Free
Ferry
For National
Poetry Month, I am thrilled to announce my second book of poetry, Free Ferry, will be published by Upper Hand Press on January 16,
2017. Thanks to publisher Ann Starr, whose commitment to innovative
work includes outstanding sleeper novels such as One Hundred Years of Marriage and The Naming of Girl. Stay tuned for more on Free Ferry, which combines mythology, 1960s suburbia, and the story
behind plutonium.
Rabbit
Ears
reading
I will
read with poets from Rabbit Ears: TV Poems (NYQ Books, 2015) on Friday, April 29,
at 7:30pm at the Hudson Valley Writers Center. Come join editor Joel Allegretti, poets Jeanne
Marie Beaumont, Susana H. Case, Suzanne Cleary, Philip Fried, Amy Holman, Erik
LaPrade, Lynn McGee, Mervyn Taylor, Angelo Verga, and Estha Weiner as we read
about the cultural impact of television.
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| Linda Simone and poem |
Poetry on the Move
Congratulations
to Linda Simone, a poet selected for
San Antonio’s Poetry
on the Move, and for the city bus system in Norwalk, CT. Linda’s work also was chosen for the Love Poems to San Antonio anthology
and launch event. Congrats to Kevin Pilkington, whose poetry
was also selected for Norwalk.
Tenement Threnody
Join
poet Meredith Trede this Sunday,
April 17, for her book launch of Tenement
Threnody (Main Street Rag, 2016) at Sundays with George, 1:30pm, at the
JCC on
Hudson. annogram congratulates Meredith on her second exceptional book of
poetry. Sundays with George, a monthly
poetry series, is hosted by poet and translator Dr. George Kraus.
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| Maggie and Jim Sinocchi |
So many
of you responded positively to Jim Sinocchi’s blog, View
From The Chair. Jim has posted a
great article by his wife Maggie, written decades ago, on being married to
Jim. They continue to be extraordinary people and help us all remember what’s
most important in life, in love, and yes, in marriage.
Writing workshops
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| Eamon Grennan |
April
13, 6:30pm – Eamon Grennan, Godwin Ternbach Museum
April
14, 6pm – Carla Carlson, Cynthia Cruz, J. Chester Johnson, James Fujinami
Moore, Maya Pindyck, NYU Bookstore
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| Jo Pitkin |
April
14, 7:30pm – Ruth Handel and the Poetry Caravan, Dobbs Ferry Library
April 15-17 – Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival
April 15, 6:30pm – Panel on
June Jordan’s Life and Work, CUNY, Room
9207
April
16, 4pm – Panel with poets Jo Pitkin, Will Nixon, Molly McGlennen, and Lucia
Cherciu, Butterfield
Library
April
17, 1:30pm – Meredith Trede, JCC on Hudson
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| Angelo Verga |
April
17, 4pm – Robert Pinsky, Katonah Village
Library, $10
April
17, 4:30pm – Jessica Greenbaum, Peter Marcus and Gary Whitehead, HVWC
April
20, 7:30pm – Ruth Handel and the Poetry Caravan, Greenburgh Library
April
24, 4:30pm – Christopher Bakken, HVWC
April
27, 7:30pm – Ruth Handel and the Poetry Caravan, Scarsdale Library
April
28, 6:30pm – Rhina Espaillat, David Ferry, Robert Pinsky, Ellen Doré Watson, First Parish
April
29, 7:30pm – Joel Allegretti, Jeanne Marie Beaumont, Susana H. Case, Ann
Cefola, Suzanne Cleary, Philip Fried, Amy Holman, Erik LaPrade, Lynn McGee,
Mervyn Taylor, Angelo Verga and Estha Weiner, HVWC
April
29, 8pm – Irish poets Louis
DePaor,Theo Dorgan, Eamon Grennan, Belinda McKeon, Susan McKeown, Paul Muldoon, Leanne O'Sullivan, The Great
Hall at Cooper Union
Creamy
Onion Soup
This recipe is courtesy of artist Angela Virsinger and her husband Mike, who celebrated birthdays last month. Happy Birthday!
4 large onions, roughly sliced
½ Tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 Tbsp maple syrup
4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
½ cup coconut milk
4 Tbsp ghee or cooking fat
Sea salt and ground black pepper
Melt ghee or cooking fat in a saucepan over medium heat. Add
onions, saute until tender and golden, about 20 minutes. Drizzle with balsamic
vinegar and maple syrup, and stir. Pour in stock, bring to a boil, and simmer
15 minutes. Puree soup using a blender or immersion blender until smooth. Add
coconut milk, season to taste, and serve warm.
‘Round the Net
Congratulations
and/or thanks to the following:
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| Jeanette Briggs's winning photo |
Photographer Jeanette
Briggs on first place at the Art Society of Old Greenwich’s Sunlight and Shadows Exhibit
Professor
Al Filreis for Jeff Marmer’s essay
on poet Charles Bernstein and letting us
know ModPo 2016 is open for
registration
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| Ross Gay |
Poet and fellow Sarah Lawrence MFA Ross Gay on receiving the National
Book Critics Circle Award
Art Historian Beth Gersh-Nesic for alerting us to this episode in the NPR “Infomagical” series
Poets Eric Greinke and Glenna Luschei on their 2017 Pushcart Prize for “Lone Bones” in
the annogram-praised Zen Duende (Presa Press, 2016)
Poet Ruth Handel who read at AWP last month and signed books at the Dos
Madres booth
Poet Cindy Hochman on Linda Simone’s review of Habeas
Corpus (Glass
Lyre Press, 2015) in Red Paint Hill
Author Marilyn Johnson for alerting us the acclaimed Lives
in Ruins (Harper
Perennial, 2015) is now available in paperback
Music archivist Jay Shulman for ‘Noir at the Bar’ on the community of crime fiction
writers, rare Gene Kelly footage, and Bob Dylan’s secret
archives
Francophile and dog-o-phile Susan Seligman for these ‘model’ dogs in spring attire
Poet Grace Schulman on being selected the PSA Frost Medalist
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| Aretha Franklin by Joe Vericker |
Poet Tree Swenson on work to develop Hugo
House
Photographer Joe Vericker for this great photo of the Queen of Soul
That’s all for this edition. Hope you are loving spring—here in New York,
some April showers, but temperatures on the rise.
Until next time,