news & chatter from the Mad Poets Society
I’m always excited when I see poetry mentioned in some mainstream outlet where I’m not expecting it… so okay, maybe the NYT blog about books isn’t totally mainstream… but its pretty close… so check it out: it’s a quick little article and pretty active comment stream about favorite poems for a broken heart.
I loved reading everyone’s favorites… and posting a few of my own. Let us know if you post anything over there.
In case you missed the Mad Poets’ appearance on LIVE at the Kelly Writers House (either at the Writers House on March 31st or on WXPN on April 14th), click here to listen to the full program, featuring Eileen D’Angelo, Steve Delia, Missy Grotz, Dan Maguire, and Autumn Konopka (yours truly). Go now — What are you waiting for?!
POETS SANDY VAN DOREN AND ALEXANDER LONG TO READ AT THE MILK BOY ACOUSTIC CAFE TONIGHT
On Thursday, May 8, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., the Mad Poets Society will present a poetry reading featuring Alexander Long and Sandy Van Doren and at the Milk Boy Acoustic Café (in the Bryn Mawr Film Institute) 824 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, hosted by Autumn Konopka.
Alexander Long’s Vigil was published with New Issues Press (2006). A second book, Noise, that crosses the border of prose poetry and memoir is due out late 2008 from RockWay Press. With Christopher Buckely, he is co-editor of A Condition of the Spirit: the Life and Work of Larry Levis (Eastern Washington UP, 2004). His work has appeared in The Southern Review, Blackbird, Third Coast, Quarterly West, 5 A.M., The Cream City Review, among others; his poems also have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize six times. He’s received a fellowship from the Prague Summer Seminars and a residency from The Vermont Studio Center. Beginning this fall, he’ll be assistant professor in the English Department at John Jay College in New York City. He writes, plays, and travels with the band Redhead Betty Takeout.
Sandy Van Doren, a member of the West Chester Poetry Center Board, has been writing poetry twenty years. Her work has been published or forthcoming in Iambs and Trochees, Measure, Lyric, Mobius, NeoVictorian/Cochlea, Pivot, Sonnetto Poetsia, Medicinal Purposes and other literary journals. She is an active member of an excellent local poetry critique group “Teeth and Claws:”
An open reading will follow. Bring your poems! For further information about this event or the Mad Poets Society, contact Eileen D’Angelo at 610-586-9318, email: madpoets@comcast.net or check the website: www.madpoetssociety.com.
The Last Word Bookshop Series hosted by Leonard Gontarek presents featured poets William Kulik and Elizabeth Scanlon on Friday May 9th at 7 pm. The book shop is located at 220 South 40th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
William Kulik is a poet and translator who lives in North Central Pennsylvania. His books include Selected Poems of Max Jacob, (Oberlin 1999) and a volume of prose poems, Nowhere Fast.
Ellzabeth Scanlon’s poems have appeared in many magazines, including The Boston Review, The Colorado Review, Gulf Coast, Lit, Painted Bride Quarterly, and Ploughshares among others. She is also an editor at the American Poetry Review.
On Wednesday May 28th at 6 pm, The Donatucci Reading Series hosted by Diane Sahms Guarnieri features poets Barbara DeCesare and G Emil Reutter. The reading will be held at 1935 Shunk Street, Philadelphia, Pa.19145 . Library number is 215-685-1755
The tragic poems of Barbara DeCesare explore a world in which some of us feel too much, some of us feel too little, and most of us vary between these two states, uncertain how to feel or how to deal with the burdens and horrible confusions of love and life. These are poems of jealousy and rage, adoration and devotion, and the way the lines between these states blur. Barbara is the author of Jigsaw Eyesore, Silent Type and the CD titled Adrift. Her website is http://www.emster.com/BarbaraDeCesare/
G Emil Reutter has authored six collections of prose and poetry, most recently a collection titled “Broken Shells and Hope” released in February of 2008. His website is www.gemilreutter-author.com
On Saturday May 31st The Rockledge/Fox Chase Business Association is sponsoring “Art in The Park” at the Lions Park located at Oxford Ave. and Loney Street in the Fox Chase Section of Philadelphia. The event will run from 1pm to 5pm and will feature works by local artists, hand-crafted jewelry, murals and other works from the arts community. Our friend Pat Quinn from 3 Sisters Corner Café is helping organize “Art in The Park”. If you are an artist/writer who wants to participate in this event click on the image and the registration information is located there. If you want to have a great Saturday afternoon come to “Art in The Park” on May 31st and celebrate the Arts!
If you haven’t had the chance, do consider purchasing your copy of The Mad Poets Review. Issues 20 and 21 of this yearly publication are still available from the Mad Poets Society.
Issue 20 presents the work of poets from the Delaware Valley and from across the
United States packed with 223 pages of outstanding poetry. ISSN 1526-7792. The price $12.00
Issue 21 presents the work of poets from the Delaware Valley and from across the
United States packed with 223 pages of outstanding poetry. ISSN 1526-7792. The price $12.00
Send a check or money order to : The Mad Poets Society, P.O Box 1248, Media, Pa.
19063-8248
For more information please email: Madpoets@comcast.net
On April 16th at 6pm J.C. Todd and Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore will feature at the first Donatucci Library Reading Series hosted by Diane Sahms-Guarnieri. The Library is located at 1935 Shunk Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19145. 215-685-1755
MONDAY, MARCH 31st at 7:00 pm-
“LIVE” AT WRITERS HOUSE presents MAD POETS DAN MAGUIRE, STEVE DELIA, AUTUMN KONOPKA, MISSY GROTZ and EILEEN D’ANGELO, and Musical Guest DEVIN GREENWOOD, at Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk on University of Pennsylvania Campus. This program will air on WXPN on April 14th. Free & open to the public.
The Fox Chase Reading Series at 3 Sisters Cafe was packed for Featured Poets Louis McKee and Eileen D’Angelo hosted by Kristine Grow. The open mic complimented the fine features with readings by Ellen Peckham, Bella Feliciano, Arthur Krasnow, Diane Sahms-Guarnieri, Steve Delia and Mike Cohen.
The series resumes on June 28th at 2pm with Poet Vincent Quatroche (www.rubbereden.com) and Poet Alla Vilnyanskaya who you can visit at ( http://www.tushkanchik.com )
Don’t forget to visit our featured and guest poets at The Fox Chase Review www.foxchasereview.org
