WHERE: Sidewalk Café, 94 Avenue A (6th Street) East Village, NYC-10009 - WHEN: Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 5:30 – 7:30 pm WHO: Maria Fama’ is the author of seven books of poetry including Mystics in the Family, Looking for Cover, and the newly released, Other Nations :an animal journal. Her work appears in numerous publications and has been antholog...

January 13, 2018 (Saturday) 5:45 - 7:30 pm Sponsored by The Italian American Writers Association. Cornelia St. Cafe - 29 Cornelia Street, Manhattan. Admission: $10 (includes one drink); open to the public. Contact: Maria Lisella 718-777-1178 [email protected] Joseph Salvatore, author of the story collection To Assume A Pleasing Shape, is a frequ...

June 10 (Saturday)  5:30 - 7:30 pm The Italian American Writers Association 2nd Saturday Reading Series. Pushcart Prize nominated Olivia Kate Cerrone will read from her latest work, The Hunger Saint, a historical novella about the child miners of rural Sicily. Nino Provenzano, Vice President of Arba Sicula, will read in Sicilian and English from Fo...

WHERE: @ Cornelia St. Café @ 29 Cornelia St. off Bleecker WHEN:  Saturday, May 13, 2017 @ 5:45 – 7:45 pm WHO: Mark Chiusano is the author of Marine Park, which received an honorable mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award. He is a columnist for Newsday and amNew York, where he writes the daily newsletter amExpress. His stories and essays have appeared...

WHERE: @ Cornelia St. Café @ 29 Cornelia St. off Bleecker - WHEN:  Saturday, March 11, 2017 @ 5:45 – 7:45 pm The Italian American Writers Association is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its literary series every 2nd Saturday of the month. Readings begin with an Open Mic: IAWA-East is held even mo...

WHERE: Sidewalk Café, 94 Avenue A (6th Street) East Village, NYC-10009 WHEN: Saturday, August 13, 2016 @ 5:30 – 7:30 pm 9781599540870-Perfect.indd   WHO: Joey Nicoletti is the author of two-full length poetry collections and four chapbooks, most recently Reverse Graffiti (Bordighera, 2015) and Counterfeit Moon (NightBallet Press, 2016)...

WHERE: Sidewalk Café, 94 Avenue A (6th Street) East Village, NYC-10009 WHEN: Saturday, June 11, 2016 @ 5:30 – 7:30 pm   The Italian American Writers Association is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its literary series every 2nd Saturday of the month. Readings begin with an Open Mic: IAWA-E...

The next IAWA reading in July will take place on July 30th at Governors Island, as part of the New York City Poetry Festival. The Italian American Writers Association is celebrating its 25th Anniversary. Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its literary series every 2nd Saturday of the month. Readings begin with an Open Mic: IAW...