Austin Poetry Society Museletter
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APS January Monthly Meeting
The January Monthly Meeting is on Saturday, January 18, from 1:30-3:30pm at the Manchaca Branch,
5500 Manchaca Rd, Austin. APS Vice President Diana Conces will lead us in an all new workshop exploring the symbolism of doors. You should leave the workshop with one draft poem and the ideas for many more!
Invite Someone New
Know anyone who is a writer or wannabe writer or poet or reader of poems? Forward them a copy of the newsletter. We are better when more interested folks attend.
APS Officers 2019-2020
President – VACANT
Vice-President – Diana Conces
Secretary – Claire Vogel Camargo
Communications Director – Carie Juettner
Treasurer – Michael D. Jones
Membership Director – Sonny Regelman
Member at Large – Christa Pandey
Member at Large – VACANT
* Newsletter Editor – Jeffrey Taylor
* Anthology Editor – Diana Conces
The positions of President and Member at Large are currently vacant. If you or someone you know is interested in working with the Austin Poetry Society to organize meetings and events, plan contests, and help involve members in the Austin poetry community, please email us at
austinpoetrysociety@gmail.com
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Best Austin Poetry 2017-2018
The 2017-2018 volume of
Best Austin Poetry is available for just $1.75 at Lulu.com. The book contains all of the first place poems from the 2018 Annual Awards, and the 2017-2018 Monthly Contest winners. Order copies for your friends and family!
Lulu.com
APS Member Profile: Brad Strahan
Bradley R. Strahan,
Taught poetry at Georgetown Univ. for 12 years. 2002-4 he was Fulbright Professor of Poetry & American Culture in the Balkans. For 40 years he’s been editor/publisher of
Visions-International
. He has six books of poetry & over 700 poems published in:
America,Texas Observer, Confrontation, Christian Century, The Hollins Critic, Poet Lore, etc.
& many anthologies. His recent poetry book (2011),
This Art of Losing
, has been highly praised as has his latest about his year in Ireland “A Parting Glass” (2014). Both have been translated into French.
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Saturday Critique Group
APS Combined September-November Monthly Contests
The September and November contests were combined.
General:
- November's Children - Dorothy McCarthy
- Pomegranates III - Jeffrey Taylor
- Self-Storage - Barbara Blanks
Humorous:
- Here's Looking Ah-chooo! - Barbara Blanks
- Who's That - Bradley Strahan
- Caution: Puppy at Work - Jeffrey Taylor
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APS January Monthly Contests
Entries for the January Monthly contests are due by January 18, 2020, the date of the Monthly Meeting, You may bring printed copy to the Monthly Meeting, use Submittable, or submit by U.S. Mail. Details under Contests on the
APS Website.
APS Open Mic Night
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APS Monthly Meetings
All Monthly Meetings are at 1:30-3:30pm in an Austin Public Library Branch, See you there.
- January 18 - Manchaca Branch
- February 15 - Twin Oaks, Rm. #1
- March 21 - Carver, Rm. #1
- April 18 - Cepeda, Rm. #1
- May 16 - Cepeda, Rm. #1
- September 19 - Carver, Rm. #1
- October 17 - Terrazas, Rm. #1
- November 21 - Hampton at Oak Hill
- December 19 - Old Quarry Branch
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Poetry Contests and Calls for Submissions
Visions International
has started looking for poems for the 2020 issues. We hope to see work from our friends in Austin. Our Website is:
www.visionsi.com
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Austin International Poetry Festival anthology (di-vêrsé-city) submissions are now open. They close on February 28, 2020. Guidelines
here.
TOMORROW'S POETS TODAY
celebrates poetry by youth, the poets of tomorrow. Please share this possibility of publication with any interested parties. The Anthology of Youth Poetry will be published in April 2020 –
National Poetry Month
.
The deadline has been extended to January 31, 2020
. Thank you for sharing this information with all youth poets. Please use the form at
TPT-2020.doc (this is an MS Word file on the editor's personal Website, http://zaml.us)
. Submission guidelines and instructions are in the form.
Kaye Abikhaled, Submissions
Louise Gail Richardson. Editor
Kallisto Gaia Press Contemporary Poetry Chapbook Prize - 28-48 pages of contemporary poetry. Winner will receive $800, publication by Kallisto Gaia Press, 20 copies of the chapbook, $300 stipend toward travel to Austin for our release event, and up to 20 Advance Review Copies (ARCs) to be sent to reviewers and award sponsors chosen by the winner. Submission window has been extended and closes at midnight CST on January 20, 2020. Submissions and details
here
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Member Publication News
Kaye Abikhaled included her books for download in Poetry SuperHighway’s Annual 24-hour Great Poetry E-Book Free-For-All, December 1, 2019.
Barbara Gregg's poem “Heaven’s Porch” is being published in
Cenizo Journal in January (First Quarter) issue. This is a free Marfa quarterly newspaper for Far West Texas .
Bradley Strahan had 3 poems published in the Fall edition of the Lyric and one poem in the Cresset.
Member Blogs
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Hosts, please e-mail featured poets and schedule changes, including the first week of next month, to
musecarta@gmail.com
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Open mic at
Kenny Dorham's Backyard
has relocated for January. It will return in February
Wednesday, January 1, 1-3pm, Half Price Books
,
5555 N. Lamar, Austin.
Community Poetry
, hosted by Thom Woodruff.
Wednesday, January 1, 1-3pm, Full English Cafe
, 2000 Southern Oaks, Austin.
Corroboree
/
Harriet's Writing Group
.
Wednesday, January 1, 5:30-8pm, Dozen Street
,
1808 E 12th St, Austin.
Open Mic at Dozen Street.
Hosted by Haydon Hoodoo and Scooter Holiday.
Sunday, January 5, 3:30-5:30pm, Recycled Reads,
5335 Burnet Rd, Austin.
poetic License
- open mic hosted by Janet Kuypers.
Saturday, January 4th, 7-9pm, Malvern Books,
613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705.
The Lion & The Pirate Open Mic.
In association with Art Spark Texas (formerly VSA Texas) and the Pen2Paper Creative Writing Contest (a project of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities), we’re delighted to present an inclusive open mic for writers, performers, and acoustic musicians.
Sunday, January 5, 7-10pm, Kick Butt Café
,
613 W 29th St, Austin
.
Spoken & Heard
. Open Mic hosted by Element315, Lost In Thought, Ernie B, and Hot Tamale.
Tuesday, January 7, 7-8:30pm, My Favorite Books, Tallahassee, FL. Open Mic Poetry and Storytelling Night
hosted by Linda Marie Cossa.
Tuesday, January 7, 7-9pm, Scuba Gear Open Mic,
Cenote Windsor Park,
6214 Cameron Rd.
Tuesday, January 7, 7-10pm, The Hideaway Kitchen & Bar,
4323 S. I-35, Austin
.
Music and poetry jam
.
Wednesday, January 8, 1-3pm, Full English Cafe
, 2000 Southern Oaks, Austin.
Corroboree/Harriet's Writing Group
.
Wednesday, January 8, 5:30-8pm, Dozen Street
,
1808 E 12th St, Austin.
Open Mic at Dozen Street.
Hosted by Haydon Hoodoo and Scooter Holiday.
Thursday, January 9, 6:30-8pm, Belton Library
,
301 E. 1st Ave. Belton
.
Temple Live Poets
hosted by Donna Bowling.
Thursday, January 9, 7-9pm, Arboretum Barnes & Noble bookstore (upstairs). Austin Cavalcade of Poets
meets at family friendly venue (no vulgarity, no obscene content, no streaking, etc). Hosted by Benjamin Pehr. Open mic follows.
Thursday, January 9, 7:15-9pm, BookWoman,
5501 N. Lamar, Austin
. Book Woman poetry reading featuring Michelle Iskra with host Cindy Huyser. Round-robin Open Mic follows.
Saturday, January 11, 12:30-2:30pm
,
Poetry Aloud
at
Grace Heritage Center
,
817 S Main St, Georgetown
, hosted by Mike and Joyce Gullickson.
Note change of venue!
Sunday, January 12, 7-10pm, Kick Butt Café
,
5775 W. Airport, Austin
.
Spoken & Heard
. Open Mic hosted by Element315, Lost In Thought, Ernie B, and Hot Tamale.
Sunday, January 12, 7-10pm, Kick Butt Café
,
5775 W. Airport, Austin
.
Spoken & Heard
. Open Mic hosted by Element315, Lost In Thought, Ernie B, and Hot Tamale.
Tuesday, January 14, 6:30-8:30pm, Big Bend Poets & Writers
at
Barnes & Noble Books, Tallahassee, FL. Open Mic
hosted by Gordon Magill and Linda Marie Cossa. Feature:
Marina Brow
n
, poet, musician, and artist.
Tuesday, January 14, 7-9pm, Scuba Gear Open Mic,
Cenote Windsor Park,
6214 Cameron Rd.
Tuesday, January 14, 7-10pm, The Hideaway Kitchen & Bar,
4323 S. I-35, Austin
.
Music and poetry jam
.
Wednesday, January 15, 1-3pm, Full English Cafe
, 2000 Southern Oaks, Austin.
Corroboree/Harriet's Writing Group.
Wednesday, January 15, 5:30-8pm, Dozen Street
,
1808 E 12th St, Austin.
Open Mic at Dozen Street.
Hosted by Haydon Hoodoo and Scooter Holiday.
Thursday, January 16, noon,
Lamar Senior Activity Center
,
2874 Shoal Crest, Austin
. Spirit Thom and Magic Jack read poetry at the opening of the Texas Association of Retired Americans (TARA) monthly meeting.
Thursday, January 16, 7-9pm, Thirsty Thursday
, Pioneer Bank, 100 Creek Rd., Dripping Springs. Feature: Jo Virgil, Austin poet and storyteller. Open mic (theme "Meanwhile...") follows. For more information or directions, call 512-858-2024. Use Factor Technology door on west side.
Note: change in venue.
Saturday, January 18, 3:30-5:30pm, Recycled Reads,
5335 Burnet Rd, Austin.
Open Mic hosted by Louise Gail Richardson.
Saturday, January 18, 4pm,
Enchantment of the Ordinary Anthology
(Mutabilis Press) reading at Blue Willow Bookshop,
14532 Memorial Drive, Houston
. Kaye Abikhaled and possibly other APS poets will be reading.
Saturday, January 18th, 7-8pm, Malvern Books,
613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705.
The Return of Chaps & Broads.
Join us for a night of chaps and broads reading chap(book)s and broad(side)s! Featuring Julie Poole, Stephanie Goehring, Leticia Urieta, Katy Chrisler, Alfredo Aguilar, and C. Prudence Arceneaux.
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Sunday, January 19th, 4-5pm, Malvern Books,
613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705
. Wendy Barker Book Launch
.
Join us in celebrating the release of Wendy Barker’s seventh full-length collection of poems,
GLOSS
. With readings from Wendy, as well as special guests Van G. Garrett and Michael Anania.
Sunday, January 19, 7-10pm, Kick Butt Café
,
5775 W. Airport, Austin
.
Spoken & Heard
. Open Mic hosted by Element315, Lost In Thought, Ernie B, and Hot Tamale.
Tuesday, January 21, 7-8:30pm, Square Mug Café & Coffee Shop at Railroad Square Art Park, Tallahassee, FL.
Open Mic hosted by Linda Marie Cossa.
Tuesday, January 21, 7-10pm, The Hideaway Kitchen & Bar,
4323 S. I-35, Austin
.
Music and poetry jam
Tuesday, January 21, 7-9pm, Scuba Gear Open Mic,
Cenote Windsor Park,
6214 Cameron Rd.
Tuesday, January 21, 7-10pm, The Hideaway Kitchen & Bar,
4323 S. I-35, Austin
.
Music and poetry jam
.
Wednesday, January 22 , 1-3pm, Full English Cafe
, 2000 Southern Oaks, Austin.
Corroboree/Harriet's Writing Group
.
Wednesday, January 22, 5:30-8pm, Dozen Street
,
1808 E 12th St, Austin.
Open Mic at Dozen Street.
Hosted by Haydon Hoodoo and Scooter Holiday.
Friday, January 24th, 7-9pm, Malvern Books
, 613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705
.
I Scream Social Reading & Open Mic.
Get your cones ready for another round of Malvern Books’ FREE reading series, I SCREAM SOCIAL, hosted by Malvern’s own Annar Veröld and Schandra Madha. Featuring women and nonbinary writers from the Austin community (and beyond!), this month I Screamers are TBA.
Saturday, January 25, 12:30-2:30pm
,
Poetry Aloud
at
Grace Heritage Center
,
817 S Main St, Georgetown
, hosted by Mike and Joyce Gullickson.
Note change of venue!
Saturday, January 25th, 1-2pm, Malvern Books,
613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705.
Malvern’s Line/Break Poetry Book Club.
We’d like to invite you to join Malvern’s Line/Break Poetry Book Club! Hosted by Malvernian Julie Poole, this is a reading group for those of you interested in exploring works from our expansive poetry section.
This month’s selection is
Scorpionic Sun
by Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine, translated by Conor Bracke.
Sunday, January 26th, 4-5pm, Malvern Books,
613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705.
Borderlands: Issue 51 Launch Party.
Join us for a reading to celebrate the launch of the latest issue of
Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review
. Bring friends—join the celebration! Copies will be available for purchase on-site.
Borderlands
is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
Sunday, January 26, 7-10pm, Kick Butt Café
,
5775 W. Airport, Austin
.
Spoken & Heard
. Open Mic hosted by Element315, Lost In Thought, Ernie B, and Hot Tamale.
Tuesday, January 28, 7-9pm, Scuba Gear Open Mic,
Cenote Windsor Park,
6214 Cameron Rd.
Tuesday, January 28, 7-10pm, The Hideaway Kitchen & Bar,
4323 S. I-35, Austin
.
Music and poetry jam.
Possibilities - Storytelling with Poetry, Improv, and Song
,
by Jennifer Bloom & In Our Prime share poetry, songs, and stories to weave an exploration of what it means to be human. In Our Prime Improv (Paul Normandin, Ryan Hill, and Gloria Rabil Bankler) finds fully-realized characters in Jennifer’s poetry and your input. Each show offers a new possibility…and a hug for your soul. Tickets $15 (90 Mins.)
Weds. 1/29 @ 8:45 PM; Fri. 1/31 @ 7:00 PM; Sat. 2/1 @ 5:30 PM & Sun. 2/2 @ 3:00 PM
Friday, January 31st, 7-8pm, Malvern Books,
613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705.
Chad Bennett Book Launch.
Join us in celebrating the launch of Chad Bennett’s debut poetry collection,
Your New Feeling Is the Artifact of a Bygone Era
, selected by Ocean Vuong for Sarabande Books’ Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. With readings from local poets, including Lisa Moore, Cindy St. John, Desiree Morales, and Austin Rodenbiker.
Sunday, February 2nd, 1-3pm, Malvern Books,
613 West 29th Street, Austin, TX 78705.
The Lion & The Pirate Open Mic.
In association with Art Spark Texas (formerly VSA Texas) and the Pen2Paper Creative Writing Contest (a project of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities), we’re delighted to present an inclusive open mic for writers, performers, and acoustic musicians.
Sunday, February 2, 3:30-5:30pm, Recycled Reads,
5335 Burnet Rd, Austin.
Poetic License - open mic hosted by Janet Kuypers.
Wednesday, February 5, 1-3pm, Full English Cafe
, 2000 Southern Oaks, Austin.
Corroboree.
Wednesday, February 5, 1-3pm, Half Price Books
,
5555 N. Lamar, Austin.
Community Poetry
, hosted by Thom Woodruff.
Wednesday, February 5, 5:30-8pm, Dozen Street
,
1808 E 12th St, Austin.
Open Mic at Dozen Street.
Hosted by Haydon Hoodoo and Scooter Holiday.
Wednesday, February 5, 8-10pm, Kenny Dorham's Backyard
,
1106 East 11th
. Open Mic hosted Stacie Shea Williams.
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