Poetry events and news in Chicago and elsewhere
May 9th, 2020
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Poetry events showcasing the talents of Puddin'head Press authors and other Chicago authors.
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A lively, hour-long collection of poetry, poetry history tidbits, and live interviews with your host
Dave Gecic. It begins with a discussion with
David "Buddha" Hargarten about the history of "Waiting for the Bus", followed by a quick visit with
Robin Fine, a reading of
JJ Jameson / Norman Porter poetry, and get ready to turn up your Facebook and stop watching and listen to the sounds of
David Hernandez and Street Sounds.
Batya Hernandez has allowed us to broadcast some of his work on Facebook Live. Just sit back and listen. Just look for "Dave Gecic is on Facebook live" at 8 PM. There will be a count-down before the event.
Facebook Announcement
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Monday May 11th
8 to 9:30 PM CDT
On-Line
Facebook Live
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A lively, hour-long collection of poetry, poetry history tidbits, and live interviews with your host
Dave Gecic. We will have "the march of poets" with brief audio conversations and a single poem with numerous poets from the Chicago area and and beyond. Don't know the entire guest list yet. Tune in and enjoy the show. Just look for "Dave Gecic is on Facebook live" at 8 PM. There will be a count-down before the event.
Facebook Announcement
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Monday May 18th
8 to 9:30 PM CDT
On-Line
Facebook Live
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Traveling Molly's
Virtual Open Mic and Reading
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Nina Corwin and Al
DeGenova present a "Zoom" event. Limited to the first ten people who respond by
email. Each reader is limited to 3-5 minutes. I addition the event will feature
David Mathews, Patricia MacMillen, and
Kathleen Kirk.
(Meeting ID: 828 3424 8789 Password: 020835
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Monday May 11th
7 to 9 PM CDT
On-Line
Zoom Event
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Colorado Author's League
Award Finalist
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Jared Smith's book "That's How It Is" published by Spartan Press, has been nominated for a Colorado Authors League Award.
We wish him well.
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That's How It Is
by Jared Smith
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Poets and Patrons
Cosmic Blueprint:
Archetypes in Contemporary Art
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Members of
Poets and Patrons are having an online presentation of poetry based on art in a virtual on-line gallery, presented by Benedictine University. You click on the image of the artwork and a poem magically appears.
Simply click on the
Art Gallery website to view the artwork and poetry.
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Caregiver by
Caroline Johnson Featured
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Caroline Johnson's,
The Caregiver, is featured on Alzheimer's Authors, an international website listing books and resources for those dealing with Alzheimer's or dementia. See the feature at
Alz-Authors.
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If you go to the Alzheimer's Authors website and click on "COVID-19" and you will see a video Caroline made with advice for caregivers during this difficult crisis. Here is the
Video.
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Caroline Johnson Video
Alzheimer's and Covid-19
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Jenene Ravesloot's
Poetry Reviews
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One of the more informative pages on Facebook is
Jenene Ravesloot's Poetry Reviews she has reviews of many Chicago poetry books available there. Her latest is a review of
Lennart Lundh's "Pictures Postcards Letters". You can find it on Facebook by clicking
here.
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Pictures Postcards Letters
by Lennart Lundh
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Chicago Area Poets in
Quill and Parchment
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The online journal,
Quill and Parchment has dedicated its May issue to Mothers. It includes work by Caroline Johnson, Wilda Morris, Michael Escoubas, Sharon Auberle, Candace Turner, and Susan B. Auld. This June they will feature poems about fathers. The new issue is
here.
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Quill and Parchment
On-Line Journal
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The Happy Tapir is
here. We All the issues of Happy Tapir are available on the Puddin'head website. If you want umber six send us an email.
Take a look at this zine series by
Johnny Masiulewicz.
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David Dastmalchian
on Coast to Coast AM
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Ex-Chicago poet and actor
David Dastmalchian appeared on the radio show Coast to Coast AM. He talked about starring in Ant Man, Dark Knight, The Joker, Blade Runner and his upcoming appearance in Dune and Suicide Squad 2.
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David Dastmalchian
on Coast to Coast AM
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Puddin'head Press Live
April 27th, 2020 Show on YouTube
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Puddin'head Press Live
YouTube Archive
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Jeff Helgeson is moving forward with his virtual Bloomsday.
It will be a prerecorded collection of videos, strung together in a single file. We are not committing on exactly what the final cut will be.
I will be adding some Bloomsday clips to the Puddin'head YouTube channel:
Puddin'head Videos
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June 16, 2020
Bloomsday in Chicago
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Chicago Poetry Bibliography
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We have been making a list of poetry books by Chicago poets. If you want to know about Chicago poetry, you should visit and see the list. If your favorite book isn't there let us know.
We list books by author's name, name of book, publisher and year published.
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Chicago Poetry Bibliography
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Old News - Puddin'head's
April 25th Newsletter
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Puddin'head Press Live
Poetry Bomb
Poetry Spoken Here
Killer Poet Movie
Jared Smith
Charlie Rossiter
Happy Tapir
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April 25th, 2020 Newsletter
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Old News - Puddin'head's
April 18 Newsleter
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Puddin'head Press Poetry Hour
Poetry Bomb
Eric Allen Yankee Episode II
Elizabeth Marino - Empireis Watch Party
Can't Stop a Rhino
Happy Tapir #6
Conscience Under Pressure - Billy Tuggle
Jerry Pendergast - Easter 2020 USA
Lynn West - Sphere of Sound
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April 18, 2020 Newsletter
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Old News - Puddin'head's
April 11th Newsletter
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The Death of Gregory Curry,
Helen Schaible Sonnet Contest
Poets and Patrons
Illinois State Poetry Society
Harvey Overton's Book
Vincent Lengerich's website
Wilda Morris' Poetry Challenge
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April 11, 2020 Newsletter
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The Future - Wow! - The Future - Predicted stuff in "The Future"
There are many venues that are planning to reopen in the future.
The Puddin'head Press Poetry Hour will have future episodes.
Rich Xperience should be back with more live Facebook shows.
Chicago poetry is only napping.
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