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Kathy Curto teaches at Sarah Lawrence College/The Writing Institute and Montclair State University as well as several nonprofit organizations and writing centers in the metropolitan area. She is the author of Not for Nothing-Glimpses into a Jersey Girlhood and her work has been featured in The New York Times, on NPR, in the anthology Listen to Your Mother: What She Said Then, What We’re Saying Now...

Saara Dutton is a writer, performer, and gadfly about town. She's been published in The New York Times, The New York Observer, Salon and Writer's Digest. She's happy to be here to share some stories with you.

John Pietaro and Laurie Towers have been performing over decades in duet or as the Red Microphone (with saxophonists Ras Moshe Burnett and Rocco John Iacovone, plus others) or protest song combo the Flames of Discontent. Pietaro’s latest book, Innocent Postcards: Poetry, Ciphers, Verse , will be launched April 1. He’s also an active percussionist and arts journalist: JohnPietaro.com. Towers, in ad...

Jane LeCroy is a NYC based poet, singer, performance artist and home-birthing mother of 3, who fronts the avant-pop band,  The Icebergs , and the spontaneous experimental music project,  Ω▽Ohmslice . She has toured with the SanFrancisco based, all women’s poetry troupe, “Sister Spit”.  She also performs as a featured character in the immersive theater experience, “Poetry Brothel NYC”.  Among her m...

Sparrow lives in a trailer in the snowbound hamlet of Phoenicia, New York with his wife Violet Snow. He has published 11 books, including Small Happiness & Other Epiphanies (Monkfish) and The Princeton Diary (Vinal). His poems and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, The New York Times, the Sun, and Reptiles of the Mind. Each month Sparrow writes an art review for Chronogram. He is currentl...

Felix Guzman is a New York City native, homegrown poet, community organizer and advocate. He is the author of three chapbooks, Savage Garden Concrete Jungle: A Chapbook to Remember Me By , Shakur&Bronte&Hughes&Angelou&Shakespeare: Under the Influence and Scars: A Love Letter to Yesterday . Felix writes on the themes of redemption, transformation and the importance of building healt...

Nicca Ray is the author of the poetry collections, Curve (Gutter Snob Books), and Back Seat Baby (Poison Fang Books,) and the memoir, Ray by Ray: A Daughter’s Take on the Legend of Nicholas Ray (Three Rooms Press). She has two books coming in 2024, a poetry collection, Go-Go-Go Girl from Poison Fang Books and a memoir, Love and Cigarettes: A Mother Daughter Story from Punk Hostage Press. Her poetr...

In this episode, Pete talks to Jacob R. Moses. Jacob is a poet and spoken word artist from Staten Island, NY. He is the author of the full-length poetry book, Grimoire (iiPublishing, 2021). He recently completed his Master’s in English and Creative Writing with a concentration in poetry at New Hampshire University. Other projects in the works include a new full-length book and is the subject of a...

Originally from the gorgeous woods of southern New Hampshire, USA, Meghan Grupposo holds a BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School. She is a co-founder of NeuroNautic Institute Presents and Press. Meghan’s work can be found in her chapbook, Bouquet (NeuroNautic Press, 2021), & in various anthologies, including NYC From the Inside (Blue Light Press), Escape Wheel and Arriving at a Shoreline (gre...

C.O. Moed grew up on New York’s Lower East Side when it was still a tough neighborhood.  An alum of the infamous WOW Cafe, her work has appeared in the Silver Tongued Devil Anthology; AWAKE: Reader for the Sleepless; MadHatters; Thorn Literary Magazine; Unexpected Stories; Sensitive Skin; and Inspirational Art Magazine.  My Private Coney , her 10-year blog (2006-2016) about New York City has been...

Meagan Brothers is the author of  Debbie Harry Sings in French , a 2009 ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and its prequel,  Supergirl Mixtapes .  Her third novel,  Weird Girl and What's His Name , was named one of Kirkus Review's Best Teen Books of 2015.  Her poetry has appeared most recently in  NYC From the Inside , edited by George Wallace, as well as in  Persian Sugar in English Tea,  th...

Serge Rodriguez is the General Manager of the P & T Knitwear bookstore podcast studio. Serge was born and raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He has a rich family heritage including a family-owned bookstore on Book Row. He's a storyteller, poet, disc jockey and film maker.

Puma Perl is a poet, writer, and performer and is the author of two chapbooks, Ruby True and  Belinda and Her Friends , and three full-length poetry collections,  knuckle tattoos ,  Retrograde  (great weather for MEDIA), and  Birthdays Before and After (Beyond Baroque Books.) Her band, Puma Perl and Friends, brings spoken word together with rock and roll and has performed together since 2012.

Pete Solomita and Fred Argenziano, The Bitter Pill Collective. This collaboration of long time friends blends the poetry of Pete with the guitar playing of Fred live in the P & T Knitwear podcast studio.

Bruce E. Whitacre’s poetry collection, Good Housekeeping , will be out in 2024 from Poets Wear Prada. His debut collection, The Elk in the Glade , was a BookLife Reviews Editors Pick and Indy Spotlight, and placed 2nd in Contemporary Poetry at The BookFest Spring 2023. His poems have been nominated for the Pushcart and Best of the Net Prizes. He's been published in many poetry journals and pub...

Host Pete Solomita talks to Charles William Lane. A native of Florida, Charles is a New York based television producer, writer, and director. Working mostly in the true crime genre, he has produced programming for ABC, CBS, NBC, Investigation Discovery, CNN and the Oxygen Channel. He also has an extensive background in theater and music, on which he draws from in his writing. Charles recently wrot...

Wil Wynn is the pseudonym for Guillermo Echanique Wynn, a bilingual (Spanish) poet, translator, spoken word enthusiast and performer, publisher (Chimbarazu Press), non-fiction and fiction writer,  photographer, printer, and musician. He has received four grants for poetry and has been active in the New York City Literature and Arts scene for many years. He has published widely and some of the most...

Matthew Hupert is a writer and multi-media artist from New York City. He is a founder of the the NeuroNautic Institute &  of NeuroNautic Press. He has 2 full length collections, Ism is a Retrovirus (2011-Three Rooms Press) and Secular Pantheism (2019 - NeuroNautic Press). He is also the author of several chapbooks, & his writing has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies.

In this episode, host Pete Solomita talks to Francine Witte. Francine Witte’s flash fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous journals. Most recently, her stories have been in Best Small Fictions and Flash Fiction America. Her latest flash fiction book is Just Outside the Tunnel of Love (Blue Light Press.) Her upcoming collection of poetry, Some Distant Pin of Light is forthcoming from Cervena...

Host Pete Solomita talks to Evie Ivy, a dancer/poet in the NYC poetry circuit. Evie hosts one of the longest running poetry open mics in the city at The Green Pavilion in Brooklyn. She also produces a seasonal/holiday program of poetry, music and song, "Dance of the Word." She writes in free verse and form.