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Rebecca Schumejda interviews poet and professor George Wallace. His latest collection of poems is “One Hundred Years Among the Daisies”.

Jun 21, 2019 | New Poetry | 0

Two poems – “Ode to Political Wingnuts” & “A Betting Clerk is the Life For Me” – from the June 2019 Poets Speak Loud feature Dan Vollweiler.

Jun 21, 2019 | Books | 0

“Until The Words Came”, a new collaborative collection of poems by Guy Reed and Cheryl A. Rice, has been published by Post Traumatic Press.

Jun 21, 2019 | Events | 0

Here’s a look at the poetry and spoken word readings, open mics, workshops, events, and slams in the region this week.

Poets in the Park is celebrating 30 years of bringing poetry in July to the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park, Albany, NY.

Jun 19, 2019 | Events | 0

On June 27, Lynn McGee and Bertha Rogers will share their work at Word Thursdays at Bright Hill Press and Literary Center of the Catskills.

James H Duncan visits Inquiring Minds Bookstore, Our Bookshop, and Rough Draft Bar & Books as he travels through Saugerties and Kingston.

Don Levy recently went to a book sale at the Colonie Town Library and thought back at going to physical stores to browse for books and music.

Mary Panza is 51 and done – planning her future beginning with laser hair removal. Shooting for the moon as you all can see.

Rebecca Schumejda interviews poet Margaret Crocker. Her new collection, “When I Was a Girl Like Me”, is now available by Stubborn Mule Press.