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| Ann works hard on her pumpkin |
Sculpted my way into it at my friends’ house, and received the ultimate
compliment at home from seven-year-old trick-or-treaters, a witch and baby bear, who
pronounced my pumpkin “Very cool!” “Carved it myself,” I beamed. Costumes seem traditional this year, with a
renaissance princess and Oz scarecrow my favorites. On the Internet,
I found a treat—a poem
of mine from last summer.
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| My "very cool" pumpkin |
Lit Crawl Portland
Opossum Lit made its debut
yesterday at an evening reading during the Portland
Lit Crawl. I'm excited that two of my favorite poems devoted to
music, "Revolution," and "Ring of Fire," will appear in the
inaugural issue. Break a leg, or as my friend Meredith Trede says, break
a line, Opossum Lit!
Audrie and Daisy
Concerned about the prevalence of sexual assault? Come see the
documentary Audrie and Daisy, at Scarsdale High School’s
Little Theater, November 30 at 7 p.m. A panel discussion, moderated by
Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, will feature Kristen Bowes, General Counsel, Mercy
College; Katie Cappiello, activist, founder of The Arts Effect NYC; and Anna
Utsinger, activist. Reserve your seat
online at bit.ly/audriedaisy.
Ruby Silvious at Riverrun
Come see Ruby’s painted tea bags—yes, you read that right. Curated by New York Arts Exchange,
Ruby Silvious’s art will be at Riverrun
Books and Manuscripts to celebrate her book, 363
Days of Tea: A Visual Journal on Used Tea Bags. Opening reception, December 2, 6-8pm;
artist talk, December 3, 3-5pm; December 4, 2-4pm, talk on collecting by bookseller
Tom Lecky.
Realms of the Mothers
Dos Madres Press will
inaugurate its anthology celebrating its first decade of poetry, Realms of the Mothers (Dos Madres Press, 2016), on
December 7, 6:30pm, at the Mercantile Library in downtown
Cincinnati. Dos Madres published my first book of poetry, Face Painting in the Dark (Dos
Madres, 2014) and will include “Dance in the City” and “Velocity” in Realms.
Calls for work / workshops
AMP, Hofstra’s digital literary journal, is
open for submissions
Readings / events
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| Laurie Ann Guerrero |
National Arts
Club, November 9, 7pm, Max Ritvo Tribute, Kaveh Akbar, Timothy Donnelly, Dorothea Lasky, Sarah
Ruhl, Jean Valentine, Cynthia Zarin
Book
Court, November 10, 7pm, Amanda Nadelberg, Anselm Berrigan
Fordham
Lincoln Center, November 14, 7pm, Beth Bachman, Laurie Ann Guerrero
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| Paul Muldoon |
HVWC, November 11,
7:30pm, Poets on War and Peace ($10)
Zinc Bar, November 12, 4:30pm, Rickey
Laurentiis, Miller Oberman ($5)
HVWC, November 13,
4:30pm, Paul and Anna Nugent in Seamus Scanlon's "The Long Wet Grass"
Irvington Public Library, November 13, 3-5pm, Homer’s Odyssey, poetry in the round
Fordham
Lincoln Center, November 14, 7pm, Beth Bachman, Laurie Ann Guerrero
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| Camille Rankine |
Lillian
Vernon Creative Writing House, November 17, 7pm, Patrick Rosal
Zinc Bar, November 19, 4:30pm, Sasha Banks
& Alex Cuff ($5)
Katonah Village Library, November 20, 4pm, Paul
Muldoon ($10)
HVWC, December 2,
7:30pm, Columbia, Manhattanville, Rutgers MFA poets ($10)
HVWC, December 9,
7:30pm, Amy King, Camille Rankine ($10)
Spanish Shrimp and Rice
This recipe comes highly
recommended from our resident music archivist, Jay Shulman, via the Food
Network. Sounds delicious. Olé!
3
tablespoons vegetable oil
1
small onion, chopped
2 cloves
garlic, chopped
1/2 teaspoon
turmeric
1
medium tomato, chopped
1
small carrot, diced
1/2 red bell
pepper, diced
Kosher salt and
freshly ground pepper
1 pound
large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 1/2 cups
converted white rice
1 tablespoon
chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup frozen
peas, thawed
Hot sauce
(optional)
Heat oil in deep skillet over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, turmeric; cook
until onion is soft, 3 minutes. Add tomato, carrot and bell pepper; cook,
stirring until tender, 5 minutes. Sprinkle with 3/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper
to taste. Add shrimp and cook, stirring, until they begin to turn pink, 1
minute. Add rice, 2 cups water, and 1/2 tablespoon parsley; bring to boil.
Reduce heat, cover and simmer until rice is tender, 15-20 minutes.
Remove from heat; sprinkle in peas and remaining 1/2 tablespoon
parsley. Cover 5 minutes. Fluff with fork; add peas
and parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with hot sauce.
’Round the Net
Congrats and
thanks to the following for links and news:
Poet Joel Allegretti on the new Wikipedia reference to Rabbit Ears (NYQ Books,
2015) and his quotes at length in The Writer on
the anthology
Art historian and
curator Beth Gersh-Nesic for a great part
1 intro to the NYC fall art scene, and part
2 too
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| Dylan |
DV
activist David Kroenlein on the outing
of the Harvard male soccer team
Bassist
Larry Schwartzman for sending me
more authentic blues in the form of Buddy Guy, who NEVER gets "old"
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| Buddy Guy |
Jay, also our resident undertaker, on passing
of Phil
Chess, Zacherly,
and Bobby
Vee
Poet and artist Linda Simone for this fascinating article on dreams
Poet Meredith Trede on her reading today at the Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library
Filmmaker Frank
Vitale for releasing Episode 26,
"Skin," and Episodes
27-30 of
the Metropolis Organism on YouTube
Poet Neal
Whitman and photographer Elaine Whitman on the joint
publication of Elaine's photo, "Sand Dollars," and Neal's haiku
"I-Ching and Change: Sand Dollar Cinquain" in Poets and Artists
Around the World (Imagine & Poesia, 2016)
While this annogram promised to herald a new US president, I decided to get it to you beforehand. Instead, I leave you with the enormous creativity of poets, artists, and musicians we salute here, and challenge you to contribute to this world--with your heart, your genius, your original soul.
Until next time,