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Mel Brake

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Language: English


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Mel Brake  

Mel Brake is a poet/songwriter from the Philadelphia area who has read and presented his poetry works in Philadelphia and New York City. He has committed his heart to poetry song and music.

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    Robin's Book Store May 4, 2008 6PM

    Sunday May 4, 6pm - Poetry

    Vic Compher, Tom Torosian, Mel Brake, Maria Fama

    Vic Compher's new book is entitled, Lifestreams/Lebensstrom. Vic composes in English and German; his works have appeared in a number of American and German poetry magazines, including Philadelphia Poets, International Poetry Review (English/German), Oxford Magazine (on-line), Das Boot (English/German), Mohland Jahrbuch (English/German), Fundstuecke (English/German), Mad Poets Review, etc. His poems express reverence for a complex, dark, and beautiful world.

    Maria Fama has written three books of poetry, co-founded a video production company, recorded her poetry in CD compilations of music and poetry, and given readings across the country as well as on TV, Radio, Video, and Film. She appears in the 2007 film, "Pipes of Peace", about the late jazz bagpipe musician, Rufus Harley, as well as in the award winning documentary "Prisoners Among Us". Fama was awarded the 2002 and the 2005 Aniello Lauri Award for Creative Writing. The 2006 winner of the Amy Tritsch Needle Award for Poetry, she has a new book of poems, Looking For Cover, forthcoming from Bordighera Press.

    Mel Brake graduated from West Chester University. As a romantic, he has written poetry as a method of healing, self-love and to express his inner thoughts and feelings. He was published in Philadelphia Poets 2007 & 2008, Mad Poets Review 2007, Fox Chase Review and The 12th Annual Poetry Ink Chapbook. His first CD/chapbook entitled, "Adoration of The Sol," was published in the spring of 2008.

    Tom Luke Torosian was born as a first generation Armenian-American in 1929 in New York City. He served the Presbyterian church as an ordained minister for forty years. He is a published poet and has read his poetry in various venues in Philadelphia and York, England. Mr. Torosian recently completed a memoir about his parent's survival of the 1915-1918 Armenian genocide by the Turks and his story as a first generation American. He is married, has four daughters, four grandchildren and resides with his wife in Philadelphia.


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    Manayunk Art Center April 27, 2008 4PM

         Manayunk Art Center  (MAC) located at 419 Green Lane (rear) is offering a special poetry and art program, featuring "Four Remarkable Poets: Mel Brake, G.E.Reutter, Jim Mancinelli and poet/artist David Kozinski” on Sunday, April 27 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM. $4 Donation requested. Refreshments served.  
    David P. Kozinski,  besides being a much-published poet, is an artist and a member of the Manayunk Artists’ Co-Op where he was its featured artist in September 2006 and currently his work is being featured along with David Karasow in the April exhibit. In November he was awarded the Eugene Szatkowski Achievement Award for his poetry and visual art by AMPOL (the Americans of Polish Descent Cultural Society). His artwork is part of private collections in New York, Colorado, and eight states altogether
    Jim Mancinelli is a living, writing, working Philadelphian.   His first chapbook, Primer, was self-published.  His second chapbook, In Deep, was published by Plan B Press.  His writing is informed by the spirit, the earth, the heavens, and the voices of his heritage. 
    Mel Brake was a guest speaker on The October Gallery Radio Show, WHAT 1340 AM , discussing and reading his work. He was recently published in Philadelphia Poets 2007, Mad Poets Review 2007 and Fox Chase Review. His first CD/chapbook entitled “Adoration of The Sol,” will be published  this spring.
     
    G. Emil Reutter is a  Philadelphia-based author/essayist and traveling poet. In February 2008 his collection of short fiction and poetry, Broken Shells and Hope was published by Stonegarden.net. His work has appeared in a number of literary magazines and studied at several universities.
     
    Peter Krok, the Humanities Director of the MAC, hosts and coordinates the Sunday series, which is now in its eighteenth year.  A $4.00 donation is requested.  Light refreshments will be served.
     
                          For information about the program please call Peter Krok,   
                   Humanities Director of the Manayunk Art Center, at 215-482-3363.

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    Featured Writer of the Month (April/May)


    Please check out my work such as "House of Medea" and other works
    on A Muse-Janet Mason, www.amusejanetmason.com.

    This is what Janet says about my work " Mel has a delightful poetic voice"

    Peace Love Light
    Mel

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    Adoration of the Sol- CD/chapbook and Philadelphia Poets Journal 2008

    My first CD/chapbook, Adoration of the Sol" and Philadelphia Journal 2008 are available for sale by contacting me at my email address, mbrake1@msn.com

    Check out the web site for the producer of my cd Jim Constantino at
    My web page: http://www.coffeeclubmedia.com/mycoffeespace/jimconstantino

    Here is what people are saying about, "Adoration of the Sol":
    It is so mellowing, in spite of the sometimes not mellow topics of the poems.  That says something about your attitude toward the unpleasant situations you face.  My favorites remain to be those poems that I have published, or are soon to be published, but besides those, I really like “I Am Ghetto.”  The honesty of it and the admission of your feelings are things that so many face, even when not from the ghetto, for as you say at the end, we all live in one ghetto or other.  Jim Constantino’s music goes so well with your words, and at the same time, can stand alone.  And, of course, vice versa. Rosemary C.













    Here is what people are saying about my poems in, "Philadelphia Poets" Journal 2008
    Forgiving Father moved me to tears. America's Most Wanted is touching, funny, and hard hitting all at once. I am RA Ix Chl is heart opening in so many ways, a spiritual tour de force. Bravo!!!  Maria F.
     








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