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Ephemera
Magic bones haunt Takeo province, await validating experts to analyze. The villagers who took bone parts to their homes reported becoming dizzy and feverish, according to Radio Australia. The dead of Takeo are archived on-line. The photographer was only following orders. Tripped his lens. They were bludgeoned, as bullets were too dear. The archive perpetuates before, not after, blurry as Schrodinger's cat, though we see its eyes. Ai! he says, seeing the picture on a box. Vision contained, domesticated. Cooking as self- or other improvement; value innovation, the president tells cadets. I imagined an erotics of starvation in the Khmer Rouge cookbook; she returned home dressed in black, a broken mirror. Lend me your ears and eyes, oh my editorial conscience. Her words were excess, invention, surcharge on memory's credit line. The wedding hall collapse was due not to terrorism but incompetence, articles of impermanence inscribed in cement. They're accustomed to terrorism, not accident. Do you know where your other is?
-Susan M. Schultz, from And Then Something Happened (Salt, 2004))
Another at https://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/susan-m-schultz.html
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Apply to be Queens Poet Laureate
You must have lived in Queens for 2 years
Deadline 5:00pm September 20.
https://www.queensbp.org/poet-laureate/
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Barbara Reiher-Meyers Memorial Poem Anthology
Bards Initiative is seeking to collect and publish poems honoring Barbara Reiher-Meyers in an anthology honoring her memory. James P. Wagner, Bards president, is working closely with Kathy Meyers, Barb's daughter, to make this happen.
The tentative title is "No Applause, Just Throw Money"
If you have a memorial poem for Barb and want to include it in the anthology, please send your poems about Barb to
bardsinitiativelongisland@gmail.com
Include "Barb Meyers" in your email subject line.
Deadline: September 30th.
The profits from the sale of this anthology once completed will be donated to Barb's church in Ronkonkoma, where her memorial service was held and where Barb used to conduct a poetry workshop.
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Deadline Extended to September 15th Midnight !
! Rhyme and PUNishment, 2019, Comedic Poetry Long Island Edition
Now Taking Submissions
Submit up to 3 poems, each at most 100 lines
to randpsubmissions@gmail.com
Submission both in the body of the email and as an attachment
in .doc, .rtf or .docx format
along with a short 1-2 line 3rd person bio.
Funny poetry of any form, style, and genre will be considered.
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Master Class with Fanny Howe at Poets House: Childhood Days
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, November 4, 2019
Class Dates:
Saturday, December 7, 2 – 6pm
Sunday, December 8, 12 – 4pm
https://poetshouse.org/event/master-class-with-fanny-howe-childhood-days/
10 River Terrace, New York, NY 10282 212-431-8040
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Long Island Book Fair, October 10, 12-5 pm Carle Place
https://yourlongislandbookfair.com/ 516-456-9324
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Slipstream poetry contest $1,000 prize plus 50 professionally-printed copies of your chapbook. Send up to 40 pages of poetry:
Deadline Dec 1
http://www.slipstreampress.org/contest.html
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A COMMON VIOLENCE by Pat Falk
Finishing Line Press, 2019 ISBN—978-1-63534-940-5
Paperback: 61 pages List Price: $19.99
A “meditative journey to the inner core of silence, where truth resides…
beautifully crafted, the images chiseled to perfection”—Pramila Vekateswaran.
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Lilies from America: New & Selected Poems by Carmen Bugan
PBS Autumn Special Commendation 2019
Sample: https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/12e499a6/files/uploaded/carmen-bugan-lilies-from-america-sampler.pdf
https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/lilies-from-america-carmen-bugan
Order info: https://www.shearsman.com/store/-p132338748
https://carmenbugan.wordpress.com/
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Nassau County Poet Laureate Review, Vol. VII ($10)
Deadline to pre-order is October 18, 2019
Go to www.ncplsociety.com and click on “Poetry Books”
It will take you to Paypal where you can pay by Paypal or credit card
OR
Mail to: NCPLS, c/o Camacho, 16 Pauline Drive, Farmingdale, NY 11735
Make checks payable to Nassau County Poet Laureate Society
Pre-ordered books will be ready for pick up at the Book Launch with your receipt
Mailed copies require $3.00 shipping and handling.
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Please send more for this section. Any poetry or poetics published by authors or presses from the four Long Island counties since July 2018 or available for preorder.
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Banned Books Week is September 22-28
https://bannedbooksweek.org/
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0 Brooklyn Book Festival Events listed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/brooklynbookfestival/events/
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Saturday, Sep 14, 7:00PM - 8:00PM
poetry reading: Oliver Baez Bendorf: Advantages of Being Evergreen w/ Brian Teare
Books are Magic Bookshop
225 Smith Street
Brooklyn, New York
Call (718) 246-2665
booksaremagicbk@gmail.com
http://www.booksaremagic.net
https://www.facebook.com/booksaremagicbk/
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Monday, Sep 16, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Every Monday)
Writers' Circle
Long Beach Library
111 West Park Avenue, Long Beach 516-432-7201
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Monday, Sep 16, 5:30 – 7pm (Every Monday)
East Hampton Library Poetry Workshop
Poets come together to share, discuss and critique their work.
No registration necessary.
159 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 11937 631-324-0222
http://easthamptonlibrary.org/calendar/
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Monday, Sep 16, 7 PM – 9 PM
NYU Writes: authors of the NYU Creative Writing Program: Jeffrey Eugenides, Jonathan Safran Foer, Terrance Hayes, Yusef Komunyakaa, Nick Laird, Sharon Olds, and Zadie Smith will read from recent works of poetry and prose. Hosted by program director Deborah Landau.
NYU Skirball
566 Laguardia Pl, New York, New York 10012
https://nyuskirball.org/events/nyu-writes/
Free, but tickets required: https://tickets.nyu.edu/10361
http://as.nyu.edu/cwp/reading-series/fall-2019/nyu-writes--a-celebration-of-writers-and-writing-at-nyu.html
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Monday, Sep 16, 7:00 p.m. promptly
Reading in Brooklyn
Susan Schultz and Rachel Blau DuPlessis
at Erica Hunt’s and done salon style
Particulars: at 292 Rutland Road—a blue house with a yellow door
Brooklyn
Near Nostrand Avenue
Winthrop Street stop of the 2 or 5 trains.
A bit of a longer walk through some lovely blocks is the Q train at the Prospect Park stop.
Both Susan and Rachel will be selling recent books.
"We’ve come from Hawaii and Philadelphia to see you.
We would love to see you there."
NUMBERS: www.materialistpress.com
Around the Day in 80 Worlds: http://www.blazevox.org/index.php
Days and Works: https://ahsahtapress.org/product/days-and-works-duplessis/
Graphic Novella: www.xexoxial.org
Susan Schultz blogs at http://tinfisheditor.blogspot.com/
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Monday, Sep 16, 7:30-9:30 P.M. (Third Mondays)
Performance Poets Association presents Cliff Bleidner
Open Mic follows
hosted by Lorraine Conlin and Margarette Wahl
Bellmore Bean,
2718 Grand Avenue
Bellmore, NY 11710. 516) 804-4624
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Tuesday, Sep 17, 10:30 am (Third Tuesdays)
Long Island Writers Guild workshop, with Beverly E.Kotch and Florence Gatto
All types of writing
Bellmore Memorial Library
2288 Bedford Avenue
Bellmore, NY 11710 phone (516) 785-2990
https://www.bellmorelibrary.org/
http://www.liwritersguild.org/
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Tuesday, Sep 17, 4:00 to 5:30 P.M. (Every Tuesday)
Art/Rich Poetry Roundtable
a poetry appreciation group (not a workshop)
Bring a poem for discussion. All styles and time periods welcome.
Facilitator: Virginia Walker.
Refreshments.
the Book Sale Room of the Shelter Island Library
37 North Ferry Road (Rte 114).
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Tuesday, Sep 17, 5:30-7pm (Every Tuesday, September-?)
Poetry Workshop
John Jermain Library
201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
631-725-0049 info@johnjermain.org
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Tuesday, Sep 17, 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm
Ken Siegelman's Poetry Outreach Presents Stephanie Laterza
Park Slope Library
431 6th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215
arrive closer to 5:30 to sign up for the open mic and enjoy some coffee and snacks before the feature
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/ken-siegelmans-poetry-park-slope-library-20190917
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Tuesday, Sep 17, 7-9 P.M. (Third Tuesdays)
It’s Poetry Baby!
presents Sheila Hoffenberg
hosted by Peter Dugan
Sip This
64 Rockaway Ave
Valley Stream, NY
516-341-0491
http://www.sipthisny.com.
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Wednesday, Sep 18, - poets arrive between 6:45 and 7pm. workshop ends 8:45 (Every Wednesday)
Peer Poetry Workshop
bring 8 copies of your poem for critique
Cooper Hall
Rogers Memorial Library
91 Coopers Farm Road
Southampton, NY 11968
631-283-0774 ext. 524
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Wednesday, Sep 18, 1pm-3pm (Every Wednesday until ??)
Creative Writing for Seniors
Merrick Senior Center
2550 Clubhouse Road
Merrick 11566 518-868-4777
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Wednesday, Sep 18, 7 pm
Creative Writing Workshop conducted by Barbara Novack
Free. All genres (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoir). All levels welcome.
Oceanside Library
30 Davison Avenue
Oceanside, NY
516.766.2360
www.oceansidelibrary.com
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Wednesday, Sep 18, 7:00 – 9:00 PM (Approximately Alternate Wednesdays)
Farmingdale Peer Poetry Workshop.
Please bring copies of a poem in need of review or revision,
or just come to listen.
facilitated by Paula Camacho.
A Performance Poets Association event; Free.
Farmingdale Library -- Usually downstairs in Room D.
116 Merritts Road
Farmingdale, N.Y. 516-249-9090
call Paula for information 516-694-5126
http://www.farmingdalelibrary.org/
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Wednesday, Sep 18, 7:30 PM
Break Out: A 2019 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Celebration and Anthology Book Launch at Brooklyn Book Festival
Celebrating the release of the 2019 PEN America Prison Writing Awards Anthology, PEN America and The Poetry Project present an evening of exceptional work from currently incarcerated writers, staged by a series of dynamic authors, actors and activists including Margo Jefferson, Shaun Leonardo, T Kira Madden, Cortney Lamar Charleston, Cecilia Gentili, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, actors from RTA including Edwin Santana, Tamika Graham, Brigitte Harris, Milton Jones, and Kevin Boone, with contributions from Michael Kenneth Williams and music by Olumide Obayanna.
Additionally, announcing the new PEN America L’Engel-Rahman Prize for Mentorship, special guests Charlotte Jones Voiklis and Eric Berryman will stage a dramatic performance of letters shared between author and early PEN America Prison Writing Program mentor Madeleine L’Engle and Ahmad Rahman, an incarcerated Black Panther Party leader who later became an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Audience members will be invited to participate in flash writing exercises throughout this part-show, part-interactive evening, hosted by Caits Meissner and Robert Pollock of PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program, and Kyle Dacuyan, Executive Director of The Poetry Project.
Featured writers include Peter M. Dunne, Edward Ji, Sean Patrick Dunne, Vaugh Walker, Christiana Justice, David Pickett, John Benjamin, Jevon Jackson, Heather Jarvis and Douglas Weed, with quotes by Sean J. White, Spoon Jackson, B. Batchelor and Charles Norman.
RSVP: https://pen.org/event/break-out-brooklyn-book-festival-19/?mc_cid=f9de68b5fb&mc_eid=f66cf2b21d
The Poetry Project, Ltd.
St. Mark's Church | 131 E. 10th Street
New York, NY 10003
P: 212.674.0910 | F: 212.529.2318
www.poetryproject.org | info@poetryproject.org
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Thursday, Sep 19, 7:30PM - 8:30PM
poetry reading: Jericho Brown and Tina Chang
part of Brooklyn Book Festival:
Books are Magic Bookshop
225 Smith Street
Brooklyn, New York
Call (718) 246-2665
booksaremagicbk@gmail.com
http://www.booksaremagic.net
https://www.facebook.com/booksaremagicbk/
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Thursday, Sep 19, 7pm-9pm
A Big Lucks reading featuring Amanda Galvan Huynh, Cornelia Barber & Catherine Chen
Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop
141 Front Street in D.U.M.B.O, Brooklyn 11201
F to York Street or the A/C to High Street
347-687-2375 berlspoetry@gmail.com
https://www.berlspoetry.com/events/2019/9/19/a-big-lucks-reading-featuring-amanda-galvan-huynh-cornelia-barber-amp-catherine-chen
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Thursday, Sep 19, 7pm-9pm
Poetry Reading: Ada Limón and Rachel Zucker
NYU Creative Writing Program literary event.
Hosted by poet and NYU Creative Writing Program senior faculty member Matthew Rohrer.
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, Manhattan
http://as.nyu.edu/cwp/reading-series/fall-2019/poetry-reading--ada-limon-and-rachel-zucker.html
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Thursday, Sep 19, 7:00 P.M. (Every Thursday)
Long Island Poetry Collective Peer Workshop, (Free)
Bring 12 copies of a poem in need of peer review and critique.
Open to poets at all levels
Huntington Public Library
338 Main Street
Huntington Voice: (631)427-5165
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Thursday, Sep 19, 7pm (Third Thursdays)
Long Island Writers Guild Workshop
conducted by Dennis Kotch
Bethpage Library
47 Powell Ave. Bethpage
(516) 931-3907
http://www.liwritersguild.org/
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Friday, Sep 20, 6pm
Boog City 13 Arts Festival: Poetry, Music, Poetry Talk Talk
Hosted by David Kirschenbaum
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238
http://unnameablebooks.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/893079261051357/
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Friday, Sep 20, 7:30 PM – 9 PM
Annual Brooklyn Indie Party--Part of Brooklyn Book Festival
Greenlight Bookstore, Fort Greene
686 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217
https://www.facebook.com/events/1158558254351415/
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Saturday, Sep 21, 1:30- 4:00 PM
Celebrate Poetry & Prose @ Oceanside Library
Features: John Burroughs(Ohio's Beat Poet Laureate), Jeanette Powers(Missouri), John Greiner(Queens)
Open Mic follows feature
Hosted by Peter V. Dugan & Sharon Anderson
This is a PPA event
30 Davison Avenue, Oceanside, NY
(516) 766-2360 www.oceansidelibrary.com
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Saturday, Sep 21, 1pm
Boog City 13 Arts Festival: Poetry, Music, Celebration of Renegade Presses
Hosted by David Kirschenbaum
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238
http://unnameablebooks.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/893079261051357/
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Saturday, Sep 21, 7:00-8:30pm
Library of Congress Whitman Collection Presentation by Historian Barbara Bair
includes Facsimile display of Archival artifacts from Whitman's Lifetime
https://www.waltwhitman.org/library-of-congress-barbara-bair-presents/
Free & Open to the Public
Reception with complimentary refreshments
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association
246 Old Walt Whitman Road
Huntington Station, NY 11746
(631) 427-5240 ext 112
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Sunday, Sep 22,
Boog City 13 Arts Festival: Theater, Poetry, Music
Panel: Can This Machine Kill Fascists? Poetry, Publishing, and Empire
Hosted by David Kirschenbaum
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery
The East Village
https://www.facebook.com/events/893079261051357/
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Sunday, Sep 22, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Brooklyn Book Festival
Many Poetry Publishers and Organizations represented:
https://brooklynbookfestival.org/vendors/
Brooklyn Borough Hall and Vicinity
Trains: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Borough Hall
R to Court Street
R, F to Jay Street
A, C to High Street
https://brooklynbookfestival.org/
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Sunday, Sep 22, 3 pm
Poetry Event at Molloy College
Featuring JR (Judy) Turek
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association’s Long Island Poet of the Year 2019
Hosted by Barbara Novack, Writer-in-Residence, Molloy College
Reception Room, Kellenberg Hall
Molloy College
1000 Hempstead Ave.
Rockville Centre, NY
Free. No reservations necessary.
Refreshments.
Open mic follows featured poet.
For further information, contact English Department, 516.323.3260, or Barbara Novack, 516.323.3273
www.molloy.edu
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Sunday, Sep 22, 3-5PM (Fourth Sundays)
Poetry Street Riverhead features
John Burroughs, Beat Poet Laureate for Ohio (2019-2021)
& Jeanette Powers, Founder, Kansas City Small Press Poetry Festival
Open mic to follow.
Hosted by Maggie Bloomfield, Robert A. “Bubbie” Brown,
Susan G. Dingle & Chip Williford
at Sunny's Riverhead Diner
87 East Main Street, Riverhead, NY 11971
3pm sign up. 3:10 reading starts.
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Sunday, Sep 22, 6 PM – 7:30 PM
Yusef Komunyakaa & Ross Gay at Bowery Poetry Club
Hosted by Page Meets Stage
308 Bowery (between Houston & Bleecker)
New York, New York 10012
Admission $15 at the door/$12 online in advance
Page Meets Stage invites two different poets take the stage and read back and forth, poem for poem, in what they call “the ongoing conversation about where poetry lives!”
PageMeetsStage.com 646-543-5232.
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Sunday, Sep 22, 6:30pm
Queens Poets & Parents
a reading and conversation showcasing the wonderful, diverse voices of poet-parents in Queens. Pichchenda Bao, Malcolm Chang, Adam DeGraff, Jared Harél, Sokunthary Svay, and KC Trommer will be sharing their work and discussing the ways that parenthood influences their creative pursuits.
Book Culture bookshop
26-09 Jackson Ave
Long Island City, NY 11101
https://www.bookculture.com/event/lic-queens-poets-parents
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20190923 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Every Monday)
Writers' Circle
Long Beach Library
111 West Park Avenue, Long Beach 516-432-7201
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Monday, Sep 23, 5:30 – 7pm (Every Monday)
East Hampton Library Poetry Workshop
Poets come together to share, discuss and critique their work.
No registration necessary.
159 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 11937 631-324-0222
http://easthamptonlibrary.org/calendar/
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Monday, Sep 23, 5:30-7pm (Fourth Mondays)
Astonished Harvest workshop, a poetry community, interested
n the interface of poetry , medicine,illness and healing.
Please bring 10 copies of a poem, if you wish to read.
facilitated by Richard.Bronson@stonybrook.edu
The Neighborhood House http://www.setauketneighborhoodhouse.com/
95 Main Street
Setauket, NY 11733 631-751-6208
From Long Island Expressway
LIE (495) to exit 62 North (Nicolls Road/Route 97) toward Stony Brook.
Go North the end of Nicolls Rd. Make a right onto Route 25A.
Go left onto North Country Rd. (will turn into Main Street) After 3 stop
signs, The Neighborhood House will be on your right;White house with
porch, across from a pond.
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Monday, Sep 23, 6pm
Boog City 13 Arts Festival: Poetry, Music, Celebration of Renegade Presses
Hosted by David Kirschenbaum
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238
http://unnameablebooks.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/893079261051357/
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Tuesday, Sep 24, 1:00pm (Usually 12:30PM) (Fourth Fridays)
Long Island Writers Guild workshop East Meadow
East Meadow Jewish Center, 1400 Prospect Avenue
http://www.eastmeadow.info/
http://www.liwritersguild.org/
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Tuesday, Sep 24, 4:00 to 5:30 P.M. (Every Tuesday)
Art/Rich Poetry Roundtable
a poetry appreciation group (not a workshop)
Bring a poem for discussion. All styles and time periods welcome.
Facilitator: Virginia Walker.
Refreshments.
the Book Sale Room of the Shelter Island Library
37 North Ferry Road (Rte 114).
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Tuesday, Sep 24, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Third Brownstone Poets 2019 Anthology Book Event
A collection of poetry, infused with Brooklyn imagery.
A Celebration of Poetry and Prose from Poets from
Brownstone Poets Reading Series
Brooklyn Public Library -- Park Slope Branch
431 6th Avenue at 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718 - 832 -1853
Free Admission— LIMITED OPEN MIC
https://www.facebook.com/events/382842039090957/?active_tab=about
SUBWAYS: R to 9th St. and 4th Ave. F to Seventh Ave.
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Tuesday, Sep 24, 5:30-7pm (Every Tuesday, September-?)
Poetry Workshop
John Jermain Library
201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
631-725-0049 info@johnjermain.org
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Tuesday, Sep 24, 6pm
Boog City 13 Arts Festival: Poetry, Music
Hosted by David Kirschenbaum
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238
http://unnameablebooks.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/893079261051357/
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Tuesday, Sep 24, 7:00PM (Last Tuesdays)
feature Jane Connelly
plus open mic
hosted by Lorraine Conlin
a Poets in Nassau event
Bellmore Memorial Library
2288 Bedford Avenue
Bellmore, NY 11710 phone (516) 785-2990
http://www.bellmorelibrary.org/
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Tuesday, Sep 24, 7:00– 9:00(8:45??) PM (Last Tuesdays)
feature: Brian Geraghty
plus open reading.
A PPA event hosted by Christopher A. Nicola
Sachem Library
150 Holbrook Road
Holbrook, NY 11741
631-588-5024 email sachlib@suffolk.lib.ny.us
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Wednesday, Sep 25, - poets arrive between 6:45 and 7pm. workshop ends 8:45 (Every Wednesday)
Peer Poetry Workshop
bring 8 copies of your poem for critique
Cooper Hall
Rogers Memorial Library
91 Coopers Farm Road
Southampton, NY 11968
631-283-0774 ext. 524
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Wednesday, Sep 25, 1pm-3pm (Every Wednesday until ??)
Creative Writing for Seniors
Merrick Senior Center
2550 Clubhouse Road
Merrick 11566 518-868-4777
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Wednesday, Sep 25, 2-4pm (Every Wednesday through 11/27 at least)
Taproot Workshop at Harborfields Library
Any interested senior over 55 is welcome to attend the first session of
the writing workshop at no cost. If you join, fees for this ten-week
series are paid directly to Taprooot,
a nonprofit organization based at Stony Brook University
31 Broadway, Greenlawn, New York 11740
http://www.harborfieldslibrary.org/ (631) 757-4200
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Wednesday, Sep 25, 6:30-8:30 pm (Continues October 16 & 23rd)
Tell Your Stories Writing Workshop
conducted by Beverly Kotch & Florence Gatto
This session will emphasize Memoir.
Long Island Writers Guild
Malverne Library
61 St. Thomas Place, Malverne, NY 11565
Cathy Wellikoff (516) 599-0750
http://www.liwritersguild.org/
https://www.malvernelibrary.org/
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Wednesday, Sep 25, 6:30-8:30pm (Alternate Wednesdays & More)
Brentwood Public Library
Creative Writing Workshop
34 Second Avenue
Main level, Fireplace room
Please bring 10 copies of a piece of poetry or prose you would like critiqued that can be read in less than 3 minutes.
For more information, text Sharon Dockweiler at 516-426-5940, go to
https://BrentwoodNYLibrary.org or call 631-273-7883.
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Wednesday, Sep 25, 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Natasha Trethewey
Poetry Reading/Talk presented by Hofstra University's Great Writers, Great Readings Series, for which Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information, please call 516-463-5669.
Hofstra University, Guthart Cultural Center Theater,
1st Floor, Axinn Library
South Campus
Hempstead, NY 11549
HOFCULCTR@hofstra.edu
https://www.hofstra.edu/gwgr
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Wednesday, Sep 25, 6pm
Boog City 13 Arts Festival: Poetry, Music
Hosted by David Kirschenbaum
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238
http://unnameablebooks.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/893079261051357/
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Wednesday, Sep 25, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Birds Fall Silent in Brooklyn
Great Weather for Media celebrates the publication of their latest anthology,
Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea
Featuring contributors Oliver Baer, Billy Cancel, Steve Dalachinsky, Isa Guzman, Aimee Herman, Matthew Hupert, Tatyana Muradov, Yuko Otomo, and Erik Richmond.
"Free admission but please buy a drink or two. ... also food."
61 Local, 61 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
https://www.greatweatherformedia.com/upcoming-events/2019/9/25/birds-fall-silent-in-brooklyn
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Wednesday, Sep 25, 7:00 pm
Village of Crickets present Poetry from Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic, and Nomi Stone, author of Kill Class.
Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby St, New York, NY 212-334-3324
https://www.housingworks.org/events/ilya-kaminsky-nomi-stone
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Wednesday, Sep 25, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Writers’ workshop; poetry, prose, short stories, facilitated
by J R Turek (in Room D, which is downstairs, through the
glass doors, go right and right )
Free event.
Farmingdale Library
116 Merritts Road
Farmingdale, N.Y. 516-249-9090
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Wednesday, Sep 25, 7pm-9pm (Alternate Wednesdays)
Poets of the Promise workshop
Li’l Bit of Heaven Ministries
Linda Trott Dickman, James P. Wagner, co teachers,
287 Larkfield Road
East Northport 11731
631-262-1212
Samanthaslilbitofheaven.org
September 11, 25, October 9, 23
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Thursday, Sep 26, 7:30PM signup, performances start at 8:30 P.M. (Every Other Thursday)
The Muse Exchange [Poetry! Music! Art! Comedy!]
featuring TBA
open mic for poetry, comedy, spoken word,
idea sharing, storytelling, performance art, and music.
There will be 2 rounds of open mic with 10 slots each
Each slot is 5ish minutes
Rounds begin at 8:30pm and 9:30pm
Hosted by Andrea Lawl Manning and Pete Lotus Arevalo
Velvet Lounge (In The Curry Club)
10 Woodscorner Rd.
East Setauket, NY, 11733 631-751-7575 Must be 21 or over.
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Thursday, Sep 26, 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Red Ink Series: SECRETS
poet Elisabet Velasquez and 4 prosists
Books are Magic Bookshop
225 Smith Street
Brooklyn, New York
Call (718) 246-2665
booksaremagicbk@gmail.com
http://www.booksaremagic.net
https://www.facebook.com/booksaremagicbk/
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Thursday, Sep 26, 2:00 - 4:00 PM (Usually Second and Fourth Thursdays)
Calling All Poets
Harborfields Library
Share your poetry with a supportive group of fellow writers. This
is a self-moderated, casual group meeting where all poets are
encouraged to share and learn from each other. All are welcome.
Registration is not required.
Kitchen Meeting Room
31 Broadway, Greenlawn, New York 11740
http://www.harborfieldslibrary.org/ (631) 757-4200
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Thursday, Sep 26, 6pm
Literary Excursions Book Launch
Lilies from America
by Carmen Bugan
A Poetry Book Society Special Commendation
Poetry reading, snacks, and wine
The Setauket Neighborhood House
95 Main Street, East Setauket, NY 11733
https://carmenbugan.wordpress.com/
Book:
https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/lilies-from-america-carmen-bugan
https://www.shearsman.com/store/-p132338748
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Thursday, Sep 26, 6pm
Boog City 13 Arts Festival: Poetry, Music
Hosted by David Kirschenbaum
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238
http://unnameablebooks.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/893079261051357/
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Thursday, Sep 26, 7:00 P.M. (Every Thursday)
Long Island Poetry Collective Peer Workshop, (Free)
Bring 12 copies of a poem in need of peer review and critique.
Open to poets at all levels
Huntington Public Library
338 Main Street
Huntington Voice: (631)427-5165
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Thursday, Sep 26, 7pm-9pm
The New Salon: Anne Boyer in conversation with Hari Kunzru
Anne Boyer is a U.S. poet and essayist, and the inaugural winner of the 2018 Cy Twombly Award for Poetry from the Foundation for Contemporary Art and a 2018 Whiting Award in nonfiction/poetry. She is the author of The Romance of Happy Workers, The 2000s, My Common Heart, 2016 CLMP Firecracker award-winning Garments Against Women, The Handbook of Disappointed Fate.
Hari Kunzru is a novelist & short story writer.
NYU Creative Writing Program literary event.
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, Manhattan
http://as.nyu.edu/cwp/reading-series/fall-2019/the-new-salon--anne-boyer-in-conversation-with-hari-kunzru.html
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Friday, Sep 27, 6:00 PM
Oberon poetry magazine 2019 launch/reading and reception
All are welcome! Come read from the magazine,
enjoy a nosh, and mingle with your fellow poets/artists... extra copies for sale.
Features the work of Michelle Whittaker, the art of William Carroll, translations by Claire Nicolas White, and fine work by new and seasoned poets from around the globe.
Gallery North
90 North Country Road
Setauket, NY 11733
(631) 751-2676
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Friday, Sep 27, 7:30pm sharp (Last Fridays)
Poets in Port at Caffe Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport
featured poets Barbara Southard and Evelyn Kandel
Plus open mic.
All are welcome, but not proseletizing or politics.
https://www.northportarts.org/
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Saturday, Sep 28, 2-4pm (Usually Fourth Saturdays)
Features: Elizabeth Fonseca & Peter V. Dugan
plus open mic
Hosted by Cliff Bleidner & Judy Turek
for Poets Performance Association
Levittown Library
1 Bluegrass Lane
(right off Hempstead Tpke, across from I-Hop and Staples)
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Saturday, Sep 28, 2:30pm
Ronald P. Bremner, David Dephy, Aaron Fischer, and Roger S. Mitchell read for Brownstone Poets,
$5 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon
Park Plaza Restaurant in Brooklyn Heights.
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St. and Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718 - 596 - 5900
Subways:
Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street
R to Court Street
4 or to 5 Borough Hall
https://www.facebook.com/events/437217833543235/
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Sunday, Sep 29, 5 p.m.
The Zinc Bar Reading
featuring Patricia Carragon, Jennifer Juneau, Francine Witte
Open Mic
Hosted by Joe Elliot
$5 Suggested donation
82 West 3rd Street (btw Thompson & Sullivan)
New York, NY 10012
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Monday, Sep 30, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM (Every Monday)
Writers' Circle
Long Beach Library
111 West Park Avenue, Long Beach 516-432-7201
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Monday, Sep 30, 5:30 – 7pm (Every Monday)
East Hampton Library Poetry Workshop
Poets come together to share, discuss and critique their work.
No registration necessary.
159 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 11937 631-324-0222
http://easthamptonlibrary.org/calendar/
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Tuesday, Oct 1,
Nassau County Poet Laureate Society Contest Begins
https://ncplsociety.com/contest/
Postmark DEADLINE: January 30th, 2020.
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Tuesday, Oct 1, 10:30 am (First Tuesdays)
Long Island Writers Guild workshop, with Beverly E.Kotch and Florence Gatto
All types of writing
Bellmore Memorial Library
2288 Bedford Avenue
Bellmore, NY 11710 phone (516) 785-2990
https://www.bellmorelibrary.org/
http://www.liwritersguild.org/
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Tuesday, Oct 1, 4:00 to 5:30 P.M. (Every Tuesday)
Art/Rich Poetry Roundtable
a poetry appreciation group (not a workshop)
Bring a poem for discussion. All styles and time periods welcome.
Facilitator: Virginia Walker.
Refreshments.
the Book Sale Room of the Shelter Island Library
37 North Ferry Road (Rte 114).
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Tuesday, Oct 1, 5:30-7pm (Every Tuesday)
Poetry Workshop
John Jermain Library
201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
631-725-0049 info@johnjermain.org
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Tuesday, Oct 1, 7:15 pm (First Tuesdays)
Urban Coffee Readers open mic
Host: Tammy Green
Urban Coffee Greenlawn
101 Broadway, Greenlawn
Contact tamisvert@gmail.com
631-261-7979
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Tuesday, Oct 1, 7:30 P.M. (First Tuesdays)
PPA presents TBA
plus open mic
Hosted by Lorraine Conlin
Sip This
64 Rockaway Ave
Valley Stream, NY
516-341-0491
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Wednesday, Oct 2, - poets arrive between 6:45 and 7pm. workshop ends 8:45 (Every Wednesday)
Peer Poetry Workshop
bring 8 copies of your poem for critique
Cooper Hall
Rogers Memorial Library
91 Coopers Farm Road
Southampton, NY 11968
631-283-0774 ext. 524
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Wednesday, Oct 2, 1pm-3pm (Every Wednesday until ??)
Creative Writing for Seniors
Merrick Senior Center
2550 Clubhouse Road
Merrick 11566 518-868-4777
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Wednesday, Oct 2, 2-4pm (Every Wednesday 9/25 through 11/27)
Taproot Workshop at Harborfields Library
Any interested senior over 55 is welcome to attend the first session of
the writing workshop at no cost. If you join, fees for this ten-week
series are paid directly to Taprooot,
a nonprofit organization based at Stony Brook University
31 Broadway, Greenlawn, New York 11740
http://www.harborfieldslibrary.org/ (631) 757-4200
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Wednesday, Oct 2, 7:00 – 9:00 PM (Approximately Alternate Wednesdays)
Farmingdale Peer Poetry Workshop.
Please bring copies of a poem in need of review or revision,
or just come to listen.
facilitated by Paula Camacho.
A Performance Poets Association event; Free.
Farmingdale Library -- Usually downstairs in Room D.
116 Merritts Road
Farmingdale, N.Y. 516-249-9090
call Paula for information 516-694-5126
http://www.farmingdalelibrary.org/
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Wednesday, Oct 2, 7:00pm-8:30pm (once a month on Wednesdays)
Experienced writers group only offered to Middle Country Library card holders.
A program for experienced writers seeking to share and improve their work through group critiques, suggestions and encouragement. The instructor will teach you specific writing techniques and advise you kn how to submit your work for publication based on its literary genre.
Instructor: Lee Mandel
Registration required
Call library for further information (631) 585-9393
https://www.mcplibrary.org/
Lower Mtg Room, 101 Eastwood Blvd, Centereach, NY 11720
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Thursday, Oct 3, 7:00 P.M. (Every Thursday)
Long Island Poetry Collective Peer Workshop, (Free)
Bring 12 copies of a poem in need of peer review and critique.
Open to poets at all levels
Huntington Public Library
338 Main Street
Huntington Voice: (631)427-5165
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Thursday, Oct 3, 7:30pm (First Thursdays)
Kate Lamberg healing facilitator; musician/ poet; chapbook “informed by light” is forthcoming;
Jack Jack’s Café 223 Deer Park Avenue in Babylon Village
Sponsored by the Babylon Village Arts Council
Host: Tom Stock tstock39@gmail.com 631-578-9220
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Friday, Oct 4, 6:00PM - 8:30PM
Book Launch and reading: Shira Erlichman's Odes to Lithium (Alice James Books)
Shira will be joined by Danez Smith, Morgan Parker and Angel Nafis, who will all give readings in conversation with Shira's work. The reading will be hosted by Ashley C. Ford.
Ace Hotel New York (20 W 29th St).
Copies of Odes to Lithium will be available for purchase. After the reading, Shira will be available to sign books and a cash bar will be running all evening.
Guests are encouraged to start lining up at 6PM. Doors will open for the event at 6:30PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/347264112894195/
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Friday, Oct 4, 7:30pm (First Fridays)
Poets in Nassau presents Alan Walowitz.
plus open mic
hosted by Doreen Spungin
Sip This
64 Rockaway Ave
Valley Stream, NY
516-341-0491
http://www.sipthisny.com.
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Friday, Oct 4, 7pm (6:30 door)
Walking with Whitman
Nancy Mercado with Denis Gray
Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site
246 Old Walt Whitman Road
Huntington Station, NY 11746
631-427-5240 ext 115
https://www.waltwhitman.org/events/adult-programs-2/www/
https://waltwhitman.org/product-category/event-tickets/walking-with-whitman/
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Saturday, Oct 5, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM (First Saturdays)
Featured poets: TBA
plus Open Mic
hosted by George Pafitis in collaboration with the Performance Poets Association.
Open to all.
Great Neck Library
Station Branch
26 Great Neck Road
Great Neck, New York 11021
516 466-8055 ext. 233, 234, 235
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Saturday, Oct 5, 4pm
Turning Towards a Radical Listening
James Allister Sprang in conversation with poet M. NourbeSe Philip, considering how our lives are shaped (if not, in a sense, programmed) by language.
The conversation will be recorded, and the resulting file featured in Sprang’s live performances with digital porcessing to highlight—and potentially to make new meaning from—algorithmic alterations and glitches.
No reservation required. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, New York, NY (212) 255-5793
https://thekitchen.org/event/james-allister-sprang-turning-towards-a-radical-listening
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Monday, Oct 7, 5:30 – 7pm (Every Monday)
East Hampton Library Poetry Workshop
Poets come together to share, discuss and critique their work.
No registration necessary.
159 Main Street, East Hampton, NY 11937 631-324-0222
http://easthamptonlibrary.org/calendar/
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Monday, Oct 7, 7:30PM - 8:30PM
poetry reading: River Coello: self/ser with Yên Nguyen
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/effee/self-an-exploration-of-queer-and-trans-existence-and-love
Books are Magic Bookshop
225 Smith Street
Brooklyn, New York
Call (718) 246-2665
booksaremagicbk@gmail.com
http://www.booksaremagic.net
https://www.facebook.com/events/528254171250651/
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Tuesday, Oct 8, 4:00 to 5:30 P.M. (Every Tuesday)
Art/Rich Poetry Roundtable
a poetry appreciation group (not a workshop)
Bring a poem for discussion. All styles and time periods welcome.
Facilitator: Virginia Walker.
Refreshments.
the Book Sale Room of the Shelter Island Library
37 North Ferry Road (Rte 114).
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Tuesday, Oct 8, 5:30-7pm (Every Tuesday)
Poetry Workshop
John Jermain Library
201 Main Street, Sag Harbor, NY 11963
631-725-0049 info@johnjermain.org
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Tuesday, Oct 8, 6:30-8:45 (Second Tuesday of every other month)
*Poetry Zone*
featured poets TBA
Open Mic in the second half of the program.
Port Jefferson Free Library
Corner of East Main St. and Thompson St.
Port Jefferson, NY 11773
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Tuesday, Oct 8, 7pm (Second Tuesdays)
All Writers of Elwood
Writers workshop for adults of all levels with Tammy Green
Elwood Public Library
1929 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood, NY. 11731
Tamisvert@gmail.com
631-499-3722
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