[ Sunday, January 1, 2012; 3:00 pm; ] There are three things to consider when the New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon sweeps you into its gracefully uncouth embrace — what it is, what it was, and who you will be when it’s over. An untamed gathering of the heart’s secret, wild nobility — over 140 poets together revealing not just that a better [...]
Our friends at The Neighborhood Preservation Center found some Poetry Project related photographs in their image archive.The first photo depicts Anne Waldman, Reverend David Garcia and Stephen Facey. Not sure which Bishop that is or who the child is. The second photo is John Giorno reading in the Parish Hall. Looks pre-fire. Nice podium. The [...]
May 20, 2009
Hiding behind screens of populated jams, where to find this week’s inch? On The Bowery, in The Bunker, from the travelled lungs of a certified poetry icon.
John Giorno’s reading at the Project last week was one of those pinch-me-I’m-alive events that reboots the mainframe and makes you want to write, perform and bask [...]
