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The Writer's Life
Renaissance Woman
An Interview with Publisher, Poet, and Designer Kat Georges
by Constance Renfrow
We at Three Rooms Press rang in the New Year with plenty of fanfare, literary joie de vivre, and rocking good music, and now we’re keeping up the excitement for 2016 with some exquisite conversation. We sat down with poet, playwright, prose-writer, graphic designer, and Three Rooms Press co-director, Kat Georges, to discuss books, artistic creation, and what it is that makes this Renaissance woman tick! READ MORE
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Poet Power:
Charles Bukowski:
Dean of Another Academy
20 years after his death, the undisputed heavyweight of modern verse remains relevant and popular. What's his appeal?
An Exclusive Essay by S.A. Griffin
What sort of cultural hangover keeps Charles Bukowski in print and popular more than twenty years after his death? In the light of the fact that a good portion of what has been published since his passing in 1994 may not the man's best work, along with some heavy editing at times, why does Charles Bukowski remain relevant well into the 21st Century?
An undisputed heavyweight of modern verse, he influenced uncountable numbers of emerging wordsmiths; he certainly turned my head. Some academics and critics argue that he wasn't a writer at all, but a drunk hack, bar room brawler and misogynist, especially in today's warming climate of left, right and center political correctness. As many who have read his work perceive much of what he wrote confessional, and therefore, "real", the art and artist have been unfairly confused, many seeing the horse and rider as one. I would suggest that this may reflect hero worship by some, and professional jealousy from the critics and scholars that invest so much time, money and intellect to be as well read and admired. READ MORE
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WIN A FREE BOOK ON GOODREADS!
How do you adapt a stage play into a screenplay? Ask famed maverick playwright, screenwriter and director Israel Horovitz. He adapted his play, MY OLD LADY, for the screen, and directed the film starring Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith and Kirsten Scott Thomas. "My sole ambition was to make a beautiful film," Horovitz writes. With the critical acclaim generated by the film versions of MY OLD LADY, he surely succeeded.
Enter to win 1 of 5 advance copies of MY OLD LADY: Complete Stage Play and Screenplay with an Essay on Adaptation. Contest starts January 11. Click here to enter.
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Save the Dates
Upcoming Three Rooms Press events:
Celebrate the start of the new year with the 9th annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading, Jan. 8, 2015, 6pm at Cornelia St. Cafe. Charles Bukowski was truly one of the few and far between: a champion of the outsider, the lost and lonely, the outcasts from society. His work resonates like none other, revealing the core of what it is to be human—sans electronics—counting on nothing, but ready to win, be it with horses, women or writing. The event, held since 2008, will feature performances of Bukowski poems and tales by a unique cast of hardcore fans including controversial writer Kim Addonizio ( Bukowski in a Sundress), renowned monologist Mike Daisey ( The Secret War), playwright/novelist Richard Vetere ( Champagne and Cocaine), playwright Michael Puzzo ( Spirits of Exit Eleven), poet George Wallace ( Poppin’ Johnny), and poet Puma Perl ( Retrograde), plus Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges. Info/RSVP: info@threeroomspress.com
BURROUGHS 10.2:
A Celebration of the
102nd Birthday of William S. Burroughs
Friday, February 5, 6 pm
Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC
Three Rooms Press presents BURROUGHS 10.2: Time to Upgrade Your System—a birthday celebration of Beat icon and postmodern trailblazer William S. Burroughs on Friday, February 5, at Cornelia Street Cafe. The event will be highlighted by tribute readings and discussions by very special guests. Stay tuned for details.
An Evening with
Meagan Brothers, author of
WEIRD GIRL AND WHAT'S HIS NAME
Monday, February 22, 7 pm
Bluestockings, NYC
The award-winning author reads from her extraordinary LGBTQ Young Adult novel. Chosen as one of the Best YA Novels of 2015, Foreword Reviews raved, "This is a novel that transcends the LGBTQ genre...It has all the makings to become a classic of this generation."
For additional information on any event, please visit our website at threeroomspress.com or drop us a line at info@threeroomspress.com
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