Author Archives: Don Yorty

Pamela Sneed reads Speaking Tongue at Dashwood Projects

… In early December of last year, Pamela Sneed was scheduled to read from her new book Speaking Tongue at 7 PM at Dashwood Projects in the East Village. The book is a vivid series of water colors done while … Continue reading →

Don Yorty @Bowery Poetry

1 Feb ’25

Last Tuesday, I had the pleasure of reading with Lee Ann Brown, Johnny Stanton, and Anne Waldman at Bowery Poetry. The poems I read and a recording of my reading follow. I am working on a Vimeo of the whole … Continue reading →

Mitch Highfill reads from 5

15 Jan ’25

… Mitch Highfill lives on a beautiful out of the way street in Brooklyn that has both sun and quiet. I went over to Mitch’s a few weeks ago to do what I have been wanting to do for a … Continue reading →

Maggie Dubris sends New Year Greetings

13 Jan ’25

… One of the nicer things about getting older is that I get to know those I know even better. One of the nicer things too is that one of my friends, Maggie Dubris, sends me a New Year’s Greeting … Continue reading →

Ryan Cook reads “Mascara” at Taylor & Co. Books

11 Jan ’25

Wednesday, January 8, was very cold and windy, but there was a poetry reading happening at Taylor & Co. Books in Brooklyn that I wanted to get to. It was so bad that the wind coming from the north, as … Continue reading →

Tom Walker with Ken Angel Davis

27 Dec ’24

Before 2024 is over, I’d like to honor the passing of Tom Walker, who was a long-time member of The Living Theater, a rebel and a pioneer, and an exemplary member of his generation. In that spirit, I celebrate him … Continue reading →

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25 Dec ’24

… I’ll take this bottle with me when I go. Not now. Some hiker dropped it passing on Impossible Hill, a mountainside of stone made visible by human heels and hooves Sharp and steep. Don’t fall! Below is Walnut … Continue reading →

Aakriti Kuntal reads from God, Am I Your Eyelid?

8 Dec ’24

… Aakriti Kuntal participated in my blog a few years ago, and I thought it was time to get Aakriti and her work back on again. What follows are some of her poems from her new chapbook, God, Am I … Continue reading →

Laurie Price reads from These Pages Once Were Skin

8 Dec ’24

… Laurie Price was in NYC not too long ago and I asked her to come over to my place so that I could record her reading from her new book of poems, These Pages Once Were Skin. Laurie Price, … Continue reading →

Erin Belieu reads from come-hither honeycomb

30 Nov ’24

… A month or so ago, two different friends at two different times in two different places told me that the poet Erin Belieu was reading at KGB, and because I did not know her well, I should go give … Continue reading →

Alicia Ostriker reads from The Holy & Broken Bliss

29 Nov ’24

… “Part of being alive is emitting stuff,” Alicia Ostriker told us during her reading at Stanton House on the Upper Westside at the home of Kathryn Kimball, who curates the Stanton Reading Series. “Emitting stuff, not only sweat, spit, … Continue reading →