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​TAPT founder shares his Freestyle Soul
During September's Open Mic at the Kula Cafe, Rich Quatrone (creator of The American Poetry Theater) breaks out into a spontaneous freestyle poetry expressing his soul with the crowd.
Banned in Belarus, but the Shows Go On
MINSK, BELARUS — The tidy and anonymous room, which is entered through a fenced courtyard in a sleepy residential neighborhood of this Eastern European city, is not large. It was once a garage, just big enough to accommodate a few sedans or, in this case, the closely clustered group of... READ MORE
Patti Smith on 19th Century Poet William Blake and
​on Creating Political Art "Unapologetically"
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Patti Smith on 19th Century Poet William Blake
Legendary musician Patti Smith performs her song
"My Blakean Year" in the Democracy Now! studio
and talks about the influence of poet William Blake (17571827)
1.5 Million Missing Black Men
By JUSTIN WOLFERS, DAVID LEONHARDT and KEVIN QUEALY
APRIL 20, 2015

FERGUSON
 
"A riot is the voice of the unheard."
               -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

 

The American Poetry Theater goes on record that it supports
the Michael Brown family and those in Ferguson and across
the country who protest the outrageous injustice that continues
to surround Michael Brown's case.

11/25/14
ON READING BARAKA'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OF LEROI JONES

I recommend this book to all of you, to anyone
interested in the heart and soul of The American Poetry
Theater, and to anyone interested in what it means
to be human as America and the world struggle
through a very, very dark hour.

Anyway, I'm only half way thru the book and I am
deeply moved by it. By Baraka's clarity, honesty, by
the depth and width of his intelligence, knowledge,
and his ability to remain on the street with the people
while becoming a wise poet.

So, just want to touch base with you, our audience,
our hungry audience, you, our readers and listeners,
you, artists, people, strugglers, hopers, dreamers.

TAPT is very much alive. Some things are in the works,
but I will hold off speaking on them until they are solid.

Meanwhile, see SELMA, read Franz Fanon's THE WRETCHED
OF THE EARTH (this will give you a real context and background
for the struggle), and, of course, read Amiri Baraka's autobiography.

With hope and determination,
Rich Quatrone
January 21, 2015
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