"Peter's Eternity Road is fierce, political and sassy--definitely worth 15 cents in the pocket." — Flo Kennedy * * * "Chelnik's poetry reflects the rhythms of urban American life, its frenetic pace, its roaring energy. This is a poet whose roots go back to Whitman and Ginsberg, a poetry crammed with specific details that sensually recreate the poet's life and places in which he lives it. Chelnik is a unique and often startling poet." — Maria Maziotti Gillan * * *

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Kat Georges and Peter Carlaftes of Three Rooms Press join Peter Chelnik at Gracie's Corner Diner

Kat Georges and Peter Carlaftes of Three Rooms Press  join Peter Chelnik at Gracie's Corner Diner 

 

Monday, December 10 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.





Admission is FREE!

OPEN-MIC!

Go Cat Go Poetry Reading Series

Hosted by Peter Chelnik

Gracie’s Corner Diner

352 E 86th St
(between 1st Ave and 2nd Ave)
New York, NY 10028
Neighborhoods: Yorkville, Upper East Side
(212) 737-8505

http://graciescornerdinernyc.com




www.hopstop.com


Subway: 4.5.6 to 86th Street




BIOS:





Kat Georges


Kat Georges is an NYC-based poet, playwright, performer, editor and designer.  Her full-length poetry collection, Our Lady of the Hunger was released in October on Three Rooms Press. In addition to writing poetry, she has directed numerous Off-Broadway plays, curated poetry readings (including the bi-monthly Son of a Pony poetry reading series at Cornelia Street Cafe), and performed widely. She is co-founder and editor of Three Rooms Press; their most recent books include Maintenant 6: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art; Have a NYC: New York Short Stories; and Mike Watt: On and Off Bass, a collection of photos and distilled tour diaries from the great punk rock bass player. Her poetry is included in The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunders Mouth Press), The Verdict is In (manic d press; also co-editor); Mas Tequila (Mas Tequila Press); and The Unbearables Big Book of Sex (Autonomedia), among countless other journals and literary magazines. 

 





Peter  Carlaftes 

Peter  Carlaftes is an NYC playwright, poet, and performer. He is the author of 12 plays, including a noir treatment of Knut Hamsun’s Hunger, and his own celebrity rehab center spoof, Spin-Dry. Carlaftes has recently published four books: I Fold With The Hand I Was Dealt With (poetry),
A Year on Facebook (humor), Drunkyard Dog (poetry) and Triumph for Rent (3 plays). He is co-founder and editor of Three Rooms Press; their most recent books include Maintenant 6: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art; Have a NYC: New York Short Stories; and Mike Watt: On and Off Bass, a collection of photos and distilled tour diaries from the great punk rock bass player.

 




Peter Chelnik

Peter Chelnik's latest book is Strawberry Harmony:New Poems (Little Sky Press, March 2010). His chapbook "Paradise Highway" was published by Poets Wear Prada in 2007. Other books include Railroad Heart, East Coast Line, Manhattan Wilderness, Eternity Road and Wildflower Serenade. He has had seven plays produced Off-Off-Broadway. These dramatic works include Street Rag, Prairie Fire, Parking Lot, Moving Target, Scarsdale Station and Tremont Vortex. Peter has also written Trick Bag, a novel of the 1960's. And yes, he does believe "the word will set you free."

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