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| Poet Laura E. Davis |
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| Novelist Lucy Leitner |
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| Poet Ryan Kauffman |
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| Prose writer Matt Stidle |
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| Fiction & comix writer Daniel McCloskey |
Friday, March 8, 2013
February New Yinzer in Photos
We had a packed house for the kick off reading of 2013. Stay tuned for more about the March 21 reading, and enjoy some photos in the meantime:
Saturday, February 16, 2013
February 21: Davis, Kauffman, Leitner, McCloskey, Stidle
When--Thursday, February 21st
Where- ModernFormations, 4919 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh
Time- 8:00 p.m.
Cover- $5 or free w/ contribution of potluck dish
BYOB!
<-----Laura E. Davis is the author of Braiding the Storm (Finishing Line Press 2012). Her poems have appeared in A-Minor, Super Arrow, and Redactions, among others. The Founding Editor of Weave Magazine, she teaches poetry writing, translation, and recitation in San Francisco, where she lives with her partner, Sal.
ryanKauffman------> is an as yet unpublished poet with a BA in English Writing from the University of Pittsburgh. He resides in Pittsburgh's historic Little Italy neighborhood and hosts a bi-monthly reading series called POESIS which takes place at the Mr. Roboto Project. The manuscript "Ode To Recession" from which he will be reading was a finalist for the National Poetry Series.
<-----Lucy Leitner is the author of the horror-comedy novel Working Stiffs, a satirical take on what happens when zombies invade a corporate office. Raised in Arlington, VA, she adopted Pittsburgh as her hometown when she arrived in 2001 to attend the University of Pittsburgh. Though she earned a masters degree in journalism from Point Park, she estimates that she has earned more money betting on Penguins games than she has as a reporter. By day, she is a writer for a local marketing firm and by night, she is usually sleeping. When not working on her second novel, Lucy covers the burgeoning Pittsburgh film scene on the Hollyburgh blog and is learning Krav Maga.
Daniel McCloskey-----> is a writer, illustrator, and founder of the Cyberpunk Apocalypse project. Recent works include his hybrid novel A Film About Billy, and a collaborative comic seriesBears in Space. His work can be found online at www.gnarlyasiwannabe.com and at finer bookstores and comic shops in the Northeast and Midwest.
<-----Matt Stidle is overly verbose.
Where- ModernFormations, 4919 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh
Time- 8:00 p.m.
Cover- $5 or free w/ contribution of potluck dish
BYOB!
ryanKauffman------> is an as yet unpublished poet with a BA in English Writing from the University of Pittsburgh. He resides in Pittsburgh's historic Little Italy neighborhood and hosts a bi-monthly reading series called POESIS which takes place at the Mr. Roboto Project. The manuscript "Ode To Recession" from which he will be reading was a finalist for the National Poetry Series.
<-----Lucy Leitner is the author of the horror-comedy novel Working Stiffs, a satirical take on what happens when zombies invade a corporate office. Raised in Arlington, VA, she adopted Pittsburgh as her hometown when she arrived in 2001 to attend the University of Pittsburgh. Though she earned a masters degree in journalism from Point Park, she estimates that she has earned more money betting on Penguins games than she has as a reporter. By day, she is a writer for a local marketing firm and by night, she is usually sleeping. When not working on her second novel, Lucy covers the burgeoning Pittsburgh film scene on the Hollyburgh blog and is learning Krav Maga.
Daniel McCloskey-----> is a writer, illustrator, and founder of the Cyberpunk Apocalypse project. Recent works include his hybrid novel A Film About Billy, and a collaborative comic seriesBears in Space. His work can be found online at www.gnarlyasiwannabe.com and at finer bookstores and comic shops in the Northeast and Midwest.
Monday, November 12, 2012
November 15th: Alexander, McIntosh, Ramirez
When--Thursday, November 15th
Where- ModernFormations, 4919 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh
Time- 8:00 p.m.
Cover- $5 or free w/ contribution of potluck dish
BYOB!
Lisa Alexander holds an MFA in Poetry from Drew University and is a member of the Madwomen in the Attic writing workshop. Her work has been published in various journals including Bloom, The Burnside Review, Girls with Glasses, Pittsburgh's City Paper and anthologized in Voices from the Attic. She's a sound engineer for Prosody, NPR-affiliate WESA's weekly show featuring the work of national writers. Her manuscript throttlebody is being submitted for publication.
Tera McIntosh was born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania where she attended Bishop McCort High School. She earned her B.S. degree at Slippery Rock University in Recreation Therapy, where she learned the power and healing of play. Tera earned her M.S. from Carlow University in PRL-Nonprofit Management, and has worked with numerous nonprofit organizations throughout the country and Pittsburgh on creating safe spaces and enriching community. She has performed Slam Poetry at many venues including Club Cafe, Cannon Coffee, Shadow Lounge, Antioch University-Seattle, The University of Pittsburgh, The It Gets Better Project, The Improv, Carlow University, and many living rooms and bathroom mirrors. Most of her writings can be found left in her jean pockets in the dryer on tumble dry while others are usually published in Randomly Accessed Poets, an online poetry magazine downloadable on any kindle or in the Steel City Slam Chapbook. She is a member of the Steel City Slam Poetry team which competed in the National Slam Poetry Competition this past August in Charlotte, NC. She is the co-founder of Project Coffeehouse a nonprofit that opens up coffeeshops in emerging areas whose revenue goes back into the community to continue building it back up. She is also the co-founder of Young Steel Youth Poetry League and the Pittsburgh Poetry Collective, the city’s only spoken word organization for youth and adults. She is finishing up her Doctorate Degree in just two weeks (so if she looks a bit frazzled its because she is) at Antioch University in Leadership and Change where she hopes to finally figure out world peace, free vending machines, equal rights, and smaller lines at the DMV. She is a member of the women’s football team the Pittsburgh Passion and also a habitual coffee drinker and pizza eater.
Adriana E. Ramirez is a nonfiction writer and performance poet with over fifteen years experience in theater, spoken word, and advocacy. Once ranked the 26th slam poet in the world (iwps 2006), she helped found and co-hosted the Latino/Indigenous Showcase at the National Poetry Slam; she now serves as creative director of Pittsburgh Poetry Collective and slammaster of the Steel City Slam. Her poems and writings have appeared on the internet, on subway station walls, and occasionally, on pieces of dead wood. She loves technology and refreshments—mineral water, limes, and cheap Mexican food. Adriana lives in Pittsburgh, where she is writing a book about her death fantasies, Colombia, and the way we tell stories around violence. She roots for el tricolor in the World Cup and teaches in the English Department at The University of Pittsburgh.
Where- ModernFormations, 4919 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh
Time- 8:00 p.m.
Cover- $5 or free w/ contribution of potluck dish
BYOB!
Lisa Alexander holds an MFA in Poetry from Drew University and is a member of the Madwomen in the Attic writing workshop. Her work has been published in various journals including Bloom, The Burnside Review, Girls with Glasses, Pittsburgh's City Paper and anthologized in Voices from the Attic. She's a sound engineer for Prosody, NPR-affiliate WESA's weekly show featuring the work of national writers. Her manuscript throttlebody is being submitted for publication.
Tera McIntosh was born and raised in Johnstown, Pennsylvania where she attended Bishop McCort High School. She earned her B.S. degree at Slippery Rock University in Recreation Therapy, where she learned the power and healing of play. Tera earned her M.S. from Carlow University in PRL-Nonprofit Management, and has worked with numerous nonprofit organizations throughout the country and Pittsburgh on creating safe spaces and enriching community. She has performed Slam Poetry at many venues including Club Cafe, Cannon Coffee, Shadow Lounge, Antioch University-Seattle, The University of Pittsburgh, The It Gets Better Project, The Improv, Carlow University, and many living rooms and bathroom mirrors. Most of her writings can be found left in her jean pockets in the dryer on tumble dry while others are usually published in Randomly Accessed Poets, an online poetry magazine downloadable on any kindle or in the Steel City Slam Chapbook. She is a member of the Steel City Slam Poetry team which competed in the National Slam Poetry Competition this past August in Charlotte, NC. She is the co-founder of Project Coffeehouse a nonprofit that opens up coffeeshops in emerging areas whose revenue goes back into the community to continue building it back up. She is also the co-founder of Young Steel Youth Poetry League and the Pittsburgh Poetry Collective, the city’s only spoken word organization for youth and adults. She is finishing up her Doctorate Degree in just two weeks (so if she looks a bit frazzled its because she is) at Antioch University in Leadership and Change where she hopes to finally figure out world peace, free vending machines, equal rights, and smaller lines at the DMV. She is a member of the women’s football team the Pittsburgh Passion and also a habitual coffee drinker and pizza eater.Adriana E. Ramirez is a nonfiction writer and performance poet with over fifteen years experience in theater, spoken word, and advocacy. Once ranked the 26th slam poet in the world (iwps 2006), she helped found and co-hosted the Latino/Indigenous Showcase at the National Poetry Slam; she now serves as creative director of Pittsburgh Poetry Collective and slammaster of the Steel City Slam. Her poems and writings have appeared on the internet, on subway station walls, and occasionally, on pieces of dead wood. She loves technology and refreshments—mineral water, limes, and cheap Mexican food. Adriana lives in Pittsburgh, where she is writing a book about her death fantasies, Colombia, and the way we tell stories around violence. She roots for el tricolor in the World Cup and teaches in the English Department at The University of Pittsburgh.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
September TNY: Starring New Yinzer Staff!
When- Thursday, September 20th
Where- ModernFormations, 4919 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh
Time- 8:00 p.m.
Cover- $5 or free w/ contribution of potluck dish
BYOB!
To celebrate The New Yinzer’s 10th anniversary, this month's readers are all New Yinzer staff members:
Holly Coleman---> will someday have Pittsburgh eating out of the palm of her hand. But for now she likes to emcee the TNY Presents and kick it with the hooligans on Troy Hill.
<---Taylor Grieshober is a writer living in Wilkinsburg. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Monkeybicycle, Voices from the Attic, The New Yinzer, and Weave. She is also co-director of TNY Presents.
Karen Lillis---> is the author of four books of fiction, most recently Watch the Doors as They Close (Spuyten Duyvil Novella Series, 2012). She is a small press blogger and freelance writer. She blogs for TNY Presents.
<---Mark Mangini is an editor at The New Yinzer.
Adam Matcho---> has been a contributing columnist for The New Yinzer since 2006. He currently writes obituaries for a living. In the time between, he tries his best to write about life. His chapbook Six Dollars an Hour: Confessions of a Gemini Writer was published by Liquid Paper Press.
<---Scott Silsbe was born in Detroit. He now lives in Pittsburgh where he sells books, plays in bands, watches local sports, and edits The New Yinzer. His work has appeared a number of places including Third Coast, Kitchen Sink, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Where- ModernFormations, 4919 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh
Time- 8:00 p.m.
Cover- $5 or free w/ contribution of potluck dish
BYOB!
To celebrate The New Yinzer’s 10th anniversary, this month's readers are all New Yinzer staff members:
Holly Coleman---> will someday have Pittsburgh eating out of the palm of her hand. But for now she likes to emcee the TNY Presents and kick it with the hooligans on Troy Hill.
Karen Lillis---> is the author of four books of fiction, most recently Watch the Doors as They Close (Spuyten Duyvil Novella Series, 2012). She is a small press blogger and freelance writer. She blogs for TNY Presents.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
August 16: Chiusano, Collins, Taylor
When- Thursday, August 16th
Where- ModernFormations, 4919 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh
Time- 8:00 p.m.
Cover- $5 or free w/ contribution of potluck dish
BYOB!
This month's readers:
Terrence Chiusano received his MA in literature from the University at Buffalo and his BA in poetry writing from the University of Pittsburgh. Some of his poems have appeared in Yellow Field, Kenning, Ixnay, Queen Street Quarterly, Ignation and Can We Have Our Ball Back. He is a co-recipient of the Oregon Literary Fellowship to Publishers for his work as co-founder and co-editor of Rococo Anerca, a literary and arts journal. He is an assistant editor of Huck Finn: The Complete Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Manuscript (Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, 2003). He is also the author of the chapbook On Generation and Corruption: Parts I and II (Handwritten Press, 2003) and was a finalist in the 2011 National Poetry Series. He lives in Pittsburgh.
Kristofer Collins is publisher and editor-in-chief of Low Ghost Press, and the books editor for Pittsburgh Magazine. He is the manager of Caliban Bookshop and owner of Desolation Row Records & CDs. His most recent collection of poems, Last Call was published by Speed & Briscoe in 2010.
Erin Taylor works part time as a waitress at Abay and spends the rest of her time writing, picking up stray animals, and getting on her husband's nerves. She graduated from The University of Pittsburgh in 2005 where she studied English Literature. She has published non-fiction work for Gateway Newspapers as well as Cranberry Patch online newspaper. Going forward, Erin hopes to publish a collection of short stories that are beautiful and most likely sad.
Where- ModernFormations, 4919 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh
Time- 8:00 p.m.
Cover- $5 or free w/ contribution of potluck dish
BYOB!
This month's readers:
Terrence Chiusano received his MA in literature from the University at Buffalo and his BA in poetry writing from the University of Pittsburgh. Some of his poems have appeared in Yellow Field, Kenning, Ixnay, Queen Street Quarterly, Ignation and Can We Have Our Ball Back. He is a co-recipient of the Oregon Literary Fellowship to Publishers for his work as co-founder and co-editor of Rococo Anerca, a literary and arts journal. He is an assistant editor of Huck Finn: The Complete Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Manuscript (Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, 2003). He is also the author of the chapbook On Generation and Corruption: Parts I and II (Handwritten Press, 2003) and was a finalist in the 2011 National Poetry Series. He lives in Pittsburgh.
Kristofer Collins is publisher and editor-in-chief of Low Ghost Press, and the books editor for Pittsburgh Magazine. He is the manager of Caliban Bookshop and owner of Desolation Row Records & CDs. His most recent collection of poems, Last Call was published by Speed & Briscoe in 2010.
Erin Taylor works part time as a waitress at Abay and spends the rest of her time writing, picking up stray animals, and getting on her husband's nerves. She graduated from The University of Pittsburgh in 2005 where she studied English Literature. She has published non-fiction work for Gateway Newspapers as well as Cranberry Patch online newspaper. Going forward, Erin hopes to publish a collection of short stories that are beautiful and most likely sad.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
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