Tellings by Rochelle Ratner

“Tellings” by Rochelle Ratner, directed by Richard Spiegel, and performed by Barbara Fisher, was presented by the New York Poetry Festival at St. Clement’s, 423 West 46th Street, on Monday, April 6...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 2,271

The Scribbler 1978

The Scribbler was an informal publication of the Poetry Festival at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street, in Manhattan (Hell's Kitchen neighborhood), New York City. The Scribbler publicized coming e...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 142

American Poets: A performance by Sunday Brunch ...

"An Evening of Mostly New York Poets" was a Dramatic Poetry Performance by the Sunday Brunch Company at St. Clement's Church in the downstairs theater. The Sunday Brunch Company presented at least ...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 85

Eliot Among The Nightingales

Sunday Brunch Company performed poetry in New York City beginning in 1972. Among other venues, the Sunday Brunch Company appeared at New York University, St. John’s-in-the-Village, and the Poetry F...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 72

The Public Press Newsletter Vol.1, No.1

The Public Press Newsletter discussed the state, and the fate, of American literature. In the early 1980s, major publishers were being bought by large corporations. Government support was random an...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 77

Children of Light eBook Published Feb 2010

This prose poem or poetic novel reveals human nature in a new and liberating way. This is an excerpt from the first chapter. Erin Yes, the author, is the pen name for one of the Poetry Festival at ...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 65

Actor Mark Stevenson as Poet John Keats

This Living Hand: A Visitation by John Keats, performed by actor Mark Stevenson, was one of the most successful of the poets theater series presented by the Poetry Festival at St. Clement's.

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 94

This Living Hand

The poetry of John Keats came to life vividly in the performance of Mark Stevenson at St. Clement's Summer Poetry Festival, produced by Mary Clark, in August 1980.

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 68

The Old Man Speaks

Paul Johnston, known as PJ, The Writer, The Artist, The Professor of Love and The Old Man, gave a whimsical speech on seeing the Angel of Death, invoking humor and pathos on his 79th birthday at St...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 134

Rukeyser Memorial Reading

A memorial for Muriel Rukeyser at St. Clement's Church on March 31, 1980 in New York City featured former students and friends of the well-known poet. Among these were Judith Johnson Sherwin, Grace...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 1,215

Spanish Civil War Vets

Spanish Civil War veterans from the Abraham Lincoln Brigade read poetry that was written on the front lines. This reading took place in April 1980 and was to have featured Muriel Rukeyser.

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 188

Muriel Rukeyser: Life of a Poet

Muriel Rukeyser, poet, was scheduled to read at St. Clement's Church, New York City, in April 1980 in a program featuring the Abraham Lincoln Brigade of Spanish Civil War veterans. In February, I l...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 233

e e cummings poetry in performance

e.e. cummings in music and dance. Loyd Williamson brought his company, the Masque Ensemble, to the Poetry Festival at St. Clement’s, NYC, for three evenings on August 19, 20 and 21, 1979. “Damn...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 101

Midsummer Clyde Poets Theater

On August 3 and 4, 1979, the repertory company of actors known as Clyde brought to the downstairs stage at St. Clement's the poetry of Sappho, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Diane Ackerman, Barbara ...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 182

St. Marks Poets Theater

The St. Marks Poets Theater performed six plays at St. Clement’s Episcopal Church, New York City, in August 1979. The plays were developed in summer workshops led by Bob Holman and featured the wor...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 247

Barbara a Holland

Poet Barbara A. Holland (short grey hair, dark clothes) after a reading at Dan Stokes' bookstore, 128 East 4th Street, New York City, circa 1981. Also pictured: Kathy Nocerino in blue dress with ba...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 188

Summer Poetry Festival

The Poetry Festival at St. Clement's Church, 423 West 46th Street, NYC, in 1979, hosted theatrical performances of poetry by a variety of groups - dance and music with e e cummings, ensemble and so...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 212

Summer Poetry 1979

New York is a Summer Poetry Festival, 1979, at St. Clement's Church, NYC, a month of poetry performances featuring the St. Marks Poets Theater, and the works of William Packard, Shakespeare, T.S. E...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 292

Can't Can Poetry

The lights go on and off at St. Clement's Church while four feminist poets read in 1981.

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 166

Howlin' Poets

Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan, Allen Ginsberg, Marilyn Hacker, Alice Notley, and other poets and writers brave the gale of a blizzard to regale an equally intrepid crowd at the Poetry Festival at St. ...

From: Mary A Clark

Reads: 205