Category Archives: Books That Come My Way

Patricia Carragon reads at Zinc Bar

… There are important stones one never sees because they are the foundation that hold everything up; not only the capitol, the stadium, and the church, but even the poetry reading. What are buildings or books without the words? Over … Continue reading →

George Wallace reads from Outside Paso Robles

15 Dec ’19

… I had been talking to a friend over the summer who suggested that I read and meet the poet George Wallace. “You will like him,” my friend told me. When I heard that George Wallace was going to be … Continue reading →

Vittoria repetto reads from my fingers wonder

3 Dec ’19

… Vittoria repetto read at The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division with Linda Whalen Quinlan on November 22. I went to hear her. I think she has been one of the movers and shakers in the LES poetry scene over … Continue reading →

Maggie Dubris reads from Brokedown Palace at the Bowery Poetry Club

1 Dec ’19

… Some writers shine and heal like saints. Maggie Dubris is one of them, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart. Over the years, I’ve met all sorts of people from all walks of life who love … Continue reading →

Amy Barone reads from We Became Summer

18 Nov ’19

… At the Zinc Bar recently on a Sunday afternoon, I heard Amy Barone read along with Thad Rutkowski and Dorothy Friedman. The idea at first was just to document Dorothy, but then I videoed all the poets and I’m … Continue reading →

Jim Cory reads from Birds and Buildings

17 Nov ’19

… I like in the title of Birds and Buildings how the birds come first and the buildings come second; there is something very poetic about that and also something a little askew. What is more important, bigger, the building … Continue reading →

Mark Statman reads from Exile Home

21 Oct ’19

… On September 15, tired as I was, I made my way to KGB for a poetry reading, and as soon as I got there, the atmosphere of the place began to resuscitate me. It was going to be, and … Continue reading →

Lynn McGee reads from Tracks

21 Oct ’19

… 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 →

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 →

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 →