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IAWA’s Literary Readings have moved to the NYPL Mulberry St. Branchin the heart of Little ItalyReadings are scheduled 2-4 pmMarch 23 @ NYPL Mulberry St.featuring Italiani per caso, Italians by ChanceBernard Block and Rosalie CalabreseBernard Block, born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, hosts the Series “From Whitman to Ginsberg.” Almost 40 poems have been published in the European literary journal, Levure Littéraire #8, #9 and #12. His poetry collection Am I My Brother’s Keeper? (Dark Light Publishing) is available on Amazon.Rosalie Calabrese is a native New Yorker and management consultant for the arts whose poems have appeared in Cosmopolitan, Poetry New Zealand, The New York Times, Critical Sociology, Psychoanalytic Perspectives and many other publications, including anthologies and on the Web. Her sixth chapbook, Remembering Chris was published by Poets Wear Prada.WHERE: Mulberry Street Public Library10 Jersey Street, New York, NYCorner of Mulberry and Prince Streets,near Lafayette Street, one block south of East Houston StreetWheelchair accessibleWHEN: 2-4 PMApril 27 @ NYPL Mulberry St.Laura Caparotti, Versetto Libero, Free Verse ProjectThree Readers, Two LanguagesAudience ParticipationHosted by Camilla TrinchieriMay 18 @ NYPL Mulberry St.Book Boost x2:Kathy Curto and Mike FioritoJune 22 @NYPL Mulberry St.Book Boost:Joe Giordano and Maria LisellaJuly 27, 28IAWA at New York City Poetry FestivalGovernor’s IslandHosted by Peter MarraJune 29@ NYPL Mulberry St.Tales of Two Maria’sBordighera Book Boost x2:Maria Terrone and Maria GiuraJuly 13 @ NYPL Mulberry St.Book Boost x2:Susan Gerardi Bello andMarisa Labozzetta, Thieves Never Steal in the Rain.September 14 @ NYPL Mulberry St.National Translation MonthRomance is in the Air and on Our LipsClaudia Serea and TBAOctober 12 @ NYPL Mulberry St.Book Boost:Marisa Frasca, Wild Fennel and TBANovember 9 @ NYPL Mulberry St.Book Boost:Barbara Crooker and Maria Mazziotti GillanDecember 14 @ NYPL Mulberry St.Zoe Trischka and TBA
NEW + NOTEWORTHY IAWA’s Boston Series@ I AM Books 189 North Street Boston, MAHosted by Authors, Julia Lisella and Jennifer Martelli