Visit our new site! September 27, 2008

We redesigned our site for better navigation. For up-to-date info on upcoming readings, videos of past readings and everything else Stain visit us at

http://stainofpoetry.wordpress.com/
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Amy&Ana

Friday, November 21, 2008 @ 7:00 p.m. July 3, 2008

November 21st @ 7 p.m. – Stain Bar – Williamsburg, Brooklyn
** Carnahan, Cassimassima, Grinnell, Lederer, Oberman, and Rohrer **
Special Musical Guest @ Intermission: Addenda

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Brooklyn resident Kerry Carnahan has co-authored and edited a number of publications, including the New York City High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines, Cool and Green Roofs, and Sustainable Urban Sites (forthcoming), [...]

WOM-PO and Walt Whitman May 3, 2008

In a scene dubbed “a bit too precious” by one reviewer, an excerpt from Walt Whitman’s poem, “Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking” makes an appearance in the excellent film, L.I.E., above.
And separately, I have been graciously granted, by Annie Finch, the Women’s Poetry Listserv moderator title that she has worn [...]

The Coconut Overfloweth … April 30, 2008

NEW ISSUE OF COCONUT!
Contents

david trinidad/jeffery conway/gillian mccain reb livingston
chelsey minnis elizabeth treadwell christopher salerno
lauren spohrer terita heath-wlaz tyler carter elisa gabbert
michael ball brenda iijima sam truitt jessica piazza
claire hero matthew zapruder james sanders linnea ogden
emily kendal frey kc trommer gina myers seth landman

GO LOCAL: National Poetry Month x 10! April 13, 2008

WHY: Eating, growing, and celebrating locally to find the world in a grain of Brooklyn and eternity in an hour or two!
WHEN: Friday, April 25th @ 7 p.m. – Sharp!
WHERE: Stain Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
WHO: ~~ BANIAS ~~ BERRIGAN ~~ BOZICEVIC ~~ BRYANT ~~ DICKOW ~~ HOY ~~ KOCOT ~~ SMITH ~~ STARKWEATHER [...]

Happy Birthday, Amelia Earhart! March 23, 2008

Indirectly related, I include two poems from Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart — And if you like these, you can find two more archived on my blog by clicking here:
Save Me Joe Louis
When I was small no one stopped the fights.
A man could beat you till you [...]

Weekend Tips March 23, 2008

First, check out Linh Dinh’s “Pick Up Lines” video-poem above for obvious reasons. I’m a fan of the man and his poetry too. I was torn between posting this and another called, “The Mind’s G-Spot“. Dinh’s got his finger on the pulse. At least one of them [...]

The Year of the Pig March 22, 2008

Along with being a Leo, I was born in the Year of the Pig. While those aren’t pigs above, here’s some info:
The Pig is a fun and enlightening personality blessed with patience and understanding. People [...]

You May Say So Myself March 20, 2008

Ladies, there is no neutral position for us to assume.
* Gertrude Stein, Libretto for the opera The Mother Of Us All by Virgil Thomson (1947), from Last Operas and Plays (1949)
Poetry is I say essentially a vocabulary just as prose is essentially not. And what is the vocabulary of which poetry absolutely [...]

The Dessert of the Year January 1, 2006

Is an Italian tiramisu finished with a not-too-nutty Frangelico.  Bene appetite~