Poetry In New York with Galinsky, Danielle Blau and Artist Anubis

First poet hits the mic at 8:15pm sharp! This series has become a New York favorite and the venue, Book Club Bar, is an exceptional setting! FREE show, donations welcome, come early and enjoy some wine or coffee... this is not an open mic. Featured poets bios below.

DANIELLE BLUA’s debut full-length poetry collection peep was selected by Vijay Seshadri for the 2021 Anthony Hecht Prize and is forthcoming in both the US and the UK from the Waywiser Press in spring of 2022. Her nonfiction book Rhyme or Reason: Poets and Philosophers on the Problem of Being Here Now is forthcoming from W.W. Norton. A graduate of Brown University with an honors degree in philosophy, and of New York University with an MFA in poetry, Blau teaches at Hunter College in Manhattan, and curates and hosts the monthly Gavagai Music + Reading Series in Queens, where she lives with her son Kai. WWW.DANIELLEBLAU.COM

LUTHER D. ISLER, poetically known as The Artist Anubis, is a spoken word artist, cultural curator, and community cultivator: telling personal yet universal stories and creating space for others to do the same. In 2012, Anubis founded The Harlem Bomb Shelter: Spoken Word Open Mic & Showcase in Harlem, NYC. Through The Harlem Bomb Shelter, The Artist Anubis has been able to provide a stage for amateur and professional performers, and a safe space for people to express their human experiences. www.instagram.com/theharlembombshelter

Galinsky is an L.E.S. resident most recently invited to perform his poetry at the 2022 Whitney Biennial in honor of poet, friend and mentor Steve Cannon. Galinsky develops and coaches TED Talks, is an Off Broadway playwright and actor with the acclaimed solo show “The Bench, A Homeless Love Story,” and he teaches incarcerated teens at Rikers Island J*il and various NYC prisons and jails. galinskycoaching.com

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Event Venue

Book Club, 197 East 3rd Street, New York, United States