We are please to announce that Stephen’s novel has gone live on the Publisher website. The novel, Is it Love?, was released on Valentine’s Day, 2012, a date that is shared with the leading character of the story, Greg Smith.

This development means that the novel is available for purchase even before the official release date, February 29th. Copies will be also available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Click on the image of the book to go to page that will link you to online stores.

We apologize to all fans who turned up to support Stephen last night, at the December 9th Urban Legends Slam. Although Stephen was present at the event, he arrived an hour late and as such could not participate. A faulty GPS was blamed.

You can catch Stephen on December 17th at the Mercury Lounge, Downtown.

Last night, at Carleton University, Stephen was encouraged to perform at a poetry SLAM organized by Ottawa’s leading poetry team,  Urban Legends – 3rd place winner of the  Canadian Festival of Spoken Word.

Reluctantly he did. And his lack of enthusiasm was evident in his first round. However, a performance of a shortened version of his poem “Where I’m From There Is No Freedom” in the last round, gave him the only perfect  score (10) for the night from one judge, with the rest  giving; 9.9, 9.8, 9.7 and 9.6. more…

Read full poem below -: from the collection "Letters To My Son"

Her heart is Florentia after the brush laid thus
I am Palazzo Vecchio before Leonardo,
before Michelangelo, before Pisa and Siena.
I am the Eiffel Tower to her France,
her cri de coeur,
I écrire freedom where chanteurs fail,
where la historia imprison
and el amor is stained by the artista.

Read full poem here

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The graphics for the front covers of 4 upcoming books by Stephen have been unveiled.

The books are proposed to hit the Amazon eBook Store before year end. Stay in the ‘know’ by visiting HERE
                     

poems – 2011

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TIME: 29 September · 18:30 – 22:00
LOCATION: One and One (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NY
CREATED BY:    Michael Geffner
FOR: The Inspired Word: Passionate Readings of Poetry & Prose in NYC
More info 
The Inspired Word presents the utterly electric spoken word artist/HBO Def Poet/musician Oveous Maximus, plus special guest author/poet Stephen A. Dantes and a 15-slot open mic open to all types of artists.

Hosted by 3-time HBO Def Poetry star Gemineye.

The Inspired Word presents the utterly electric spoken word artist/HBO Def Poet/musician Oveous Maximus, plus special guest author/poet Stephen A. Dantes and a 15-slot open mic open to all types of artists.
Hosted by 3-time HBO Def Poetry star Gemineye.

Be part of this evolution. Stephen A. Dantes goes from Poet to Novelist in his first release of a two-book series about romance in the lovely Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. Like this page and share. You may be chosen as one of the first group of people to review this novel before it hits the book stores.

August was a great month. We want to thank all of the readers and surfers who visited this site. Look out for more works from Stephen A. Dantes in the coming months.

The summer is over and Stephen managed to complete his novel in the nick of time. However, he is presently working on the second draft to be submitted to his team shortly. His “Soul mates…” series is getting much attention and we are in the negotiation phase of settling performance dates for 4 different spots in selected US states for his sensational poem, “Where I’m From There is no Freedom”.

One confirmed date is at the highly acclaimed poetry spot in Lower Manhattan New York; THE INSPIRED WORD, presented by Mike Geffner.

Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner are two of country music’s prolific songwriters and superstars. In this 2011 flashback post, cousins Stephen A. Dantes and Donallie Charlemagne recorded this cover to the song ‘Tomorrow is Forever’ over the internet whilst the two were situated; one in St. Lucia and the other Canada. No copyright infringement intended here. This is only a celebration of talent.

Photo taken from Rick Wayne's Official website

In this flashback post of a 2007  interview, we present you with what Stephen regards as a legendary moment when the then 24yr-old sat down with one of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s body-building friends and a St. Lucian-born superstar. Stephen is quoted as saying, “I was so excited that I forgot most of my research on him. However, I will herald this as my best interview ever.” more…

Where I'm From There Is No Freedom

This Thursday, July 28th 2011, at SAAMANS PARK; Stephen A. Dantes debuts his freedom poem entitled, “Where I’m from There is NO Freedom” on the HEADPHUNK stage to commemorate Emancipation.

This poem is from a new book (Letters to my Son) that will be released SOON.
The following are excerpts from the poem:

"...I’m not anti-war, I am pro-peace, and if peace-treaties were chores,
I’d sign up first to do the duty, see I’m not one of those who say
if you are not with me you are against me

No, I’m not like those scholastic asses trying to find beauty in
the ugliness of it all, I wear my pride in my skin, I’m not like the
low self-esteemed trying to get rid of the melanin..."

"...I know a place where 9th Graders give grown men blow jobs to
support mothers who have no jobs; where a 10th grade boy cannot read
but can count every sister from his class who for the month did not bleed

I know sisters who have harvested so much seed but no fruit
that they have become live statistics of critical and mass,
like Bush endorsed their actions and upgraded their class..."

Stephen just posted a jpg of the ‘Top 10 Countries’ that visited his website for the month of May.  Over 19500  visitors browsed through the pages of his website with each reading and average of 4.2 pages. This image was posted on the Wall of his Facebook group. You can either use the link below to view it or click on the Facebook icon a the top of this page to go directly there.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150213934151681&set=o.72756590624&type=1&theater
A special thankyou note is issued to St. Vincent for being the leading country. Every click of your mouse means much to us.

We also are set to release two pieces of work from him, this weekend, one of them being from the “Soul mates | Confessions of a Stoic” series.

We want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support, and ask that you visit the “Bookstore’ link in the navigation menu above and purchase an eBook from Amazon, if not all.

Hey guys, come check out VPRO’s LIVESessions ‘NGOZI’ LIVE @ The Cave Night Club tonight, Cap Estate, St. Lucia.  Show starts at 9pm. Cover charge $15. There will be and Open Mic segment where poets are asked to come out in numbers and let their words speak. 
Your’s Truly, Stephen A. Dantes, will be hosting the Open Mic segment to help mellow the mood, and get you into the groove, as you listen and sing your hearts away with the BEAUTY-full, Ngozi. She has the voice that brings the “Breeze”.

Make an effort to attend. Become a cave-dweller and enjoy the night with your choiced wine, in the ccompany of musicians; Yannick James, Hendrick Liang, and Willianson “Bonte” Francois.

The lovely Nyah Undeniably will be there as well so lets make it a date to remember. Stephen also plans to unveil the rest of his poem, “What if Juliet never met Romeo?”. In short, miss it, Blame Yourself!

She introduced me to watermelons. I know it was supposed to be the other way around

MY DADDY; By Stephie-Ann Faith Allenyaw Dantes

My daddy is very bright

But he doesn’t sleep at night

He likes to play video game

And computer just the same

A father-daughter moment

RAPUNZEL; By Stephie-Ann Faith Allenyaw Dantes
(Daughter of Stephen Alexander Dantes)

Her eyes are pretty like a flower
And she is beautiful like a tiger
She’s cold like a shower
And her pet can change colours
In a very tall tower

This series is from my new book, “Letters to My Son”, to be released this summer.  It is an indirect conversation between a man and a woman, moderated by friends and family, that seeks to qualify and quantify their love as well as define or re-define the term “soul mates”. Readers are left to decipher whether the poetic dialogue between these two past lovers qualifies them as the highly debated ‘mates for life’.

Each individual poem/conversation consists of 6, 10-line stanzas. Here is a 1-stanza preview of the premiere male, then female dialogue. more…

The month of April ended two days ago, but it didn’t go without leaving some presents. Stephen A. Dantes released four (4) eBooks in that month namely;
 - SILENT DEFEAT BITTER CONFRONTATION,
 - THE LOVE DOCTOR,
 - THE ALTER EGO and the last and most favoured by some readers,
 - LUCIAN CHRONICLES.

Lucian Chronicles was so named as it is a documentation of Saint Lucian culture – Stephen’s home country. In this book, Stephen presents to readers what has shaped his culture and people, what continues to affect and influence change as well as perceptions of his fellowmen.

This eBook is available on both US Amazon stores and UK Stores. These four eBooks are part of a project called, Project 90days, where Mr. Dantes attempts to complete his novel and his premiere Spoken Word album in 90 literal days, though not consecutive.

For more up-to-date news, or even just a chance to find out what’s happening with him, you can visit this website regularly.