NEW PALTZ – CAPS First Friday: Gary Siegel & Larry Carr

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In middle school Gary Siegel noticed words pouring out of his head. In the 70’s he hung out with poets and playied music for them in a little-known form called a Choreopoem. In the 80’s he saw Allan Ginsberg and William Burroughs but his poetry simmered until 2008 when a fabulous sky by a lighthouse lit up his imagination. As an active member of the Hudson Valley poetry scene he has read publicly almost every poem he writes. As founder of the Kingston branch of the Poetry Brothel he has coordinated poetry performances ripe with music, spectacle and poetics. Tonight he is happy to present In the Cradle of Silence, his first full throttle collection.
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Laurence Carr is a writer of plays, fiction and poetry. His novel, Pancake Hollow Primer, A Hudson Valley Story, published by Codhill Press, won first prize at the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for First Novel. He is the co-editor of A Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley (awarded five national and international prizes), editor of Riverine: An Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers and the co-editor of WaterWrites: A Hudson River Anthology, all published by Codhill Press. His fiction and poetry has been published throughout the United States. Over 20 of his plays and theatre pieces have been produced in New York City, regionally, and in Europe; they include Vaudeville, The Wakeville Stories, The Voyage of Mary C., 36 Exposures, Hamlet’s Lear and numerous one-acts. He teaches Dramatic and Creative Writing at SUNY, New Paltz where he was named a Teacher of the Year.