May 7: Melissa Castillo-Garsow Features for Stone Soup Poetry's Fifty-Fourth Anniversary

Stone Soup Poetry meets every Wednesday online from 7:00-9:00 PM via Zoom. Stay tuned for updates on any future live gatherings. On May 7, poet, author, doctor and Stone Soup friend Melissa Castillo-Garsow features at the top of Stone Soup Poetry's fifty-fourth anniversary month.

Dr. Melissa Castillo-Garsow is an Associate Professor of English at Lehman College and the CUNY graduate center PhD program in English specializing in Latinx Literature and Culture. She is the author/ editor of 7 books including editor of ¡Manteca!: An Anthology of Afro-Latin@ Poets, and author of A Mexican State of Mind: New York City and the New Borderlands of Culture which examines the creative worlds and cultural productions of Mexican migrants in New York City. Her second book of poetry, Chingona Rules was a Gold Medal Winner of the Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award, International Latino Book Awards (2022).

Join us on May 7 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET by clicking this link.

The meeting ID is 894 8978 6353

Password: stonesoup

March 29: Stone Soup Takes the Stage Coach to Harvard!

Stone Soup Poetry has met weekly at both the Out of the Blue Art Gallery and Brew on the Grid in Cambridge. This Thursday on March 29,  thanks to the help of Melissa Castillo-Garsow, we we will be assembling at Harvard University in  Robinson Hall, located on the corner of Broadway and Quincy (35 Quincy Street) from 6:30 to 8:00 or later.

Bring you poems and stories and a friend. Stone Soup is coming back again!

March 9: Latinx Poetry Series @ Stone Soup Stagecoach

2018 Latinx Poetry Series at Harvard University

Organizer of Latinx Poetry Series @ Stone Soup Stagecoach

The Inagural Latinx Poetry Reading and workshop series in the Spring of 2018 was organized by Melissa Castillo-Garsow to promote a diversity of voices at Harvard, celebrate Latinx voices in poetry, and foster poetic connections with the greater Boston area.

DATE AND TIME
Fri, April 13, 2018
5:30 PM – 9:00 PM EDT

LOCATION
CGIS South
1730 Cambridge Street
Belfer Case Study Room
Cambridge, MA 02138

Acclaimed poet Carmen Bardeguez-Brown will host the poetry workshop "Poetry like bread is for everyone/ La Poesia como el pan es para todos" followed by an open mic, performance and reception.

Schedule of events:

5:30-7 p.m. Workshop
7-8 p.m. Open Mic
8-8:30 p.m. Performance
8:30-9 p.m. Reception
Free, sign up required!

Carmen Bardeguez-Brown work was showcased in the documentary: Latino Poets in the United States. She has been invited to read at The Nuyorican Poets Café, The Fez, Mad Alex Foundation, Smoke, The Soho Arts Festival, Long wood Gallery, The Kitchen, La Casa Azul, New Years Alternative Poetry Marathon at Dixon Place, The Boricua College Poetry Series, Caribbean Theater, Word Festival 2013 and many other venues in the tri-state area. Some of her work has been performed by Felipe Luciano’s Poets’s Choir and Butch Morris Conduction series #27 performed at The Whitney Museum. Her work has been published in Tribes, Long Shot, Fuse, School Voices, Anthology: Aloud Voices from the Nuyorican, ¡Manteca!: An Anthology of AfroLatin@ Poets and Pha'titude. She has two poetry books: Straight from the Drums: Al Ritmo del Tambor could be and Dreaming Rhythms Despertando Silencios published by Miguel Estepario. Her third book of poetry: Meditation on Love, Dance and Loss will be published late this year. She is one of 50 Puerto Ricans showcased in the exhibition Homenaje created and curated by Ricardo Muniz that is currently housed at the Centro for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College.

See the Eventbrite page. 

January 18: Melissa Castillo-Garsow Features at Stone Soup

After a short hiatus, Stone Soup Poetry returns as a weekly poetry open mic venue at a new day, time and location. Stone Soup is now meeting every Thursday night from 8-10 PM at Brew on the Grid located on 93 Windsor Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We restart our series strong by welcoming Melissa Castillo-Garsow as our first feature in our new era.