http://www.sundaysalon.comA Prose Reading Series and MagazineenFri, 27 Aug 2010 09:09:00 PDTArts/LiteraturenoA Prose Reading Series and Magazinehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sundaysalon/feed/~3/LUT3LBNAQnM/no-luggage-travel.htmIs it possible? I met up recently with travel writer supreme Rolf Potts and a few other travel writing enthusiasts at a watering hole in NYC before Rolf embarked on his 6-week journey around the world with no baggage. Yea, you read that right: no baggage. However, he did show off his cool vest with [...]http://www.sundaysalon.com/no-luggage-travel.htmhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sundaysalon/feed/~3/JfHiGW11aQQ/aid-to-pakistan.htmConsider donating to the International Rescue Committee to help out those affected by the flood in Pakistan. Or here: Save the Children. Or here: Mercy Corps. Bahut Shukria. Thank you.http://www.sundaysalon.com/aid-to-pakistan.htmhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sundaysalon/feed/~3/T5nPo4ZoVSo/alexis-romay.htmAlexis Romay received a Master of Arts in Spanish Language and Literature from the City University of New York. His novel Salidas de emergencia (Emergency Exits) was published in Spain and in Italy; his book of poetry Los culpables (The Guilty) was published in Spain. He is a contributor to the quarterlies Encuentro de la [...]http://www.sundaysalon.com/alexis-romay.htmhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sundaysalon/feed/~3/UoOkyTvYoi0/matthew-sharpe.htmMatthew Sharpe is the author of the novels You Were Wrong (published this fall by Bloomsbury), Jamestown, The Sleeping Father, and Nothing Is Terrible, and the short-story collection Stories from the Tube. He is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts. He has [...]http://www.sundaysalon.com/matthew-sharpe.htmhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sundaysalon/feed/~3/a5IuOJaY9FM/jessica-dulong.htmAfter journalist Jessica DuLong was laid off from her dot-com job, life took an unexpected turn. A volunteer day aboard an antique fireboat, the John J. Harvey, led to a job in the engine room, where she found a taste of home she hadn’t realized she was missing. Working with the boat’s finely crafted machinery, [...]http://www.sundaysalon.com/jessica-dulong.htmhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sundaysalon/feed/~3/YwXfXJDdO1Y/phillip-lopate.htmPhillip Lopate was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1943 and received a BA from Columbia in 1964, and a doctorate from the Union Graduate School in 1979. He has written fifteen books of poems, essays, novels, film criticism, biographical monograph, urban meditation, and a memoir about teaching. He has edited numerous anthologies including Writing [...]http://www.sundaysalon.com/phillip-lopate.htmhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sundaysalon/feed/~3/JKOfof5rTCE/coming-soon-salonzines-new-issue-spill.htmStayed tuned for the upcoming issue of Salonzine. SPILL is still marinating, but boy, it’s gonna be good!http://www.sundaysalon.com/coming-soon-salonzines-new-issue-spill.htmhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sundaysalon/feed/~3/OrugjsZaRHE/nyc-september-19-2010.htmAh summer! We’re holding onto you for as long as possible, but what’s that on the literary horizon…? You guessed it: four phenomenal writers who will keep that summer spirit going at the September 19th Sunday Salon. We’re looking forward to it! Join us at Jimmys 43 at 43 E. 7th St. 8pm. (Please note [...]http://www.sundaysalon.com/nyc-september-19-2010.htmhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sundaysalon/feed/~3/vT42ysfH97s/allison-tartalia.htmMusical Guest: “Tartalia is to pop music what granola is to cereal.” - NYRock.com. Indeed, Allison Tartalia is not your run-of the-mill songwriter. Her unconventional arrangements, brutally honest lyrics, and wry humor make her as unpredictable as she is unforgettable. Audiences have taken notice at clubs, colleges and festivals around the country. A classically trained [...]http://www.sundaysalon.com/allison-tartalia.htmhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sundaysalon/feed/~3/GwzsAZlhAng/diane-schenker-2.htmHaving grown up on both coasts and in between, and lived in the Seattle and Paris, Diane Schenker now happily reads and writes poetry in New York City. She has a chapbook, Relation/Couch/Dreaming and has published poems in The Gettysburg Review, Gargoyle, Writers’ Bloc and, of course, SalonZine. Her reviews of poetry appear in coldfrontmag.com [...]http://www.sundaysalon.com/diane-schenker-2.htmnonadult