Austin Alexis joins Peter Chelnik at Gracie's Corner Diner Monday, October 8 at 6:45 p.m.

Austin Alexis joins Peter Chelnik at Gracie's Corner Diner 

 

Monday, October 8 at 6:45 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

Austin Alexis
   

Austin Alexis has published poetry, short fiction and nonfiction in a large number of journals and magazines, including Lips, Paterson Literary Review, Danse Macabre, The Journal, Connecticut River Review, Kansas Quarterly, Poetry Now, Candelabrum Poetry Magazine (Great Britain), Tuesday Shorts, The Arts Cure, The Writer, Writ (Canada), The Big Spoon (Ireland), Shot Glass Journal, and in anthologies , such as Off the Cuffs (Soft Skull Press), And We the Creatures (Dream Horse Press), Chopin with Cherries, The Brownstone Poets Anthology, and Come Hear!  His chapbooks (both from Poets Wear Prada) are Lovers and Drag Queens and For Lincoln & Other Poems, a Small Press Review (California) "Pick of the Month."  He has read his poetry at many venues, including The Bowery Poetry Club, La Mama LaGalleria, Cornelia Street Cafe and several radio stations.  His one-act plays have been performed at several venues, including The Samuel French Short Plays Festival.  He received a Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Scholarship and fellowships to the Millay Colony, the Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico and the Vermont Studio Center. He received the Mobius:The Poetry Magazine Editor-in-Chief's Award and a Pushcart Prize nomination. He has taught both academic and creative writing at a number of colleges, including Long Island University (Brooklyn Campus), Hunter College (School of Continuing Education) and Empire State College. 

Peter Chelnik



Peter Chelnik's 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." His latest book is STRAWBERRY HARMONY New Poems (Little Sky Press, March 2010).

Brownstone Poets Patricia Carragon Hits the Upper East Sde, Monday, August 13

Brownstone Poets' Patricia Carragon joins Peter Chelnik at Gracie's Corner Diner on Monday, August 13 at 6:45 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 & 2nd Ave)
New York, NY 10028
Neighborhoods: Yorkville, Upper East Side

(212) 737-8505

http://graciescornerdinernyc.com

Patricia Carragon

Patricia Carragon is a New York City writer and poet. Her publications include Best Poem, BigCityLit, CLWN WR, Chantarelle’s Notebook, Clockwise Cat, Danse Macabre, Ditch Poetry, Inertia, Long Island Quarterly, Lips, MÖBIUS, The Poetry Magazine, Marymark Press, Maintenant, Mad Hatters’ Review, The Toronto Quarterly, Six-Word Memoirs, and more. She is the author of Journey to the Center of My Mind (Rogue Scholars Press, 2005) and Urban Haiku and More (Fierce Grace Press, 2010). Her latest book, The Cupcake Chronicles is forthcoming later this year from Poets Wear Prada. She is a member of Brevitas, a group dedicated to short poems.  She hosts and curates the Brooklyn-based Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of the annual anthology.  For more information, please check out her Web sites at http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com and at http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/.

Peter Chelnik

Peter Chelnik's 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." His latest book is STRAWBERRY HARMONY New Poems (Little Sky Press, March 2010).

Icegale Johnson joins Peter Chelnik at Gracie's Corner Diner on Monday, July 9 at 6:45 p.m.

 

Icegale Johnson joins Peter Chelnik at Gracie's Corner Diner on Monday, July 9 at 6:45 p.m.

Admission is FREE!

OPEN-MIC!

 

Hosted by Peter Chelnik

Gracie’s Corner Diner

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

(212) 737-8505

http://graciescornerdinernyc.com

Icegayle Johnson

Icegayle Johnson is a multi-media artist, and performs in and around New York. Chicago, Boston, San Feancisco, Portland, Eugene OR., and other places. Photography published by Marcel Schuram greeting cards and Broaderbond : Signature greetings software designs. Current and forthcoming. The author of "the key"published by Poets Wear Prada, 2012 and forthcoming" love poem" Poetry in Performance #40 CUNY Poetry Festival 2012. Annually attends Amherst University, Mass.- Juniper Writers institute 2012.

Peter Chelnik

Peter Chelnik's 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." His latest book is STRAWBERRY HARMONY New Poems (Little Sky Press, March 2010).

GO CAT GO Poetry Jazz Reading at the Greenwich Village Bistro, Sunday, June 3, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Long Island poet, George Wallace and Manhattan poet, Peter Chelnik are back with GO CAT GO Poetry Jazz  Reading at the Greenwich Village Bistro, Sunday, June 3, 4:00-6:00 p.m.





Also, Bob Feldman on sax,  plus it'll be wide open for poets to jam with the music.



Admission is FREE!


Sunday, June 3, 4:00-6:00 p.m.


GO CAT GO Jazz Poetry Reading 
Greenwich Village Bistro
Father Demo Square

13 Carmine St between Bleecker and 6th venue
212-206-9777
greenwichvillagebistro.com



A, C, E, F, D to West 4th Street



Bios:

George Wallace (born March 22, 1949 in Hempstead, New York) is an American poet and poetry organizer.

Working from a base of operations in downtown New York City's poetry scene, from his family roots in Brooklyn and Long Island, and from his experiences living and working in Northern California, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon and the United Kingdom, Wallace has created a grassroots network of venues for poetry.

His own poetry, in particular his performance oriented work, is imagination-based in its creation, emerging from a process of wordplay, surrealist deconstruction and bricolage into a final form that is typically characterized by accessible narrative and forceful rhythmic impetus. It is built on a foundation of a musical talent that emerged at the age of four, when he began reading and performing music, and shaped by his extensive readings in the literature of European Surrealism, the Whitman/Sandburg vortex, and the Beats. His work also bears the mark of 1960s concerns, particularly the social witness and aesthetic consciousness of that time.

His organizational efforts on behalf of poetry are based on professional training and disposition to community service developed through graduate studies with Guy Stuart and others at UNC-Chapel Hill in the mid '70s.

Peter Chelnik

Peter Chelnik's 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." His latest book is STRAWBERRY HARMONY New Poems (Little Sky Press, March 2010).

George Wallace to Rock the Upper East Side at Gracie's Corner Diner Monday, 6/11

Long Island poet George Wallace joins Peter Chelnik's Go Cat Go at Gracie's Corner Diner on Monday, June 11 at 6:45 p.m.

Admission is FREE!

OPEN-MIC!

 

Hosted by Peter Chelnik

Gracie’s Corner Diner

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

(212) 737-8505

http://graciescornerdinernyc.com

George Wallace (born March 22, 1949 in Hempstead, New York) is an American poet and poetry organizer.

Working from a base of operations in downtown New York City's poetry scene, from his family roots in Brooklyn and Long Island, and from his experiences living and working in Northern California, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oregon and the United Kingdom, Wallace has created a grassroots network of venues for poetry.

His own poetry, in particular his performance oriented work, is imagination-based in its creation, emerging from a process of wordplay, surrealist deconstruction and bricolage into a final form that is typically characterized by accessible narrative and forceful rhythmic impetus. It is built on a foundation of a musical talent that emerged at the age of four, when he began reading and performing music, and shaped by his extensive readings in the literature of European Surrealism, the Whitman/Sandburg vortex, and the Beats. His work also bears the mark of 1960s concerns, particularly the social witness and aesthetic consciousness of that time.

His organizational efforts on behalf of poetry are based on professional training and disposition to community service developed through graduate studies with Guy Stuart and others at UNC-Chapel Hill in the mid '70s.

Robert Gibbons at Go Cat Go Poetry at Gracie's Diner

 

Robert Gibbons joins Peter Chelnik at Gracie's Corner Diner on Monday, May 14 at 6:45 p.m.

Admission is FREE!

OPEN-MIC!

 

Hosted by Peter Chelnik

Gracie’s Corner Diner

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

(212) 737-8505

http://graciescornerdinernyc.com

Robert Gibbons

Robert Gibbons moved to New York City in the summer of 2007 in search of his muse-Langston Hughes.  Robert has featured in many venues around New York City. Not only in New York City, but also in Washington, D.C. ; Maryland, and Florida. He most recently has offered his poetic performances in such places as: Cornelia Street Café; the Church of the Village; the Saturn Series; Perch Café; Barnes and Nobles Brooklyn; the Saturn Series; Stark Performances; Otto’s Shrunken Head; Poets on White; Nomad’s Choir; Taza de Café and many others. Moreover, Robert has been published in Uphook Press; Three Rooms Press; Stain Sheets; the Brownstone Poets Anthology; Dinner with the Muse; Cartier Street Review; Nomad’s Choir; Palm Beach Post; and recently was produced on CD called Brain Ampin through Hydrogen Jukebox, a poetry series produced through the Cornelia Street Café. Additionally, Robert has taken classes with Cave Canem and the 92Y and has studied under master poets such as: Cornelius Eady, Marilyn Nelson, KImiko Hahn, Nathalie Handal, and Linda Susan Jackson.

Peter Chelnik

Peter Chelnik's 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." His latest book is STRAWBERRY HARMONY New Poems (Little Sky Press, March 2010).

Peter Chelnik's Go Cat Go Poetry Reading Series at Gracie's Diner, Monday, April 9

 

 

 Jack Cooper joins Peter Chelnik at Gracie's Corner Diner on Monday, April 9 at 6:45 p.m.

Admission is FREE!

OPEN-MIC!

 

Hosted by Peter Chelnik

Gracie’s Corner Diner

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

(212) 737-8505

http://graciescornerdinernyc.com

Jack Cooper

Jack Cooper has read for Farrar, Straus and Giroux , served as research associate for the Modern Language Association, was an ESL teacher for ELESAIR Project, and is now Production Editor at Poets Wear Prada. His American English translation of poems by Jean-Pierre Lemesle, "Wax Women," with photos by Henry Jacobs was published November 1985 by International Art Office, Paris.

Peter Chelnik

Peter Chelnik's 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." His latest book is STRAWBERRY HARMONY New Poems (Little Sky Press, March 2010).