felice belle

With special guest appearances by Jennifer Murphy, Regie Cabico, Stephen Colman, & Bassey Ikpi. RSVP today!

tickets on sale now! * Brooklyn composer and drummer Chase Elodia presents the world debut of his interdisciplinary project Walking in the City, which illustrates Brooklyn in words and music. To create the piece, Elodia invited eight intergenerational, multiracial, and transcultural writers from across Brooklyn to submit a text inspired by the experience of walking down a street in their neighborhood. The finished work sets their poetry to music, surrounding their words about life in the borough with sampled texts, field recordings, and drum harmonies. At the performance, each poet will read their work as Elodia plays live-triggered melodies and rhythms. National Sawdust is proud to produce the first live, interactive realization of this bold and imaginative new work that celebrates the diverse set of voices that make up this borough. This program is supported in part by National Sawdust co-founder Kevin Dol

About the book Felice Belle’s Viscera is map and misdirection, evidence and contradiction, free will and fate at the blackjack table. A celebration of the multitudes without and within. In a world that expects women to take care of everyone else except themselves, and find validation and value in such self-negation, Viscera is an unflinching practice and declaration of defining oneself for oneself, with radical acceptance of the great, and challenging, consequences of doing so.

new poem in The Common.

So excited to join FRESH Speakers for their end-of-year showcase, with poetry, music, dancing, and more!  RSVP for the Zoom link. 

Poems in the park, Tuesday, August 2, 6PM.   Excited to share the stage with Judith Baumel, Stephen Mills, and Philip Brady. If you're in the city, come through. Would love to see your face. More info. 

Thanks to The Common for giving these poems a home! 

Take Me Out, Richard Greenberg

Dinner at Gertrude Stein’s: The French Collection Part II, #9, 1991 Acrylic on canvas, printed and tie-dyed pieced fabric, and ink

“In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you.” — Waymond Wang, Everything Everywhere All at Once

—bell hooks, Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work

thanks, brooklyn poets! it’s an honor to be nominated. congrats to all the nominees. 

Rita is right. Join Jenny Xie, Patrick Rosal, John Hennessy, and John Freeman as they do what the poet does best: ruminate and reveal, illuminate and guide, remind us of the wonder, pain, and beauty of being alive. ⁣ ⁣ Post-show panel moderated by Ru Freeman. Reading hosted by me.⁣ ⁣ If you're in the neighborhood, would love to see your face! Friday, December 3, 6PM EST, at St. Francis College in Brooklyn. RSVP required.

St. Francis College MFA is proud to announce that a group of our own writers will have the opportunity to share their work at the Brooklyn Book Festival, paving the way for the future of Brooklyn literary landscape. Jason Starr, Jive Poetic, Felice Belle, Adela Sinclair, and Marc Chiusano are only some of the writers whose marvelous wordsmithing you’ll be able to experience on October 1st at 6pm, at Maroney Theater, St. Francis College. Join us and take a tour through the writing about or from the future of the borough, from the writers who are charting the Brooklyn renaissance.

* This event is part of the 2021 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. Visit pen.org/festival to learn more and get tickets for other events.

Jennifer Murphy—my bff, my sister, the lobster to my burger—wrote a stunning memoir called First Responder, about her life and experience as an NYC EMT during the pandemic and beyond. ⁣ ⁣ Like Jen, the book is all heart. I could not be more excited to witness the realization of her dream and I cannot wait for the world to know what a masterful storyteller she is. ⁣ ⁣ First Responder asks the essential question, "Who rescues the rescuer?" Let’s find out together.⁣ ⁣ Join us for a book launch event hosted by Narrative 4, moderated by me and N4 President and Co-founder Colum McCann. Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 7PM EST. Looking forward to getting my James Lipton on.

And shout out to @salsarchitect for the tight edit!⁣ #repost @comxnwealthllc ・・・ Introducing our first episode in the UnComXn Minds - She's a Boss four part series. We are speaking with amazing women from different industries and experiences who share their stories and their wisdom! In this first episode, we speak with Felice Belle - Chief Storyteller, Poet, Playwright, SlamMaster, Podcast Host, Professor and Ted Talk Alum. Tune in while she drops some gems. #comxnwealth #comxnwealthapp #UnComXnMinds #ShesABoss #womenshistorymonth #HerStory #FeliceBelle #blackexcellence #WestIndianVoices #GuyanaStrong #ColumbiaUniversity #NYU #ChiefStoryteller