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Next Up to The Mic is a Hudson Valley Writers Guild podcast featuring readings and performances from the poets, writers, and spoken word artists that have appeared at Albany Poets Presents, Poets Speak Loud, Brass Tacks, Nitty Gritty Slam, and other regional literary events.
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Alina Pleskova at The Linda (opens the original)
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This week, Thom Francis welcomes poet Alina Pleskova, who shared her work at a spoken word event sponsored by the Hudson Valley Writers Guild, Trailer Park Quarterly, and Hobo Camp Review at The Linda on August 5, 2023. +++++ Alina Pleskova is a poet, editor, and Moscow-born immigrant turned proud Philadelphian. Her first full-length collection, Toska, is now available from Deep Vellum. She co-edits bedfellows magazine and is a 2020 and 2022 Leeway Foundation grant awardee, as well as the author
BradQuan Copeland, Gripp, and S.L. Maurice at The Fish Market (opens the original)
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This week, Thom Francis introduces us to three local poets - BradQuan Copeland, Gripp, and S.L. Maurice - who took the stage and shared their work at the Poetic License Poetry Reading & Open Mic last September at the Fish Market in Troy. That event was just the first of two readings that are part of Poetic License 2025, a joint project of the Hudson Valley Writers Guild and the Upstate Artists Guild. +++++ It was a beautiful early-fall evening in Troy when poets and writers gathered at the Fish
Nancy Byrne Iannucci at The Fish Market (opens the original)
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This week, Thom Francis introduces us to poet Nancy Byrne Iannucci, who was one of the featured readers at the Eight Poets event at The Fish Market on Saturday, October 11, 2025. That day, Nancy was joined by poets from the Hudson Valley Writers Guild, online zines Trailer Park Quarterly and Hobo Camp Review, and Paper Moon. +++++ The Hudson Valley Writers Guild, Paper Moon, and online zines Trailer Park Quarterly and Hobo Camp Review joined forces to present Eight Poets, an afternoon of poetry
Dan Wilcox at The Olde English Pub (opens the original)
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This week on Next Up to the Mic, we’re returning to August 12, 2019, to hear Dan Wilcox read two poems at “The Past in Poetry” reading held at the Olde English Pub in Albany in collaboration with Historic Cherry Hill. +++++ Historic Cherry Hill preserves more than two centuries of Albany history, using family papers, photographs, personal belongings, and the stories of the people who lived and worked there to connect the present with the past. “The Past in Poetry” invited local poets to do somet
Nancy Klepsch at The Olde English Pub (opens the original)
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This week on Next Up to the Mic, we’re reaching back into the archives to August 12, 2019, when local poets gathered at the Olde English Pub in Albany for “The Past in Poetry,” a special evening presented in collaboration with Historic Cherry Hill. +++++ Historic Cherry Hill preserves more than two centuries of Albany history through the stories of the generations who called Cherry Hill home. In 2019, the organization joined with local poets for “The Past in Poetry,” an evening that explored som
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