Forum Follows Function

In this weeks edition of Metroland, there is an article about the local small press  poetry scene.  Thom Francis, Mary Panza, Dan Wilcox, Chris Rizzo, Rachel Zitomer, Matthew Klane and many others were interviewed for this article discussing the current Albany scene, its history, and where it may be going from here.  The article also talks about the recent small press book fair at the UAG Gallery.

Albany Poets (albanypoets.com) is as much an organizational body, networking apparatus, and community of friends as it is a poetry press. “The important thing is that we provide a microphone and a Web site because it is your right to express yourself,” Panza says. “We want to give you the forum to do that.”

Click the link below to read the entire article on the Metroland site or go out and pick up a copy for yourself.

Forum Follows Function - Metroland Online - Feature

OTHER:TEN is Coming…

You read that right.  OTHER:TEN, the long awaited tenth issue of Albany Poets’ magazine will be available during the small press open house at the UAG Gallery that was mentioned earlier. 

We would like to take this time to apologize to our readers and contributors for the delay on getting this issue out.  Due to circumstances beyond our control…

We hope to see everyone at the UAG this coming Friday to check out some of the small press poetry that is being published right in our own backyards.

OTHER: Wants You!

First of all, we want to thank everyone involved in WORD FEST 2008. The audiences were great, the performances were stellar and the UAG was once again so generous in lending their time and space to us.

Now here is what Albany Poets is asking from you:

We need contributors, editors, artists, photographers, and especially volunteers to help out with OTHER:. We want to take it to the next step and we need your ideas and hard work to make it happen. Are you good at writing reviews? Are you handy with a stapler? We need you and everyone in between to make OTHER: what it was meant to be: YOURS!!

We are having an informational meeting to discuss the future of OTHER: on Tuesday May 13th at 7:30pm. The location will be decided by the number of people interested. If you are interested in joining TEAM OTHER: contact Thom Francis at thom@albanypoets.com. Introduce yourself, your experience, and your interests.

Update on OTHER:NINE

We have been getting a lot of questions recently on when OTHER:NINE is going to be released.  We announced in the last issue that we were going to start publishing on a monthly schedule and we still plan on doing just that.  We are in the process right now of putting the finishing touches on a couple items for the ninth edition of OTHER: in order to make it the best journal of poetry and literature in the Capital Region.

OTHER:NINE will be hitting the streets by the within the next two weeks and then on a monthly schedule there after.

If you would like to be part of OTHER: by contributing your art and writing, send us an email to info@albanypoets.com and let us know about yourself.  We are always looking for interesting and compelling content.

OTHER:EIGHT To Be Released at Valentines on Tuesday, September 4

As announced last night at Poets Speak Loud at the Lark Tavern, we will be releasing the newest issue of OTHER: next Tuesday, September 4 at Valentines (17 New Scotland Ave., Albany) during our monthly open mic for poetry, music, and spoken word. 

OTHER:EIGHT has poetry from Lilibet Ana, Farrah Nayka Ashline, Alan Catlin, Michael Conner, Ann E. Cotrupi, Brian Dorn, The Poet Essence, A.C. Everson, Melissa Foster, Matt Galletta, Jean Holland, Adam Kress, Ford McLain, Steven Minchin, Richard Morell, Sara Murphy, Natalie N. Narine, John Raymond, J. Eric Smith, and Melissa Stafford. 

Also in this issue is a short story from Shaun Baxter, an updated listing of all of the poetry readings and open mics in the area, and a preview of who will be performing at LarkFEST 2007 on September 15.

To preview the poetry in this issue and to check out previous issues, go to www.albanypoets.com/other.

We are now in the process of getting them out to coffee shops, bookstores, and any other location that is willing to carry it.  If you know of a place that would be interested in carrying OTHER:, or if you would like to volunteer to distribute OTHER: throughout the area, send an email to info@albanypoets.com and let us know.

The No Gimmick Open Mic at Valentines is held on the first Tuesday of each month with sign up starting 7:00PM and the open mic beginning at 8:00PM.