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Shameless Self- Promotion : Maegan la Mala Spits Poetry Tonite in Queens, NYC

29 Sep 2008

If my posts have taken on a poetic quality, you will please be excusing la Mala. Here in NYC we are in the middle of the 5to Encuentro de Poesia “Poetas en Nueva York

Tonight at the Centro Humanista de la Culturas, 76-11 37ave Jackson Heights,Queens, NYC at 6pm, I am honored and blessed to be a part of the Noche de mujeres, sharing the stage and spitting palabras with

-Irma Galido
-Claudia Barragán
-Daniel Reyes y Nilko Andreas

Come through if you can.

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Poetas en NY bring a Happy Mob to Union Square

8:05 am By Maegan La Mala · New York City| language · Comments Off

27 Sep 2008

5to%20%20back%20copy.jpg Today a mob of poets will descend upon Union Square in NYC, sending their words through the streets of and using verses will bailout the souls of a money driven city.

Today begins the Quinto Encuentro “Poetas en Nueva York” and if you go to some events, you may just find la Mala.

For more information visit the Poetas en NY website or just ask.

First Poem Since…

11 Sep 2008

I’m feeling a lot like Mala today, I just don’t have any more words to talk about 9-11. That does not mean, however, that there isn’t still a storm of unnameable feelings hidden away that I don’t want to share. So I’ll leave my speaking to Suheir Hammad–the one commentary about 9-11 that I feel said everything that needed to be said.

Save the Dates : 5th Encuentro de Poesia en NYC

10 Sep 2008

Need a reason to come to NYC? In about two weeks, poets and other artists, predominantly Latino and Latin American, will descend upon three New York boroughs for the 5th Encuentro de Poetas en NY.

Yours truly, Maegan la Mala, is a featured poet at one of the events and will attend as many events as I can (Before I was Blogger, activist, and Mami, I was a poet).

Hope to see some of you there.

Poetas Invade Nueva York

5:58 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Events| Latin America| New York City| language| literature · Comments Off

7 Oct 2006

poster%20poesia%20nyc%204WEB.0.jpg New York City is under invasion and there is no better invasion than a poetic one. Today marks day one of The 3rd Annual Encuentro de Nueva Poesía, a weeklong series of events throughout NYC that brings together written and spoken word artists from various corners of the planet.

The Encuentro has two successful antecedents. The first time the Festival “Poetas en Nueva York” was carried out was in April 2004, in honor of Pedro Pietri, and over 20 poets participated, for three days, in events at Nuyorican Poets’ Café in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The second iteration, where the name Encuentro de Nueva Poesía was coined, was celebrated in October 2005. It then included the participation of over 40 poets from diverse backgrounds, among them residents of New York who were originally from countries like Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic. It also counted with the presence of a delegation of Puerto Rican poets and artists who traveled to New York City solely for the purpose of participating in the events. The Encounter took place in diverse settings in Upper and Lower Manhattan, as well as the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, and concluded with the publication of a poetry anthology with the artists’ works.

La Tula: Heard of her?

2:44 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Cuba| Culture| Women| literature · Comments Off

8 Mar 2006

I, unfortunately, had not, but am glad to come out of my own ignorance and discover her work. Following La Mala’s theme of highlighting exceptional mujeres, I found this little gem on Regalado blog out of Cuba (thanks, special friend, for sharing your 14,000 obscure Latino feeds with me — you know who you are). Translated for your reading pleasure:

Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda was blocked from entering the Real Academia Española. She is considered a precursor to modern feminism, as much for her vibrant attitude as for the strength that she gave her female literary characters.

Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814-1873), a Cuban born writer that lived in Spain from age 22, is considered one othe most authentics voices of Latino romanticism.

Her life was a cumulus of tragedies comparable only to those of her characters. The death of her father and the rushed re-marriage of her mother drove her out of Cuba to Europe, where she came into contact with the romance literature of the time; Victor Hugo, Chateaubriand and Lord Byron.

Lluvia Poetica

10:00 am By Maegan La Mala · Arts| Culture| Events| New York| PR · Comments Off

14 Oct 2005

It’s been pouring for days here in New York City, but water isn’t the only thing flooding the streets. Words, sounds, beats and rhythms, in English, Spanish and variations between have been saturating the Latino scene thanks to the presence of Poetas en Nueva York : el Segundo Encuentro de Nueva Poesia. The four day poetry and spoken word series brings not just local Latino poets together; a group of spoken word spitters and poetas direct from la isla del encanto, Puerto Rico, are taking part as well. The series, sponsored by a variety of Latino and literary institutions and organizations, includes performances, exhibitions, and lectures at various lugares throughout New York City.

I had the pleasure of attending and participating in the first event in the series on Wednesday, La Tertulia de Fusion Atómica. D’Antigua, a bar/restaurant in Jackson Heights, was packed. Poetas weren’t going to let a little bit of rain ruin their night. It wasn’t about traditional iambic pentameter either. All the poets that performed mixed politics with pride and sometimes even threw in a Reggaeton beat.

As the rain promises to continue to fall through the weekend, show your love and open your mind to some incredible talent and their ideas from New York and Puerto Rico.
Saturday, October 15
2 pm-Intervención Urbana
Jackson Heights, Queens
37th Ave 75-90 Street

7 pm- Nueva Poesia en St. Marks Church
Exhibición de pintura y caricatura
St. Marks Church
2nd Ave and 9th Street

Sunday, October 16
11 am- Poetas en la Misa
St. Marks Church

12 noon- Lunch and Lecture
St. Marks Church

6pm – Poetry Celebration
Lava Gina
Ave C and 7th Street

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