Yiddish Yoga by Lisa Grunberger: New Video Excerpts!

TRP friend Lisa Grunberger has just released a bunch of new videos of her performing excerpts from her forthcoming book "Yiddish Yoga." Find out more on her website: http://www.yiddishyoga.com.

And watch for her New York book launch coming this fall!

Philly Poet Lisa Grunberger Lights Up Cornelia St. Cafe Fri., May 15

This Friday, May 16th, Three Rooms Press and Cornelia St. Cafe proudly present poet extraordinaire Lisa Grunberger at the weekly Son of a Pony Poetry Reading, 6 p.m. at Cornelia Street Cafe.

Grunberger's poems come at you from all angles, then seem to zero in on that part of you that most desires to be fulfilled. Sex and food--the eroticism and spirituality of daily life--are her themes. Her poems are accessible, witty, tender and full of love, addressing the human drama from adoption to grief, from making pickles to baking bread. She has published widely in journals including The Paterson LIterary Review, Mudfish, Nimrod and The Drunken Boat.

Host is TRP's own Kat Georges. Open reading before the feature. Sign up at 5:45 to make the list.

Son of a Pony Poetry Reading Series
Friday, May 1, 2009, 6 pm
Feature: Lisa Grunberger
Host: Kat Georges
Open reading before the feature
Cornelia St. Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (btwn W. 4th & Bleecker)
NYC
http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com
212-989-9319

Poet's Winter Getaway at Cape May

Karen walks into her shadow. Cape May 2008.

Last weekend, Cape May, New Jersey was THE place to be for all up and coming poets. And the trio of Three Rooms Press poets who attended -- Jackie Sheeler, Karen Hildebrand and Kathi Georges -- made the most of a beautiful thing. Writing poetry in the mornings, workshops in the afternoons, dancing at night. It was all there.

One real highlight was a wonderful workshop with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Stephen Dunn. His comments were dead-on in most cases, and he didn't pull any punches (gulp!). He let you know how to make a piece better through application of precise poetic techniques that most teachers and critics tend to be much more general about.

With Cornelia Street Cafe's Angelo Verga in attendance, along with former Manhattanite (now Philadelphia poetry prof) Lisa Grunberger, and the man with the world's cleanest bathroom, Greg Moglia, New York was well represented. The open reading (10-midnight) was a blast both nights. So nice to attend an open reading where most of the material is really great! Sharing the dance floor with the New Yorker's new favorite poet James Richardson was a treat--you should see his moves on Wild Cherry's 1976 hit "Play that Funky Music." Whew! Tore it up!

Below are a few pix. For more photos, plus more information on the phenomenal Stephen Dunn, see Karen's blog.

Can anybody say, "Road trip?!" JS is world's greatest driver.

Guess who's from New York? From left: Lisa, Greg, Angelo, Karen and Jackie.

All he needs is a little soup. Can't anyone give him a little soup?

Workshopping with phenomenal poet James Richardson.

Sunrise? Sunset? Either way, it's a nice place to be.