[New-Poetry] Good News from PWP Books - Upcoming FEB Events and Other News

[Roxanne Hoffman]

Good News from PWP Books - Upcoming FEB Events and
Other News


PWP IN THE PRESS:

Linda Lerner's full length review of Iris Berman's The
Little Book of Fairy Tales & Love Poems and Bob
Heman's Cone Investigates appears in Home Planet News
Issue No. 58 (Vol.15. No. 3)Winter/Spring 2008, free
copies now available at St. Mark's Church, The
Cornelia Street Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club and other
selected locations.

You can read her entire review online at: 

http://home.att.net/~poetswearpradanj/HPNWinterSpring2008.html


PUBLICATIONS:

SUSAN MAURER has a poem in the lastest issue of Veil
and also two forthcoming in the special anniversary
issue of Confrontation.

5 of BOB HEMAN's Information poems appears in Alison
Ross's Clockwise Cat (themed section on God), posted
in December:
http://clockwisecat.blogspot.com/2008/01/five-themed-poems-by-bob-heman.html

Several of JEE LEONG KOH's poems including two sonnets
from Payday Loans, have been anthologized in "Over
There: Poems from Singapore and Australia" edited by
John Kinsella and Alvin Pang. Here's the link to the
publisher's website:
http://ethosbooks.com.sg/wow/mli_viewItem.asp?idProduct=206

ROXANNE HOFFMAN has a poem in Volume Three Issue One 
of the Canadian publication Inscribed edited by  Kyle 
Richtig and Randy Nicholas. The issue will go live
February 1st, 2008: http://www.inscribed.org/

BRANT LYON has produced a collaborative CD of music
and poetry regarding love including work and
performances by himself and 7 of his friends.  Please
see details of the upcoming CD release party at KGB
under February Poetry Calendar (Fri, 2/28 at 7PM)
 

SUBMISSION CALL:

PWP Editors continue to collect poetry, flash fiction
and artwork related to "bugs" for a themed anthology
due out Winter 2008/2009.

Please visit our blogspot for more details regarding
our submission policy and to see some samples of work
already accepted for print publication:

http://poetswearprada.blogspot.com/

WE'RE UP ON YOUTUBE.COM:

Vist our channel at  http://www.youtube.com/pradapoet
to see video clips by many of our authors and friends.
Please add your comments and rate the videos.  Join
our friends list.


FEBRUARY POETRY CALENDAR:

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 at 4:30PM
PETER CHELNIK & SALLY MILGRIM
+ Open Mic
FIFTH AVENUE RESTAURANT & DINER
432 5th Avenue
(between 8th & 9th Sts.)
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215
Take R or F to 4th Ave/6th Street
$3 Donation + Food/Beverage Purchase
The Brownstone Poets
Hosted by Patricia Carragon

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Monday, February 4th, 2008 at 7:30PM
ROCKST*R POETS
~Presents~
JOHN J. TRAUSE
*With open reading to follow*
@
PIANOS BAR AND GRILL
36 Broad Street
Bloomfield, NJ
973.743.7208
Rockstar Poets
Hosted by Douglas Jennerich
(DONATIONS GREATLY APPRECIATED AT THE DOOR)

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Monday, February 4th, 2008 at 7:30PM
JEE LEONG KOH
+ Open Mic
Nightingale Lounge
213 Second Avenue
(NW Corner of East 13th St. & 2nd Ave.)
New York, NY 10003
212.473.9398
L,N,Q,R,W,4,5,6 to Union Square/14th St.
L to 1st Avenue
$3 suggested donation + $6 or 2 drink minimum
Happy Hour 6pm - 8PM ('2 For 1' Drink Specials)
Saturn Series
Hosted by Su Polo & David Elsasser

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Friday February 8th, 2008 @ 6PM
GIL FAGIANI & MARIA LISELLA
+ Open Mic (about twenty 3-minute slots)
The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
NYC 10014
212.989.9319
Take 1 to Christopher St.
or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St.
6PM - 8PM
$7 cover includes house drink
Pink Pony West Reading Series
Hosted by Roxanne Hoffman

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Friday February 8th, 2008 at 7PM
CD Release Party:
BEAUTY KEEPS LAYING ITS SHARP KNIFE AGAINST ME
(Logochrysalis 2008)
~Featuring Performances By~
E.J. ANTONIO
FARID BITAR
ANNE CAMMON
DIANA GITESHA HERNANDEZ
HAWLEY HUSSEY
BRANT LYON
FRANK SIMONE
ROBIN SMALL-MCCARTHY
@
KGB Bar
85 East 4th Street
New York, NY
Admission is Free.

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Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 3PM
BOB HEMAN
+ Open Mic
The Back Fence
155 Bleecker Street
(at Thompson St)
NYC
212.475.9221
Take 6 to Bleecker St.
or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St.
The Asbestos Arts Group
Hosted by Robert Dunn
3PM - 5PM
$5 Cover + 1 Drink Minimum

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Sunday February 10th, 2007 at 6PM
ROXANNE HOFFMAN
EVIE IVY
BRANT LYON
JANE ORMEROD
EVE PACKER
FRANK SIMONE
+ more TBA + Open Mic
@
The Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
NYC 10014
212.989.9319
Take 1 to Christopher St.
or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St.
6PM - 8PM
$7 cover includes house drink
The Four Horsemen
Hosted by Bob Quatrone

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Tuesday February 12th, 2007 at 7PM
BEST NEW POETS 2007
Anthology Reading
JEE LEONG KOH
CECILY PARKS
ROBIN BETH SCHAER
ROBERT SAWYER
@
McNally Robinson Bookstore
52 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
212.274.1160
FREE

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Friday February 22nd, 2008
JOHN J. TRAUSE & BRANT LYON
+ Open Mic
Blend Cafe
98 Park Ave
Rutherford, NJ 07070
201.460.1466
8PM - 11PM
FREE (Please make beverage/snack purchase to support
the cafe.)
New Jersey Literary Series
Sponsored by The Rift 
and the Alliance of North Jersey Poets 












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