We’re so happy that phati’tude Literary Magazine has finally gone to press, but we need your support in order to keep going . . .
That’s right. Finally. It’s here. What we’ve all been waiting for. So help us to help you by supporting phati’tude Literary Magazine. Preview it. Then Buy it. Tell your friends. Spread the word! Check out writers in this issue!
Our Launch Party @ the Bowery Poetry Club on Friday was a great success! Everyone had a great time, it was fantastic to meet up with old friends and make new ones. Check out the photos to see more!
Jorge Pupo is a professional actor whose work has spanned film, television and theater. Special thanks to Jorge for emceeing our event!
The Bowery Poetry Club
Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 7:30PM
featuring
Tara Betts, Timothy Liu, Eileen Myles, Angelo Nikolopoulos,
Nancy Mercado, Jeffrey Perkins, Devi Lockwood,
Sue Sinclair, Jon Sands & Jesús Papoleto Meléndez
with special guest David Henderson
Ekphrasis: A Conversation Between Poets & Artists: When a writer interprets a work of visual art and then creates a narrative in verse form that represents his or her reaction to that work. DEADLINE: August 15, 2010
MULTICULTURALISM: IN SEARCH OF A NEW PERSPECTIVE, featuring over 50 writers of from the U.S. and around the globe: Canada, England, U.K., Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Israel, Japan, Guam and the Philippines.
Beth Bachmann’s Temper, winner of the 2008 AWP Award Series Donald Hall Prize (published in Fall 2009 by University of Pittsburgh Press), was selected by judges Linda Gregerson, Carl Phillips, Paul Muldoon, Ted Genoways, and Charles Harper Webb as winner of this year’s $10,000 Kate Tufts Discovery Award.
Native American author Sherman Alexie won this year’s prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for his innovative book War Dances, (Grove Press), short stories linked through poems.
“Hemingway, remarks are not literature,” said Miss Stein imperiously. In Dorothy Parker’s case, however, the remarks, the snappy comebacks, live on, no matter how inexpert the witnesses (Mrs. Parker included).
Author Robert Philipson talks about dating and companionship in his book of poems, Very Good-Looking Seeks Same, an eclectic set of poetic profiles that reflect the diversity of the online queer community.
To find the perfect cover for the upcoming Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender LGBT issue phati’tude Literary Magazine has partnered with ArtSceneToday.com, the online art forum for emerging artists. Deadline is April 28, 2010. Submit your work today!
phati’tude is a series of programs developed by The Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars, Inc. (IAAS). So what’s phati’tude? It began as a literary magazine in 1997, and in time, it made sense to tie all of these initiatives under one umbrella, and that’s how phati’tude programming was borne.
In this candid interview, Jesús Papoleto Meléndez (affectionately known as “Papo”) talks about his poetic form and expression, poetic identity, the politics of poetry, his playwriting, teaching, his relationship with Pedro Pietri and future plans for his writing.
phati’tude Literary Magazine is publishing again. How? We’re using print-on-demand, Amazon Kindle™ and publishing excerpts on our website! We’re now accepting submissions and hope you’ll help us make it happen!
Ronny Someck is an Israeli-Iraqi poet who brings his readers into his own memories and combines them with the everyday reality of people, which is why his work has been translated into over a dozen languages.
There’s been an ongoing controversy about El Museo del Barrio in New York City and their literary program “Spic up/Speak Out.” However, a few brave Latino artists and activists argued the El Museo del Barrio crossed the line and goes against the very reasons why the museum was initially founded in the first place.
unfold, Hinchas de Poesia, and wordriver are the latest literary magazines to hit the scene. Read them, submit to them and support them, because we can always use more literary outlets in print and on the web, right?
phatLit Presents! are video excerpts of phati’tude Literary TV Show (formerly “phatLiterature”), featuring poets and writers, Tony Medina, Sydnee Stewart, Abiodun Oyewole, Kristin Prevallet, Louis Reyes Rivera, David Henderson and others. Check it out!
[ 12/05/2009; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Featured Readers: Marianne McNamara and Ian Wold Hosts – A Moscini and S Bedell
Date & Time: Sat., Dec. 5, 2009 @ 3:00 PM
Location: The New York Public Library, 127 Amsterdam Ave. (b/t 65th and 66th), NYC
Admission: Free
Contact riversidepoets@live.com for more information.









