Poetry Grows in Brooklyn January Schedule

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January Schedule


The Brownstone Poets Presents:



Tuesday, January 19 at 7p.m.

ICE, Dennis Nurkse and Barry Wallenstein

Tillies of Brooklyn
248 DeKalb Ave. (corner of Vanderbilt and DeKalb)
Brooklyn, NY 11205 Phone # (718) 783-6140

http://www.tilliesofbrooklyn.com/


Take the J, M, R or Q trains to DeKalb Avenue, the C to Lafayette, the G to Clinton/Washington
2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins St.
$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink – Limited Open Mic


Curated by Patricia Carragon email: pattiekake@earthlink.net

http://patricia.carragon.home.att.net/ http://myspace.com/pattiekake8
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712




Bios:


ICE

Ice, a multi-media artist, performs in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Portland and Eugene. She’s the founding editor of Uphookpress' you say. say., which was published in October 2009. ICE will be a judge/performer at the 2010 City College Poetry Festival. You can purchase her poetry, music and photography at CDBaby.com and FilmBaby.com.


DENNIS NURKSE

Dennis Nurkse (Poetry; published as D. Nurkse) is the author of eight books of poetry, including Burnt Island and The Fall (Knopf, 2005 and 2002). He received the Whiting Writers Award, two NEA fellowships, two NYFA fellowships, two awards from Poetry (Chicago), and a Tanne Foundation grant. Dennis' work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The Kenyon Review, The Times Literary Supplement (London), Ploughshares, The Paris Review, and the Best American Poetry series. He has taught advanced workshops at The Writer's Voice, The New School, and the Brooklyn College MFA Program. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence.


BARRY WALLENSTEIN

Barry Wallenstein is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently Tony’s World [Birch Brook Press, 2010]. Among his awards are the Poetry Society of America’s Lyric Poetry Prize and
fellowships to The Macdowell Colony and to Hawthornden Castle in Scotland. Most often with jazz accompaniment, he reads annually at major conferences and festivals throughout the world, and he has made six recordings of his poetry with jazz, including Euphoria Ripens, [Cadence Jazz Records, 2008] listed in All About Jazz as one of the “Best New Releases” of 2008.