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IAWA –NY Goes LIVE 2nd Thursdays @ John D. Calandra Italian American Institute 25 W. 43rd St., 17th Floor, NYC
IAWA Presents Peter Solomita & Carla Zanoni
Thursday, February 13, 2025
LIVE, 6-8 PM; Open Mic begins at 6
Poet Pete Solomita’s latest manuscript From Here To Institutionalized is pending publication. His debut collection, Bitter Pill (two shots, and a piece of cake) was published in 2022 (Obsolete Press). He hosts the podcast, Storytelling On Orchard Street, which is available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple. In addition, he produces the bi-monthly live show The Very Swell Variety Show at Young Ethel’s. He often reads his poetry with musical accompaniment by The Bitter Pill Collective.
Carla Zanoni is a writer, poet, and journalist whose bilingual (Spanish-English) chapbook, Knowing/Saber (Posnoni North) was published in 2024. She is writing her first memoir on self-worth. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Common, Modern Loss, TueNight, and more. She is a media executive, formerly with The Wall Street Journal and TED, and leads the Engagement Journalism program at the Newmark Graduate School at CUNY. Zanoni’s monthly newsletter, The Em Dash can be viewed at carla.substack.com
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