Two First Tuesdays Regulars Read An Incarcerated Writer’s Work as Part of PEN’s & The Poetry Project’s BREAK OUT
Mar 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
Watch the Video of the Reading by Ralph Nazareth & Duane Esposito
Jun 6, 2020
videos & 2019-2020 & featured reader
The Cento for June 3, 2020
Jun 3, 2020
2019-2020 & centos
I. In lieu of flowers, please send Justice, a blood-splattered crescendo, or else some commoner will knock our fat asses off our golden seats. Who
First Tuesdays Presents Ralph Nazareth & Duane Esposito
May 25, 2020
2019-2020 season & 2019-2020 & featured reader
Ralph Nazareth Duane Esposito When: June 2, 2020 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM
The Cento for May 5, 2020
May 13, 2020
2019-2020 & centos
I. Not to touch, not to breathe, not to meet, scissors scraping the face of god. How many more nights are left before this magic ends? The plague is
Watch The Video of Antoinette Brim’s Reading
May 9, 2020
videos & 2019-2020 & featured reader
Antoinette Brim read for us from her book, These Women You Gave Me. The poems were wonderful and the conversation afterwards was fascinating
First Tuesdays Presents Antoinette Brim
Apr 27, 2020
2019-2020 & featured reader
When: May 5, 2020 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: $5
The Cento Zoom Edition for April 7, 2020
Apr 7, 2020
2019-2020 & centos
First Tuesdays went virtual for National Poetry Month! We held our reading over Zoom and it was, by all accounts, a success. Sokunthary Svay, our
First Tuesdays Presents Sokunthary Svay
Mar 30, 2020
2019-2020 & featured reader
When: April 7, 2020 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: $5
First Tuesdays Presents Sarah Gambito
Feb 24, 2020
2019-2020 & featured reader
When: March 3, 2020 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: $5
First Tuesdays Presents Sara Khalili
Jan 27, 2020
2019-2020 & featured reader
When: February 4, 2020 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:
The Cento for January 7, 2020
Jan 7, 2020
2019-2020 & centos
1. Undulating and free, the strippers were masturbating customers on the garden bed of Blake’s fairy procession, this movie shot in hell, coiled
First Tuesdays Presents Mark Weiss
Dec 30, 2019
2019-2020 & featured reader
When: January 7, 2020 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:
The Cento for December 3, 2019
Dec 3, 2019
2019-2020 & centos
Waxed figures burned outside the leather windows. Give my kidneys to kid drummers. You courted me with cucumber soup. The strongest coffee can’t
First Tuesdays Presents Rachel Zucker
Nov 25, 2019
2019-2020 season & 2019-2020 & featured reader
When: December 3, 2019 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:
The Cento for November 5, 2019
Nov 5, 2019
2019-2020 & centos
1. Amulet I took back with me to sleep, his penis is like a dark flagpole swaying in the wind of his dreams, there was not an inch of you I didn’t
First Tuesdays Presents Alex Segura
Oct 28, 2019
current season & 2019-2020 & featured reader
Unfortunately, Alex Segura had to cancel his reading. He will read for First Tuesdays again at some point in the future. When: November 5, 2019
The Cento for October 1, 2019
Oct 4, 2019
2019-2020 & centos
During every First Tuesdays open mic, we communally compose a cento using language taken from each open-mic reader’s offering. On October 1, those
First Tuesdays Presents Abeer Hoque
Sep 23, 2019
current season & 2019-2020 & featured reader
When: October 1, 2019 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:
The Cento for September 3, 2019
Sep 4, 2019
2019-2020 & centos
During every First Tuesdays open mic, we communally compose a cento using language taken from each open-mic reader’s offering. On September 3rd,
First Tuesday Joins PEN’s Break Out Initiative
Aug 29, 2019
2019-2020
For more than forty years, PEN America’s Prison Writing Program has, in its own words, “amplified the writing of thousands of imprisoned writers by
First Tuesdays Presents Peter Marra
Aug 26, 2019
2019-2020 & featured reader
When: September 3, 2019 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 Announces Its 2019-2020 Season
Aug 16, 2019
2019-2020 & featured reader
When: The first Tuesday of the month, September through June Where: Espresso 77, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM