executive producer
luquer street projects
about the Zone
“Daniele Del Monaco, joined by a stellar cast of musicians, has here manifest this long-form composition, The Zone, functioning on many levels: as a lyrical work of philosophy, an expression of longing, a compendium of provocative definitions. It’s all wrapped up in a music of great currency: electronic, jazzy, noisy, rocking - a thrill in every direction.”
Elliott Sharp
“Years ago I wrote an ensemble piece called 'Edible Weeds'. Your wonderful weeds became an Orto Botanico- a botanical garden. Did I hear that “I heard the old man say wail” or was it "whale"? ...during this amazing space walk, where I stepped out of my capsule right into the music without any change of tempo.”
Alvin Curran
“We went to this show by composer Daniele Del Monaco. It was an amazing experience, thanks to the interpretation, performance and genius of composition.”
Nadia Merlo Fiorillo
Founded in 2002, Luquer Street Projects, Inc. (LSP) sponsors literary, music and visual arts events, supports the bilingual proliferation of poetry, encourages cross-disciplinary collaborations
and publishes English and English / Italian editions.
LSP is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization located in Brooklyn, New York.
LSP is the Fiscal Sponsor for BACAS - Borghi Antichi Cultura Arti Scienze.
LSP is available as a Fiscal Sponsor for individuals and groups seeking to fundraise for their own independent projects.
All contributions made to LSP are fully tax-deductible.
about our authors
The poems of Deanna Pickard In Dreams We Kiss Ourselves Good-Bye are like fireflies pulsing mysteriously in the dark. They are luminous in their celebration of the body — as much as the source of grief as of pleasure — and the minds passionate and playful responses to the conditions of the body imposes. The grace of these poems, their wisdom, their clarity and wit, are a delight.
This is a striking debut.
Mark Strand
[Butson] is a poet who is wild, frenzied, and refreshingly mad. His imagination unlocks for us
the cells of reason and sets us loose in a world of dizzying possibilities.
Billy Collins
In her long-awaited, terrifically uplifting debut collection of poems, Deanna Pickard kisses us hello and lets us dream, along with her, about five generations of family, “of birds and breath” under “[a]n old gypsy moon.”
Deanna Pickard’s sense of a poem is that it should hold the experience with both arms, and a full heart. She does not hold back, since, for her, everything is at stake. This generosity translates her language into open arms as well: playful, sexual, mournful.
Stanley Plumly
Denver Butson sings the paradise he has lost, the skin, the air, the views, the bruises — everything he has lost, or so he says. But he hasn’t lost; he has gained, and the reader wants to be there, at the exact lost spot, transported on the magic carpet of the author’s words. It’s like coming home for me.
Tomaz Salamun
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