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.
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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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TWITTER FOR LITERATURE, our innovative approach to raising money for the Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars, Inc. (IAAS), the NY-based nonprofit organization responsible for bringing you phati’tude. Please help support our cause!
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Deadline: March 01, 2010 Application Fee: $35 USD 4 Week Session: $300 USD 2010 Byrdcliffe Arts Colony Artist in Residence Program: Offers visual artists, writers, and composers one-month residencies from June-September in the Catskill Mountains, Woodstock, NY, USA. Founded as an Arts & Crafts community in 1903, it has been a haven for visual artists, [...]
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Date & Time: Mon., Feb. 8, 2010 @ 8:00PM Location: The Poetry Project @ St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th St. NYC (212) 674-0910 Admission: Free Mina Pam Dick (aka Hildebrand Pam Dick, Nico Pam Dick et al.) is a writer, artist and philosopher living in New York City. A native New Yorker, her writing [...]
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Poet, autobiographer and musician Jim Carroll (1949-2009) was a consistent and brilliant presence around the Poetry Project since he first read here in 1968. We will never forget his kindness, his generosity or his humor. Please join us as some of his closest friends pay tribute to him.
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Deadline October 1, 2010 The winning author will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in Boston Review, the summer of 2011. Any author writing in English is eligible, unless he or she is a current student, former student, or close personal friend of the judge. Entrants will receive a one-year print subscription [...]
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The deadline for BOSTON REVIEW’s contest is June 1, 2010. The winning poet will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the November/December 2010 issue of Boston Review. Submit up to five unpublished poems, no more than 10 pages total. Any poet writing in English is eligible, unless he or she is a current student, former student, or close personal friend of the judge.
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Presented by LATINOSNYC, hosted by Majestik Originality Featuring: La Bruja, Mazzi & Sneakas, Dr. Loco, Division X And Also OL SOUL R.E.C. Date & Time: Fri, Mar. 19, 2010 @ 7:00-9:00PM Location: Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 E.3rd St., NYC, (212) 505-8183 Admission: $10.00 Come thru if you want to listen to some really good music [...]
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Featuring; Prisionera,Seary, Gloria Fontanez, Jamica,Mia and Passion. Hosted by CHANCE of El Grito De Poetas Date & Time: Sat., Mar. 20, 2010 @ 6:30-9:00PM Location: Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 E.3rd St., NYC, (212) 505-8183 Admission: $10 YES WE CAN is empowerment through our Women in life that makes every one strong in life!!!
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Latinosnyc is proud to present Master James and his co-host Simply Rob in a phenomenal erotic open mic show. Features The Dirty Dozen and exXxclusive apperance of an international star The Oskar. This will be a night of xXxcitement and one that you should not miss. Come join our celebration of glamorous debauchery.
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Hosted by Chance Featuring D Black: The Black Experience, Jamaica, Jive Poetic, and Tenth Date & Time: Sat., Feb. 27, 2010, 6:30 9:00PM Location: Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 E.3rd St., NYC, (212) 505-8183 It’s there legacy, there history listen to there poetry!!! Show the artists love and support.
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Deidra DS Green Date & Time: Sat. Feb. 20, 2010 @ 6:00-9:00PM Location: Quarters Restaurant, 6340 Hwy 85, Riverdale GA (404) 839-8219 Vertikal Magazine Inc. and Help Enterprises present Meet The Authors!! author and poetess Deidra DS Green, and motivational speaker and life concierge Gregory V. Arnold will meet, greet and network. Come out for [...]
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Caridad “La Bruja” De La Luz Date & Time: Fri. Feb. 5, 2010 @ 6:30-9:00PM Location: Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 E.3rd St., NYC, (212) 505-8183 We already have the ability to help today’s young Latina: We can reach out to her in school, educate her about safe sex, drugs, and the consequences of teen pregnancy, [...]
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Featuring some of NYC’s most dynamic urban talent and music by DJ Sambarella! Guest Poet Hebrew Mamita & Visual Artist Ana Marie “La Barbilona” Martell Date & Time: Fri., Feb. 5, 2010 @ 6:30PM Location: Notice Lounge & Café, 198 Union Avenue (between B’way and Montrose), Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY Admission: $7 Cover Poet/Actress/Solo Performer/ Writer/Director [...]
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Emcee John Paul O’Neill Date & Time: Thu., Feb. 4, 2010 @ 7:30-10:30PM Location: RADA Foyer Bar, Malet St, WC1. Nearest Tube: Goodge St. Got a broken heart? Need a spare? Come along & win a new one tonight! Open to ANY poet SLAM! Poems with a loving theme score double! The downright sleazy zero! [...]
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Date & Time: Wed. Jan. 20, 2010 @ 8:00 PM Location: The Poetry Project @ St. Marks Church, 131 E. 10th St. NYC (212) 674-0910 Admission: Free William Corbett is a poet living in Boston’s South End. He teaches writing at MIT, directs the small press Pressed Wafer and is on the advisory board of [...]
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Date & Time: Thu. Jan. 28, 2010 @ 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Location: French Institute Alliance Française, 22 East 60th St., Florence Gould Hall, NYC, (212) 355 6100 Admission: $25 Painter, filmmaker, and writer Hugues de Montalembert, who was blinded during an attack in New York City in 1978, presents a screening of the [...]
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by Carolyn Kellogg LOS ANGELES TIMES/BOOKS
In Sunday’s L.A. Times, we take a look at the last 10 years: what the Internet has meant for reading, where fiction has gone, the cold publishing climate and why there are so many darned vampires.
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“Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.”
Lorraine Hansberry was a playwright best known work, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, inspired by her family’s legal battle against racially segregated housing laws in the South Side of Chicago during her childhood.
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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?
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Explore two new collections from two dynamic women. Nikki Giovanni celebrates 65 years with 65 poems in her latest collection, Bicycles: Love Poems.
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.
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“Red Noir” a play by Anne Waldman and directed by Judith Malina continues through Jan. 30 at the THE LIVING THEATRE, 21 Clinton Street, Lower East Side; New York City.
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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!
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