7/27/07

Issue # 0 of Spoonful Is Up! Submit Now!

Spoonful, the online Stone Soup Poetry tribute journal, has been released with issue # 0 as part of an ongoing quarterly publishing schedule.

POEMS BY: Patricia Brodie, Ann Carhart, Susie Davidson, Jacques "The HatainFirefly" Fleury, Lo Galluccio, Marc D. Goldfinger, Carolyn Gregory, Gypsypashin, Paul Hapenny, Doug Holder, Coleen T. Houlihan, Gordon Marshall, Margaret Nairn, Chad Parenteau, Bill Perrault, Jack Powers, Deborah Priestly, Sue Red, Chris Robbins, Ian Thal, Sue Red, Adam Thielker, James Van Looy, and Carol Weston.

ACCOMPANYING ARTWORK BY: James Conant, Bill Perrault, Deborah Priestly, and Cindy Williams.

Spoonful is currently accepting submissions of poetry, prose and artwork for issue # 1, to be released in the fall.

The website will be going under some revisions over the next week, but the submissions guidelines will always be accessible via the main page. For submission information, as well as a look at the first issue, please visit the Spoonful journal here.

7/21/07

August 13th: Jade Sylvan Features

Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. Jade Sylvan is a writer new to the Boston area and an enthusiastic open mike poet. On July 30th, Stone Soup will be pleased to give this poet her first feature as she debuts her chapbook The Crossroad.

Jade Sylvan was raised in Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington. She currently lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts. Her work has been featured in The Ibbetson Street Journal, BostonNOW, Word Riot, and Somerville News' "Lyrical Somerville." In the next year she plans to complete a novel, visit many friends, maintain her blog, and get her head on straight. She will be 25 on September 9th, and prefers drinks and cash money to presents.

Click here to visit Jade Sylvan's blog.

Click here for a sample of Jade Sylvan's work.
July 30th: Samantha Jane Scolamiero Features



Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery at 106 Prospect Street with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On July 30th, Stone Soup welcomes back Samantha Jane Scolamiero back for a full length feature, during which copies of her chapbook and artwork will be available.

The hostess of the Namless Coffee House series Samantha Jane Scolamiero was a member of the 2004 Boston Cantab Slam Poetry Team attending nationals and has appeared throughout New England and at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. She is the author of a book of poetry and photography, The Nameless Collection. Her poem "Last Jazz" has been heard on the radio. As her alter ego Sam-R-I, she has hosted the annual Head-to-Head haiku competition at the Cantab Lounge since 2005. Her photography has been a fixture at the annual Somerville Open Studio.

Click here to visit Samantha Jane Scolamiero's web site.

7/12/07

July 23rd: Irene Koronas Features



Stone Soup Poetry meets from 8-10 p.m. every Monday at the Out of The Blue Art Gallery (located on 106 Prospect Street in Cambridge) with an open mike sign-up at 7:30 p.m. On July 23rd, Ibbetson Street visits us again with another of it's recently published poets, local poet, editor and "Wordcatcher" for the Bagelbards, Irene Koronas.

Irene Koronas has a fine arts degree from Mass College of Art in Boston. She is a multi media artist working with paint, collage, mono-printing, artists books and poetry. She is currently the poetry editor for Wilderness House Literary Review. Her poetry has appeared in Lummox Journal, Free Verse Journal, Posey magazine and on line zines such as Arcanam Café, Spearhead, Index Poetry, Unblog, Haiku Hut and Lynx. She has seven chap-books: work among friends, where words drip, perception, tongue on everyday, species, flat house and to speak the meaning of being. Her most recent book self portrait drawn from many is published by Ibbettson Street Press.

Click here for a sample of Irene Koronas' work.

Click here to purchase self portrait drawn from many.