[Local Poets Guild] April Newsletter
Lisa Gill
Welcome to the first newsletter for the Local Poets Guild. We've been
at work for a while building the website at
http://localpoetsguild.wordpress.com , and working behind the scenes
to begin establishing the organization as a nonprofit and get our
rural writer’s residency up and running.
Now, April marks the launch of a new open manuscript workshop, plus a
new craft lecture series called P(EAR), as well as several featured
showcases and a new weekly open mic. Because so much is going on, I’ll
also be holding a public meeting on April 18th for people to find out
more info about the Guild. (Details on everything below.)
Also, you might wonder why I’m personally doing so much this month: I
have a new book out, Caput Nili: How I Won the War and Lost My Taste
For Oranges. And, get this, Local Poets Guild will be distributing the
book and earning 50% of jacket price every time I sell a copy. That’s
about $8.50/book that will go into our programming pot. For once I can
say, shamelessly, BUY MY BOOK! I’m also super-proud of it and grateful
to West End Press and Burning Books for publishing it.
Also, thanks to Don McIver, there's also a discussion started at our
blog on form poems. He initiated it with this post
http://localpoetsguild.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/meditation-on-form-poems-by-don-mciver/
and everyone is invited to chime in by commenting or sending short
essays on writing form poems to localpo...@yahoo.com ... And I'm
working on setting up a public google calendar of Guild events.
Meanwhile, event details are listed below this letter. And forgive
me---I'm still trying to figure out how to use google groups so I
apologize if you get this twice.
Thanks everyone for everything. I believe in this community and hope
we can find ways to help nourish great literature and have plain old
good fun to boot.
Regards,
Lisa Gill
Artistic Director for Local Poets Guild http://localpoetsguild.wordpress.com
100 Silver Ave SW #314/Albuquerque, NM 87102
505-382-0704 or localpo...@yahoo.com
HERE ARE APRIL EVENTS SPONSORED BY LOCAL POETS GUILD
Open Manuscript Class
2-5 pm Sunday April 3rd
@ The Projects 3614 High Street NE
Suggested Donation $10 (no one turned away)
(This class is a drop-in session, now for the first time open to the
public, which focuses on building your body of poetry steadily in
order to create a book manuscript. Led by Lisa Gill, it’ll happen the
first Sunday of every month, and each class will include a talk about
different elements of craft, as well as writing exercises and
suggested publications.)
Echo-Locution: Poetry and Conducted Improvisation
7:30 pm Saturday April 9th
Outpost Performance Space 210 Yale SE
$15/10 entrance includes free copy of the new CD titled Flesh Isn’t Real Dirt
(Four poets, Lisa Gill Mitch Rayes, plus LA writers Brendan
Constantine and Peggy Dobreer, will share the stage. Set one is pure
poetry, set two will be all four poets at the same time joined by two
musicians, CK Barlow on sampling and live sampling and Joseph Sabella
on percussion and drums---and everyone will be “conducted” via
handsignals by Dino J.A. Deane, preeminent musician from Santa Fe.)
P(EAR): Poetics and Poems
Brendan Constantine & Adam Rubinstein discuss process and craft
3:00 Sunday April 10th
Acequia Booksellers 4019 Fourth Street NW
free
(This is the first in a new monthly series of craft talks designed to
get people contemplating the art of poetry in a new way. Rubinstein,
who is about to leave town to go do research for poetry, will discuss
long cycles, while Constantine will look at theories of beauty and
ways to philosophically set goals with writing.)
Non Violence Writing Workshop with Peggy Dobreer
6-9 pm April 10th, private
(This particular workshop is full but we will be doing another
hopefully in two months, and launching writing to heal workshops next
month. Please come to the meeting on April 18th if you’d like to know
more.)
Villanelle Reading and New Weekly Open Mic Launch
7:00 Sign up Monday April 11
The Projects 3614 High Street NE
Pass the Hat
(Come read and listen to villanelles and help the poets who were
published in the Alibi celebrate the happy newsprint and the gift
certificates they won from Acequia Booksellers)
****Local Poets Guild Public Meeting****
(with weekly open mic to follow)
7 pm on Monday, April 18th
at the Projects at 3614 High Street NE
(Lisa Gill will outline some of the current programming, as well as
announce forthcoming collaborations for the fall, and let you know how
you can be involved as participants, volunteers, hosts and audience.)
FLY BY NIGHT: Film, Music, & Poetry
7:30 April 22nd at 516 ARTS on 516 Central
$10 fundraiser for the 516 Words Literary Series
Event is RSVP only, limit 50. For more info or to rsvp, write li...@516arts.org
(This evening will be fun, including films by three of Lisa Gill’s
collaborators, Bryan Konefsky, Jeanne Liotta, and James Autio, as well
as music plus poetry by Renny Golden, Michael C. Ford, and stories
from her new book by Lisa Gill.)
Millenium Mic (Monday Weekly Open Mic)
7pm sign up on Monday April 25th
at the Projects at 3614 High Street NE
Pass the Hat
(This is a new ongoing weekly open mic. My goal is to bring different
people into the host-fold, and offer chances for people to try other
types of shows and structures---so long as an open mic is also
included. I’ll put out a call for hosts soon.)
AND HERE ARE A FEW EVENTS BY OUR PARTNERS and COLLABORATORS THAT
YOU'LL ALSO WANT TO REMEMBER
Poetry and Beer (First Wednesdsay of the Month)
Wednesday April 6th
8 pm Blackbird Buvette 509 Central NW
Pass the Hat
Open mic, feature with Brendan Constantine and Peggy Dobreer, and slam
Joan Logghe and Michael C. Ford Read
Acequia Booksellers 4019 Fourth Street NW
3:00 PM Sunday April 17th
Joan Logghe is Santa Fe Poet Laureate and Michael C. Ford has been
nominated for a Pulitzer and Grammy
The Mas Tequila Review #2 Release
Alamosa Books http://www.alamosabooks.com/
Hosted by Richard Vargas
Saturday April 23rd 2:00 pm free
Church of Beethoven every Sunday morning at 10:30 am
$15 for classical music/poetry
See http://www.churchofbeethoven.org/