July 2010
4 posts
June 2010
5 posts
July 11th Jubilant Thicket: Winkler, Kowalski & Rushland Ridge
poet Benjamin Winkler and historian Matt Kowalski on Paris, May 1968 with local wines from Rushland Ridge Vineyard & Winery Sunday, July 11th 7:00 pm Molly’s Bookstore (1010 S. 9th St. Phila, PA 19147 in the Italian Market) $5 (includes wine) Open reading to follow ...
Saturday, June 26th
June 16th, 7pm
Come tonight to see Sarah Heady, Tyler Doherty, John Landry & Andrew Schelling.
This will promise to be a night soaked in the tradition of the Eastern Ecstatic. You will love it. And like the sun in the day we will rise.
FERGIE’S PUB, 1214 Sansom Street, 7pm. Bring your bells & whistles.
Tuesday, June 15th, 7pm
Debrah Morkun & CAConrad will present their collaborative (Soma)tic exercise & poems —
#42: TRECARTIN ALLELUJIAH DEVIANT
at Moonstone Arts Center, 108 South 13th Street, Philadelphia PA
DEBRAH MORKUN & KIM GEK LIN SHORT READ IN CHICAGO!
Come to Myopic Books, Chicago, Illinois, to hear Debrah Morkun & Kim Gek Lin Short read their poems. 7pm. If you happen to be in Chicagoland, come, come!!!
May 2010
3 posts
Stargazing Landis and Fullerton Moths
JUBILANT THICKET poetry + artways + local spirits at Molly’s Bookstore on second Sundays Matthew Landis Chapbook Release Party!
with lovely chanteuse Liz Fullerton
featuring 3 local wines: Pinot Noir 2005 ::: Briar Patch ::: Solar Celebration from Stargazers Vineyard Sunday, June 13th 7:00 pm Molly’s Bookstore (1010 S. 9th St. Phila, PA 19147 in the...
5/8 - Poetry Double Header
NPP PRESENTS:
Eric Ekstrand, Hannah Gamble & Sean Bishop
Poems @ Fergie’s Pub (1214 Sansom St) @ 6 pm
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Chapter & Verse Presents:
Eugene Ostashevsky, Carolina Maugeri & Kyle Conner
Poems @ Chapterhouse Cafe (620 S 9th St) @ 8 pm
Sean Bishop graduates this May with his MFA from the University of Houston, where he is the managing editor of Gulf Coast: A Journal of...
Get messed up on local wine at Molly's
JUBILANT THICKET poetry + artways + local spirits at Molly’s Bookstore on second Sundays INAUGURAL READING Sunday, May 9th 7:00-9:00 pm Molly’s Bookstore (1010 S. 9th St. Phila, PA 19147 in the Italian Market) $4 suggested donation (includes wine) A gritty Philadelphian lineup featuring
the poetry of Ryan Eckes
Jeffrey Stockbridge and Liz Moore’s ...
April 2010
3 posts
NPP Presents: Sueyeun Juliette Lee and Erica...
Saturday May 1st from 7-10 - Fergies Pub (upstairs), 1214 Sansom St. Philadelphia, PA
Sueyeun Juliette Lee grew up 3 miles from the CIA. She edits Corollary Press (www.corollarypress.org), a chapbook series devoted to multi-ethnic experimental writing. Her books include That Gorgeous Feeling(Coconut Press) and the recently released Underground National (Factory School). She is completing her...
NPP Presents Fletcher & Schomburg
This Friday, April 23
6:30 - 9:00 pm @ FERGIE’S PUB (1214 Sansom St)
Sasha Fletcher’s novella WHEN ALL OUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED MARCHING BANDS WILL FILL THE STREETS & WE WILL NOT HEAR THEM BECAUSE WE WILL BE UPSTAIRS IN THE CLOUDS is due out from ml press this June. In October the Greying Ghost will release his chapbook I AIN’T ASKED ANY PARDON FOR ANYTHING I DONE....
April 15th Poetry Party in a Warehouse Full of...
So, I think this is going to be good. I think you should come to this poetry party! Poets in a warehouse on Frankford Avenue. Some of these poets live in New York City and are in a group called the Corresponding Society. Some of these poets live in Philadelphia and are in a group called the New Philadelphia Poets. Some of these amazing poets reside in Philadelphia, but claim no category. ...
March 2010
1 post
Free dinner, free friends, just $10
Sunday, March 28, 7:00-11:00 pm
* BYOB DINNER PARTY * POETRY READING * OPEN MIC * to benefit the legendary MOLLY’S BOOKSTORE
featuring JOE ROARTY & LUIS HUMBERTO VALADEZ PLUS: Free Body Painting by Stephanie Stoner!
“There is no canvas more magnificent than that of living human flesh.” Images and text from beyond the imagination, custom for anyone.
WHEN: Sunday,...
February 2010
2 posts
Haiti Benefit This Sunday
Sunday, February 28th
5 pm, $10.00 donation (to OIC International)
@ The LAFF House (221 South Street)
BLEND, NPP & Light of Unity Association team up to host a benefit show @ The LAFF House. All proceeds go to OIC International.
Featuring readings and musical performances by:
Allegra Fletcher, Angel Hogan, Asttarte Deva, Jaz, Ish Klein, Peter Baroth, Elliott Levin, Alla...
Thanks!
Thanks to everyone who made it to the Magic Gardens yesterday for NPP’s poem and chapbook making event.
Together we added bunches of poems & nearly thirty chapbooks to the world. Be proud.
They were weird & wonderful &, more often than not, about cats.
Special thanks to the Garden’s staff for making the afternoon happen!
January 2010
1 post
Jan 16: NPP to NYC
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...
December 2009
3 posts
Audio: 12/8 Highwire Gallery
Audio from the 12/8/09 reading at the Highwire Gallery is up. The night includes music by Josh Carrigan, two sets by Cuddle Magic, and readings by Greg Bem, Patrick Lucy, Sarah Heady, Debrah Morkun, Matthew Landis, Carlos Soto Román, and Jamie Townsend.
The recording is available for download at Greg Bem’s blog »
Tues, Dec. 15: Erotic Literary Salon
Philadelphia’s Erotic Literary Salon. Featuring- Debrah Morkun, a Philadelphia-based poet whose work travels through the realms of love, confusion, illusion, hyper-meta-cognition and metaphor. She will read her most brazenly erotic pieces while Asttarte Deva, sacred healer, will engage in tantric breathing & chanting. The forces of poetry and tantra will combine to create a unique evening of...
Poetry, Wool & Music: Tues @ 7 PM
Join NPP for an evening of music, poetry and visual art, featuring Cuddle Magic and singer/songwriter Josh Carrigan, and fiber art by Wool Mammoth on Tuesday, December 8th from 7-10 at the Highwire Gallery (2040 Frankford Ave., Fishtown, Phila.) 5$ cover
Cuddle Magic (pictured above) is a large ensemble with members from Brooklyn, Philadelphia & Boston that performs lush, whimsical songs...
November 2009
6 posts
Dec. 5: Bell, Sims & Massey
On Saturday, December 5th at 7 PM the New Philadelphia Poets will host a poetry reading featuring guests Laura Sims and Joseph Massey, as well as NPP member Marion Bell, at Fergies Pub (upstairs), 1214 Sansom St. Philadelphia, PA. Patrick Lucy and Jamie Townsend will MC.
Laura Sims is the author of two books of poetry: Stranger (Fence Books, 2009); and Practice, Restraint (Fence Books,...
Write with us this Friday!
New Philadelphia Poets present:
A Poetic Obstacle Course!
Sponsored by the Kelly Writers House and Penn Arts Crawl
Friday, November 20
1:00-3:00 pm
Kelly Writers House
at the University of Pennsylvania
3805 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Get loose and goofy with your words, explore collaborative writing techniques, and learn some fun and fruitful ways to generate and revise text....
Angel Hogan Reads Tonight
… at the Erotic Literary Salon
Tuesday, Nov. 17
7:30 pm
@ TIME (1315 Sansom St, Philly)
$10
Erotic Literary Salon
Featuring- Philadelphia Writer Angel Hogan Reading Original Poems as well as Selections From I Smell Good on You, a Collection of Short Stories, along with New Salon Erotic Readings from Attendees. Mina Smith-Segal will also be Showing her Collection of Nudes and...
NPP & Golynko Reading Sunday
Please join the New Philadelphia Poets for a reading on Sunday, November 15th 7:00 pm at Germ Books + Gallery in Fishtown 2005 Frankford Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19125 (3 blocks from the Berks stop on the Market-Frankford El) with Marion Bell Greg Bem Sarah Heady Debrah Morkun Carlos Soto Roman J. Townsend And special guest (all the way from Russia!) Dmitry Golynko Dmitry Golynko (b....
Drag Poetry Benefit Saturday!
Join Frank Sherlock, Juliana Spahr, Eleanor Wilner, Ebony Malaika Collier, Carlos Soto Roman, Janet Mason, Debrah Morkun, and Chris Gullo for a drag poetry reading this Saturday!
The reading is a benefit for The Global Women’s Strike, a working group of Philadelphia activists who help poor and single mothers in the city.
November 6, 2009
Giovanni’s Room
12th & Pine
...
Q&A w/ Sarah Heady
Hey! Awhile back Spencer Silverthorne had some some questions for Sarah Heady about NPP’s 2009 Fringe Festival Performance, In(visible) Keepsakes.
The interview is available online over at the Live Arts / Philly Fringe blog.
Ah, nostalgia!
October 2009
6 posts
All Hallows Eve Reading
The Suppose An Eyes Poetry Group is hosting a reading featuring Debrah Morkun and Gregory Bem of the New Philadelphia Poets— in a cemetery!
Date: Saturday, October 31, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: The Woodlands Cemetery
Street: 4000 Woodland Avenue
Suppose an Eyes Poetry Group presents: An All Hallows Poetic Eve with special guests, The New Philadelphia Poets! What better way to...
Patrick in Brooklyn Friday
Friday, October 23
7 pm @ Pete’s Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
I’m reading at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn with Paige Taggart, Sharon Dolin, & Esther K. Smith. The reading series is called The Multifarious Array- it’s curated by Sommer Browning.
Come on out Brooklyn-ers.
- Patrick Lucy
con/crescent 1
Con/Crescent Press released an online edition of the journal’s first issue. There’s work by Brenda Iijima, Bethany Minton, Andrew Schelling, Nicholas A. DeBoer, John J. Courie, Thom Donovan, CAConrad, Jamie Townsend, Marie Larson, Amanda Courie, Adrienne Dodt, and Stephanie Goldfarb. Happy reading!
The State of Philly Poetry
PAPP’s new symposium series starts this Sunday with a panel including Debrah Morkun, CAConrad, Tamera Oakman, Sherod Smallman, and Michelle Myers.
The panel will attempt to tackle the Who/What/Where/Why of the Philly poetry scene.
When: Sunday, October 11, 2009 Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Where: University City Arts League (4226 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA) Cost: $3.00
Artist Book Fair: Sat, Oct. 17
The wonderful gallery Little Berlin is starting an artist’s books library and hosting a book fair to kick off the whole project. NPP will be there selling broadsides & chapbooks along side a whole host of great participants.
Artists participating (in no particular order): Brian Brown/Mark Price.zineofthemonth/Ellie Brown/Manya Scheps/Leah Mackin/Anni Altshuler/Annette Monnier/Kelani...
August 2009
2 posts
Fri, Sept. 4: In(visible) Keepsakes
Come witness the birth of a poem, the burial of another, and the wedding of word, music, and image, as the New Philadelphia Poets locate a collective tongue in the city of brotherly love. Featuring poetic fortunes, imbibements and prizes, In(visible) Keepsakes is an ecstatic celebration of language and community.
WHEN: Friday, September 4th, 6:00-8:00 pm
WHERE: Philadelphia’s Magic...
Aug 18: NPP Presents
Tuesday, August 18, 6:30 PM
NPP Presents: Zachary Schomburg and Emily Kendal Frey
Upstairs at Fergie’s Pub (1214 Sansom St)
Zachary Schomburg lives in Portland, OR. He is the author of The Man Suit (Black Ocean 2007) and Scary, No Scary (Black Ocean 2009), and is a co-editor of Octopus Magazine and Octopus Books.
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Emily Kendal Frey lives in Portland, Oregon and teaches at Portland...
July 2009
3 posts
Weekend Plans
Friday
Angel Hogan is a featured artist in this year’s Black Woman’s Arts Festival and will be reading tonight (Friday) at Kaffa Crossing (4423 Chestnut Street) as part of the festivities.
Saturday
We’re hosting readings by Stacy Szymaszek and Nicholas A. DeBoer upstairs at Fergie’s Pub starting at 5 pm. Not to be missed.
Sunday
Take a load off, it’s been...
August 1st: Stacy Szymaszek & Nicholas DeBoer
Join us Saturday August 1st, 5pm at Fergies Pub (upstairs), 1214 Sansom St. Philadelphia, PA, for a reading by guests Stacy Szymaszek and Nicholas A. DeBoer
Stacy Szymaszek is a poet and the author of the books Emptied of All Ships (Litmus Press, 2005) and Hyperglossia (Litmus Press, 2009), as well as numerous chapbooks of poetry, including Orizaba: A Voyage with Hart Crane (Faux Press,...
NPP Reading July 24
Friday, July 24th 7:00PM
Benefit Poetry Reading and Open Mic
for Wooden Shoe Books
with the New Philadelphia Poets
On Friday, July 24th, 7:00-9:00 pm, the New Philadelphia Poets will hold a reading to benefit Philadelphia’s 32-year-old, all-volunteer, collectively-run Wooden Shoe Books (508 S. 5th St. Philadelphia, PA 19147). The evening will include readings by Sarah Heady,...
June 2009
2 posts
Angel's "Crush"
Be sure to check out Angel Hogan’s memoir piece, Crush, in the new issue of Quay Journal. You can read it online!
Photos: Iijima & Morrison
Brenda Iijima
Brenda Iijima
Yedda Morrison (photo credit: Brian Melton)
Yedda Morrison
The audience
A big thank you to Fergies Pub and Ryan Eckes for helping make the night happen- and of course to Brenda Iijima and Yedda Morrison for sharing their amazing work with Philly.
May 2009
2 posts
NPP around the web
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Debrah Morkun has new work in Parcel Five, Crossing Rivers Into Twilight, and Venereal Kittens.
Patrick Lucy has an audio recording of IN PUBLIC up on _Catch/Confetti. (Text of poem here).
Jamie Townsend has new work in Diagram magazine and the (forthcoming) Spring issue of Fact-Simile.
Angel Hogan has a memoir piece in the Spring issue of Quay Journal (out in about a week).
Greg Bem...
MAY 23: Poetry Double-Header
Join us Saturday at 5 pm at Fergies Pub (upstairs) for a reading by Brenda Iijima and Yedda Morrison.
Afterwards we’ll walk a few blocks to the Chapterhouse Cafe for the Chapter and Verse reading series featuring Frank Sherlock and Simon Pettet.
Brenda Iijima is the author of Animate, Inanimate Aims (Litmus Press) and Around Sea (O Books). Forthcoming works include revv....
April 2009
3 posts
Inq. Ink Link
John Timpane penned a brief overview of the Philly poetry scene (no small feat) for an article in last Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer.
The New Philadelphia Poets were mentioned along with a host of great groups and reading series. Have a look if you missed it- it’s available online.
Weekend Events
Here’s what we’ll be doing this weekend- will you join us?
Friday 4/17
NPP Patrick Lucy will be reading at a gallery opening with Dilruba Ahmed, Kristine Grow, Deidra Lyngard, Mary Brownell, Iain Haley Pollock, and Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore in the Barbara Crawford Art Gallery at Chestnut Hill Academy from 6-7 pm. The show explores the relationship between visual art and poetry and...
March 2009
2 posts
Join us this Sunday
It’s a GREAT weekend for Poetry:
After catching readings from the likes of Debrah Morkun, CA Conrad, Frank Sherlock, Paul Siegell, and Ryan Eckes this Saturday (12-5) at the 2nd Annual Light of Unity Arts Festival, head over to the University City Arts League at 7 to hear Calos Soto, Ish Klein and Patrick Lucy share their work.
Then, on Sunday, join us for a special event at Germ Books in...
News From A Bird
J. Townsend and Nicholas A. DeBoer have launched Con/Crescent Press:
“Born on the cusp of the New Year, 2009, Con/Crescent Press is a merging of critical thinking and creative production. Its aim is to release high quality chapbooks from emerging poets, as well as a bi-annual journal focused on the art of critical response, philosophical treatise, political discourse, and discursively...
January 2009
3 posts
Tonight: Debrah Morkun
NPP Debrah Morkun will be a featured reader tonight at the Leonard Gontarek hosted Green Line Cafe series alongside Meredith Avakian! Don’t miss!
Details:
where: Green Line Cafe, 45th & Locust, West Philly
when: TONIGHT- Tuesday, January 20th at 7 pm
Radio Moles
RADIO MOLES - Transmissions: Signal to Noise Ratio 1650 AM on the radio dial! Sunday, January 18th 2009 2pm -5pm (live performances will begin promptly at 2:30 pm) at NEXUS GALLERY located in the Crane Arts Building A full afternoon program of radio plays, poems, sound art, speeches, songs, sonic experiments, acoustic beating, sawhorse-lassoing, shortwave irdials, and more.
Including...