Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Found poetry: My Stone Soup Feature from 2/1/2012



I had no idea that this existed. I found this by accident. My feature starts about an hour into this and has work from "anti-social network" and earlier versions of poems from "The Shutting Door". The crowd laughs a lot, and often at times not appropriate for laughter.

My feature begins around the one hour mark. 




Monday, January 13, 2014

2014 Readings for The Shutting Door






January 21, 2014 Cambridge, Massachusetts

 Poetry in Porter Square, 7 PM

Porter Square Books
Porter Square Shopping Center
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Featuring with Rusty Barnes, Sarah Sweeney and Anne Champion




 


January 26, 2014 New York, New York


 George Wallace's Great Weather for Media, 4 PM

The Parkside Lounge
371 E. Houston Street, 

New York, NY

Featuring with Barbara Ann Branca








March 6, 2014 Bedford, Massachusetts


 Student Reading at Noon,  Lecture, 1-2:30 PM

Middlesex Community College, Bedford Campus

591 Springs Road
Bedford, Ma

Event sponsored by the college and faculty. Thanks Joe Nardoni.




March 8, 2014 Westborough, Massachusetts



An afternoon of words and music, 1-  3 PM

Tatnuck Booksellers

18 Lyman Street
Westborough, Ma

Featuring Krista Baroni and our special guests 
Michael Fisher, Lea C. Deschenes, and Eric Treehouse



April 12, 2014 Boston, Massachusetts


Boston National Poetry Marathon Festival, 3 PM

Boston Public Library
Copley Square

Boston, Massachusetts

Featuring with over 100 poets, which starts 9 AM and ends on Thursday Night 4/10 and ends Sunday 4/13


Hosted by Harris Gardner



April 13, 2014 Plymouth, Massachusetts



 The Art of Words/Mike Amado Memorial Series, 12 PM

Plymouth Center for the Arts
11 North Street, 

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Featuring with Chad Parenteau
Hosted by Jack Skully 


April 27, 2014 Wellesley, Massachusetts


Poetry Reading, 6 PM

Whole Food Markets Cooking/Teaching Space
442 Washington Street, 

Wellesley, Massachusetts

Featuring with Ivy Page and Lori Desrosiers

Hosted by Christopher Reilly









April 30, 2014 Sudbury, Massachusetts



A Symphony From Thin Air: Five Artists Discuss the Creative Process 7 PM

Goodnow Library 
21 Concord Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts

Panel Discussion with story spinner Brendyn Schneider, poet , composer and organist Jeffrey Brody, choreographer and dancer Anna Myers, and multimedia storyteller Catharine Weber


Hosted by Erica Ferencik 





May 2, 2014 Salem, Massachusetts


MassPoetry

Hawthorne Hotel, Sophia Room

"Stone Soup Presents: Oddball Magazine Panel,", 3:30 PM
with Chad Parenteau, James Van Looy and Jason Wright









May 20, 2014 Boston Neighborhood Network


Willies Web Show, 7 PM

Boston Cable
https://www.bnntv.org/, 

View on live TV or stream from the site
 
Hosted by Willie Pleasants







June 4, 2014 Lynn, Massachusetts


Speak Up Spoken Word 7 PM

Walnut Street Cafe
157 Walnut Street, 

Lynn, Massachusetts

 

 Hosted by Tony Toledo



June 8, 2014 Gloucester, Massachusetts



Second Sunday Reading Series, 2 PM

Eastern Point Lit House
261 Main Street, 

Gloucester, Ma
 


Featuring with TBA
Hosted by Jenn Monroe, Eastern Point Lit House and Press




June 21, 2014 Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts


Mr. Hip Presents, 6:30 PM

UFORGE Gallery

767 Centre  St., Jamaica Plain
 


An evening of poetry and jazz
Hosted by Donald Vincent







July 15, 2014 Somerville, Ma

First and Last Poetry Series

Center for the Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave
Somerville, Ma

Hosted by Harris Gardner and Gloria Mindock
Featuring with TBA


 

 July 26, 2014 New York, New York


New York Poetry Festival, Time TBA

Governor's Island, Colonel's Row

Poets from Dire Literary Series: Charles Coe, Eric Nelson, Suzanne Frischkorn, Teisha Dawn Twomey










Sunday, January 12, 2014

The Shutting Door now has a Kindle Editon.

Ibbetson Street Press has published their work electronically but never as a Kindle Edition. I'm proud to be their first. You can buy it here for just $4.99!  It's nice to be part of a family.

Dysfunctional family or not,  the Kindle it's an additional option. Some people hate them:





The Shutting Door has done great as a paperback, and the print edition will remain and always be available.