Author Archives: Don Yorty

Lynn McGee reads from Tracks

… Before I knew Lynn McGee was a poet, we worked together as colleagues, teachers at BMCC. We were working off campus at a public school on the Lower East Side, when one day she showed me a poem she’d … Continue reading →

Thaddeus Rutkowski at Zinc Bar

29 Sep ’19

… In celebration of his first book of poems, Border Crossings, Thaddeus Rutkowski read at the Zinc Bar on September 22. I was lucky enough to be there to capture his engaging reading that is both cerebral and affectionate. When … Continue reading →

Bertha Rogers reads from Wild, Again

28 Sep ’19

… On September 17, Bertha Rogers read at the Bryant Park Reading Room Series, which happens outside near 6th Avenue and 42 Street where the whole world meets, and fire engines clang and ambulances scream, and even though it was … Continue reading →

ESL Lesson: Parts of Speech

22 Sep ’19

… Objective: This lesson is for beginner ESL students to understand how English works. Nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are discussed by the teacher with enough information for the learners to recognize them in the sentences. The main objective … Continue reading →

Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo read from Frozen Heatwave

22 Sep ’19

… On April 1 of this year, Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo came over to my place for coffee and bagels and to read some poetry. It was a wonderful afternoon, as easy as the Vimeo you are about to … Continue reading →

ESL Lesson: Reading a Short Story: Daydream

20 Sep ’19

… Daydream by Roberta Allen Introduction: This activity is for students with high beginner to low intermediate skills; they are beginning to know enough English to work with others reading, speaking and writing it. Communication has begun. The first activities … Continue reading →

Anne-Adele Wight reads from An Internet of Containment

2 Sep ’19

………… I was in Philly a week ago and stopped by to see Anne-Adele Wight who lives in a lovely high rise apartment in Center City with a view of the Delaware River that made me feel that I had … Continue reading →

Jim Cory reads from Have You Seen This Man?

29 Aug ’19

… What are friends for? When you are dead and gone, sometimes someone advocates for your remembrance, giving your past a present, an amazing accomplishment when the word lives. Through serendipity and fate, Bryan Borland and Seth Pennington, publishers at … Continue reading →