A Sneak Peak inside "A Year on Facebook" PLUS Shipping Discount

Wondering what "A Year On Facebook" by Peter Carlaftes (Three Rooms Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0984070039) is really all about? Take a sneak peek inside the covers on the just-updated fabulous website by clicking here. It's a cool new easy to use slide show with sample spreads of the hot new book. While you're on the site, feel free to check on the rest of the fun stuff there, like the scary-funny "Who Dies Next?" page which features predictions on this week's celebrity death. And check out the home page for fun interactive activities like seeing what happens when you kiss a frog!

It's a hilarious book, and has been getting a lot of great feedback already. From December 26-January 1 we're offering $2 off shipping when you order directly from ayearonfacebook.com, plus your copy will be personally signed by author Peter Carlaftes. Note: used copies of this book are selling for nearly double the cost of new ones because this book is a sure-fire collector's item. It's a hilarious romp from cover to cover, mingling side-splitting original humor with ROTFL running commentary on Pop Culture during one of the craziest years in a century. As Neo-Patra says, "Don't be an asp . . . read this book!" You will love it!

And if you're in the greater NYC area on December 30, 2009 be sure to come to our blowout pre-New Year's Eve celebration "3 Books and a Band" featuring live readings by poets "Recreational Vehicles on Fire" by Jane Ormerod (2009, Three Rooms Press), "Poppin' Johnny" by George Wallace (2009, Three Rooms Press), live music by downtown NYC legend Bob Musial and the JD's, special guest reading by Jim Bob Dixie ("The Big Sum' Bitch and Me") and a multimedia performance by "A Year On Facebook" author Peter Carlaftes. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery Street (between Bleecker & Houston), 7:30 p.m., $8. For info & reservations, email info@threeroomspress.com

Peter Carlaftes | Jane Ormerod | George Wallace | The JDs on 12/30 at Bowery Poetry Club

Three Rooms Press presents
3 Books and a Band
a year end blowout celebration featuring hot new books and live readings by
Peter Carlaftes | George Wallace | Jane Ormerod
with musical guests The JDs featuring Bob Musial
plus special literary guest Jim Bob Dixie

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30, 7:30 pm

Three new books on Three Rooms Press and we're having a blowout party to help them explode into to stratosphere on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 7:30 p.m. at Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery, New York, NY (212) 614-0505).

“A Year On Facebook" by Peter Carlaftes (Three Rooms Press) is a hilarious journey through the hysterical daily Facebook status updates of the author, who became a viral Jonathan Swift through his irreverent social, political and just plain "out-there" observations. It's packed with side-splitting illustrations, and "interactive" pages that will leave readers howling with laughter. As one summed up, "I wonder if you know, Peter, how many times you make me laugh out loud with your status updates. Guess it doesn’t matter. Just keep me laughing, please. :)"

“Poppin' Johnny” by George Wallace (Three Rooms Press) is a stunning collection of muscular poetry. Beat musician David Amram declares, "Jack Kerouac would have loved him."And poet David St John observes, "[Wallace] is writing with the same conversational dictions that arose/arise from the work of William Carlos Williams, and yet he gives his poetry an absolutely contemporary flavor."

“Recreational Vehicles on Fire” by Jane Ormerod (Three Rooms Press) offers a cool vibe of concrete poetry, with 27 poems comprising her first full-length collection to date. Described by Metro/Silicon Valley as "A gritty and gutsy postmodern poet," Ormerod's work fascinates with its daring no-holds barred approach, where seemingly disparate images collide in unfathomable juxtapositions.

UPDATE: Just added: special guest performance by Jim Bob Dixie, reading from his new novel "The Big Sumbitch and Me" (Publish America).

With Bob Musial and the J.D.'s providing musical entertainment, plus rollicking host Kat Georges, it'll be a regular riot! Whew!

Doors open at 7:15. Show starts promptly at 7:30. Tickets $8 at the door. For details, including author interviews, review copies and media kits, email threeroomspress@mac.com.

Poet Jacqueline León AND Neruda Tribute Dec. 18 at Cornelia Street

Jacqueline León is from Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico. Since kindergarden, even before she knew how to read, she would memorize poems and recite. In elementary school and secondary school, she was chosen for to read in poetry contests, and won a few awards. She was also selected to recite poetry at numerous festivals. She moved to Cancun in her 20s and started writing her own poems. In 2002, she moved to New York, and within a few years, began reading her work at numerous local venues. "I like to write about my experiences on life, try to laugh at the bad, and analyze and investigate things, from love and passion to injustice."

Chilean-born poet Pablo Neruda is considered one of the greatest and most influential poets of the 20th century. He always wrote in green ink because it was the color of Esperanza (hope). Celebrate hope for the new year at the final Son of a Pony reading of 2009 by sharing your favorite Neruda poem in English or Spanish or both. Everyone who reads a Neruda poem will receive a green pen.

The featured reading by León follows the Neruda session and the fabulous Son of a Pony open reading at the cafe. Poet-concierge Kat Georges hosts. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.; the 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

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2009
6 PM | CORNELIA STREET CAFE
SON OF A PONY
Featured reader: Jacqueline León
AND
Tribute to Pablo Neruda
PLUS
NYC's Best Open POETRY Mike
Host: Kat Georges

Poet Maria Gregorio rocks the Pony This Friday at Cornelia Street

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009
6 PM | CORNELIA STREET CAFE
SON OF A PONY
Featured reader: Maria Gregorio
PLUS
NYC's Best Open POETRY Mike
Host: Kat Georges

Maria Gregorio writes in a subtly sensual tone, covering the themes of loss, love, family, relationships, violence in the home and in the world. She also brings issues of politics, race and immigration into a vivid palate which pushes us to consider the point of view of the poem, whether one agrees with it or not. Gregorio published three poems in Voices of Brooklyn: Writings from the Women of Color Writers’ Workshop, published by Face2Face press in September 2000. In November 2000, she was awarded honorarium by the New School University Writing Program and was a featured poet for the publication. She works as a social worker and has performed her poetry to a wide range of audiences in London and New York City. She has recently recorded a CD of her work.

The featured reading by Gregorio follows an the fabulous Son of a Pony open reading at the cafe. Poet/convivial mistress of ceremonies Kat Georges hosts. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.; the 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

Hot Off the Press: Peter Carlaftes "A Year On Facebook"; Hilarious New Book that Will Have You ROTFL

Three Rooms Press proudly announces the realease of a hysterically funny new book by Peter Carlaftes, A Year On Facebook ($13.95, 184 pages, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9840700-3-9).

A Year On Facebook is a madcap journey through the hysterical daily Facebook status updates of author Peter Carlaftes, who became a viral Jonathan Swift through his irreverent social, political and just plain "out-there" observations.

An hilarious book to thumb through at random or read page-by-ROTFL-page, A Year On Facebook is a great gift item for anyone with a funny bone that needs tickling. It's packed with side-splitting illustrations, and "interactive" pages that will leave readers howling with laughter, as proven by the thousands of comments that have flooded Carlaftes' mailbox, many of which are included in this book. As one comment summed up, "I wonder if you know, Peter, how many times you make me laugh out loud with your status updates. Guess it doesn’t matter. Just keep me laughing, please. :)"

Available right now via email order threeroomspress@mac.com.

Poet Alfred Celentano plus Lorca Tribute Friday at Cornelia Street Cafe

Poet Alfred Celentano has lived in and around New York all his life, and works in New York City. He has been writing poetry for over 25 years. He also plays guitar and started writing poetry as lyrics for songs. His work has been published in several periodicals, including the Bay Area Poets Coalition in San Francisco and Philadelphia Poets.

Frederico García Lorca, the most important Spanish poet and dramatist of the 20th century, came to New York in 1929, writing many great poems during his one-year stay here. Celebrate the 80th anniversary of Lorca's New York days by bringing your favorite Lorca poem to read in either English or Spanish or both.

The featured readings will follow an open reading at the cafe. Poet/raconteur Kat Georges hosts. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.; the 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

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 | 6 PM
CORNELIA STREET CAFE
SON OF A PONY
Featured reader: Alfred Celentano
PLUS
Special tribute to the poetry of Federico García Lorca
Host: Kat Georges
$7 includes free drink

Poet Alan Harawitz features at Cornelia Street Friday, November 6, with Scott Wannberg & David Smith plus open reading

Widely-published New York poet Alan Harawitz will be the featured poet, reading new and selected works, at the terrific Son of a Pony poetry series on Friday, November 6th, 6 p.m., at Cornelia Street Cafe in Greenwich Village.

Harawitz' poems have appeared in about 70 publications including Rattle; Poet Lore; Fugue; Pivot; Open Spaces; Pearl; Roanoke Review; California Quarterly; Red Wheelbarrow; and Main Street Rag among others.
Two mini-featured readings will be given by visiting troubadours David Smith and Scott Wannberg. Smith's most recent book "White Time" is on Off Beat Pulp Press. Wannberg's book "Strange Movie Full of Death" (on Viggo Mortenson's Perceval Press) has received rave reviews in the blogosphere.
The featured readings will follow an open reading at the cafe. Poet/racanteour Kat Georges hosts. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.; the 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