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Word Up Community Bookshop: An Interactive Poetics Writing Workshop with Noel Quiñones

An Interactive Poetics Writing Workshop with Noel Quiñones

This workshop will invite participants to create a dynamic poetic form that requires the reader to participate in the poem.

Inspired by my Noel’s debut poetry collection, Orange (CavanKerry Press, 2026), and background in spoken word, this workshop will invite participants to create a dynamic form that requires the reader to participate in the poem. Together we will read examples of interactive poetry, brainstorm new poetic forms, and write our own poems that require a dynamic exchange between writer and reader.

Noel Quiñones is an Emmy award-winning writer of all genres. Noel is the author of the interactive poetry collection Orange (CavanKerry Press, May 2026) and has been published in Poetry, Boston Review, Poem-a-day, and The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT anthology, as well as the Michigan Quarterly Review, for which they won the 2025 Jesmyn Ward Fiction Prize. Noel’s short story “This Time and the Next” will be included in The Best Short Stories 2026: The O. Henry Prize Winners. Noel has also written for, narrated, and acted in several films, including the Emmy nominated documentary Takeover, recounting the Young Lords’ 1970 takeover of Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx to fight for better healthcare. A graduate of the University of Mississippi’s MFA program and founder of Project X, a Bronx-based spoken word poetry organization, Noel is currently a Justice for My Sister BIPOC Sci-Fi Screenwriting Lab Fellow working on their first TV show, The Telescope. Follow Noel at www.noelpquinones.com.

Preorder Orange or get a copy at the event.

Bloom Readings: An Autumnal Poetry Reading

Bloom Readings is thrilled to present three excellent poets who will share the bill in The Lounge at Hudson View Gardens, on Sunday, Nov. 2nd at 6 pm.  Come hear Rebecca Keith, Anthony Cappo and Kristina Andersson Bicher read from their current work.  And afterwards, over wine and cheese, all three will have their published work for sale and would be happy to sign your copy.    The Lounge is located in Washington Heights near Bennett Park, just west of the intersection of Pinehurst Ave. and 183rd Street.  Admission is $10.

Bloom Readings is grateful for the on-going support of Poets & Writers through public funding from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

Inwood Hill Park: “Close To Home” musical performance

City of Forest Day concert “Close To Home” presented in collaboration with @friendsofinwoodhillpark

Forager Theatre will be presenting a concert with original songs written by @_audreywilson @laura_renee_mehl and @alexdparrish alongside other musical theatre tunes from Children of Eden, The Spitfire Grill and Secret Garden. Come enjoy some beautiful music, dance, and poetry under the cover of Inwood Hill Park’s city trees at the Inwood Hill Park handball courts.

City of Forest Day is an annual day of activities across the city to raise awareness of the importance of the NYC urban forest, and the essential role New Yorkers play every day in caring for the ‘lungs’ of our city.

 

 

Fort Tryon Park: Summer Blossoms Jazz & Poetry Concert

September 21 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Celebrate the end of summer with music and poetry at Fort Tryon Park!
Join us for Summer Blossoms Jazz & Poetry Concert curated by Jazz WaHi, featuring a soul-stirring blend of live jazz and spoken word in a beautiful outdoor setting. Bring your blankets, chairs, and picnic goodies, and settle in for an inspiring afternoon of creative expression.

🗓 Sunday, September 21
🕑 2 PM–4 PM
📍 Location: Cloisters Lawn
🎟 Free and open to the public | All ages welcome

Holy Trinity Church: Intergenerational Dialogue and Spoken Word Poetry Event

Come to an Intergenerational dialogue and spoken word poetry event! This Sunday 1/19 from 3:00-5:30pm in Holy Trinity Church in Inwood. Come to listen to inspiring poetry and to reflect on hope in precarious times!

Registration suggested and walk ins also welcome https://forms.gle/3bEcXCznBHi3Xj2z5

¡Ven a un evento intergeneracional de poesía! Este domingo 19 de enero a partir de las 3:00-5:30pm en la iglesia Holy Trinity en Inwood. ¡Ven a escuchar poesía conmovedora y a reflexionar de esperanza en tiempos precarios!

Inscripción sugerida y también se puede participar sin inscripción https://forms.gle/3bEcXCznBHi3Xj2z5