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The Steve Cannon Tribute T-shirt project is an ongoing collaboration between the Steve Cannon Estate, and A Gathering of the Tribes. This project seeks to honor Steve Cannon’s legacy by commissioning diverse artists from Tribes vast network to create original portraits and designs paying tribute to our late founder.
Proceeds from sales of these shirts benefit A Gathering of the Tribes, which is a 501 C 3 registered, nonprofit arts organization, committed to amplifying the voices of traditionally under-represented artists and writers.
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Fly by Night Press Publications
Tribes #16, The Black Lives Matter Issue, is a full color, 8’x 10’ print journal, featuring visual art, poetry and prose, from emerging and established revolutionary artists of our time, celebrating the Black Lives Matter movement and speaking to the issues that propelled its formation and growth.
Tribes #16 includes art and writing by nearly 40 vital artists, including: Anthony Barboza, Gina Beavers, Lamont Steptoe, Tony Medina, Kevin Powell, Tracy K. Smith, Walter Mosley, Nile Livingston, Nashira Priester, Quincy Troupe, Aisha T. Bell, Yusef Komunyakaa, Rosy Keyser, Kalam Mikael, Jerome China, John Simms and others.
"WORD: The Anthology" is the final landmark literary publication by A Gathering of the Tribes, featuring 50 never-before-seen poems by the luminary writers who helped shape the East Village arts & culture organization, including Eileen Myles, Ishmael Reed, Bob Holman, David Henderson, Chavisa Woods, and many more. The volume represents a culmination of A Gathering of the Tribes' 25 years in the East Village. Each poem is paired with a work of art selected by the featured poet.
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That's right, folks, spread the word. The one and only PREMIERE issue of Tribes Magazine, published in the Fall of 1991, is now available for digital download. The issue features art, poetry, prose, and interviews by legendary Lower East Side friends of Tribes including David Hammons, Paul Beatty, Ishmael Reed, Katherine Arnoldi, Pedro Pietri, Jessica Hagedorn, Sekou Sundiata, Barbara Barg, Victor Hernández Cruz, and so many more.
Here's the full Table of Contents:
1 David Hammons - Interview
7 David Hammons - Photograph by Coreen Simpson
8 Telephone Booth #905 1/2 - Poem by Pedro Pietri
9 Lee's Circle - Chapter from Looney Tunes by Steve Cannon
10 Late 20th Century Sexuality - Song by Barbara Barg
11 It's A Spike Thang, You Wouldn't Understand - Essay by Christian Haye
16 Spike Lee - Drawing by Rodrigo Pascal
17 Postcards of El Barrio - Poem by Willie Perdomo
18 Our Landlord - Story by Katherine Arnoldi
19 Debby Arkansas - Street Photo
20 No Tag Backs - Poem by Paul Beatty
28 Jizz - Pen & Ink by Gail Schilke
29 Humanifesto - By Evelyn McDonnel, Ed Morales, Mike Tyler
30 Stigmata - Work in Progess by Jessica Hagedorn
33 Not In Denial - Collage by Jimmy Kellough
34 The Lancage - Essay by Mike Tyler
36 Blink Your Eyes - Poem by Sekou Sundiata
38 Summit - Poem by Jayne Cortez
39 Jemeel Moondoc - Pen & Ink by Gail Schilke
40 Downtown - Essay by Jennifer Waters/Blowdryer
41 Feeding - Poem by John Farris
42 Eye Scream - Pen & Ink by Gail Schilke
43 Perennial Ritual - Poem by Quincy Troupe
44 The Real War - Song by Maggie Dubris
45 Time To Get Paid - Photo by Algernon Miller
46 Rare & Beautiful Things At Half-Price - Poem by Bob Holman
47 Quarantine - Poem by Miguel Algarin
48 Quiddity - Collage by Jimmy Kellough
49 Two Poems - By Victor Hermtndez Cruz
50 Romance Without Finance - Poem by Al Young
51 Ban no Koto - Poem by Ishmael Reed
This issue of Tribes Magazine documents the collaboration between two Lower East Side / East Village not-for-profit art spaces - A Gathering of the Tribes, the magazine and salon started in 1991 by blind poet, playwright, novelist, retired professor and curator Steven Cannon, and FusionArts Museum, started in 1987 by fusionism artist Shalom Neuman.
Featuring works by:
Alex Fradkin
Ellsworth Ausby
Nancy Kuhl
Kelly Weime
Kurt Gottschalk
Chavisa Woods
Tom Holert
Tony Gloeggler
Rheea Mukherjee
Eleni Vakalo
Karen Emmerich
Gil Scott-Heron
Thaddeus Rutkowski
Dave Lundahl
Xavier Cavazos
Sekou Sundiata
Doina Ioanid
Florin Bican
Jacuzzi Chris
Danna Vajda
Hala Alyan
Deana Lawson
Robert Hershon
Jerome Rothenberg
Joanna Wiederhorn
Yara Flores
Kelly Weime
Nick Johnson
Craig Fishbane
Kati Duncan
Tom Cauuray
Jeanne Marie Spicuzza
Deana Lawson
Julija Gulbinovic
Evie Ivy
Ama Birch
Fred Moten
Julian Taub
Miroslav Tichy
Sheila MacAvoy
Ira Cohen
Deana Lawson
Carolyn Bergonzo
Suzanne Alaywan
Ghada Mourad
Virlani Hallberg
John Godfrey
Rob Tomaro
Steve Dalachinsky
Maurizio Lazzarato
Jarbas Lopes
Collette Inez
Silver Krieger
Lezley Saar
Amy King
Xi Chuan
Lucas Klein
Charles Meacham
Nicole Eisenman
Featuring works by:
Cynthia von Buhler
Jeff Sonhouse
Tat Ito
Anne Waldman
Marge Piercy
Bonny Finberg
Steve Dalachinsky
Ellen Bass
Yusef Komunyakaa
Amy Bessone
Amiri Baraka
Adonis
Jenny Bhatt
T. Duncan Anderson
Dianne Wah
Soumaya Susi
Allison Moore
Nabina Das
Victor Hernandez Cruz
Abdul Ali
Lun Lifshin
Felandus Thames
Matthew Shipp
David Haines
Ryan Buynak
Saghi Ghahraman
Robert Gibbons
Reza Farmand
Marc Olmsted
Priscilla Smith
Lukman Derky
Paolo Pelosini
Renato Rosaldo
Jason Talley
Aaron Howard
Puma Perl
Cynthia Cruz
Michael S. Harper
Ayana V. Jackson
Randall Brown
Rynn Williams
Melanie Maria Goodreaux
Jacki Skrzynski
Karen Hildebrand
R. S. Armstrong
Melanie Maier
John Outterbridge
Kyrce Swenson
Cynthia von Buhler
Angela Valeria
Tina Chang
George Wallace
Eric Yahnker
Susan Landgraf
Patric James
Michael Pribisch
Amber Jones
Jack Hirschman
Patrick Kosiewicz
Angelo Verga
Al Benkin
Jon Reeve
John Thomas
Anne Marie Hansen
Naomi Ruth Lowinsky
Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky)
Fay Chiang
Lina Puerta
Ron Kolm
Jee Leong Koh
Vidya Gastaldon
Edwin Torres
Andrey Gritsman
David Hammons
Fred Schoning
Dennis Doherty
Rita Hank Alves
Stephanie M. McConnell
Gladys Justin Carr
David Mills
Walter R. Holland
Austin Alexis
Michael Gibson
Diane Shipley DeCillis
Adler Guerrier
Janet Hamill
Margarita Shalina
Joseph Ferriso
David Sullivan
Carter Ratcliff
Yashua Klos
Laurence Carr
Linda Morales Caballero
Janet Bruesselbach
Yuko Otomo
LaTasha N. Nevade Diggs
Theresa Byrns
Alexandre Pierrepont
Najwan Darwish
Thomas Fucaloro
William Powhida
Dory King
G. M. Foster
Bob Holman
Featuring works by:
Gale Jackson
Eve Packer
Paul Pines
Tom Savage
Amy Ouzoonian
Pete Dolack
Bob Hart
Rachel Guido deVries
Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes
Nancy Mercado
Anyssa Kim
Evie Ivy
Ron Padgett
Sparrow
Miriam Stanley
John Farris
Peter Kernz
Jill Rapaport
Myrna Nieves
Gale Jackson
Ellen Lytle
Van Yu
Sachiko Yoshihara
Kazue Shinkawa
Kazuko Takatsuka
Toshihiro Motomura
Akira Tatehata
Norihito Ishida
Chizuko Arikawa
Yusuke Keida
Rikisei Otomo
Willie Birch
Diedra Harris-Kelly
Jim Long
David Brody
Christopher Butt
Katya Gardea Browne
Norma Markley
Erik La Prade
Louise Bourgeois
Chris Uphues
Justin De Leon
George Hildrew
Chakaia Booker
Jack Pospisil
Pamela Lawton
Marle Tseng Yu
Kim Keever
Jane Hammond
Scott Prior
Barbara Slitkin
Sol Le Witt
Arturo Rodriguez
Yuko Otomo
Christine Hughes
Jan McLaughlin
Wanda Phipps
Chavisa Woods
Diane Spodarek
Margaret Randall
Jerome Rothenberg
Brett Axel
Etnairus Rivera
Brian Boyles
Valery Oisteanu
Herschel Silverman
Donald Lev
Lori Oritz
Mick Stern
Hettie Jones
Margarita Drago
Thaddeus Rutkowski
David Huberman
Rachel Guido deVries
Eliot Katz
Patriciam Smith
Clara Sala
Jackie Sheeler
JD Rage
Philip Levine
Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
DH Melhem
Van Yu
Susan Sherman
Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Dorothy Friedman August
Bonny Finberg
Deborah Pintorelli
Margaret Randall
Steve Dalachinsky
Angelo Verga
Tsaurah Litzky
Bob Holman
Nicole Cecilia Delgado
Bruce Weber
Daniel Simmons
Laura Corsiglia
Ted Joans
Indra Tamang
Thomas Nozkowski
Phong Bui
Kazuko Miyamoto
Arnold Mesches
Joanne Pagano Weber
Debra Jenks
Peggy Cyphers
Morgan O'Hara
Ludwika Ogorzelec
KK Kozik
Ford Crull
Demi
Hugo Bastidas
Nadine de Koeingswarter
Featuring works by:
Yolene Legrand
Lloyd McNeill
Anthony Ryals
Lara Stapleton
Keinsha Scarville
A.E. Roman
Kambui Olujimi
Elliot Sharp
Steve Wishnia
Janice Erlbaum
Drew Beam
Samira Abbassy
Tom Shad
Washington Ledesma
Michael Ollie Clayton
Wilda Gonzales
Faith Ringgold
Jose Ortiz
Martha Cinader
Bruce Weber
Gerard H. Gaskin
Dan Foley
TAFA
Yictove
Ken Thompson
Hal Sirowitz
Laurence Holder
Nancy Gannon
Chitra Ganesh
Susan Ruel
Maryann De Leo
Isabel Saez
Manuel Vega
Samiya Bashir
fran j. harris
Andrew Kaufman
Stephanie Dickinson
Amina Munoz-Ali
Terry Boddie
Calixta Gabriel
Emmett Wigglesworth
Jason Quarles
Sapphire
Michael Ollie Clayton
Karma Mayet Johnson
Carlo Baldi
Wanda Ortiz
Shiou-Mei Luo
Susan Arauz
Pato
Bobby Sanabria
Arisa White
Hank Willis Thomas
Deborah Willis
Fiona Marcotty
Lois Elaine Griffith
Wangechi Mutu
Robert Victor Reid
Judy Rucker
Gary Keenan
Barbara Lewis
Suzzanne Parker
Bill T. Jones
Denzil Forrester
Anthony Ryals
gloria
Dean Brewington
Phillipa Clayden
Michael Anania
Marc Eckhardt
Javaka Steptoe
Tony Robles
Gavin Moses
Peggy Turner Zablotny
Fay Chiang
Jaishri Abichandani
Maria Yoon
Alimayu Price
Carole A. Feauerman
Abdullah Aziz
Katherine Harvell
charlee barrett adams
Matt Metzgar
Gavin Moses
Julie Ezelle Patton
Featuring works by:
Lamont B. Steptoe
David Brinks
John Farris
Virgil Suarez
Diane Burns
Ranko Milovic
Wish Benson
Edwin Torres
Adnan Ashraf
Randi Hoffman
Lamont B. Steptoe
Sandie Craigie
Gina Bonati
Yen Li
Eve Packer
Valerie Gill
Barbara Chase-Riboud
Steve Cannon
David Henderson
Thaddeus Rutkowski
Amy Ouzoonian
Paul Skiff
C.D. Johnson
Kathy Arnoldi
Paul Skiff
C.D. Johnson
reg e. Gaines
Cynthia Andrews
Alfonso Chase Brenes
Diane DiPrima
Greg Fuchs
Bruce Weber
Moshe Benarroche
Bernardo Atazaga
Mervyn Taylor
Carl Hancock Rux
Garreth Heidt
Janet Hamill
Alda Merini
Tracie Morris
Edith Van Beek
Mervyn Taylor
Juan Manuel Roca
Jose Angel Figueroa
Ed Pavlic
Peter Spiro
Nancy Young
Lennox Raphael
Matthew Reiss
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Wynton Marsalis
Billy Fogarty
Julie Christman
Billie Livingston
Jose Angel Figueroa
Jamison C. Mahto
Tom Dent
Featuring works by:
Janet Gray
Yictove
Vipin
Michael Carter
Leslie Wheeler
Edward Pavlic
Justina Mejias
Tamra Plotnick
Karen Yamashita
Joe Johnson
Calvin Hernton
Norman Douglas
Todd Colby
Quincy Troupe
Lee Klein
John Farris
Aaron Dalton
John Ranard
Mohammed Naseehu Ali
Tony Whedoni
suheir hammed
Katherine Arnoldi
Linh Dinh
Hattie Gossett
Fran Montane
LaVerne Williams
Gerard Gaskin
Susan L. Yung
Amiri Baraka
Sarah Jones
Aileen Reyes
Track Works is the third collection of poems by New York poet Joanna Sit. The poems take movement as the central metaphor. Subjects range from life on New York's Lower East Side to travels in the imagination.
Black Jelly by Melanie Maria Goodreaux and Nikki Johnson presents a roaming prodigal woman tossed from a traditional sense of home who wrestles with fitting into the tidy demands of womanhood. Goodreaux is both celebratory and pained by the struggle -- giving a womanist' lens with an honest and inward female dialogue on body, bulge, singleness, childlessness, and a cavalcade of characters that carry her through the long arc of life from kitchens to nightclubs to the realities of love, relationship, and eroticism. This new book of poetry and photography is memory-specific while offering striking commentary on the "formlessness" of being a woman. It is a reflective and relatable work that explores the messiness of tremendous sadness, memory, meanness, being ghosted by loved ones, while celebrating cultural roots, married life, and imperfection.
Black Jelly is the first solo book of poetry by Melanie Maria Goodreaux merged with personal photos and select photography of Nikki Johnson. Both artists bask in African-American eccentricities while mixing emblems of southern roots, religiosity, sex, death, and transformation. The two women bring their southern roots to the work. Melanie Maria is New Orleans-born, while Nikki Johnson is from Eupora, Mississippi.
Goodreaux and Johnson were introduced to each other by the legendary Steve Cannon of A Gathering of the Tribes, called the "Father of the Lower East Side Arts movement" by The New York Times when they moved to New York City. Nikki Johnson has been a documentarian of poet and playwright Melanie Maria Goodreaux ever since, representing 20 years of New York City living, from the East Village to Harlem-- with all the art and malaise in between presented in Black Jelly.
The Body of Loretta: Three Plays on The Pornography of Power, Free Will on the Free Market, and Arousal in the Public Realm. Part memoir of a life in the experimental theatre scene of New York City’s Lower East Side in the 1980s-90s; part account of the collective creation of three plays in three cities—NYC, Berlin, and Napoli; and the three plays of the Loretta trilogy.
This is Gabriel Don. Her light cannot be kept in a jar. Her words turn lead into gold. Don’t mess with her babies — she will G check you without a posse. She is Queen Elizabeth I encamped at Tilbury, she is Isis piecing Osiris together, she is dangerous and vulnerable and powerful. Powerful because vulnerable. This is Gabriel Don’s first collection and she doesn’t mean business; she means “Oh Henry you can’t be so clumsy with your cock.” Don’t let the politeness fool you. - Sharon Mesmer
Don is part lover, part inquisitor, cooing with a quillon dagger. Open your eyes and she'll still be there, standing in the doorway. - John Reed
Part mermaid, part songstress, part sorceress weaving time and imagery from air and dust, forming acute observations that are uncovered on every page, Gabriel Don's poems juxtapose from anguish to seductive to the thunder longing to shake the foundations of social norms. Her work is a proclamation "from which a lioness--a wild beast stretches." This collection captures past and present in visceral and tactile ways, reconstructing mysteries both in the internal and external worlds. As the poet proclaims, "The universe is as chaotic as me." Don's pursuit of discovery is authentic and triumphant. - John Casquarelli
Gabriel Don's voice is whimsical and unapologetically feminist. Her poetry fearlessly and guilelessly tells the truth about how the female body is naturally beautiful without the artifices and enslavements of the beauty-industrial complex. Her prose poems are lushly cinematic in detailing her memories of Dubai, Australia and Singapore, and they are among the most memorable poems in this collection. - Christine Chia
Gabriel Don's first collection, Living Without Skin, is set in cityscapes, Middle Eastern desert sands and Australian bush. She opens her heart and explores love of people, places and her capacity for sadness, love and joy. Magical and unconstrained. Powerful, playful and honest. - Coral Carter
Thunder and Sunshine in One Body proves to be an evolution of perceptions and of coming into one's own. It is a poetic journey through family, love, identity, home, change, and raw emotion. This collection will take you through the various emotional rides life brings, the questions and riddles it raises, and finally the wisdom that is birthed. For anyone looking to find a voice for some of their inner self, this collection is for you.
Winner of a Shirley Jackson Award, 2018.
"Darkly funny and brilliantly human, urgently fantastical and implacably realistic. This is one of the best short story collections I've read in years. It should be required reading for anyone who's trying to understand America." —Paul La Farge, author of The Night Ocean
The eight stories in Things to Do When You're Goth in the Country paint a vivid image of people living on the fringes in America, people who don't do what you might expect them to. Not stories of triumph over adversity, but something completely other.
By Kendall Townend & Eva H.D.
Pictures mixed with words. Some feathered, some finned, some heartskippingly beautiful & heartwarmingly sardonic. Some tailor-made to suit your specific anxiety disorder. Like a sustainably-produced amuse-bouche, each hybrid lingers seasonably on the tongue, and pairs well with local wine, spirit-forward cocktails, and generalised despair.
Publication date: January 12th, 2021
ISBN: 0986823716 (ISBN13: 9780986823718)
