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Hemingway's 2011 Summer Poetry Series
Venue
Hemingway's Cafe
Date
06/21/2011
Time
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Event Type
Reading
Genre
Poetry
Sponsor
Cost
$0.00
Description and Reader Names: Tuesdays May through July
3911 Forbes Avenue (in the back room) Oakland
Free and open to the public.
A 21+ series. Jim Cvetic hosts. Poet bios available by email on request: JBauer103w@aol.com
June 21 - Renee Alberts, Michael Simms, Michael Wurster
Renée Alberts listens to rivers and shortwave radio to create poetry, collage, sound and photography. Her poetry collection, No Water, came out in 2009, and her work has appeared in The New Yinzer, Encyclopedia Destructica, Pittsburgh City Paper and Subtletea. She has given dozens of readings, including on WYEP’s Prosody and as a 2001 and 2004 member of the Steel City Slam Team. She organizes numerous poetry and music events, including the CLP Sunday Poetry & Reading Series, for which she edited Natural Language: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Sunday Poetry and Reading Series Anthology. She posts writing and art at www.animalprayer.com.
Michael Simms is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Autumn House Press, a nonprofit publisher of poetry books. He is the author of four collections of poems – The Happiness of Animals, Migration, Notes on Continuing Light, and The Fire-eater -- as well as the co-author (with Jack Myers) of The Longman Dictionary and Handbook of Poetry. Simms presently teaches publishing in the Master of Fine Arts Program at Chatham University; he lives in Pittsburgh with his wife Eva and their two children.
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Primary Contact Person
Joan Bauer
Primary Contact Email
JBauer103w@aol.com
Telephone
412 498-7876
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Number of readers on program
Is this an open mic event?
Yes
Is this a book signing?
Yes
Will author's books be for sale?
Yes
More Venue Information
Address 1
3911 Forbes Avenue
Address 2
Address 3
City
Pittsburgh
State
PA
Zip
15213
Days/Hours of Operation
Mon-Fri: 11AM-2AM Saturday: 6PM-2AM Sunday: CLOSED
Primary Contact Person
Primary Contact Email
drjmchem@zoominternet.com
Telephone
412-621-4100
Website
http://www.hemingways-cafe.com/
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hemingways-Cafe/43656360946
Twitter
http://twitter.com/HemsOakland
Author Information
Author
Joan E. Bauer
Website
www.mainstreetrag.com www.squirrelhillpoets.org
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Short bio: Joan E. Bauer is the author of The Almost Sound of Drowning (Main Street Rag, 2008). With Judith Robinson and Sankar Roy, she co-edited Only the Sea Keeps: Poetry of the Tsunami (Bayeux Arts, 2005). With Jim Cvetic, she co-facilitates the Hemingway's Summer Poetry Series in Pittsburgh.
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