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.
The newly relaunched phati’tude is already making waves on the radio!
Ibrahim Gonzalez, host of “Wakeup Call” on WBAI Radio in New York, interviews poet Jesús Papoleto Meléndez and Gabrielle David about the relaunch of phati’tude and Papo’s interview that is currently being featured on the new website. They also provide insight on their working relationship, and Papo reads one of his poems.
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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.
by Ben Fulton || THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JAN 2010
Abraham Verghese is an accomplished doctor with a storied career, not to mention current professor and senior associate chair for the theory and practice of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
He’s also the kind of modest overachiever most people love to hate. After all, on top of his accomplishments in medicine, he writes like a dream.
My kids are probably among the last whose family gets a daily newspaper with substantial, if somewhat dated, funny pages. (As I learned by reading his Twitter feed today, the 14-year-old gets a particular kick out of the absurdity of Mark Trail.) . . . . but given my homeschooling policy of skipping all the stuff that most students forget as soon as they’re out of high school . . . I’ve inadvertently hit upon a solution.
by Kevin Coll || FUSEDFILM.COM JAN 2010
Who ever would have thought that the master of classic mafia violence would ever foray himself into the world of sophisticated children’s literature? Well it seems Martin Scorcese is taking a page out of Spike Jonze’s and Wes Anderson’s book by taking on Brian Selznick’s best-selling children’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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.
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Literary Calendar is a compilation of announcements of workshops, readings, ongoing literary and writing groups, calls for submissions, and contests in the literary community. Submit events to calendar[at]phatitude.org.
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!
[ 12/27/2009; 8:00 pm; ]
Latasha N. Nevada Diggs & Anne Tardos
Date & Time: Wed., Jan. 27, 2010 @ 8:00PM
Location: The Poetry Project @ St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th St. NYC (212) 674-0910
Admission: Free
Writer, vocalist, and sound artist, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs is the author of the chapbooks, Ichi-Ban and Ni-Ban (MOH Press), Manuel is destroying my bathroom (Belladonna [...]
[ 12/16/2009; 7:00 pm; ]
Discussion @ Soule
Date & Time: Wed., Dec. 16, 2009 @ 7:00 PM
Location: The Soule International Restaurant, 920 Fulton St. (btwn Washington & St. James), Bklyn, NY, Mr. B (347) 623-2547
Admission: Free
Rarely has a film concerning the Diaspora raised so much of an exchange of views. Some call it uplifting and others a [...]
[ 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.
[ 11/30/2009; 04/29/2010 9:00 am to 05/01/2010 5:00 pm. ] DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 30, 2009
The Department of Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies-Mona announces the 29th Annual West Indian Literature Conference, “Caribbeanscapes: The Vistas of Caribbean Literature.” The conference will be held April 29 – May 1, 2010, at the University of the West Indies-Mona, in Kingston, Jamaica.
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