FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011 6 PM
CORNELIA STREET CAFE
SON OF A PONY POETRY SERIES

Featured poet
Thomas Fucaloro

Spotlight poet
Amy Leigh Cutler

PLUS NYC’s Best Open POETRY Mike
Hosted by
Kat Georges

Thomas Fucaloro writes with a madness all his own that shines spectacular. His recently released debut poetry collection, “Inheriting Craziness is Like a Soft Halo of Light” (Three Rooms Press) showcases his intensity with 57 poems that slice through facade and illuminate an indefatigable inner spirit. According to Emily Kagan Trenchard, curator of the louderARTS Project, “Thomas Fucaloro’s particular gift is to harness the crazed wisdom at the bottom of the bottle, to scrape a fleck of beauty from the underside of a binge, and to call madness by a name so familiar we can’t help but recognize it in ourselves.”

Opening for Fucaloro will be spotlight poet Amy Leigh Cutler, author of the book “Orange Juice and Rooftops” and the chapbook “American Woman.”

The featured readings follow the fabulous Son of a Pony open reading at the cafe. Poet/convivial mistress of ceremonies Kat Georges hosts.

Doors open at 5:45 p.m.; the open reading begins at 6 p.m. Admission is $7, which includes a free drink.

Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, between W. 4th Street & Bleecker, just around the corner from the W. 4th Street subway station. Phone: 212-989-9319. www.corneliastreetcafe.com

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011 6 PM
CORNELIA STREET CAFE
SON OF A PONY POETRY SERIES
Featured poet
Thomas Fucaloro
Spotlight poet
Amy Leigh Cutler
PLUS NYC’s Best Open POETRY Mike
Hosted by Kat Georges