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WHO ARE WE?
SpiralBridge is a collective of
poets, artists and musicians. We believe that the spoken word is
a potent force, a catalyst for change and a sanctuary in difficult
times. The spoken word can seduce or unsettle, comfort or agitate.
It is our breath, our thoughts, our feelings given form. We are
dedicated to preserving the oral tradition by providing forums for
poets and artists to share their words and worlds.
Please join us.
SB MISSION
SpiralBridge is a community based
non-profit arts and education organization since 2001. We are committed
to providing platforms that support the cultural, educational and
social needs of our communities. By sponsoring programs that engage
artists and educators in dialogue, we encourage involvement in the
arts. Our open community events and multi-media publications offer
poets, artists and musicians a supportive space to share, create,
publish and perform their work.
SpiralBridge is 100% run by volunteers.
How does all the magic happen?
Jesse Taylor has been writing and performing
his poetry since he was seven. A native of Passaic, NJ, Jesse is
honored to be in the company of the amazing community of creative
souls which make up SpiralBridge. nycjesse@gmail.com
Lily Hodge gildthelily@comcast.net
Lynn Rosenthal began writing poetry with SpiralBridge
in 2001. Taking up guitar at about the same time, her focus quickly
shifted to combining words with music. She is a performing member
of Indiegrrl, The Manhattan Songwriters Circle, and the United Jersey
Blues Network. zenblueswoman@yahoo.com
Maria Serrano is a Puerto Rican bean-tickler,
coming to NJ by way of the Bronx...makes love to poetry nightly
and adores the SpiralBridge family. millieserrano@msn.com
luis cartagena cartagenal@yahoo.com
Deborah Humphreys is a Newark-based poet who
writes in three languages in a multimedia format (doc., mp3, and
swf). Listed in the American Directory of Poets and Fiction Writers,
she has given writing workshops for both youth and adults. "Conventional
Wisdom" is her first complete poetry collection (Wasteland
Press, July 2003). She has read at St. Mark's Poetry Project, Cornelia
Street Cafe, Poets Wednesday, Poet's Forum as well as on WBAI, Cablevision
and on the internet. deborahsc@earthlink.net
Devi Noguera is a born and raised Jersey Girl
who began keeping a journal at age five and has been writing ever
since. She has been published in The Record's Lifestyles
section and HL&A Magazine, and is currently writing a
series of autobiographical short stories called Dirt Road Home
for publication in 2006. dee_noguera@yahoo.com
Stella Kamakaris published her first book of
poetry, Afterglow Way, in 2000. A graduate of Trenton State College,
she currently works as a children's librarian in a public library.
Stella is in the midst of writing a children's book and a new book
of poems. She creates "diner poems" with her boyfriend
and poet, Matt Reiter. stellaluna76@aol.com
José Raul Funes was born in El Salvador
- which he visits as often as possible - has traveled and lived
in Guatemala, New York City and The Bahamas. At the moment he lives
in South Orange, New Jersey, where he keeps busy trying to bring
more venues for poetry and related events. He is also currently
working on feature and publishing opportunities for himself and
other local writers. He lists among his favorite poets to read;
Frank O’Hara, George Oppen, Michael Lally – as well as
past and current SB collaborators Colleen Lutolf and Matt Reiter.
jrfunes@yahoo.com
SpiralBridge was founded in August of 2001 after
the first Naked Reading on July 10th 2001 by Ana Maria Archila,
Mark Goldberg, Lily Hodge, Colleen Lutolf, Cindy Pereda, Lynn Rosenthal,
Jessica Tanis and Jesse Taylor.
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