ATTENTION: News Director/Art Editor/Book Reviews & Events
FROM: TANGLED UP IN BLUE PRODUCTIONS
RE: THE BEST OF STAIN ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME ONE (FEATURING WRITERS FROM CORTLAND, NY)
April 14, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE BEST OF STAIN, AN ANTHOLOGY EDITED BY & FEATURING WRITERS FROM CORTLAND (JASON MADISON, CARRIE VANDENBURG & DARCIE VANHAMLIN)TO BE RELEASED ON APRIL 20th - PRE-SALE ORDERS AVAILABLE
Brooklyn, New York. On April 20th, 2009 Tangled Up In Blue Productions will release The Best of Stain, an anthology of poetry and lyrics that features former Cortland residents Jason Madison, Carrie VanDenburg, and Darcie VanHamlin. The Best of Stain highlights some of the most memorable performers at the Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based literary and music series, Stained Glass Confessional. SGC and its sister series, An Echo, A Stain, have been featured in The New York Daily News, Time Out, New York, AM-NY, The Greenpoint Greenline, and The Brooklyn Eagle. Both series take place at Stain Bar at 766 Grand Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They regularly feature some of the best indie musicians and poets on the literary scene today, including Madison, VanHamlin, and VanDenburg.
Other musicians and writers included in the chapbook are: Swampan Basu, Janice Brabaw (formerly of St. Lawrence County, NY), Patricia Carragon, Mike Fiorito, Roxanne Hoffman, Valerie Jupe, Laurel Kallen, Nina Karacosta, series host James Kass, Frank Kelly, Jee Leong Koh, Harry Bentivenga Lichtenstein, Nick Loss-Eaton (of the band Leland Sundries), Puma Perl, James Skidmore and Joe Yoga.
On April 20th, a book release party will be held at Stain Bar at the latest installment of Stained Glass Confessional. Host James Kass and curator Janice Brabaw will welcome to the stage musicians Lizzah Lohse, Mike Fiorito, and James Skidmore as well as poets Laurel Kallen, Jessica Reed, and Nina Karacosta. The show is FREE although donations for the featured readers are appreciated. The show begins at eight with an open mic from 7-8. A door raffle for a free copy of the anthology will take place.
THE BEST OF STAIN is available NOW for pre-order at Brabaw's website - www.JaniceBrabaw.com and at Stain Bar in Brooklyn, New York. $5/piece or $7 including shipping.
More information on the writers, Stained Glass Confessional, An Echo, A Stain, and Brabaw are available at www.JaniceBrabaw.com
AUTHOR BIOS
Carrie VanDenburg has been writing poetry since the 8th grade. She has been an editor of and been published in two college creative writing journals: Revisions and She's Aloud and was involved in creative writing groups in her undergraduate colleges. Currently, she spends most of her energy in graduate school studying social work but hopes to someday combine her love of creative writing with her love of helping people. Carrie lives in Flatbush, Brooklyn with her roommate and two cats.
Darcie VanHamlin is a very talented photographer and writer originally from Cortland, New York. Her photos can be found at http://darciepix.com/
Jason Madison was born in Nyack, raised in Cortland, attended Syracuse University, and now resides in Brooklyn, New York. Jason is a talented comic artist, actor, music composer, graphic designer, and musician. He has played and written for The Scurvy Pirates, Devil Schlock, Bigbooté, and currently is the singer/guitarist of the New York band, Dig My Grave. Learn more about Jason at http://jasonmadison.weebly.com
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