The Brownstone Poets Presents Tantra-Zawadi and Richard Marx Weinraub on Tuesday, May 17 at 7 p.m. at Tillies of Brooklyn

Brooklyn, NY, April 27, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The Brownstone Poets presents Tantra-zawadi, a performance poet, published author, and filmmaker, and Richard Marx Weinraub, a retired educator and poet who is related to the legendary Marx Brothers, on Tuesday, May 17 at 7 p.m. at Tillies of Brooklyn. Enjoy the quaint student-friendly café ambiance located near Pratt and St. Joseph's College. Feast on gourmet sandwiches, delectable cakes, pies, and cookies. Juice and soda are available. Relax with a either a cup of coffee or herbal tea while listening to great poetry. There’s an open-mic as well.

Featured Poets:

Tantra-zawadi and Richard Marx Weinraub

Tuesday, March 15

Starts at 7p.m. – Sign up at 6:45 p.m.

Tillies of Brooklyn
248 DeKalb Ave. (corner of Vanderbilt and DeKalb)
Brooklyn, NY 11205 Phone # (718) 783-6140

For Directions:

http://www.hopstop.com/

Take the J, R or Q trains to DeKalb Avenue, the C to Lafayette, the G to Clinton/Washington
2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins St.

$3 Donation – plus Food or Beverage – Limited Open-Mic - one poem (3-minute limit)

Curated by Patricia Carragon

emails: pattiekake@earthlink.net
pcarragon@gmail.com

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Bios:

Tantra-zawadi (Brooklyn, New York) - performance poet, published author, and filmmaker, has performed to standing room audiences at venues as far away as South Africa and Germany. Her poetry has appeared in Essence Magazine and her film A Silent Genocide - A Brief Insight into HIV/AIDS, was part of the 2010 Cine Mostra AIDS screenings in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Partial proceeds from her book Gathered at Her Sky (PWP Books) is going to Girl-Child Network Worldwide. Tantra, a member of Collective Spirits, appears on compilations with Do It Now Recordings and Gotta Keep Faith Records. Follow Tantra on line at www.tantra-zawadi.com.

Related to the Marx Brothers through his mother, Richard Marx Weinraub was born in New York City in 1949; he taught literature and creative writing courses at the University of Puerto Rico from 1987 through 2010. A book of his poetry entitled Wonder Bread Hill was published in 2002 by the University of Puerto Rico Press. His poetry has appeared in many magazines including The Paris Review, South Carolina Review, Green Mountains Review, North American Review, Measure, Slate, Lips, River Styx and The Evansville Review. Wonder Bread Hill has been translated into Spanish and it was recently published by Terranova Press. A chapbook of his poetry entitled Heavenly Bodies was published in 2008 by Poets Wear Prada, and a poem from it was nominated for a 2009 Pushcart Prize.

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