First Tuesdays

The Cento for January 3, 2023 January 3, 2023 centos & 2022-2023

You whispered back to me your favorite line, not too much blood, but it hurt, bodies twitching to Hacket’s horn as it smoked the blues, always a

First Tuesdays Presents Shams Momin December 27, 2022 2022-2023

When: January 3, 2023 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost:

First Tuesdays Presents Steven Paul Alvarez November 28, 2022 2022-2023

When: December 6, 2022 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost:

First Tuesdays Presents Jason Schneiderman October 25, 2022 2022-2023

When: November 1, 2022 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:30 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 7:00) Cost:

The Cento for October 4, 2022 October 5, 2022 Cento & 2022-2023

The horizon goes all the way around. It was just a trick the stillness sometimes plays. We are just a signature away, a feathered stretch between

First Tuesdays Presents Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. September 27, 2022 2022-2023

When: October 4, 2022 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:30 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 7:00) Cost:

The Cento for September 6, 2022 September 7, 2022 cento & 2022-2023

1. You sipped, raising a blue acropolis to your lips. Where are they now? Elegize those who are lost; call home those who are unfound, throats stuck

First Tuesdays Presents Jacqueline Jones LaMon - September 6, 2022 September 4, 2022 2022-2023

When: September 6, 2022 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:30 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 7:00) Cost:

Two First Tuesdays Regulars Read An Incarcerated Writer’s Work as Part of PEN’s & The Poetry Project’s BREAK OUT March 31, 2022 2019-2020

On February 4, 2020, about a month before the pandemic shutdown, First Tuesdays participated in PEN’s and The Poetry Project’s Break Out: a movement

The Cento for December 7, 2021 December 7, 2021 centos & 2021-2022

I Confidence is the storm playing them on the frets of an invisible violin. II Perhaps the world will end at comic con. You don’t have to belong.

First Tuesdays Presents David Mills October 25, 2021 2021-2022

PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO ESPRESSO 77 WITHOUT PROOF OF VACCINATION. (YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO PRESENT A VALID PHOTO ID.) MASKS WILL BE

First Tuesdays Presents Alex Segura September 28, 2021 2021-2022

PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO ESPRESSO 77 WITHOUT PROOF OF VACCINATION. (YOU WILL ALSO NEED TO PRESENT A VALID PHOTO ID.) MASKS WILL BE

The Cento for September 9, 2021 September 9, 2021 2021-2022

1 No language which is not visceral will be heard. Once again I ignore prayers mixing with smoke. The real trouble is all these phony calls. 2 A

The Cento for March 2, 2021 March 3, 2021 Cento & 2020-2021

As long as there are books to fill my spirit and light coming through the fire escape we are the idiots engaged in idiot boxing. The white plate

First Tuesdays Presents Lola Koundakjian February 24, 2021 current season & 2020-2021

Date: March 2, 2021 Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM (I will open the Zoom link around 6:45) Where: This will be a virtual First Tuesdays reading. For security

First Tuesdays Presents Eugene Lim January 25, 2021 current season & 2020-2021

When: February 2, 2021 Where: This will be a virtual First Tuesdays reading. For security purposes, you must click this link in order to register

First Tuesdays Presents Christina M. Rau December 28, 2020 current season & 2020-2021

When: January 5, 2021 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Where: This will be a virtual First Tuesdays reading. For security purposes,

First Tuesdays On Zoom Presents David Rothman November 23, 2020 2020-2021

When: December 1, 2020 Where: On Zoom. Click here to register. Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM (I will open the waiting room around 6:45.) More Information:

First Tuesdays Presents Hala Alyan October 26, 2020 featured reader & 2020-2021

When: November 4, 2020 Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM Where: This will be a virtual First Tuesdays reading. For security purposes, you must click this link in

In Memoriam Jay Chollick September 5, 2020 featured reader & 2020-2021

Yesterday, I received an email with the sad news that Jay Chollick, a long-standing regular at First Tuesdays, has passed away. Jay was our featured