Alyta Adams, Sat., 5/5, 4 p.m.
Alyta Adams will read at the next program in the Poetry on the Loose Reading/Performance Series. The event will be held at 7 West Street in Warwick at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 5. Enter by door on right side of building. Following the feature, others are welcome to read original work. Admission is free.
Alyta Adams, poet, artist, and ordained interfaith minister, has been keeping journals and writing poetry since she was twelve. Her poems have been published in the Orange Review and Brooklyn’s The New Press Literary Quarterly (under the name “Marsha Felice Adams”). She was a featured reader at the Upfront Gallery Poetry Series in Port Jervis.
In the ‘90’s, while living in Brooklyn, Alyta was an original member of Nancy Bengis Friedman’s 555 Writer’s Salon. She also studied with Natalie Goldberg, and attended Ira Progoff’s Intensive Journal Workshop.
Apart from poetry, Adams has written and performed stand-up comedy at Caroline’s, Stand-Up N.Y., and Don’t Tell Mama in Manhattan. Her blog, Rev. Alyta’s Daily Spirit, can be accessed on her website www.thespiralcenter.com. Warwick Valley Living has featured her blog entries online. Ms. Adams also writes all copy for both the Spiral Center (her spiritual/creative business) and her art website www.alytaadamsart.com.
The next Poetry on the Loose reading will be held June 2 and will feature John Fitzpatrick.
For further information, contact: William Seaton/ Poetry on the Loose, Inc. at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (845) 294-8085.
Wallenstein to Appear as Northeast Poetry Center’s Distinguished Visiting Poet, 4/28, 4 p.m.
Barry Wallenstein will appear as the Northeast Poetry Center’s Distinguished Visiting Poet for the spring of 2012. He will perform accompanied by Steve Carlin on the guitar on April 28 at 4 p.m. at 7 West Street, Warwick. Enter by the door on the right side of the building. in the rear room. Reception to follow. The event is free and open to the public.
Wallenstein is the author of seven collections of poetry, the most recent being Drastic Dislocations: New and Selected Poems (New York Quarterly Books). His poetry has appeared in over 100 journals, including Ploughshares, The Nation, Centennial Review, and American Poetry Review.
Among his awards are the Poetry Society of America’s Lyric Poetry Prize and several Pushcart Poetry Prize Nominations. He has had resident fellowships at The Macdowell Colony, Hawthornden Castle in Scotland, Fundación Valparaiso in Spain, and Casa Zia Lina on Elba, Italy.