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Segue Reading Series: Cheryl Boyce-Taylor and Thomas Fucaloro

ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26th at 5PM, AUTHORS CHERYL BOYCE-TAYLOR AND THOMAS FUCALORO WILL PRESENT AN HOUR-LONG EVENING OF  POETRY AS PART OF THE SEGUE READING SERIES FALL LINE-UP 2024 AT ARTISTS SPACE.

THE POETS
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor is the author of seven collections of poetry. In 2021 her verse memoir, Mama Phife Represents, won The Publishing Triangle’s Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. It is about her son, Malik, a.k.a. Hip Hop Legend, Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest. Her latest collection, The Limitless Heart: New and Selected Poems, won the 2024 CLMP Firecracker Award in Poetry.

Thomas Fucaloro has won grants from the Staten Island Council of the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Aairs, NYC Oce for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, and NYC Commission of Human Rights. He holds an MFA from the New School and is a founding editor of Great Weather for Media and NYSAI press. He is an adjunct professor at Wagner College, BMCC and CSI. Instagram: @thomasfucaloro

THE CURATORS
Regie Cabico, a spoken word pioneer and current Executive Director of A Gathering of the Tribes, won the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam. His TV credits include HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TEDx and NPR’s Snap Judgment. His first full-length poetry collection A Rabbit in Search of a Rolex was released by Day Eight in 2023.

Drew Pisarra is the author of two short story collections, You’re Pretty Gay (2021) and Publick Spanking (1996), two sonnet collections, Infinity Standing Up (2019) and Periodic Boyfriends (2023); and two radio plays, The Strange Case of Nick M. (2021) and Price in Purgatory (2023). 

A Gathering of Tribes – founded in 1991 by blind poet, playwright, and former professor Steve Cannon (1935–2019) – is a non-profit arts organization based in New York City that provides a platform for diverse, traditionally underrepresented artists and writers. amplifying the emerging and established revolutionary voices of our time.

The Segue Foundation is an internationally-renowned arts organization based in New York City with a history of commitment to innovative literature, film, and dance. Segue sponsors the experimental Segue Reading Series, a legendary series that has run continuously in New York City for over 40 years.

The Segue Reading Series for Fall 2024 runs every Saturday from Oct. 5 to Nov. 23 at Artists Space (11 Cortlandt Alley, New York, NY, 10013). Tickets are $5 at the door. Or $5 for livestream via https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89395947519 . For more info including the full-lineup: https://www.seguefoundation.com/reading-series











When: Sat., Oct. 26, 2024 at 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Where: Artists Space
55 Walker St.
212-226-3970
Price: $5
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ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26th at 5PM, AUTHORS CHERYL BOYCE-TAYLOR AND THOMAS FUCALORO WILL PRESENT AN HOUR-LONG EVENING OF  POETRY AS PART OF THE SEGUE READING SERIES FALL LINE-UP 2024 AT ARTISTS SPACE.

THE POETS
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor is the author of seven collections of poetry. In 2021 her verse memoir, Mama Phife Represents, won The Publishing Triangle’s Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry. It is about her son, Malik, a.k.a. Hip Hop Legend, Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest. Her latest collection, The Limitless Heart: New and Selected Poems, won the 2024 CLMP Firecracker Award in Poetry.

Thomas Fucaloro has won grants from the Staten Island Council of the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Aairs, NYC Oce for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, and NYC Commission of Human Rights. He holds an MFA from the New School and is a founding editor of Great Weather for Media and NYSAI press. He is an adjunct professor at Wagner College, BMCC and CSI. Instagram: @thomasfucaloro

THE CURATORS
Regie Cabico, a spoken word pioneer and current Executive Director of A Gathering of the Tribes, won the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam. His TV credits include HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TEDx and NPR’s Snap Judgment. His first full-length poetry collection A Rabbit in Search of a Rolex was released by Day Eight in 2023.

Drew Pisarra is the author of two short story collections, You’re Pretty Gay (2021) and Publick Spanking (1996), two sonnet collections, Infinity Standing Up (2019) and Periodic Boyfriends (2023); and two radio plays, The Strange Case of Nick M. (2021) and Price in Purgatory (2023). 

A Gathering of Tribes – founded in 1991 by blind poet, playwright, and former professor Steve Cannon (1935–2019) – is a non-profit arts organization based in New York City that provides a platform for diverse, traditionally underrepresented artists and writers. amplifying the emerging and established revolutionary voices of our time.

The Segue Foundation is an internationally-renowned arts organization based in New York City with a history of commitment to innovative literature, film, and dance. Segue sponsors the experimental Segue Reading Series, a legendary series that has run continuously in New York City for over 40 years.

The Segue Reading Series for Fall 2024 runs every Saturday from Oct. 5 to Nov. 23 at Artists Space (11 Cortlandt Alley, New York, NY, 10013). Tickets are $5 at the door. Or $5 for livestream via https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89395947519 . For more info including the full-lineup: https://www.seguefoundation.com/reading-series

Buy tickets/get more info now