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Mary Morris #award #winning #author seventeen #books #novels five #travel #memoirs three #collections #short #stories #former #professor at #Princeton #University #SarahLawrence# College #new #novel The Red House
#poet #theatre #actor #musician David Lawton #beat #culture new #book Graveyard Of Memory #available Bottlecap Press #band Hydrogen Junkbox
Poet, artist, art therapist, musician Samm Cohen www.sammcohen.com
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Jerry T Johnson is a poet and spoken word artist whose poetry has appeared in a variety of literary publications worldwide. Jerry Is author of three poetry collections: "A Coldness" published by Finishing Line Press, "Poets Should Not Write About Politics" by Evening Street Press and "Bad Fruit" by Gnashing Teeth Press which comes out July 8, 2025. His poetry collection "Poets Should Not Write About Poetry" was selected for 2020 Sinclair Poetry prize and his poem "The Apology" (Evening Street Press) was nominated for a Pushcart prize in 2021
#Brooklyn #born #Italian #American #novelist #poet #author #writer #editor #playwright Catherine Gigante-Brown
Peter Marra has had over 300 #poems #published either in #print or #online in over 25 #journals. Born in Brooklyn, he moved to the #EastVillage in the late 70’s when #PunkRock and #TimesSquare were exploding. Peter’s work often deals with the forgotten hidden civilization usually found in urban areas – people we rarely notice – junkies, the #unhoused, #sexworkers, etc. . His 6th #poetry #collection A Dirty Diary of Ordinary Days recounting his time spent haunting Times Square and the East Village of #NYC circa 1977-1989 has been recently published by INCUNABULA MEDIA
Carla Zanoni is a writer, poet, and journalist whose Spanish-English chapbook, Knowing/Saber—exploring grief, whimsy, and life in New York City—was published in 2024. She is writing her first literary memoir and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Common, Modern Loss, TueNight, and more. She is a media executive, formerly of The Wall Street Journal and TED, and leads the Engagement Journalism program at the Newmark Graduate School at CUNY. She splits her time between New York City and the Catskills with her husband and their dog and cat, Gertrude and Earnestine. Catch her monthly newsletter, The Em Dash at carla.substack.com
Jeffrey Cyphers Wright is a New Romantic poet and author of 20 books. He received an MFA in poetry after studying with Allen Ginsberg. He publishes Live Magazine. Wright has received a Kathy Acker Award and a James Tate Prize. His work was included in the Best American Poetry anthology for 2023.
The most dangerous woman is an unapologetic funny woman. This is Evelyn F. Katz—a writer whose voice is both humorous and haunting. Her work has appeared in Indolent Books What Rough Beast, The Voices’ Project, Coffee Shop Poems, Tell Us A Story Blog, Leisure…Dinner with the Muse Vol. III, Nomad’s Choir, First Literary Review East, Prospectus: A Literary Offering, New York Writers Coalition The Journal, BEAT Gen Anthology, Wine Cellar Press, Wild World Magazine and Dribble Drabble. When she’s not writing, which is much more often than she would like, Evelyn is an assistant principal in a public high school. She is committed to helping students find their creative voices and using their voices to be the agency for change
Leisha Nicole Stanek is a writer, performance poet and publisher. This fall, Leisha debuted her provocative one woman show “What We’re Doing In Iowa Instead of Church,” a biographical dark passage of feminine independence within the the constraints of encroaching Christian Nationalism. Her work has appeared in Peach Fuzz Magazine, Press Pause Press, The Rye Whiskey Review and others. Leisha is currently working on a hand-made limited edition of her first novel, OBJECT, a memoir about her career as an art model, which will be available in early 2025.
Joe Irizarry was born into a blue-collar family and grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, in the 1980s. He began writing poetry after a moment of reflection during George Floyd's protest.
George's death hashed up many of the inequalities that Joe saw growing up in Brooklyn. It opened up the anger and pain that he saw and also felt. Joe felt a sense of responsibility to his people by telling their story and his own. Joe's discovery of poetry in his 50's has been uplifting and has given him a new perspective on life.
Ms. Yvonne Sotomayor, is an internationally-touring bilingual poet, is also an educator, administrator, producer and artist, born of Peruvian dreamers in Jersey City.
She blends her spoken word with music accompaniment by her husband Kenn Rowell and has performed at the Iowa State and Kentucky State Fairs, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and the NYC Marathon. Her recordings have aired on radio in North America and overseas – most notably on Australia's National Public Radio.
Her first bilingual spoken word EP, "Radical Chica", was released in 2021 and her first book of poetry is scheduled for release for Summer, 2025. Accompanying her on guitar is her husband Kenn Rowell of the Baghdaddios.
Maria Giura is the author of Celibate: A Memoir, which won a 1st Place Independent Press Award and What My Father Taught Me, a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Book Prize. Her writing has appeared in New York Quarterly, Prime Number, I-70, Liguorian, Presence, Midstory, Voices in Italian Americana, Lips and the Paterson Literary Review. An Academy of American Poets winner, Giura has taught writing at multiple universities including Binghamton University where she received her PhD in English. She currently teaches writing workshops for Casa Belvedere Cultural Foundation.
#writer #reporter #independent #journalist #philosopher Anne Kadet #nyc #life at Cafe Anne
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#poet #correspondent #nature #lover #traveller Amy Barone #bravitas #italian #american #writer
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