The Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) presents an evening of poetry featuring Peter Carravetta, and Marisa Frasca on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Sidewalk Café, 94 Avenue A (at 6th Street) in New York City’s East Village, www.sidewalkny.com; 212-473-7373. The reading takes place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and kicks off with Open Mic readings of five minutes followed by the featured writers.
Peter Carravetta, [4] the D’Amato Professor of Italian Studies at SUNY/Stony Brook [5], is a philosopher, cultural critic, translator, and poet. One of the founders of iawa, he has written six books of criticism, and edited several journals and anthologies. Carravetta is the author of eight books of poetry, five in Italian, including delle voci (Anterem [6], 1980) and L’infinito (Campanotto, 2013); and three in English: Existenz (Adams Press, 1976), The Sun and Other Things (Guernica [7] Editions, 1997), and The Other Lives (Guernica Editions [8] 2013.) Additionally, he contributed to the recently published Poets of the Italian Diaspora (Fordham University Press [9], 2014), a bilingual anthology covering poetry from 1870-1970 edited by Luigi Bonaffini [10] and Joseph Perricone. Visit www.petercarravetta.com/
COVER: $8 includes complimentary drink. CONTACT: www.sidewalkny.com [22]; or 212-473-7373. Event kicks off with Open Mic readings of five minutes.
DIRECTIONS: By Subway, F to Second Avenue or #6 to Bleecker Street
Mar 14: Amy Barone and Al Tacconelli @Cornelia Street Café
April 11: Julia Lisella and Anthony D’Aries @Sidewalk Café
May 9: Gil Fagiani and Stephen Siciliano @Cornelia St. Café
June 13: Susan Balik and George Guida @ Sidewalk Café
July 11: Fred Misurella and Joseph Luzzi @ Cornelia St. Café
Contacts: www.iawa.net [24], www.corneliastreetcafe.com [25] or www.sidewalkny.com [26]
Arba Sicula [28] bilingual poetry [29] Bordighera [30] canada [31] D'Amato [32] diaspora [33] Drew University [34] Fordham University [35] Guernica Editions [36] Italian American [37] Marisa Frasca [38] Peter Carravetta [39] poetry [40] Sicilian poetry [41] SUNY Stony Brook [42] the New School [43] translator [44]