Poetry Press Release: SASE at Intermedia Arts

You Are Invited to

Emergence: Intimate Evenings of Poetry and Prose
Writer-to-Writer Mentorship Series Readings
December 11 & 18, 2006

WHEN/WHERE:
Mondays, December 11 & 18, 2006
7:00 PM at Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis

Join mentors Sun Yung Shin, Joel Turnipseed, and Lyda Morehouse for two spectacular evenings of poetry and prose, featuring fifteen of the twin cities’ most talented emerging writers. Emergence: Intimate Evenings of Poetry and Prose celebrates the passion and dedication of new and emerging writers, and brings to a close our fall semester of Writer-to-Writer, the adult mentorship program in which intimate relationships are created and nurtured between artists, mentors, and the written word.

Fall 2006 Writer-to-Writer Mentees:
Britt Aarnodt
Roseanne Bane
Kelly Barnhill
David Beauvais
Marcus Harcus
Melanie Howard
Jane Levin
James Livingston
April Lott
Argie Manolis
John Medeiros
Chris Pommier
Rob Tregay
John Tribbett
Peggy Vork-Zambory

For the most up-to-date information, call Intermedia Arts at (612) 871-4444 or visit www.intermediaarts.org.

Intermedia Arts is located at
2822 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55408.

Intermedia Arts is a catalyst that builds understanding among people through art.

ABOUT WRITER-TO-WRITER:
Writer-to-Writer is an adult mentorship program that gives emerging and
established writers the opportunity to advance to their next level of
artistic development. Participants meet regularly throughout the
program, with one established writer mentoring four-to-six emerging
writers. Writer-to-Writer creates intimate relationships between
artists. Mentors act as artistic catalysts and partners, providing each
mentee with artistic feedback and professional guidance. This program
allows advanced artists to develop their community-based teaching
skills while working to support and strengthen our local literary
community.

Presented by SASE Literary Programs at Intermedia Arts

All you Literature Lovers:Exclusively Available Here for a Limited TimeFree Poetry! Come and Get It Please

I've been unwilling to post my poetry to this blog as simply a text post, but I've wanted to share it with my readers for a while. So, I've come up with a compromise. I've uploaded and made available for free four of my poems at box.net, a handy little free Ajax-built file hosting/sharing website. They are in .pdf format, so you will need a PDF reader.

I'm going to keep them here and active until December 8th, 2006. If you know any other poetry lovers, or writers (and aren't we usually one and the same?) please share this post and the link with them. I would love to here from you, as well.

What is strong, what is weak in these poems? What sorts of poetry do you like? Love? Rhymed? Dark? Prose? Found poetry? Share your interests with me and also, if you have any of your own poetry to share, please post a link to it in the comments section, or just email it to me.

Thanks.

I Survived My First Poetry Reading in Years

This past Sunday I participated in my first poetry reading since i lived in across the street from Dolores Park in San Francisco in th late '90s. I went a couple times to a bar around the corner on Valencia whose name I forget and would read for three minutes. I remember the cavernous space, the stage and microphone and the luiquid green and blue spot that turned the patrons, most of whom were drunk or nearly drunk into a dim mist. I especially remember the curator motioning the "cut! cut!" motion across her throat as I went over my time and I remember thinking, people really do that?

By contrast the PRISM reading this past weekend was held at a coffeehouse in one of the most beautiful buildings dedicated to the literary arts that I know, OpenBook. I could read for up to an hour. Now, I ask you, what kind of sadistic writer would subject her or his audience to a whole hour of their poetry? Not I. Considering the special sort of trauma that public speaking visits on my brain, I was not prepared to read for more than 20 minutes.

It turned out well I was told. My partner and several of my friends came. Besides them there were maybe 10 or 11 people. The other featured reader was poised and delivered a good reading. His poetry is well worth checking out. His name is Steve Mueske. Below there is a link to his website on the left-hide side of this page under the Poets & Authors heading. He reminded me that humor in poetry is a good thing.

I'm looking forward to the next two readings I have lined up. December 18th at Intermedia Arts in Uptown and January 24th at Intermedia Arts as well. I'll post specifics soon.

Do come.

Poetry Press Release: PRISM Poetry Series November 26th

Sunday, November 26th
1:00-3:00 pm
The Coffee Gallery at OpenBook
1011 Washington Ave.
South Minneapolis, Minnesota
(612) 215 - 2626

PRISM Poetry Series announces its featured readers for November 2006, Chris Pommier and Steve Mueske.

Steve Mueske holds an MFA in Writing from Hamline University and has published poems recently in The Massachusetts Review, 32 Poems, The Tusculum Review, and Best New Poets 2005. He is the author of a chapbook and the full-length collection, A Mnemonic for Desire (Ghost Road Press). He serves as Editor-in-Chief for three candles journal,
publisher for three candles press, and site curator for Poetry 365. More informationis available on his website http://www.stevemueske.com

Chris Pommier just finished a SASE/Jerome Foundation mentorship with poet Sun Yung Shin and other wonderful poet-peers who helped him grow immensely as an artist. He has published poetry in anthology chapbooks in California and Alaska. Currently he works a day job, but slave away as a freelancer at night, writing for local publications in the hopes of someday writing for a living.

PRISM Poetry Series offers an open mic the 2nd Sunday of each month and featured readers on the last Sunday. All readings are held from 1:00-3:00 pm at the Coffee Gallery. For more information contact prismpoetry [AT] earthlink.net or visit us on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/prismpoetry.

For more information, contact:
Laura Winton
prismpoetry [AT] @earthlink.net or
fluffysingler [AT] earthlink.net

Enjoy Poetry? Say Hi if You're in Minneapolis This Winter

I haven't had the chance to update this blog in a couple days. I was working on another assignment for Lavender Magazine and scrambling to write a bio and find a picture for a couple upcoming poetry events I'll be reading at. I settled on the picture I have on this page. I really need a newer, less threatening one.

If you're in town, please stop by.

November 26
PRISM Poetry Series
From 1:00 to 3:00
At the Coffee Gallery
In OpenBook
1011 Washington Ave South

December 18
Writer-to-Writer Mentorship Reading
From 7:00 to 9:00pm
At Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S

January 24, 2007
SASE GLBT Reading Series
From 7 to 9 pm
At Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave S