Welcome to phati’tude Online! Every month we compile literary news, photos, videos and announcements; and publish original works of fiction, poetry, artwork, flash movies, rants, and photography. We’re also publishing excerpts of phati’tude Literary Magazine, phati’tude online features such as phatProfile, Featured Poet and Book Reviews and we will probably add more sections as we expand and grow. Send your submissions to editor[at]phatitude.org.
New Lits on the Block: Hinchas de Poesia, unfold & wordriver
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? >>MORE
phatProfile: Finding the Real Papo in Jesús Papoleto Meléndez
When I first met Jesús Papoleto Meléndez (affectionately known as “Papo”) seven years ago, it didn’t take long for me to realize that Papo is an old soul who is a kid at heart. The same man who was inspired by Mickey Mouse is also the same guy who takes politics and social issues to heart. Papo’s forth righteousness is refreshing and disarming in the midst of the pretentious politics one often finds in the writing community. >>MORE
QUOTABLE AUTHOR
Lorraine Hansberry: “Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.”
Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an African American, playwright, and author of political speeches, letters, and essays. Her best known work, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, was inspired by her family’s legal battle against racially segregated housing laws in the Washington Park Subdivision of the South Side of Chicago during her childhood. >>MORE
Announcing Our Literary Calendar!
Literary Calendar is a compilation of announcements of workshops, readings, ongoing literary and writing groups, calls for submissions, and contests in the literary community. While most events are listed in the NY area, we welcome listings and announcements from anywhere in the U.S. and abroad. If you have a workshop, event, contest, or call for submission to announce, please send it to calendar[at]phatitude.org. The calendar is updated monthly the first week of each month.
Featured Poet: Ronny Someck
Ronny Someck is an Israeli-Iraqi poet who brings his readers into his own memories and combines them with the everyday reality of people whose sorrows, happiness and inner worlds have deeply affected him. Ronny’s humanistic view of the world universalizes his poetry, which is why his work has been translated into over a dozen languages. >>MORE
Book Reviews
Explore two new collections from two dynamic women, Nikki Giovanni and Anne Waldman. Giovanni, a poet, writer, educator, commentator, and activist who has been showered with awards throughout her storied career celebrates her 65 years with 65 poems following in the tradition of her well-received collection, Bicycles: Love Poems.
Art Scene: Roberta Berman and Takeshi Yamada
Roberta Berman shares the video “The Making of Black and Blue” about her sculpture installed in Morningside Gardens, Amsterdam Ave near W123rd St. Takeshi Yamada talks about his work as a “Visual Anthropologist. “>>MORE
Check Out Our Videos!
phatLit Presents! is a funding presentation for phati’tude Literary TV Show (formerly “phatLiterature, A Literary TV Program”), featuring excerpts from 13 episodes produced in 2002, 2004 and 2006. >>MORE
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