12/05/14 2nd Annual Prose! Poetry! Party! at Cornelia St. Cafe

Three Rooms Press presents The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe

Prose! Poetry! Party! 2!

Featuring Stories and Poems by
Meagan Brothers, Thomas Fucaloro, Jane LeCroy
Robert Gibbons, Karen Hildebrand, Ron Kolm
John S. Paul, Janet Hamill, Richard Vetere
David Lawton, Puma Perl, Peter Carlaftes, Kat Georges

Friday, December 5, 6 pm
Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker & W. 4th St.)
Admission: $8 (includes a drink) 
Additional information, e-mail: info@threeroomspress.com

Three Rooms Press presents the Second Annual Prose! Poetry! Party! featuring award-winning authors (and kick-ass performers!) including novelist/poet Meagan Brothers, Pushcart-nominated poet Thomas Fucaloro, singer/poet Jane LeCroy, poet/activist Robert Gibbons, poet/playwright Karen Hildebrand, publisher/poet Ron Kolm, painter/poet John S. Paul, writer/poet Janet Hamill, playwright/novelist Richard Vetere, poet/actor David Lawton, poet/performance artist Puma Perl and Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges. The event is sure to be fun and warm and thrilling and hilarious—sometimes all at the same time! And it is only $8 to get in — which includes a FREE DRINK! Holey-moley!! Be there and enjoy!

ABOUT THREE ROOMS PRESS
Three Rooms Press is a fierce New York-based independent publisher inspired by dada, punk and passion. Founded in 1993, it serves as a leading independent publisher of cut-the-edge creative, including fiction, memoir, poetry translations, drama and art. In addition, Three Rooms Press produces and promotes a variety of literary and cultural events in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and more, including readings, plays, workshops and concerts. Three Rooms Press books are distributed in the U.S. and internationally by PGW/Perseus.

Three Rooms Press 2013 Pushcart Nominees announced

Thee Room Press is thrilled to announce the nomination of six outstanding works for The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses. Nominations for work officially published in the calendar year 2013 include:

• WAYLON AND PINBALL by W.K. Stratton (poem, from Maintenant 8: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, Three Rooms Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9884008-5-6)
• ARTHUR CRAVAN by Roger Conover (poem, from Maintenant 8: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, Three Rooms Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9884008-5-6)
• CHAMPAGNE AND COCAINE by Richard Vetere (short story, from HAVE A NYC 2: New York Short Stories, Three Rooms Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9884008-4-9)
• CHERRY WOLLSTONECRAFT AND JUSTINE LUSCIOUS SAVE THE WORLD by Rae Bryant (short story, from HAVE A NYC 2: New York Short Stories, Three Rooms Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9884008-4-9)
• BIG BLACK HABIT by Jane LeCroy (poem, from Signature Play: Lyrical Poems, Three Rooms Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9884008-7-0)
• FOR MY SISTER by David Lawton (poem, from Sharp Blue Stream, Three Rooms Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-9884008-6-3)

Three Rooms Press is a small press dedicated to publishing excellent cut-the-edge creative content. We have recently been picked up for distribution by PGW and we’re excited by a future of increased exposure for our authors. We are currently accepting short stories for the next edition of HAVE A NYC: New York Short Stories (see submission guidelines here) and writing and art for the next edition of Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art (submission guidelines here). We congratulate all of the nominees and look forward to hearing back from the Pushcart Prize editors with positive news!

12/6: Three Rooms Press Annual Prose! Poetry! Party at Cornelia St. Cafe NYC

Since ancient times, everyone knows that the best things in come in Threes (think: The Three Stooges!). In honor of the old maxim “omen trim perfectum”, we present three sets of three superb writers recently, or about to be, published by Three Rooms Press.

Join us for a Prose! Poetry! Party! with award-winning authors (and kick-ass performers!) including the fiercesome threesome Hala Alyan (winner of the 2013 Arab American Book Award for Poetry), Richard Vetere (author of the forthcoming TRP book, The Writers Afterlife), and David Lawton (author of Sharp Blue Stream (TRP, 2013)); the terrific trio Jane Ormerod (author of Welcome to the Museum of Cattle (TRP, 2012) and Recreational Vehicles on Fire (TRP, 2009)), Thomas Fucaloro (author of the forthcoming It Starts in the Belly and Blooms (TRP, 2014) and Inheriting Craziness is a Soft Halo of Light (TRP, 2010)), and Jane LeCroy (author of Signature Play (TRP, 2012); and the mighty triad Robert Gibbons (author of Close to the Tree (TRP, 2012)); Matthew Hupert (author of Ism is a Retrovirus (TRP, 2011)), and George Wallacetroika (author of EOS: Abductor of Men (TRP, 2012) and Poppin' Johnny (TRP, 2009). The event will be hosted by Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges. All authors will be available to sign books and take photos at the reading. Plus all audience members will be eligible to win free prizes throughout the event!

ABOUT THREE ROOMS PRESS Three Rooms Press is a New York-based publisher and performing arts producer, founded in 1993. Since its inception, it has served as a leading independent publisher of creative content, including poetry translations, drama and art sourced from the burgeoning international spoken word, music and underground art scenes. In 2011, it expanded its publishing line to include cutting edge work in fiction, creative historical nonfiction, memoir, photography and art. In addition, Three Rooms Press produces and promotes a variety of literary and cultural events in New York, Paris, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and more, including readings, plays, workshops and concerts.

David Lawton, Edaurdo Jones & Iris Berry Surge at Cornelia St. Cafe 11/02/12

Three Rooms Press and Cornelia Street Café 

present 

Son of a Pony 

Poetry Reading Series

Friday, November 2, 2012

Featured Poet: DAVID LAWTON 

Spotlight Poet: EDAURDO JONES

Special Guest Poet: IRIS BERRY

PLUS NYC's Lovliest Open POETRY Mike Hosted by Kat Georges

The infamous Son of a Pony Poetry Reading series at Cornelia Street Cafe celebrates the written and spoken word with a November 2 reading featuring East and West Coast poets extraordinaire, including featured poet David Lawton, spotlight poet Eduardo Jones and special guest poet Iris Berry. Plus the sumptous open reading featuring . . . YOU!

DAVID LAWTON is a native of Woburn MA, and a graduate of Boston University School of Theatre. He was a background vocalist for ten years with the legendary NYC underground band Leisure Class, and through them rubbed shoulders with beat luminaries Herbert Huncke and Marty Matz. He currently has work in the great weather for MEDIA anthology It's Animal but Merciful, and forthcoming in Spiny Babbler, and he performs in such poetry series as the HOWL Festival, Hyrdogen Jukebox, Son of a Pony and the Jujomokti Reading Series (which he founded). He was also recently seen on stage in the Wombat Theatre production of David Auburn's play Proof.

EDAURDO JONES resides in Brooklyn, where he drinks whiskey and butchers the english language. He is the author of the books Gutterfish, and The Thorozine Hotel. His latest novel The Red Hook Giraffe is due to be released in early 2013 from Punk Hostage Press.

IRIS BERRY is a musician, writer, poet, Los Angeles pop culture historian and actress. One of the true and original progenitors of the L.A. punk scene. A native Angelino, her lifetime spent in the City of Angels has resulted in over two decades worth of astonishing literary contributions. Berry’s writing has been widely anthologized. In The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry she appears along side the likes of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and…

Plus--the spine-tingling Son of a Pony open reading, hosted by the ebullient Kat Georges. YOU are invited to read your poetry! Sign up at 5:45 p.m.;  open reading begins at 6 p.m. Admission is $8, which includes a free drink.  Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village of New York City (between W. 4th Street and Bleecker). 212-989-9319