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This anthology is a project celebrating The Alternative New Year's Day Spoken Word / Performance Extravaganza - the 2014 event marking the 20th Anniversary of this uniquely New York tradition. The collection features the diverse work of many of the participants in what is recognizably a very verbose affair; from the seasoned wordsmith, to the literarily licentious, to the cerebrally provocative. A.N.Y.D.S.W.P.E. takes place every year in New York City's historic East Village. Hundreds of people funnel into the venue during an eight hour marathon reading on January 1st. To make the 20th anniversary extra-special, this year it was held at the world-famous Nuyorican Poets Café. Why does such an event exist? Well, if you are going to write poetry, you might as well read it aloud. And if you are going to read it aloud, people might as well come and listen. And if people are going to come and listen, you might as well make a party of it. And if you are going to make a party of it, it might as well be one of the biggest parties of the year, and if it's going to be one of the biggest parties of the year, you might as well invite some of the best artists, writers, and performers to come and entertain the masses. You can also get drunk and fall in love while you're at it. In the event that you cannot make the party, we've put together this convenient little volume so you can sample the wonder, wisdom, brilliance, and madness without having to go outside. And if you did come to the party, well this book was a sure-fire way to take a poet home with you at the end of the night. No need to thank us. Your happiness is the only reward we require. ...That and the price for the copy. Enjoy.

In her book, Let's Fly To Trazodone, lower east side Jewish poet Miriam Stanley takes on lives that have been touched by poverty, anti-Semitism, racism, menopause, mental illness, fear of chemo, old age, desire, love and death. Her poems are unapologetic in her observations and spot-on. - Vittoria repetto, author, "Not Just A Personal Ad" Miriam Stanley is a powerful voice in the poetry scene in New York City. She writes with depth, clarity, and honesty. Miriam always prepare us to be challenged and to look differently at set norms. With her experience as a female freedom fighter she speaks the truth and sometimes it take gut to do what she does. - Robert Gibbons, author, "Close To The Tree" Miriam Stanley's poetry is honest, emotionally-raw, and well-crafted. She gazes with a steady and courageous eye at the darkness of the world and the human mind, while somehow maintaining a sense of hope for the healing of humanity. - Professor Robin Small-McCarthy, writer and poet, New York Institute of Technology

Bruce Weber is the author of five previously published books of poetry: "These Poems are Not Pretty" (Miami: Palmetto Press, 1992), "How the Poem Died" (New York: Linear Arts, 1998), "Poetic Justice" (New York: Ikon Press, 2004), "The First Time I Had Sex with T. S. Eliot" (New York: Venom Press, 2004), and "The Break-up of My First Marriage" (Rogue Scholars Press, 2009). Bruce's work has appeared in numerous magazines, as well as in several anthologies, including "Up is Up, But So Is Down: Downtown Writings, 1978-1992" (New York: New York University, 2006), "Riverine: An Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers" (New Paltz, New York: Codhill Press, 2007), and "The Unbearables Big Book of Sex" (Autonomedia, 2010). He has performed regularly in the Tri-State area, both alone and for many years with his former performance group, Bruce Weber's No Chance Ensemble, which produced the CD, "Let's Dine Like Jack Johnson Tonight" (http://members.aol/com/ncensemble).