THE STOOP PROJECT: SUMMER SERIES 2025
features a curated selection of generative writing workshops by bearded poet Thomas Fucaloro. Sessions are open to all skill levels and will be held in person every third Monday from June through August 2025 at The Center’s bookstore, Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, in NYC. Each workshop will be led by a different facilitator and focus on a unique theme. A $5 donation reserves your spot — see below for the full calendar and links to workshops.
https://www.tribes.org/events
In tandem with the workshops, each month Tribes will select a featured book from The Center’s Bookstore, Bureau of General Services—Queer Division.
MONDAY JUNE 16th, 6:30-9pm | Jeanann Verlee
Using the Personal to Investigate, Complicate, & Reveal the Social/Political
https://www.tribes.org/events-calendar/2025/6/16/the-stoop-project-summer-series-2025-june-poetry-workshop
MONDAY JULY 21st 6:30-9pm | UGBA
No Such Thing as Writer's Block
https://www.tribes.org/events-calendar/2025/6/16/the-stoop-project-summer-series-2025-june-poetry-workshop-hkkbr
MONDAY, AUGUST 18th, 6:30-9pm | Roya Marsh
Write Bad: Poems that Break The Silence
https://www.tribes.org/events-calendar/2025/6/16/the-stoop-project-summer-series-2025-june-poetry-workshop-hkkbr-k29hb
THE HISTORY OF THE STOOP
The Stoop Poetry Workshop (1991–1995) was established and facilitated by Tribes’ founder Steve Cannon with fellow Lower East Side poet Bob Holman. Conceived on the stoop of Cannon’s East 3rd Street residence, the workshop served as a creative incubator held before the Nuyorican Poets Café’s Friday Night Slams — allowing poets to refine their work and perform it the same evening. An extraordinary roster of poets participated in the Workshop, including reg e. gaines, Edwin Torres, Tracie Morris, Dana Bryant, Mia Hansford, Keith Roach, Paul Beatty, Willie Perdomo, Dael Orlandersmith, Ed Morales, Ra, and Mike Tyler.
Building on Cannon’s ethos of “Each one, teach one,” The Stoop Project expands the original vision of the Workshop by inviting a wide array of guest facilitators to carry forward its spirit of collective growth, experimentation, and intergenerational exchange.
ABOUT THE CURATOR
The winner of numerous grants from the Staten Island Council of the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, and NYC Commission of Human Rights, to name a few. Thomas Fucaloro has been on six national slam teams. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School and is a co-founding editor of Great Weather for Media and NYSAI Press. He is an adjunct professor at Wagner College, BMCC, and CSI, where he teaches various poetry and literature courses. Thomas is the cofounder of Poetry in the Park, WORDPLAY, Creating Space, Poetry in Motion, and Creativity Meets Geek. Thomas has released 2 full-length albums: It Starts From the Belly and Blooms, and Inheriting Craziness is a Soft Halo of Light by Three Rooms Press. He also has 4 chapbooks: Mistakes Disguised as Stars (Tired Hearts Press), Depression Cupcakes (Yes, Poetry), There is Always Tomorrow (Mad Gleam Press), and The Only Gardening I Do is When I Give Up by Finishing Line Press. His new chapbook LE(t)GO is out by Neuronautic Press.
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