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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Request for GLBT poetry/stories for Stonewall Edition of Danse Macabre by July 26
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
PERSIAN POETRY BOOK LAUNCH

@
between Houston & Prince Sts.
(212- 260-4014 / info@pomgallery.com).
Subway: B, D, F, V to Broadway Lafayette;
W, R to Prince St; 6 to Bleecker St;
C, E to Spring St; 1 to Houston St.
Mahmood Karimi-Hakak & Bill Wolak, co-translators of Your Lover’s Beloved: 51 Ghazals by Hafez, will read in both Persian & English from the book, as well as from new poems addressing the current stolen election, followed by a Q&A on the whole situation in Iran today. Plus singing of a ghazal with accordion accompaniment by Michela Musolino & Zoe B. Zak. Wine & cheese. Contact: Stan Barkan, publisher 516.868.5635

in collaboration with
Cross-Cultural Communications
~Presents~
Discussion on
Your Lover’s Beloved: 51 Ghazals
by Hafez
and
Iran Today
with translators
Mahmood Karimi-Hakak and Bill Wolak
Mr. Karimi-Haka is an Iranian educator, playwright, director and actor. He is currently a Professor of Creative Arts at Siena College. Mr. Wolak is a poet and the recipient of several National Endowment for the Humanities grants and two Fulbright-Hayes scholarships. He has been an Adjunct Professor at William Paterson University for over twenty years.
There will be a question and answer session on Iran today and time to speak with the presenters. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Join us for this timely, exciting, and enlightening program. Refreshments will be served
FROM:
Stanley H. Barkan, Publisher
Cross-Cultural Communications
239 Wynsum Avenue
Merrick, NY 11566-4725
Tel: 516-868-5635
E-mail: cccpoetry@aol.com
DANSE MACABRE XXV Symphonie Fantastique is Out!
| From: Adam Henry Carriere Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 3:48 AM
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
PWP Announces DETAILED STILL by Karen Neuberg
by Karen Neuberg
ISBN 978-0-9817678-6-4
(soft cover/18 pp.)
$8.00 (+ $1.50 S&H)
POETS WEAR PRADA
July 2009
—DEAN KOSTOS, The Sentence That Ends with a Comma, and Last Supper of the Sense
—MOLLY PEACOCK, The Second Blush (WW Norton, 2008)
Karen Neuberg’s poems have appeared in several journals and anthologies including Barrow Street, 42Opus, Boxcar Poetry Review, Columbia Poetry Review, Louisville Review, Stirring, and Riverine, An Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers (Codhill Press). A Pushcart and Best of the Net Nominee, she holds an MFA from the New School and is an associate editor for Inertia Magazine. She lives with her husband in Brooklyn, NY and West Hurley, NY.
You can preview this book on issuu.com at:
http://issuu.com/pradapoet/docs/detailed_still_by_karen_neuberg
For More Information on How to Order this Book, Please visit Our Press Site:
http://poetswearpradanj.home.att.net/
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
PWP Announces A New Chapbook by Carol Wierzbicki

Poems by
Carol Wierzbicki
ISBN 978-0-9817678-7-1
(soft cover/15 pp.)
$8.00 (+ $1.50 S&H)
POETS WEAR PRADA
June 2009
Carol Wierzbicki has run poetry reading series at ABC No Rio and elsewhere in New York City. Her work has been published in Long Shot, The Cafe Review, Public Illumination, and Evergreen Review, and in the Unbearables anthologies Unbearables (1995), Crimes of the BeatsHelp Yourself! (2002), published by Autonomedia. She also is an editor of the Unbearables anthology, The Worst Book I Ever Read (Autonomedia). She compiled and edited Stories from the Infirmary (Universal Publishers, 1999), an anthology of fiction and poetry on chronic illness. Her book reviews have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail and American Book Review.
You can preview this book on issuu.com at:
http://issuu.com/pradapoet/docs/top_teen_greatest_hit_by_carol_wierzbicki
For More Information on How to Order this Book, Please visit Our Press Site:
http://poetswearpradanj.home.att.net/
Sunday, June 7, 2009
BooksNJ2009 : Sunday June 14, 1PM -5 PM

Sunday, June 14th
1pm - 5pm
Rain or Shine!
@ Paramus Public Library
116 East Century Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
BooksNJ2009 brings together writers and readers
90 authors, illustrators, and poets up close and personal
talking about their books and their craft!
Readings
Panels
Crafts for kids
Storytelling
The event is FREE and open to everyone.
Please join us!!!
FOR MORE INFO: http://www.bccls.org/booksnj/






Sponsored by BCCLS, Berkeley College, the Paramus Public Library, the New Jersey State Library, and New York Life.
Monday, May 18, 2009
SCHUYKILL VALLEY JOURNAL Seeks Submissions
Poetry: Send 3-5 poems, contact information and bio in the body of an e-mail to svjpoetry[at]yahoo[dot]com. Please include your last name and the words "Poetry Submission" in the subject line. Submission without bio and complete contact information will be unread. Send only your best work.
Please send poetry submissions to Bill Wunder at the follow address.
Bill Wunder, Poetry Editor
svjpoetry[at]yahoo[dot]com
Submissions may be sent by regular mail, but email is preferred. Send to:
Bill Wunder, Poetry Editor
Schuylkill Valley Journal
24 Jay St.
Feasterville, PA 19053
Short Stories: 1-2 stories. Short-shorts of approximately 1,000 words; short stories of approximately 2,000 words. We like fiction that tells a story or illuminates a character. We look for original use of language, fresh voices and diversity. We also seek writers who have insights into the mysteries of every day life, relationships and the world around us. Stories can pose questions and answer them or not; however, they must be well-crafted. Stories must be typed, double-spaced, one side only with name, address, word count and bio on the first page.
Please send fiction to Fran Metzman at the following address.
Fran Metzman, Fiction EditorEssays: should be no more than 3,000 words on topics of literary or artistic interest (critical interpretations of writers, artists and their work, historical perspectives, personal reflections, etc.) Essays must be typed, double-spaced, one side only with name, home address and email address, word count and bio on the first page.
Schuylkill Valley Journal
1900 JF Kennedy Boulevard/301
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Please send nonfiction to Schuykill Valley Journal at the following address.
Peter Krok, Editor, Non-FictionGeneral: Do not send us your only copy. Submission will be recycled. We will correspond to you by email. Payment is one copy of SVJ upon publication. Additional copies are $5 each. All rights revert to the author upon publication. The cost of Schuykill Valley Journal is $7 an issue and $9 is sent via mail. For other information about the journal, contact Peter Krok, the editor and Humanities Director of the Manayunk Art Center (MAC), at macpoet1[at]aol[dot]com
Schuylkill Valley Journal
240 Golf Hills Road
Havertown, PA 1083
or call the MAC at 212.482.3363.
To learn more about us and to read our on-line edtion visit the SVJ website at:
http://www.svjlit.com/
THINK JOURNAL Now Accepts Email Submissions

"As the name might suggest, the poetry is formal, metered and carefully thought out, often dealing with classical or philosophical themes. The essays support the editorial stance. Yet the fiction (one story, one Chapter 1) is more slice-of-life."--Think Journal 1.1 Review in Iconoclast #101
Submission Guidelines
Always include a SASE with snail mail submissions. Cover letter and brief biography preferred. Please include your email address on the cover page for further communications. Include your name and address on each page of your submission.
Alternatively we now accept email submission adressed to: thinkjournal[at]yahoo[dot]com
Please include the following in the body of your email:
- Your name, mailing address and email address.
- A brief biography.
- Your work copied and pasted into the body of the email. (No attachments, please.)
Format: Quarterly print literary journal.
Deadlines: Reads submissions year round.
Response Time: one or two months.
Publication Date: 6-12 months.
Payment: 1 contributor's copy.
Reprints: No previously published work.
Simultaneous Submissions: Please don't.
Rights: Revert to author upon publication.
Submit three to five pomes, no restrictions on lenghth. Interested in seeing longer poems.
Short Stories
Submit one story, 2,000 - 3,000 words (sometimes will consider longer it the space allows). Will not consider anything under 2,000 words, unless the piece can say everything it has to say in that amount of words.
Novel Excerpts
3,000 + words. Please send a summary of what the novel is about the general theme/purpose of the piece of work, and where the excerpt fits into the novel. Open to accepting a work in progress. Open to serializing.
Essays
Submit one or two essays, under 2,500 words on any intellectual topic.
Art Work
The journal will accept one original piece of art that will be printed in black and white only, and will be showcased on the front cover of each issue. Please mail a query letter first with samples. If your work is accepted, you will need to email the artwork as an attachment.
Letter to the Editor
The journal will publish one letter to the editor in each issue that comments on the previous issue, whether about an individual work or the issue as whole. Letters will onlu be accepted if appropriate, and respectful to the journal and the contributing artists.
Please be aware that upon acceptance, your work may be discussed in a forthcoming issue.
Christine Yurick, Editor
THINK JOURNAL
P.O. Box 454
Downingtown PA 19335
thinkjournal[at]yahoo[dot]com
http://web.mac.com/christineyurick/Think_Journal/Home_Page.html
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Think-Journal/54153747671
Think Journal is published by Reason Publishing LLC, and is supported by sponsorships from individuals. Founding editor Christine Yurick, an ambitious entrepreneur, also writes poetry and is currently working on her first novel.
Information about submissions and subscriptions can be found on Think Journal’s website, http://web.mac.com/christineyurick/Think_Journal/Home_Page.html. Inquiries, requests for guidelines and subscriptions can be sent to: Think Journal, Christine Yurick, Editor; P.O. Box 454, Downingtown PA 19335
SP Quill Seeks Etherees by August 31, 2009

An etheree consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables.
Named for the Arkansas poet that developed this from, Etheree Taylor Armstrong, the etheree consists of ten lines of unmetered and unrhymed verse, the first line having one syllable with each succeeding line adding a syllable, for a poem consisting of 55 syllables.
This concise form is meant to focus on one idea or subject.
Other short poetic forms (under 30 lines), short/flash stories, poet/author profiles, personal quotes, essays, articles, or poetic features will be considered should they be submitted.
August 31 - Volume 6, No. 2 (Issue #22)
NOTE: As this is a small press operation, SP Quill does not pay its contributors nor does it provide free contributor copies.
The SP Quill will have first-time publishing rights to all accepted material until after the release of the said issue when copyrights will revert back to the original author/artist so that he/she may republish the same material elsewhere. We also reserve the right to republish any work that has been accepted into a SP Quill Magazine for any furture SP Quill or Shadow Poetry publication without prior notification. Again, contributor copies will not be given or supplied to any poet, author and/or artist appearing within these publications. Neither Shadow Poetry nor the SP Quill will ever take or sell the copyrights to anyone’s works.
Acceptance letters will be sent out to all poets and authors appearing within an issue at least three weeks before the magazine is scheduled for release. For works submitted long before the deadline, we will respond to works within one month.

Also, please submit your Asian influenced verse and haiga to our sister publication White Lotus, a classy 5.5" x 8.5" chapbook style biannual magazine featuring haiku, senryu, tanka and haiga. Taiga, sumi-e and haiku related articles and/or book reviews are also welcome. Two issues will be offered yearly: Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer of corresponding seasonal themed haiku, senryu, tanka, and haiga released in August and February respectively.
June 30 - Fall/Winter Issue
December 31 - Spring/Summer Issue
E-mail: whitelotus@shadowpoetry.com
Monday, May 4, 2009
HEROIN LOVE SONGS: Call for XX Chromosome Edition - Deadline July 1
Specific Submission Request to the Homogametic SexShare
Definition: The XY sex-determination system is the sex-determination system found in humans, most other mammals, some insects (Drosophila) and some plants (Ginkgo). In this system, females have two of the same kind of sex chromosome (XX), and are called the homogametic sex. Males have two distinct sex chromosomes (XY), and are called the heterogametic sex.
Idea: Based on a conversation I had on the radio the other day I thought it would be interesting to have an all-female, XX chromosome edition of the underread, never immitated, generally ignored HEROIN LOVE SONGS. What I am looking for is hard hitting, completely honest, fearless to a fault writing on any topic, theme, subject, idea, or concept. There are no limits on language, structure, style, devision, presentation and whatnot. And all from the female POV.
Submission:
Poem: 3-5 EMBEDDED into an email to jackhenry951@hotmail.com. Make sure I can tell when one poem ends and the next one begins. This seems to confuse people.
Prose: Short fiction is better, no more than 2-3 per submission. Same email address. Still embedded.
Other: If there is an "other" and it is good, send it. Same email address. Still embedded.
NO simultaneous submissions
NO previously published work
Deadline: July 1, 2009
So pass it along to anyone you think might be interested. I will present it as a hardcopy, a PDF download and an e-book.
Publication date: August 1, 2009 (Hopefully)
Cheers
any questions or thoughts send them to the email above.
Again, jackhenry951@hotmail.com
jck
www.deadbeatpress.blogspot.com
www.heroinlovesongsjournal.blogspot.com
issuu.com/jackhenry951
jackhenry951@hotmail.com
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Bicycle Review Seeks Submissions

Wanted:
Contemporary Poetry & Fiction
General Intellectual Promiscuity
The Bicycle Review is seeking poetry, fiction, and essays for it's first issue, coming out June 15th.
Submit your poetry,fiction, essays to thebicyclereview@gmail.com. Please include a brief but entertaing bio.
The Bicycle Review seeks no publishing rights of any kind.
Join us on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1776349658
J. de Salvo, editor
thebicyclereview@gmail.com
http://thebicyclereview.synthasite.com/
Saturday, May 2, 2009
LIPS 30/31 Publication and Celebration
Stanley Barkan · Mark Brunetti · David Stanford Burr,
Linda A. Cronin · Jessica G. deKoninck · Suzanne Rae Deshchidn
Aleksey Dayen · Marilyn S. Gelman · Maria Mazziotti Gillan
Jim Gwyn · Gloria Rovder Healy · Mark Hillringhouse,
Tina Kelley · Adele Kenny · Deborah LaVeglia · Michelle Lerner
Sheila O'Neil Massoni · F.L. Niccoletti · Susan Rappaport
Christine Redman-Waldeyer · Susanna Rich · Susan Tepper
John J. Trause · Bruce Weber
plus surprise guests
Thursday, May 14, 7:30P.M.
Barnes & Noble
395 Route 3 East
( Clifton Commons)
Clifton, NJ
Free Open Reading ( time permitting)
Contact: Laura Boss ( Editor) ( 201) 662-1303
or Store :(973) 779-5500



