Eat Petite
Meze, dim sum, sushi, tapas,
Nationality won’t stop us.
Constitute the real deal
Whether from the bars of Spain,
Or the markets of Japain,
Rare delights from Turkish souks,
Rarities from Chinese books.
Entrees, from whatever source,
By their size bring on remorse.
Hot for treats that are delicious?
Good things come in small dishes.
Easily overlooked lesions tied to Colon Cancer study finds (NY Times)
RIP Tony Silver: Director of "Style Wars" (NY Times)
Many options for giving babies away (NY Times)
More on the MTA Proposal (Brooklyn Junction)
DUMBO rezoning plan (McBrooklyn)
Feel the Rush (Brooklynometry)
Go stick it in yer ear Brooklynites tell Domino’s (NY Daily News)
Brooklyn College plans to open first dorm by next spring (NY Daily News)
Upcoming Brooklyn Community Board Meetings (Gowanus Lounge)
Around the park (A Year in the Park)
He’s playing tonight at the Music Hall of Williamsburg at 66 North 6th Street at 9 p.m. $15 gets you in.
Hepcat and I saw him at the Knitting Factory in the 1980’s. That was fun. He’s got a new album out called Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love. But how can he top his old stuff like I’m a Little Dinosaur and so many others.
He has a cult following up the wazoo, he still tours non-stop and he’s almost as old as me.
TEXAS SHOOTOUT
Hillary and Obama
Are in a dead heat;
If she loses today,
Hillary’s dead meat.
A friend sent this to me for those
who
want
to
exercise
their
fingers
to
combat
global
warming
in
a
creative
way. Read this and pass this along:
Knitty
City
will
host
a
workshop
on
March
8th
to
teach
the
skills
needed
to
create
your
own
woolly
reef.
Saturday,
March
8,
from
12-4.Coral
reefs
around
the
world
are
dying
off
at
rate
faster
than
the
rain
forests,
a
development
many
attribute
to
global
warming.
In
response,
Australian
twins
Margaret
and
Christine
Wertheim
of
the
Institute
for
Figuring
have
put
out
a
call
for
citizen
craftspeople
to
help
fashion
a
giant,
exponentially
expanding,
crocheted
coral
reef,
which
has
been
called
global
warming¹s
equivalent
of
the
AIDS
Quilt
project
and
which
was
inspired
by
the
Great
Barrier
Reef
of
the
twins¹
homeland.Now,
New
Yorkers
have
been
invited
to
create
a
New
York
crochet
coral
reef
of
our
very
own,
to
be
displayed
at
the
Winter
Garden
of
the
World
Financial
Center.
We
need
all
the
help
that
we
can
get
put
this
wonderful
project
into
action.
In
order
to
do
so,
we
need
to
recruit
as
many
crochet
enthusiasts,
environmentalists,
family
and
friends
to
participate
in
this
community
effort.The
workshop
is
free
and
open
to
the
public
on
a
first-come,
first-served
basis.
For
further
information,
call
212.998.2100
or
visit
www.nyu.edu/fas/institute/nyih.
Hepcat discovered it. It’s an elaborate daily weather report from a family in Park Slope. Check it out.
What a great story on Gowanus Lounge this morning. And it’s breaking Seventh Avenue news. Apparently there’s a sculpture in the storefront newly vacated by Park Slope Books.
Somehow I missed it. Dang. I walked by there yesterday. But after 3 p.m. all of my activity was ABOVE 3rd Street (Living on Seventh, Barnes and Noble, wine at Sette with Diaper Diva).
No surprise. The owner of the building, Mark Ravitz, is an artist and he’s the sculptor responsible for the ICONIC gold drips on the Seventh Avenue building.
Those drips have been painted in various ways over the years. At one time, they were painted black and white like cows.
It had a very surreal quality. Cow drips.
The gold drips are quite lovely. And now a larger work is in the storefront. WHAT FUN!
The other day I saw a man looking pensive as he stood inside the store. I am wondering if that was none other than Mark Ravitz, contemplating the art that would soon occupy that space.
I knew Hepcat should have taken a picture.
In case you haven’t heard, the Modern Literature Book Club has chosen Ford Madox Ford’s The Good Soldier as it’s next pick. They’ll be discussing it on Wednesday, March 26th at 7:30 pm.
The Good Soldier, first published by Ford in 1915, is set just before World War I and chronicles the lives of two seemingly perfect couples. Using characteristically modernist devices such as a non-chronological time sequence and an unreliable narrator, Ford’s work set the bar high for the modern novel. It’s also loosely based on Ford’s own problematic life, so we’ll have some opportunity to gossip aplenty (kidding, of course.)
So pick up your copy at the Community Bookstore today.
Josh, who runs the bookstore had two things to add in a recent email:
The first is that, because of the undeniable success of this book club, the Community Bookstore is looking for ways to expand our book club offerings. We’ll be sending you an email soon (hopefully) detailing other book clubs that we will offer here. So that is something to look forward to, for sure.
Secondly, because the turnout was so strong for Dubliners (and I promise in the future we’ll work with the space better in order to fit everyone in better), we left so many things on the table. I had mentioned the idea of creating an online forum, so that people could continue the conversation even after the meeting ends. More on that to come.
Performance and burlesque artist Victoria Libertore, aka Howling Vic says: "Why
wait
for
someone
to
give
you
permission
to
perform?"
She’ll share
her
unique
approach
to
creating
original
performance
through
the
use
of
archetypes,
physical theater, viewpoints
and
improvisation. The first session is TONIGHT.
Aw come on. Just do it.
Create your your own work with Downtown
NYC
sensation
Victoria
Libertore
To
register,
call
BAX
at
718-832-0018
Tuesdays,
March
4-25,
7pm-9:30pm
Tuition:
$125
If
you’re
new
to
making
your
own
work,
you
will
learn
the
process
of
transforming
an
idea
into
a
performance
piece.
If
you
wish
to
delve
deeper
into
an
already
existing
piece,
you
will
learn
tools
to
command
the
stage
and
methods
to
refine
your
work
and
characters.
Both
text
based
and
movement
based
work
are
welcome.
Victoria
Libertore
(Howling
Vic)
is
performance
artist,
actress,
playwright,
and
improviser.
She
has
created
and
performed
her
work
throughout
NYC
at
venues
such
as
BAX,
Dixon
Place,
Joyce
SoHo
&
PS122
as
well
as
in
Boston,
DC,
Philly,
Provincetown,
Montreal
and
Toronto.
Victoria
has
taught
sold-out
burlesque
workshops
at
Brooklyn
Arts
Exchange
and
Groove
Mama
Ink,
archetype
workshops
and
improvisation.
Victoria
has
a
BFA
in
Theatre
Performance
from
Otterbein
College.
Her
studies
include
Balinese
mask
with
Per
Brahe
and
Grotowski
with
Raïna
von
Waldenburg.
To
learn
more
about
Victoria,
visit
www.howlingvic.com.
This
Thursday,
March
6th,
the
Park
Slope
Civic
Council
will
present
a
community
forum
on
sustainability
entitled
"PlanPS2008:
How
You
Can
Start
Fighting
Climate
Change
Today."
Featuring
presentations
by
the
Director
of
the
Mayor’s
Office
on
Long-Term
Planning
and
Sustainability,
Rohit
Aggarwala,
solar-power
expert
Anthony
Pereira,
green-roof
guru
Rob
Crauderueff
and
Garbage
Land
author
Elizabeth
Royte.
The
forum
will
be
chock-full
of
everything
from
easy-to-implement,
everyday,
eco-friendly
tips
to
how-tos
on
solar-panel
and
green-roof
installations.
Expert
panelists
will
provide
you
with
the
know-how
to
start
making
Park
Slope
a
greener
community
today.
Thursday,
March
6th,
2008
7:00
p.m.
–
9:00
p.m.
Old
First
Reformed
Church
7th
Avenue
and
Carroll
Street
Park
Slope,
Brooklyn
The
forum
is
free,
and
free
on-site
child
care
will
be
provided
by
Old
First’s
trained
childcare
staff.
Continue reading How You Can Fight Climate Change: Thursday at Old First
Complete with a nice map, check out Brooklyn Junction’s post about this possibility raised at yesterday’s first ever State of the MTA address.
Debbie Galant is a novelist who writes about the "dark heart of suburbia" and runs, with two others, the New Jersey blog, The Barista of Bloomfield Avenue. She’s been a good friend and advisor to OTBKB since the beginning and she wants you to buy her book.
Yoga, Fear, and the Audacity of Hope
No, I’m not stumping on behalf of Barack Obama, but I am attempting to borrow some of his mojo. You see I have the audacity of hoping that you won’t just congratulate me on the publication of my second novel – FEAR AND YOGA IN NEW JERSEY – but that you’ll actually buy it.
Thanks ahead of time for your well wishes, but what I really need are sales. And here’s the part that’s going to make me sound like a pushy bitch from one of my novels: I’m asking you to buy my book this week. Why? Because if I can concentrate sales into a single week, I have a chance of making a bestseller list. I have a chance of breaking through the 172,000 other titles that get published in the United States each year. I can keep doing what I do best: satirizing the dark heart of suburbia.
I don’t know Oprah and I don’t know Stephen King, but I do know you. Maybe we went to school together. Maybe I helped you start a new business or taught you about blogging. Maybe you wrote to me after reading my first book, RATTLED, or I spoke to your book group, or came to your library.
Yes, I know. You’re only one person. But I have the audacity to hope that you’ll be my Oprah. Be part of the movement. Please buy FEAR AND YOGA IN NEW JERSEY today. Go here for links to local and national booksellers. Read the first chapter here.
BAX has a brand-new series
for families on the last Friday morning of each month.
Singer/songwriter Randy
Kaplan blends American roots, folk, alternative, and pop in his songs for
kids and their families. He has released several CDS, including the new Loquat
Rooftop. He never really imagined that so many of his groupies would be under
the age of five.
The Jumpin’ Juniper Show is BAX’s hit
family series featuring short films, music, storytelling and dance from a
variety of cultures. Alongside the show, BAX also offers a staffed, indoor play
area for children with their parent or caregiver full of equipment appropriate
for tots to elementary age kids.
Take three parts rock and roll show,
one part classroom, one part comedy club and one part circus. Chop ingredients
into kid-sized bites. Then shake it up, and you’ve got The Family Jam with
Tony Corsano! Through music, stories and jokes, The Family Jam explores
irresistible topics such as ice-cream, best friends and bugs. Fast-flowing
activities keep kids moving, thinking, laughing and learning.
Calling all artists. Calling all artists:
DUMBO’s Art Under the Bridge Festival is calling for festival proposals in a variety of areas. The deadline is July 1, 2008 and if you have ideas for: Project Glow, Site-specific installation and sculpture, elevator/lobby art, interactive art, water art, roving performance, and simultanous projections.
There’s also a category for Lead a Guided Tour: Propose your take on the concept of a “guided tour,” to entertain,
educate, and fascinate festival-goers. Performance artists welcome.
Yesterday Teen Spirit noticed the post on OTBKB about the red chair. "Are we getting rid of the red chair?" he screamed from the back of the apartment.
He was really upset.
"That’s a great chair. You can’t get rid of it," he pleaded.
Then OSFO chimed in. "You are not getting rid of the red chair. Say it, "I will not throw away, give away or sell the red chair."
The chair was removed from the living room in the middle of last week. It’s been on its side in the dining room for days. I guess they were in denial about it.
What’s a mom to do? The chair takes up too much space in our newly truncated living room. It’s like a black hole in there occupying a corner, blocking the window.
It’s just too big.
I understand how kids get attached to things. They’ve spent many a cozy time in that chair. Am I cruel? Am I not sensitive to their needs? Am I being a terrible mom?
I don’t think so. The chair is old. The springs are coming out of the
bottom. It’s dirty. Sure, it’s a fancy chair. My mother had it made at
a snazzy upholsterer in Soho. It’s a good chair. The cushions are down
filled. It’s ULTRA SUEDE.
"You’re always changing things," he said. "When you’re upset you always move the furniture," Teen Spirit told me. He’s kind of right. When I’m upset I move things.
P.S. The chair is still available.
Bad Girl Brooklyn is hosting the Brooklyn
Blogade on Sunday, March 9, at 12 p.m., in Kensington at the Old Brick
Cafe, a little Italian/Balkan/Mediterranean restaurant on Church
Avenue. Please come and participate in the show and tell.
The Brooklyn Blogade is a monthly gathering of Brooklyn Bloggers. Inspired by the annual Brooklyn Blogfest, every month Brooklyn bloggers spread the blogging gospel, network and discuss blogging in a different Brooklyn nabe.
Remember show and tell in kindergarten? At Bad Girl’s Blogade, bloggers are encouraged to be brave and give a
reading from one of their best blog posts. Or bring along your laptop
and a screen and show us your best pics. Or just tell us about your
best post. Please plan to limit your presentation to about five minutes
so everybody can have a turn.
The Old Brick Cafe’s owner, Eddy, and I have planned a lunch, so please arrive on time at noon.
For a cost of $15 per person (tip at our discretion), the menu includes:
–salad
–an appetizer pastry called burek
–a main course of cevapi (shish kebab), chicken cutlet or vegetarian lasagna
–dessert and coffee
We will have the place to ourselves as a private party, and you may bring in a bottle of wine if you care to BYOB.
Because
Eddy’s restaurant is charmingly small, it is essential that I give him
a headcount. Please RSVP with me by Thursday, March 6, and be sure to
tell me what you want as your main course. Send your reservation to: mybadgirlblog@hotmail.com
The
Old Brick Cafe is located at 507 Church Ave. between Ocean Parkway and
E. 5th Street (very close to the Church Avenue stop on the F train, and
not too far from the Q stop on Church Avenue).
Lockdown at Packer Collegiate(McBrooklyn)
Boerum Hill photographer loves the Mighty Handful (Richard Gin)
Park Slope poet’s fleeting memories (Ugly Duckling Presse)
State of the MTA address (Gothamist)
The great Bed Stuy chicken rescue (Reclaimed Home)
Park Slope declares love for Babeland (Gothamist)
Reform Jews regularly praying (Andy Bachman’s blog)
Court orders husband to give wife 124,000 roses (Brooklyn Optimist)
Delicatessen Delicatessen interior (Brooklynometry)
It’s a burgundy colored, big custom made comfy chair. Admittedly a little dirty, the chair is ever so comfortable and a great place to sit for reading, watching television or napping.
Two very nice OTBKB readers came by this evening. They liked the chair very much but weren’t sure it would fit in their living room. They went home to measure the space where they envision the big red chair. They may or may not be back to pick up the chair.
It could be recovered.
It could be cleaned.
Here are the dimensions: 37 inches deep, 44 inches wide, and 38 inches high.
If you’d like to pick it up at our house — it’s yours.
Why are we giving it away? Because it takes up too much space in our living room and it’s a little dirty. Oh yeah, the springs are coming out of the bottom.
History: my mother had it made at a snazzy upholsterer in Soho. When it was delivered she realized that she’d made a HUGE mistake. The chair took up too much space in her living room. She immediately had it delivered to our apartment.
That was probably 13 years ago. It’s a nice chair. Just not the right chair for us right now.
An OTBKB reader sent me this tip about something beautiful to see: it’s an icy wonderland on the corner of St. John’s and Seventh Avenue. Better hurry cause it’s probably melt today when temperatures reach 54 degrees.
I
just
thought
that I’d
let
you
know
about
something
beautiful
that I
saw
today.
You’ve
got
to
see
it
before
it
melts.On
the
corner
of St.
Johns
and
7th
in
the
flower
beds
of
the
Presbyterian
church,
there
is
a
crazy
ice
wonderland!!It
doesn’t
make
any
sense.
I discovered
it
at
the
same
time
as
the
Reverend
of
the
church.
We looked
in
awe.
I
can’t
even
describe
it
and
my
photos
don’t
do
it
justice.Please
go
see
it
if
you
get
the
chance
before
it
warms
up
this
week.
If
you
go,
make
sure
that
you
walk
down
away
from
the
corner.
There
is
some
ice
by
the
church
sign
and
then
some
really
kooky
stuff
in
the
next
flower
bed
down.
The store is located on Seventh Avenue between Union and Berkeley and there’s a sign in the window that says they’re looking for counter help and managers over there.
And they’ve come out with the signage and everything. No more secrets, no more hush hush. It’s called:
Yogo Monster.
Obviously it’s a frozen yogurt place. But beyond that, does anyone have any info? I don’t see it on google other than all the times it’s been mentioned on Brownstoner and Gowanus Lounge.
The following expresses the view of my mom. To me, her thinking’s the
result of being Bushed. But then, she thinks mine is Hillaryous.
NOT TO BE PASSED OVER
He’s chilly toward the Israelis
And won’t be at our seder
But he blasts the Gospel of Greed
So I’m voting for Ralph Nader.
I found this in my in-box this afternoon. It helps to explain what’s been going on with the asbestos removal near the Carroll Street F & G stations According to Tom Gray, the final air monitoring results were below the NY State acceptale clearance levels. No more work is expected in the "foreseeable future."
In regards to Councilmember de Blasio’s inquiries about the asbestos
removal work that occurred this past weekend (March 1) near the Carroll
Street F G station, please be aware that this was a NYC Transit asbestos
removal project in three manholes along the F line south of the Carroll
Street Station to facilitate battery and control cable replacement. The
contractor was removing cable insulation, duct sleeves, duct seals and
debris. The work started at midnight on Friday night and was completed
at 7:15 pm on Saturday evening. The air monitoring consultant for the
abatement project was on site at all times, and NYC Transit had asbestos
monitoring personnel on site during the project. The final air
monitoring results were below the NY State acceptable clearance level of
0.01 fibers/cc.The only asbestos-related complaint was an alleged open dumpster at
street level. The dumpster was checked by the NYC Transit
representative, the contractor and the consultant and it was found to be
closed. The NYC Department of Environmental Protection visited the site
at 4:00 PM on Saturday, inspected the dumpster and noted no problems.This project was finished on Saturday, March 1 and we will not be
returning to the area for any similar work in the foreseeable future.
If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to
contact me via e-mail or telephone.Tom Gray
District Director
City Council Member Bill de Blasio
(718) 854-9791
(718) 854-1146 Fax
When I was a kid, I saw John Cage perform at Hunter College. For a kid it was a strange. He sat on the stage reading from scraps of paper into a microphone. It was kind of boring but I got that it was important. It was JOHN CAGE. It was avant garde in the early 1970’s. Cool.
This Thursday, Issue Project Room is doing An Evening of Cage:
Issue Project Room at
the
(oa)
can
factory
232
Third
Street
–
Brooklyn,
NY
11215
www.issueprojectroom.org
Telephone
718-330-031
Thursday
March
6th
An
evening
of
Cage
John
McDonough
and
Kurt
Gottschalk
present
a
night
of
John
Cage’s
music,
in
preparation
for
their
upcoming
CD
of
Cage’s
compositions
for
radio,
to
be
released
in
2009
on
Mode
Recordings.
Indeterminacy
/
Variations
I
(For
two
guitars
and
voice,
using
text
by
Gertrude
Stein.
Performed
by
Twiceband:
Kurt
Gottschalk,
Kristen
Persinos
and
Russell
Scholl)
Cartridge
Music
(For
four
phonograph
needles)
Radio
Music
(For
1
to
8
radios)
Landscape
Under
Construction
(For
between
1
and
45
CD
players
playing
John
Cage
CDs)
.
"Fleeting
Memories," is a web
book by Park Slope poet Michael Ruby with
many
pictures
about
forgetting and
remembering
and
parenting
in
the
period
around
9/11.
It is featured
on
the
website
of
acclaimed
Brooklyn
publisher
Ugly
Duckling
Presse:
http://www.uglyducklingpresse.org/
Here is Michael Ruby from the introduction: "This is a collection of memories that popped into my mind over a period of seven years at work, as a copy editor at The Wall Street Journal, across the street from the World Trade Center. As far as I can tell, the memories came from nowhere, with no relation to the mostly political articles I was editing about the Republican takeover of Congress, the government shutdown, Monica Lewinsky, the Starr Report, the downfall of Newt Gingrich, impeachment, Florida or Bush v. Gore. Many of the memories are glimpses of places, a street corner and nothing more, as if a major function of the mind were this continuous global positioning, this continuous murmuring, ”Right now, I’m at the corner of 10th Ave. and 64th St.” The places are distributed fairly evenly over the course of my life, with a somewhat disturbing precedence given to the streets around my childhood home at 251 Montrose Ave. in South Orange, N.J."
I urge OTBKB readers to take a look at this incredible web
book. It is certainly of
broad
interest
to
the
"Turning
50"
and
parenting
crowds
in
Park
Slope,
as
well
as
to
anyone
who
lived
through
9/11.
Michael Ruby, a poet and journalist who lives in Park Slope, is the author of two poetry books, At an Intersection and Window on the City, and the editor of Washtenaw County Jail and Other Writings by David Herfort. He’s currently working on several new books of poetry: The Mouth of the Bay, based on pre-Socratic propositions; Close Your Eyes, transcriptions of what he sees with his eyes closed; and American Songbook and The Star-Spangled Banner, two related works using lyrics from 20th century American popular songs and the national anthem. He’s also slowly writing a historical memoir about the families of his eight great-grandparents in Eastern European shtetls and the U.S. between 1850 and 1950. A graduate of Harvard College and Brown University’s writing program, he works as a copy editor at The Wall Street Journal and lives with his wife and three daughters in Park Slope.
I just noticed on Brownstoner that Brooklyn Junction is back in business after his blogternity leave. Today he’s got a post and a rendering about a planned residential dorm at Brooklyn College. He also has this letter to readers about becoming a dad. We’re glad to see that he’s covering the junction, again. He’s been back since, like, February 22, so there’s lots to read.
First, thank you so much to those of you who offered kinds words and
blessings since last month when I announced my blogternity leave to
embark on first-time fatherhood.After a wild month of
Introduction to Parenting 101, I am happy to report that mom, baby
daughter and I are all doing very well. To save my daughter the
potential future embarrassment of having been blogged about during
those heady days of the Brooklyn Blogosphere in the early years of the
third millenium, I am going to leave her name and face off of the
internet.I will also resist the urge to blog about her, though
she currently occupies approximately 99% of my mindspace, instead
focusing again on all the interesting things that are happening in and
around Flatbush these days.I can’t promise that I’ll be back with multiple posts per day right at the outset, but it’s good to be back.
What did I miss?
I see that Gowanus Lounge beat me to the punch but I had to wait to get in touch with the woman who wrote this note on Park Slope Parents before posting it.
She had some rather negative things to say about her experiences at the Atlantic Avenue P.O. I wrote to her this morning and she was happy to share her less-than-happy thoughts with readers of OTBKB.
I’ve read
on
the
PSP list
about
problems
that
residents
have
with
the
Van
Brunt
Post
Office
on
9th
Street
and
the
7th
Avenue. What
about
the
post
office
on
Atlantic
Avenue
and
3rd,
for
those in the
North
Slope,
Clinton
Hill,
Fort
Greene
areas,
etc..?
Is
there anyone
who
has
a
contact
there
in
management
or
who
would
like
to
help
deal
with
that
branch?I
have
never
had
a
package
or
letter
that
needed
to
be
signed
for
delivered
by
them!
I
can
be
at
home,
or
the
nanny
can
be
at
home,
but
they
will
not
ring
the
bell
so
that
you
can
sign
for
and
accept
your
package.
They
just
put
a
"redeliver"
slip
on
the
box
and
leave.
Then
when
you
sign
the
redeliver
slip,
they
never
pick
it
back
up
and
never
deliver
your
item!
I
was
in
an
hour
and
a
half
line
once
again
over
the
holidays,
taking
off
work
to
sign
for
something
that
my
nanny
could
have
signed
for
at
the
time
that
they
first
came.I
complained
to
a
female
manager,
and
four
or
five
people
around
me
in
line
were
there
for
the
very
same
reason,
and
they
were
all
home
at
the
time
the
postal
person
first
came!
The
manager
took
our
information,
but
nothing
has
changed.
I’m
now
waiting
on
an
item
for
over
two
weeks
that
was
not
delivered,
but
after
ten
days
they
finally
took
the
slip
but
didn’t
deliver
anything,
and
now
I
cannot
even
claim
the
item
because
I
have
no
slip!
And
I
don’t
want
to
take
a
half
of
a
day
off
work
to
deal
with
it.
There should be normal F train service today after a weekend of extensive disruptions to service. Track work, however, will continue during late night service from Mar 4 – 7 and 11 – 14, from 12:01 AM to 5 AM Tue to Fri.
For more information check out the MTA Weekly Service Advisories.
This Thursday March 6th at 7:30, poet Sally Bliumis-Dunn, of whom Billy Collins wrote: "The best poems in Sally Bliumis-Dunn’ s Talking Underwater proceed tentatively, one line at a time, a pace that reassures us there is no agenda here, only the faith that one utterance will lead to another. Sally Bliumis-Dunn’s readers are lucky to be part of this adventure, this pushing forth in the direction of revelation", will be reading at Seventh Avenue’s Community Bookstore.
Her poems have appeared in Lumina, Nimrod, The Paris Review, Poetry London, RATTLE, and Spoon River Poetry Review. Her book, Talking Underwater, was published by Wind Publications in 2007, and has been a finalist for The University of Arkansas Press’ First Book Prize in 2006, a semifinalist for The Kenyon First Book contest in 2002, the Bright Hill Press in 2005 and a finalist for the Richard Snyder Poetry Prize from Ashland Press in 2006. She teaches Modern Poetry and Creative Writing at Manhattanville College.
She will be joined by poet Van Hartmann’s, who’s poetry has appeared in multiple journals. His first book, Shiva Dancing, is a collection of lyrical poems set in motion by a concrete observation or recollected moment that releases its own organic stream of poignant associations. The result is an embodiment, in each poem and in the collection as a whole, of the complex energies and perceptions that define our most human experiences. Van Hartmann teaches literature and film studies at Manhattanville College, in Purchase, New York.