Monthly Archives: June 2009

A great evening @ livewords: fab readers, a translation winner, and a door prize

By admin | June 26, 2009

Thursday, June 25 was one of our best ever livewords evenings @ Cervejaria. Thanks no small measure to our large and appreciative audience!
A decorous and appreciative bow to our readers Jacob Scheier, Rocco De Giacomo and Nashira Dernesch. In the admittedly bias opinion of host Edward Nixon, they each gave the best readings he has [...]

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Door Prize tonight from This Ain’t the Rosedale Library

By admin | June 25, 2009

We are pleased to advise that we will have a door prize tonight, June 25, at livewords thanks to the generosity of This Ain’t the Rosedale Library.

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De Giacomo + Dernesch + Scheier = this Thursday night June 25

By admin | June 20, 2009

This Thursday night:

Rocco De Giacomo: Rocco is a widely published poet whose work has most recently been accepted in the literary journals Vallum and The Carolina Quarterly and has recently appeared The Antigonish Review and Tower Poetry. A full length collection of his poetry is expected out in the fall of 2009 through Quattro Books. [...]

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1 more makes 7 authors for the MM 12 launch!

By admin | June 14, 2009

We are thrilled that we now have seven contributors from the upcoming issue of Misunderstandings Magazine 12, reading with us on Thursday July 23 @ livewords, with addition of: Dane Swan.

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Poetry in Translation - June 25 - open mic contest

By admin | June 14, 2009

At the June livewords show we will have a unique iteration of our ‘open mic contest’ with a night of poetry in translation.
All participants have to do is select a poem he/she particularly likes translated into English from any other language on Earth, read it to the assembled masses, then sit down - :). If [...]

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