Bowery Poetry with Sharon Mesmer and Cecelia Vicuña
© 2026 Don Yorty. All rights reserved.
© 2026 Don Yorty. All rights reserved.
© 2026 Don Yorty. All rights reserved.
… Ed Friedman and Bob Rosenthal have been hosting poetry readings at Bowery Poetry for the last three years. They feature poets who have lived and taken part in readings and events in the East Village during the seminal … Continue reading
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… I had the pleasure of filming a performance of “Ballroom” by Eileen Myles at the New School. It was performed by Professor Jennifer Firestone’s class. The first Vimeo is the performance of “Ballroom.” And the second is of Eileen’s … Continue reading
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… It was a pleasure to read with Douglas Rothschild last October. And he was inspiring. In the Vimeo that follows, Douglas reads recent work including a Declaration of Independence denouncing Donald Trump and his corrupt administration. It is a … Continue reading
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… Lord, am I tired this morning. In the midst of all the insanity, always good to go for something beautiful. Beauty heals. Here is my humble offering this morning. I sang it with my nephew at the Poetry Project … Continue reading
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… Dan Freeman gives his paintings titles that are pure poetry, titles that add short stories to the paintings, an inner life that continues to unfold as you watch. There are often a lot of flowers in the paintings too, … Continue reading
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In Array, Greg Masters writes: “What needs to emerge is implanted, it’s just covered in the dust of inhibition or self-doubt.” And in a very real way that is what this journal is about, a writer summing up the courage … Continue reading
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… I’m a fan of the ekphrastic poem and have written some myself. If you’re a poet, you just can’t help it. Poets and artists have always been friends. What the artist lets you see, the poet lets you hear, … Continue reading
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… John J. Trause is from New Jersey and works there as the director of the Oradell Public Library. He is the founder of the William Carlos Williams Poetry Cooperative in Rutherford, and hosted and curated the monthly reading series … Continue reading
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On October 13, 2025, Bob Holman, Charles Bernstein, and Anne Waldman read at KGB. It was a standing room only event. Sometimes I had to push folks gently out of the way when they leaned into the camera. The … Continue reading
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… There is a joy that is constant that happens, of all places, on Facebook when Arup Datta, who is from Kolkata, posts his artwork. It is something to look forward to and be happy about. Here, from September through … Continue reading
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… My nephew Daniel and I are working on putting some songs together that I wrote mostly in my twenties many a decade ago. Here they are, the first drafts, the first steps to a complete album with other musicians … Continue reading