J.B. aka Dirty Moses
"Black Boy Magic" (2019)
The Nitty Gritty Slam
A mixture of inspiring and aspiring open mic poets and competitiors of the 1st poetry slam team, Nitty Gritty Slam! And it's all sponsored by Albany Poets, Urban Guerilla Theatre, and Frequency North.
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Nitty Gritty Slam
"Organized Chaos" Downloadable CD
Price: $5.00 (USD)
Digitally Mastered on: June 12, 2013
This 9 track downloadable CD features poetry from the Nitty Gritty Slam team that just went to National Poetry Slam earlier this year and placed Albany, NY 2nd in the nation! You will hear poetry from:
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Algorhythm & Poetyc Visionz
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Kevin Peterson & ILLiptical
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Daniella Watson & Christopher The P.O.E.T!
You can download this CD in any format, including:
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High-quality MP3/MP4 & FLAC.
Nitty Gritty Slam
"Are You Like...Writing Lyrics?" Downloadable CD
Price: $10.00 (USD)
Digitally Mastered: In 2013
"Are You Like...Writing Lyrics?" is a collection of poems from members of the 2012 and 2013 Nitty Gritty Slam team that represented Albany, NY at the National Poetry Slam!
It features poets like:
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Algorhythm, Shannon Shoemaker, D. Colin, & Daniella Watson
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Elizabeth "Elizag" Gordon, & ILLiptical
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Kevin Peterson, Poetyc Visionz, and Saymo (Christopher The P.O.E.T).
Nitty Gritty Slam
"Ten Point Zero" Downloadable CD
Price: $5.00 (USD)
Digitally Mastered on: July 26, 2012
This 5 track downloadable CD features poetry from the Nitty Gritty Slam from poets like:
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Algorhythm & D. Colin
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Elizag & ILLiptical
And each Slam Poet that step to the NGS stage is unique when it comes to word-play, orginality, and stlye.
You can download the CD in any format including:
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High-quality MP3/MP4 & FLAC
Albany Poets
Albany Poets, an integration of poetry and spoken word into culture
of the Capital Region and Hudson Valley of New York State.
Albany Poets
"Did I Hear You Read?: Local Poets Speak To The Beat" Downloadable CD
Price: $5.00 (USD)
Digitally Re-Mastered On: November 26, 2012
Soon after the re-organization of Albany Poets in late-2003 when more people started getting involved and helping with projects, they released this CD!
This was a great CD that represented some of the diversity of the local poetry community in Albany, NY at the time. It also showcases the incredibly talented Leo (Mr. Gone) as he displays his musical / production skills, while the CD cover shows graphics and art work from local poet Marcus Kwame Anderson!
This 11 track downloadable CD features Albany, NY's local poets like:
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Rachel Zitomer, Dan Wilcox, & Marcus Kwame Anderson
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Nicole Cecilia Delgado, Kristen Day, Dain Brammage, & Mr. Gone
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Emily Gonzalez, Mary Panza, The Poet Essence, Don Levy, & Thom Francis
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By Luis Pabon
"Tendencies"
By Luis Pabon
Price: $14.99 (USD)
This is a book about one man's journey who's trying to learn who he is in a society that labels him as a gay man.
Learn how he finds the courage to live out his own life through his experiences and poetry identifying himself as "human" instead of the negative context he's been given throughout his life.
"Volume"
By Albany Poets
Price: $5.00 (USD)
This great CD from 1995 that was produced by Mary Panza and Steve Clark chronicling the poetry scene at the time at such venues as the QE2, Margarita’s, and Borders. The poets on this CD are a who’s-who of the Albany poetry community when it was just starting out in the early 1990′s.
Poets from the recording that are still active at the open mics and readings now include Mary, R.M. Engelhart, Dan Wilcox, Don Levy, Joe Hollander, and Anthony Bernini.
Arlene & Ali Brathwaite
An amazing Publisher and Author from Albany, New York.
If you're an avid reader and enjoy books, then check out books by Arlene Brathwaite! Arlene has written amazing books like "Darkest Before Dawn" (which was turned into a movie and DVD and featured local actors and artists from Upstate NY) and the ever popular book, "Ol' Timer". Both are linked here andn selling on Amazon.com.
And if your on Amazon.com and would still like to see more of her work, then check out the romantic page-tuner, "Soul Dancer" and the amazing novel "In The Cut" (which was turned into a web series on her YouTube Channel, Brathwaite Publishing, which featured even more local actors and artists)!
"Darkest Before Dawn"
Dawn was living the American dream: the perfect job, the perfect house, and the perfect husband, who convinced her that “Anything’s possible when you’re doing the right thing”.
But in 2009 when a recession rocks the nation, she no longer believes in her husband’s philosophy. Her American dream soon becomes an American nightmare when she’s on the verge of losing everything she worked so hard for.
Dawn quickly reverts to her old philosophy: "Fight for what’s yours by any means necessary".
For Dawn, that means becoming someone she was in the past in order to ensure that she and her husband will again have the perfect future. Some say it’s darkest before dawn. They have no idea.
"Ol' Timer"
Brian Moore is nineteen years old, and has only six months in on a fifty to life prison sentence. But that’s the least of his problems.
The inmates in The Department of Corrections call it the Department of Corruption. Imagine criminal minds from all over New York State being shipped and warehoused in various facilities up north and being left to their own devices.
In this overcrowded world of misery, oppression, addiction and violence, Brian must buy into the insanity in order to remain sane. And if by some miracle he regains his freedom, Jennifer will stop at nothing to punish him for her sister’s murder.
At the age of 13, Paris ran away from her foster home to find her real mother. Nothing could’ve prepared her for what awaited her in the underworld of addicts and drugs. 14 years later, a private investigator tracked her down and told her that her foster mother died and left her everything.Paris returns to the small town, only to find that it has drastically changed… for the worst. Paris is far from a savior, but when she witnesses the sheriff turn a blind eye to what one of the deadliest gangs in town does to a teenage boy, she refuses to standby and let it go unpunished.
Love is too important, and life is too short. Don’t let these pitfalls trip you up and rob you and your significant other of the good life and happy relationship you both deserve!
Up The River
A journal of poetry, art & photography by Albany Poets Press celebrating the best in the arts not just from upstate New York, but from around the world.
Up The River is a recent publication by Albany Poets Press and features work from over 40 poets from all over the country and in upstate New York.
In each new issue of Up The River it will showcase original work from new and established poets, artists and photographers both in print and online.
If you want a complete copy on Amazon.com, then hit the "Go Get It" button to see whose inside!
