Don Yorty

A Reading for Black Square Editions: Anselm Berrigan, Marcella Durand, and Barry Schwabsky

Weeks before it happened, I had heard about the Black Square Editions book party that was scheduled to take place at the signs and symbols art gallery at 249 East Houston. As the day approached, I looked forward to it … Continue reading →

Matt Proctor reads from Single Room Occupancy

17 Apr ’22

If you want to give words to every moment, every thought and sight worth jotting down, you need a notebook though any scrap of paper will do. Bill Kushner was a poet I remember fondly who always had a … Continue reading →

Lonely Christopher reads at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division

16 Apr ’22

I’m in awe of many poets, and with that being said, I have to say I’m especially in awe of Lonely Christopher. “How does he have the time to do everything he does?” Writer, curator, critic, publisher, editor and director, … Continue reading →

Greg Masters reads from The Complete Thoughts of Greg Masters

15 Apr ’22

I like narrative poetry so I always look forward to a new book by Greg Masters. The Complete Thoughts of Greg Masters is full of stories the poet often recalls from his own life; and it could be something … Continue reading →

Ted Rees reads from Dog Day Economy

14 Apr ’22

On March 26, I attended a reading in Philly at Vox Populi on North 11th Street, featuring Jena Osman, Ted Rees, and Samuel Delany that was hosted by Lonely Christopher for the Segue Reading Series. It was great. Samuel … Continue reading →

Celebrating The Life of a Kalamata

10 Apr ’22

At KGB, a few weeks ago, I attended a reading for Didi Champagne’s new book, The Life of a Kalamata. Dorothy Friedman, Jeff Wright, Linda Kleinbub, and Patricia Carragon each read a poem before Didi took the stage. Didi’s talents … Continue reading →

Dazié Grego-Sykes reads from Black Faggotry

31 Mar ’22

Early March in the cold pouring rain, I made my way west on the M-8 bus toward the LBGT Community Center on 13th Street near 7th Avenue. The poetry reading that night, on the second floor at the Bureau of … Continue reading →

Elaine Sexton reads from Drive

19 Mar ’22

Life, we all come to realize, even if we never read Heraclitus, is in constant motion, which is one reason why I walked over to 2 Horatio Street last Monday to record Elaine Sexton reading from Drive, her new … Continue reading →

Tulips

6 Mar ’22

I brought tulips home to lift Akram’s spirit, and he took two photos of them that lifted mine.

Sean Singer reads from Today In The Taxi

2 Mar ’22

At KGB last December, I heard Sean Singer read from a forthcoming book of prose poems called Today in the Taxi, similar journeys, different passengers, with the words of others sometimes added, Duke Ellington, The Talmud, Franz Kafka, helping … Continue reading →

Maya Angelou reads “Still I Rise,” “No No No No,” and “On the Pulse of Morning”

28 Feb ’22

Some poets become so famous that other poets who are not famous, and there are many more of those, think that something must be wrong with a poet who rises so high in her own lifetime that even people … Continue reading →

Sir John Gielgud and Alfred Corn read Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare. Listen!

13 Feb ’22

…If you are ever going to memorize a sonnet of Shakespeare, Sonnet 18 may be the one because it is beautiful to say, easy to understand, and anyone with just a little practice can communicate it. Sonnet 18 is one … Continue reading →