NYC Native Linda Lerner & Andrew Boston set to spark up Son of a Pony Friday Jan. 20

Three Rooms Press & Cornelia Street Café present

SON OF A PONY Poetry Reading Series

FRIDAY, January 20, 6 pm

Featured poet: Linda Lerner

Spotlight poet: Andrew Boston

PLUS NYC's Sensational Open POETRY Mike

Hosted by Kat Georges

Following a raucous time to kickstart 2012 at the 4th Annual NYC Charles Bukowski Poetry Reading on January 6th, Son of a Pony shimmers again on Friday, January 20 with featured readings by NY native Linda Lerner, rock solid up and comer Andrew Boston, and NYC's best open reading, hosted by Three Room Press's stimulating Kat Georges.

LINDA LERNER's most recent poetry collection "Takes Guts & Years Sometimes" (NY Quarterly Books, 2011) is a heartfelt work that examines how to maintain a sense of beauty and humor in the face of adversity. Lerner has authored 12 other poetry collection; several were Small Press Reviews' picks. Her work has been published in numerous journals including New York Quarterly, Onthebus, Van Gog's Ear, Lips, and more. A native New Yorker, she has read widely throughout the U.S.

ANDREW BOSTON recently released his first chapbook "Elvis at 21." His work has been published in the Uphook press anthology "Gape seed" and he hosts a Sunday reading series at ABC No Rio on the Lower East Side. He is currently studying at NYU and serving as poetry editor for the upcoming issue of Tribes magazine.

The featured reading follows the renowned Son of a Pony open reading at the cafe, hosted and curated by the dynamic Kat Georges. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.;  open reading begins at 6 p.m. Admission is $7, which includes a free drink.  

Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, between W. 4th Street & Bleecker, just around the corner from the W. 4th Street subway station. Phone: 212-989-9319. www.corneliastreetcafe.com

TRP poets talk about Bukowski on WBAI (Jan. 2 at 2pm EST)

January 2 at 2 PM EST: Tune into KBAI 99.5 fm (available online at kbai.org!) and hear TRP's own Peter Carlaftes and Angelo Verga talking about Charles Bukowski on Janet Coleman's Cat Radio Cafe show. Call in with comments! And be sure to join us on Friday at 6pm at Cornelia Street Cafe for the 4th annual NYC Bukowski Poetry Tribute. Details in this week's New Yorker magazine (how cool is that?!).

Happy Holidays from Three Rooms Press

Happy Holidays 

and may all your dreams come true in 2012!

Best wishes,

The Editors

Three Rooms Press


Enjoy the holidays and get ready for 2012. Three Rooms Press has big plans for 2012, including the release of On and Off Bass, a photo-memoir by premier punk rock bassist Mike Watt, and new poetry books by Kat Georges, Hala Alyan, Robert Gibbons and the fifth edition of Maintenant, a journal of contemporary dada literature and art. Plus we’ll be releasing our first of many e-books, and developing a whole new genre of digital publications. So stay tuned and enjoy!

Poets Stephen Caratzas & Henrikje Stanze shine at Son of a Pony Friday 12/16

Three Rooms Press 
and Cornelia Street Cafe

present

SON OF A PONY 
Poetry Reading Series

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2011, 6 pm

Featured poet: Stephen Caratzas

Spotlight poet: Henrikje Stanze

PLUS NYC's Sensational Open POETRY Mike

Hosted by Kat Georges

STEPHEN CARATZAS is a writer, visual artist and musician living in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. His poetry has appeared in Terra Incognita, the tiny, Maintenant 5 and many other print and online journals. His band, Gert Fröbe, is currently working on an album tentatively entitled "I Will." He has worked as a legal proofreader, financial journalist and dot.com content strategist and spent 15 years playing guitar in a dozen or so New York-based rock bands. His poetry is inspired by the work of William S. Burroughs, Lou Reed, Bukowski and David Lynch. 

HENRIKJE STANZE is a poet and performer based in Hanover, Germany. She is also an assistant professor of nursing science, and a leading figure for the Alzheimers Poetry Project in Germany. She is working on a thesis to prove that poetry can improve the quality of life for Alzheimers patients and reduce their need for medication. Her poetry is sharp and incisive, with a strong emotional current. This reading marks her U.S. debut.

The featured reading follows the renowned Son of a Pony open reading at the cafe, hosted and curated by Kat Georges. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.;  open reading begins at 6 p.m. Admission is $7, which includes a free drink.  

Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, between W. 4th Street & Bleecker, just around the corner from the W. 4th Street subway station. Phone: 212-989-9319. www.corneliastreetcafe.com

Call for Submissions: Maintenant 6 Dada Poetry + Art + Film Journal

Be a part of the 5th annual Three Rooms Press New York DaDa Poetry Salon, by submitting your DaDa-inspired poetry, art or video to Maintenant6, A Journal of Contemporary Dada Poetry & Art. 

Our concept is inspired by DaDa instigator and Three Rooms Press spiritual advisor Arthur Cravan —who created the very first ‘zine in the world with his publication Maintenant and we’re proud to carry on the tradition.

We’re excited about this year’s new perfect bound format, and we’re looking for the best Neo-Dada work ever to publish.

In the past four annual issues, we received increasingly bolder work from Neo-Dadaists worldwide. We are now honored to be included in the Museum of Modern Art Archives.

DECLARE ART ON WAR!!!

Please submit short pieces—full of the intensity and madness
that reflect the age we live in. Poems should be no longer
than 20 lines.

As for art: We LOVE Dada-inspired poetic word art, collage and photography. All art must be submitted in jpeg format, high resolution (300 dpi, 4×5 in). Black & White only.

Also, This Year (for the first time) —We're looking for short
(1-5 minute max) Dada inspired videos which will be posted
on the upcoming Three Rooms Press Maintenant series website.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: JANUARY 31, 2012

Maintenant6 will be distributed at the Three Rooms Press
DaDa Poetry Salon on Friday, March 16th, 2012.

Send your submissions to editor@threeroomspress.com

Gary Indiana and Jeffrey Cyphers Wright at Son of a Pony NYC 12/2

Three Rooms Press and
Cornelia Street Cafe

present

SON OF A PONY 
Poetry Reading Series

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011
6 pm

Featured poet: Gary Indiana

Spotlight poet: Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

PLUS NYC's Sensational Open POETRY Mike

Hosted by Kat Georges

GARY INDIANA is the author of several poetry books, plays and novels, the most recent of which is The Shanghai Gesture. His collaboration with Louise Bourgeois, To Whom It May Concern, was published in 2011 by Robert Violette Editions.

JEFFREY CYPHERS WRIGHT is best known as a poet and author of 11 books of verse. He is also the former publisher of Cover and is currently the editor of Live Mag! His artwork has been in numerous shows, most recently at Tribes Gallery. He writes criticism for Artnexus and The Brooklyn Rail. www.livemagnyc.com

The featured reading follows the renowned Son of a Pony open reading at the cafe, hosted and curated by Kat Georges. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.;  open reading begins at 6 p.m. Admission is $7, which includes a free drink.  

Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, between W. 4th Street & Bleecker, just around the corner from the W. 4th Street subway station. Phone: 212-989-9319. www.corneliastreetcafe.com

Hail To Fulfill

Thank You, Br Lyon
Brant
Took it all the Way
Beyond
what else allows


No  less than most

Ms Hala Alyan
who handled
speaking
spoken
words


then
Ms Jane Ormerod
reality the game
the thought
one step behind
her words

and
Kat Georges
breathing
fire
Past
the uninspired
no one
ever less
the wiser

Perfect

bonded
worth
transmitting
only

tomorrow
leaves us
lonely

what a night
absolving loss


You Are White Inside
oh My

Three Rooms Press