology

Happy to be part of How Dirty Girls Get Clean: An Anthology of Wicked Woman Writes, Art and Subversive Scholarship (Volume 1)

http://www.amazon.com/How-Dirty-Girls-Get-Clean/dp/1463754809

Rene, thank you for taking my short story, "The Fractured Peacock".

Kudos to all:

Rene Diedrich, Vicki F., Alice Carbone, Fiona Helmsley, Lydia Lunch, Amy Wood, Ann Wood, Jen Blowdrier, Jennifer Bradpiece, Cyndi Dawson, Puma Perl, Joie Cook, Joan Jobe Smith, Cassandra Love, Iris Berry, Iris Schwartz , Lisa Cherry, Lori Lakela, Madeline Artenberg, Joan Jobe Smith, Tamara Madison, Mende Smith, Roxy Cotin, Kerryn Teddra, Babs Martin, Hulga McSwine, Annette Zillenikaz, Gabey Razo, Veronica Ghostwriter, Barbara Moore, Justin Lee Brown, R Brown, Linda Albertina, Heather McCorkle, Kit Kennedy, Dominique Lowell, Kat Georges, Connie Sadler, Sarah Mac Clay, Patricia Carragon, Evie Ivy, Peggy Heinrich, Becca Mertz, Darlene Pagan, Rev Jen Miller, Alicia Adams, Tamiura Reid, Laura Estrada, Jackie Sheeler, BC Petrakos, Janice Medin, Misty Rainwater, Nico Turner, Iryna Harpy

Brownstone Poets 2012 Anthology News

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR THE 2012 ANTHOLOGY ARE NOW CLOSED!!!

A labor of love now being brought together with the help of my team of assistant editors, Cindy Hochman, Brenda J. Gannam, and Karen Neuberg.  Kudos to all three!  Without their help and guidance, this anthology would not have been possible.

Congrats to the contributors (the features from last year and  the poets who came to support the Brownstone Poets venues), who will be getting their comp copy by late April 2012:

AMY HOLMAN
AUSTIN ALEXIS
BARBARA HANTMAN
BERNARD BLOCK
BOB HEMAN
BRANT LYON
BRENDA J. GANNAM
CAROLYN OTA
CINDY HOCHMAN
DAVID LAWTON
DEAN KOSTOS
DEBORAH HAUSER
DONNA HUNT
DUBBLEX
ELIZABETH HARRINGTON
ELLIOT ABOSH
ELYZSABETH AHNE
ERNEST KYLE WOODLEY
EVIE IVY
G.E. SCHWARTZ
GAIL FISHMAN GERWIN
GEORGE SPENCER
GREGORY VINCENT ST. THOMASINO
IRIS BERMAN
JACOB VICTORINE
JAMES MCMENAMIN
JEFFREY CYPHERS WRIGHT
JOHN A. TODRAS
JOSEPH CHARLES REBIS, JR.
JOY LEFTOW
JUDY KAMILHOR
KAREN NEUBERG
KATHERINE A. HOGAN
KATHRYN M. FAZIO
LAURA BOSS
LINDA CARTER BROWN
LINDA LERNER
LINDA ROTHSTEIN
MARY ASKIN-JENCSIK
MATTHEW ANISH
MAX NEMEROVSKY
MINDY LEVOKOVE
MIREYA PEREZ
MOLLY PEACOCK
PATRICIA CARRAGON
PETER MARRA
RICHARD FEIN
RICHARD MARX WEINRAUB
SHONDA BUCHANAN
SWETA SRIVASTAVA VIKRAM
TANTRA-ZAWADI
TINA CHAN
TOM OLESZCZUK
VALERIE CONTI
VELEZ MOORE
VICKI IORIO
VIRGINIA CRAWFORD
YUYUTSU RD SHARMA
ZEV SHANKEN
ZEV TORRES

Patricia Carragon's Latest News

                                 © NY Daily News.com

Happy New Year to all and wish you the best of health, wealth, happiness, love, and great writing!

More Urban Haiku and More news:

Linda Lerner has written a terrific review for Urban Haiku and More.  Check it out in the latest issue of Home Planet News, No. 65, 2011. 

Urban Haiku and More by Patricia Carragon (illustrated by William L. Hays), Fierce Grace Press, Pooler, GA, 2010, $7.00

Here are two excerpts from the review:

“Make it new” Ezra Pound proclaimed nearly a century ago, and by implication, make it yours.  He was referring to the tradition which is and has been continually reinvented and reshaped over time, as poets find inspiration in what’s old.  This is exactly what Patricia Carragon has superbly done in this beautifully produced collection, Urban Haiku and More.

She evidences an acerbic wit  when she writes the following:, “your / MetroCard / is not his E-Zpass,”Valentine’s Day / Cupid can’t shoot straight / no wonder I’m still single” and “dry-roasted brains / teaching at universities / …academia nuts.”  She easily segues to the directly personal,  with,“Sunday morning / While people go to church / I file for unemployment;  in others  her presence is merely felt:  “a season for change / trees having a mid-life crisis / as the leave turn red” and “Chanukah candles / plastic cards max out credit / 8 days of oy.”

Publication news:

Mankh’s “Haiku du Jour” published my haiku, Prayers Cover The Earth, back on December 14 and The Year Ends on December 31.

Cheers,

Pattie 

Oy Vey!

                              © NY Daily News.com

Patricia Carragon's December Publication News

Hi Everyone,

It's the busy season at work and in writing. So much is happening in regards to publications, etc.  

If I have repeated some of this news before, I'm sorry.

PUBLICATIONS:

MÖBIUS, THE POETRY MAGAZINE

I'm honored to be one of these fine Brevitarians selected to be in the forthcoming beautiful issue of MÖBIUS, THE POETRY MAGAZINE. My Haibun, "The Healing Pond," was selected. Congrats to these Brevies. Thank you "Brevie" Juanita Torrence-Thompson for all your hard work and spirit.

SANFORD FRASER

CINDY HOCHMAN

EVIE IVY

MARIA LISELLA

KATRINKA MOORE

KAREN NEUBERG

HAL SIROWITZ

RICHARD STORM

JUANITA TORRENCE-THOMPSON

JOHN J. TRAUSE

GIL FAGIANI

Pet Poetry Publication "Paws, Claws, Wings and Things"

Pleased to hear that my poem, "The Kitten," has been accepted for publication in the Pet Poetry Publication "Paws, Claws, Wings and Things." Congrats to Roxanne Hoffman for being published in this anthology. And hooray for cats!!!

First Literary Review-East - December Issue

"Brevies" Cindy Hochman and Karen Neuberg never miss a step in putting out a stellar edition of First Literary Review-East. My 99% piece is in the December Issue.

Read poems from Scott Rummler, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Philip Beitchman, John A. Todras, Sue Machlin, Stewart Florsheim, Ryan Buynak, Tammy Houtz, Matthew Anish, Erika Dagnino, and Tom Oleszczuk

http://www.rulrul.4mg.com/

Symmetry Pebbles #2 (once a poetry blog is now an online magazine)

Richard Thomas' Symmetry Pebbles has expanded as an online free poetry e-zine. My Cupcake Chronicles #10 is in their 2nd issue. It's worth reading and submitting. Please subscribe at:

http://symmetrypebbles.wordpress.com/

for a free download.

Congrats to all the contributors in this issue:

Gary Beck, M.A. Schaffner, Joe Massingham, Joseph Farley, Clyde L. Borg, Bill Wolak, Greg T. Miraglia, Denne Kara Shaffer, Marie Lecrivain, Timothy Charles Anderson, Saloni Kaul, George Freek, Michael Estabrook, Peter Lindsey, Christopher Barnes, Lilian Oben, Mira Marten-Parker, Robert Garnham, Nicolas Grenier, Daniel Barbare, Patty Mooney, Patricia Carragon, Spree Macdonald, Ann Prendergast, Demond Blake, Ian Davis, Michael Lambert, John Grey

The Cartier Street Review - November Issue

My “The 99%” poem is in the fabulous November issue of Cartier Street Review. Please submit and subscribe. Brownstoners, Joy Leftow and Doublex have worked hard on the editorial staff with Mike Finely, Thomas Hubbard, Brad Eubanks, and Marc Carver.

Click on http://mfinley.com/cartier/index.html

for your free download and please subscribe.

Congrats to all the contributors in this issue:

April Bulmer, Claudio Tomassini, David Cooper, Robert Gibbons, Annika Ruohonen, Fred Arcoleo, Niccola DeVereaux, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Nicholas Alexander, Ann Rodriguez, Mike Finley, Joy Leftow, John Yamrus, Bernard Alain, Karen Bowles, Thomas Hubbard, Dubblex

Have a Great Holiday Season and Keep Writing and Submitting!

Pattie oxoxox

More Publication News for November

Symmetry Pebbles has grown into an online free poetry e-zine. My Cupcake Chronicles #10 is in their 2nd issue.  Subscribe at:

http://symmetrypebbles.wordpress.com/

for a free download.

Congrats to all the contributors in this issue:

Gary Beck, M.A. Schaffner, Joe Massingham, Joseph Farley, Clyde L. Borg, Bill Wolak, Greg T. Miraglia, Denne Kara Shaffer, Marie Lecrivain, Timothy Charles Anderson, Saloni Kaul, George Freek, Michael Estabrook, Peter Lindsey, Christopher Barnes, Lilian Oben, Mira Marten-Parker, Robert Garnham, Nicolas Grenier, Daniel Barbare, Patty Mooney, Patricia Carragon, Spree Macdonald, Ann Prendergast, Demond  Blake, Ian Davis, Michael Lambert, John Grey

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My “The 99%” Poem is in the November issue of Cartier Street Review.

Click on http://mfinley.com/cartier/index.html

for your free download 

Congrats to all the contributors in this issue:

April Bulmer, Claudio Tomassini, David Cooper, Robert Gibbons, Annika Ruohonen, Fred Arcoleo, Niccola DeVereaux, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Nicholas Alexander, Ann Rodriguez, Mike Finley, Joy Leftow, John Yamrus, Bernard Alain, Karen Bowles, Thomas Hubbard, Dubblex

Patricia Carragon is in the Unbearables Big Book of Sex

Happy to have my Voodoo poem in this epic and sultry anthology, the Unbearables Big Book of Sex.

Contributors  include:

Jonatham Lethem, Samuel Delany, Penny Arcade, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Bob Holman, Chavisa Woods, Tsaurah Litzky, Gerard Malanga, Jordan Zinovich, Jennifer Blowdryer, Susan Scutti, Susan Maurer, Thaddeus Rutkowski, Steve Dalachinsky, Yuko Otomo, Tom Savage, Eve Packer, Ron Kolm, Carol Wierzbicki, Shalom Neuman, Jim Feast, Erik La Prada, Amy Ouzoonian, Dorothy Friedman, Sparrow, Bruce Weber, Steve Cannon, George Spencer, Mike Topp, David Huberman, Kat Georges, Peter Carlaftes, Larissa Shmailo, Holly Anderson, Richard Kostelanetz, John M. Bennett, Valery and Ruth Oisteanu, Susan Yung, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Mark Sonnenfeld, Jill Rapaport, and so many more.

Check out Amazon.com for information on ordering a copy:

http://www.amazon.com/Unbearables-Big-Book-Sex/dp/1570272336

Carragon is in the November Issue of First Literary Review-East

Cindy Hochman and Karen Neuberg have put together another great issue of First Literary Review-East

http://www.rulrul.4mg.com/

Please check out these poets in the November issue:

Tom Oleszczuk, Fred Yannantuono, Patricia Carragon, Charles Bane, Jr., Charlie Guzman, Daniel Brown, Scott Rummler, Carl Kavadlo, Cifford Satriano, Tammy Houtz, Anne Loecher, John J. Trause, Leslie Prosterman, Stewart Florsheim, Kit Kennedy, Dorothea Hutton Scher, and Ryan Buynak.