tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35182734204765792542012-02-04T17:52:38.158-05:00JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518273420476579254.post-7148036214234672432010-08-09T17:26:00.057-04:002012-01-15T18:30:16.981-05:00<b>Monday February 13, 7pm—Two Capital Commumity College poets:</b><br /><br /><b>Antoinette Brim</b>, author of Psalm of the Sunflower, is a Cave Canem Foundation fellow, a recipient of the Walker Foundation Scholarship to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her poetry, memoir and critical work has appeared in various journals and magazines including Tidal Basin Review, Critical Insights: Alice Walker and anthologies including 44 on 44: Forty-Four African American Writers on the 44th President of the United States, The Book of Villanelles, Not A Muse and Just Like A Girl: A Manifesta. Antoinette Brim teaches African American Literature and Creative Writing at Capital Community College.<br /><br /><b>Kenneth DiMaggio</b> recently had a chapbook titled Poems and Stories from the Blue Collar Book of the Dead (CC&D Press). Ken has a poem in the anthology, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, and has had poems published in the journals, Sierra Nevada Review, Illuminations, Willard & Maple, Plainsongs, Tribeca Poetry Review, Italian Americana, Quercus Review. He recently had an academic article on Rilke's theories of creativity (based on his Letters to a Young Poet). Ken is Professor of Humanities at Capital Community College in Hartford.<br /><br /><b>PLUS OPEN MIKE</b><br /><br /><b>Location: The Studio @ Billings Forge<br />563 Broad Street, Hartford, CT 06106<br />Parking available next to Firebox restaurant or along Broad Street.<br />Free event.<br /><br />For more information, contact:<br />Jim <br />JforJames@aol.com<br />860-508-2810<br /></b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3518273420476579254-714803621423467243?l=wfreadings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518273420476579254.post-83596763500929882912010-02-25T10:48:00.055-05:002012-01-06T19:07:33.264-05:00<b>2012 WordForge Dates<br /><br />Mon. March 12<br />David Cappella <br />Maria Frank<br /><br />Mon. Apr. 16<br />Catherine Hoyser<br />Kate Rushin<br /><br />Mon. May 14<br />Sherri Beddingfield<br />Ben Grossberg<br /><br />Mon. June 11<br />Christine Beck<br />Cynthia Peck</b><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3518273420476579254-8359676350092988291?l=wfreadings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3518273420476579254.post-48607276578461663672009-01-10T19:54:00.037-05:002012-01-06T18:44:21.056-05:00<b>2011</b><br /><br />December 12: 'Coat Drive' Open Mike<br /><br />November 14: Three Antrim House Poets: Susan Allison, Polly Brody & Joan Kantor<br /><br />October 17: Two poets from Trinity College, Clare Rossini and Ciaran Berry<br /><br />September 26: Short readings by current/former board members of the Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens, featuring: Dennis Barone, Lonnie Black, Christine Palm and Phil Tegeler <br /> <br />June 13: Jesse Abbot and Steve Ersinghaus<br /><br />May 16: David Leff and Maria Sassi<br /><br />April 19: John Peck and Lisa Taylor<br /><br />April 4: Eileen Albrizio and Gray Jacobik<br /><br />March 14: Irish & American Poetry Night, featuring Ciaran Berry, Leslie McGrath, Kathryn Kelly and James Finnegan.<br /><br />Jan. 10: Peter Ganick and Eric Hoffman<br /><br /><b>2010</b><br /><br />Dec. 6: Prose Poems & Flash Fiction, featuring Dennis Barone and Charlie Chase<br /><br />Nov. 15: Fall Harvest Open Mike (benefit for Loaves & Fishes Ministries)<br /><br />Oct. 18: Marilyn Johnston and John Stanizzi<br /><br />Sept. 13: Nancy Kuhl and Ravi Shankar<br /><br />June 14: Suzanne Frischkorn and John Surowiecki <br /><br />April 26: Poets of the Greater Hartford Arts Academy with Megan Collins, Meghan Evans, Jonathan Gillman, Lynn Hoffman, Pamela Nomura, Rafael Oses, Christine Palm, Pit Pinegar, Kate Rushin<br /><br />May 17: Brush & Ink: A night of Modern Poetry in the Japanese Tradition&mdash;Stanford M. Forrester, Donna Fleischer and Tyrone McDonald<br /><br />April 5: Leslie McGrath and Tryfon Tolides<br /><br />March 15: River’s Edge Poets&mdash;David Holdt, Elizabeth Kincaid-Ehlers and Drew Sanborn<br /><br />Feb. 22: Bessy Reyna and Mark Weiss <br /><br />Feb. 1: Ten Thousand Things<br /><br />Jan. 11: Favorite Poem Project: Poetry in Spanish<=>English<br /><br /><b>2009</b><br /><br />Dec. 7: Brickwalk Poets<br /><br />Nov. 16: Fall Harvest Open Mike Reading (benefit for FoodShare)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3518273420476579254-4860727657846166367?l=wfreadings.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>JforJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17178504373218996278noreply@blogger.com0