Kevin Clark's "Love & Other Silly Notions" will be featured at the February 20th River Poets reading, Tuesday evening at Phillips Emporium (Bloomsburg).
Kevin Clark is a Pittsburgh-born poetry and fiction writer; he currently teaches English at Luzerne County Community College. Kevin performed his multimedia, interactive "Love and Other Silly Notions" last February for an audience in Huntingdon, PA. The project explores love's frailties and flirtations, as well as its fantasies and fulfillments.
A short Open Reading will follow (MC: Emeka Obiozor).
For this and other River Poets events, see their website here.
[Note: This event was rescheduled due to yucky weather on the 12th.]
2/1/08
Eavan Boland: Bucknell: 2/19/08
Tuesday, February 19, 7 PM: Poet Eavan Boland will give a reading in Bucknell Hall on the campus of Bucknell University.Eavan Boland is the author of nine collections of poetry, including Against Love Poetry (2001), The Lost Land (1998), An Origin Like Water: Collected Poems 1967-1987 (1996), and, most recently, Domestic Violence (2007). Among her many awards and honors are a Lannan Foundation Award in Poetry and an American Ireland Fund Literary Award. She is a professor of English at Stanford University, where she directs the creative writing program.
This event is free and open to the public.
Event to honor Michael Wurster: Pittsburgh: 2/19/08
Michael Wurster has fostered poetry in Pittsburgh for over 30 years, teaching, advising, and conducting a free monthly open workshop. Most recently he co-edited Along These Rivers, a collection of poems by Western PA-based poets, in connection with Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary. His students, friends, and colleagues are honoring Michael. They'll present him with a belated valentine: a tribute volume, Stories About Time. True to Wurster's big-tent approach, the book, edited by Ziggy Edwards and Arlene Weiner, has poems from A (Amenta) to Z (Zdrale). Lynn Emanuel writes the preface. Other authors include Ed Ochester, Arlan Hess, Jan Beatty,and Richard St. John.
The presentation/reading will take place Tuesday, February 19, at 7:00 pm, at the Te Cafe in Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh), 2000 Murray Avenue. The Te Cafe regularly hosts poetry. Specialty teas and other beverages and tasty light suppers are available.
The presentation/reading will take place Tuesday, February 19, at 7:00 pm, at the Te Cafe in Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh), 2000 Murray Avenue. The Te Cafe regularly hosts poetry. Specialty teas and other beverages and tasty light suppers are available.
update: Watershed released
The inaugural issue of Watershed: The Journal of the Susquehanna is out, and contains poems by Richard Brook, Emily Grosholz, Steven Good, Kevin Clark, Marjorie Maddox, JoAnne Growney, James Najarian, Chad Schell-McGaw, Gary Renzelman, Tara Shoemaker Holdren, Shanna Wheeler, Lynell Jones, Todd Davis, and Sandra Kohler.
For more information about Watershed, contact editor Jerry Wemple at river@bloomu.edu.
For more information about Watershed, contact editor Jerry Wemple at river@bloomu.edu.
update: Betsy Wheeler: new chapbook
Betsy Wheeler, who held the Stadler Fellowship at Bucknell, announces the release of her new chapbook: Start Here, published by Small Anchor Press. Betsy is the copublisher, with Dean Gorman, of Pilot Books.
update: Heather McNaugher interview
Karen Lillis, who's just joined our PA Poets roster, has interviewed Heather McNaugher on her small press blog. You can read the interview here.
Second Thursdays at Public Library: Lewisburg: 2/14/08
Frances Gundrum, from the Public Library for Union County in Lewisburg, organizes a monthly poetry reading on the second Thursday of every month from 7-8 PM. The February reading falls on Valentine’s Day, and poets are invited to come and share love poems.
There is no registration for the readings, and drop-ins are welcome. Complimentary coffee and tea.
There is no registration for the readings, and drop-ins are welcome. Complimentary coffee and tea.
Craig Czury: Marywood Univ: 2/11/08
Monday, February 11, 7:30 PM: Poet Craig Czury will give a reading of his work in the Comerford Theatre on the campus of Marywood University.
A native of Dallas, Pennsylvania, Czury is the author of 15 books of poetry, many of which focus on the coal regions of Pennsylvania. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from Wilkes University and works as a poet in schools, homeless shelters, prisons, mental hospitals, and community centers throughout the world. His poems have been translated into Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Chinese, Macedonian, Croatian, Albanian, and Italian. A featured poet at international poetry festivals, Czury lives in Reading, PA.
The reading is sponsored by the English Department and is free and open to the public.
A native of Dallas, Pennsylvania, Czury is the author of 15 books of poetry, many of which focus on the coal regions of Pennsylvania. He holds an MA in Creative Writing from Wilkes University and works as a poet in schools, homeless shelters, prisons, mental hospitals, and community centers throughout the world. His poems have been translated into Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Chinese, Macedonian, Croatian, Albanian, and Italian. A featured poet at international poetry festivals, Czury lives in Reading, PA.
The reading is sponsored by the English Department and is free and open to the public.
update: Heather McNaugher: new chapbook
Prererelease Announcement: Heather McNaugher's chapbook, Panic & Joy, scheduled for publication this spring by Finishing Line Press, is now available for preorder (click on the press link, open the New Releases section, and scroll down). Heather McNaugher is Assistant Professor of English at Chatham University, where she is Poetry Editor of Fourth River. Her work has appeared in Paper Street, The Bellevue Literary Review, 12th Street Review, The Paterson Literary Review, Blithe House Quarterly, The New Yinzer and Dirt Rag Magazine.
Richard Grunn performs "Urbano's Circus": Kingston: 2/8/08
Friday, February 8th, 7 PM: Urbano's Circus performed by Richard Grunn.
Inspired by Alexander Calder's "Circus," "Il Circo di Urbano"(Urbano's Circus) is where art meets theatre. You will be amazed and entertained by these trash-constructed puppets as they perform their death defying and suspenseful acts. The show features Ivan the Iron-Clad Stomach, Clyde the Fearless Clown, and Boris the Elastic Acrobat. The Town Crier said, "The audience was soon cheering as these cleverly constructed puppets performed!" $5, or give of yourself! Bring us a poem or a work of art. Refreshments served.
Paper Kite Press Studio & Gallery: 443 Main Street, Kingston PA 18704.
Inspired by Alexander Calder's "Circus," "Il Circo di Urbano"(Urbano's Circus) is where art meets theatre. You will be amazed and entertained by these trash-constructed puppets as they perform their death defying and suspenseful acts. The show features Ivan the Iron-Clad Stomach, Clyde the Fearless Clown, and Boris the Elastic Acrobat. The Town Crier said, "The audience was soon cheering as these cleverly constructed puppets performed!" $5, or give of yourself! Bring us a poem or a work of art. Refreshments served.
Paper Kite Press Studio & Gallery: 443 Main Street, Kingston PA 18704.
update: Barbara Crooker: new book
Congratulations to Barbara Crooker, whose book Line Dance was recently published by Word Press. You can read more about Barbara's new book (and order a copy) by clicking here.
1/1/08
CFS: Allegheny River Watershed Anthology
Call for submissions: Allegheny River Watershed Anthology
Editors: Helen Ruggieri and Linda Underhill
Submission deadline: January 31, 2008
GUIDELINES: We are looking for poems and short prose about the Allegheny River Watershed of New York State and Pennsylvania. Human history, natural history, personal experience - any subject that in some way connects to the watershed will be considered for the anthology.
More information about the watershed, including a map of the watershed region, can be found here.
Send all submissions to awa@foothillspublishing.com. There is a limit of 70 lines per poem and 700 words for prose. Simultaneous submissions and previously published poetry will not be accepted. Please include a brief bio paragraph.
Submissions should be sent as MSWord attachments. If not possible, send in the body of an email.
Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2008. We will acknowledge receipt of your submission and respond within 60 days.
Tentative release date for the anthology is spring of 2008. Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the book as payment and will be able to purchase additional copies at a 50% discount.
Linda Underhill grew up within sight of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, PA. She has degrees in writing from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Arizona. Her collection of essays, “The Unequal Hours: Moments of Being in the Natural World,” was published by University of Georgia Press.
Helen Ruggieri lives two blocks from the Allegheny in Olean, NY (where the river first becomes navigable). She has an MFA from Penn State. Her book of poetry, “Glimmer Girls,” was published by Mayapple Press.
FootHills Publishing has been publishing chapbooks and books of poetry since 1986.
Previous anthologies include Knocking on the Silence (the Finger Lakes of New York State), Listening to Water (Susquehanna River Watershed), and The Dire Elegies (endangered species).
Editors: Helen Ruggieri and Linda Underhill
Submission deadline: January 31, 2008
GUIDELINES: We are looking for poems and short prose about the Allegheny River Watershed of New York State and Pennsylvania. Human history, natural history, personal experience - any subject that in some way connects to the watershed will be considered for the anthology.
More information about the watershed, including a map of the watershed region, can be found here.
Send all submissions to awa@foothillspublishing.com. There is a limit of 70 lines per poem and 700 words for prose. Simultaneous submissions and previously published poetry will not be accepted. Please include a brief bio paragraph.
Submissions should be sent as MSWord attachments. If not possible, send in the body of an email.
Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2008. We will acknowledge receipt of your submission and respond within 60 days.
Tentative release date for the anthology is spring of 2008. Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of the book as payment and will be able to purchase additional copies at a 50% discount.
Linda Underhill grew up within sight of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, PA. She has degrees in writing from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Arizona. Her collection of essays, “The Unequal Hours: Moments of Being in the Natural World,” was published by University of Georgia Press.
Helen Ruggieri lives two blocks from the Allegheny in Olean, NY (where the river first becomes navigable). She has an MFA from Penn State. Her book of poetry, “Glimmer Girls,” was published by Mayapple Press.
FootHills Publishing has been publishing chapbooks and books of poetry since 1986.
Previous anthologies include Knocking on the Silence (the Finger Lakes of New York State), Listening to Water (Susquehanna River Watershed), and The Dire Elegies (endangered species).
James Harms: Bucknell: 1/22/08
Tuesday, January 22, 7 PM: Bucknell's 2008 Poet-in-Residence, James Harms, will give a reading in Bucknell Hall.
Harms is the author of five collections of poetry, all from Carnegie Mellon University Press: Modern Ocean (1992), The Joy Addict (1998), Quarters (2001), Freeways and Aqueducts (2004), and After West (2007). His poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in many publications, including Poetry, Kenyon Review, Antioch Review, Denver Quarterly, Gettysburg Review, and American Poetry Review. He is a contributing editor of West Branch. Harms has been awarded an NEA fellowship, the PEN/Revson Foundation Fellowship, grants from the West Virginia and Pennsylvania state arts agencies, and residencies at the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. Harms directs the MFA program in Creative Writing at West Virginia University.
This reading is free and open to the public.
Harms is the author of five collections of poetry, all from Carnegie Mellon University Press: Modern Ocean (1992), The Joy Addict (1998), Quarters (2001), Freeways and Aqueducts (2004), and After West (2007). His poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in many publications, including Poetry, Kenyon Review, Antioch Review, Denver Quarterly, Gettysburg Review, and American Poetry Review. He is a contributing editor of West Branch. Harms has been awarded an NEA fellowship, the PEN/Revson Foundation Fellowship, grants from the West Virginia and Pennsylvania state arts agencies, and residencies at the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. Harms directs the MFA program in Creative Writing at West Virginia University.
This reading is free and open to the public.
12/1/07
Keystone Chapbook Award: Harry Humes
Underground Singing: Poems by Harry Humes
Winner of the inaugural Keystone Chapbook Award, selected by Jeff Mann
Publication date: December 21, 2007
A copy will be mailed to all entrants in the 2007 competition.
CFS: Last call: MPWA Journal
[per Dennis Toomey on behalf of the MPWA]:
Last call for submissions to the Mulberry Poets & Writers Association Journal. Submissions must be received by December 8th, and can be sent via e-mail [click here] or regular mail to MPWA, PO Box 468, Scranton, PA 18501.
Also, please do check out th MPWA website. Submissions for the site may be sent via e-mail [click here].
Last call for submissions to the Mulberry Poets & Writers Association Journal. Submissions must be received by December 8th, and can be sent via e-mail [click here] or regular mail to MPWA, PO Box 468, Scranton, PA 18501.
Also, please do check out th MPWA website. Submissions for the site may be sent via e-mail [click here].
11/1/07
update: Craig Czury receives Fellowship
The Wilkes University Creating Writing Program has awarded the 2007 Norris Church Mailer Fellowship to Craig Czury. The fellowship is awarded annually to a graduate student in Wilkes University’s creative writing program who has shown artistic promise and demonstrates a commitment to public service in the local writing community and beyond.
For the complete article on Wilkes University's website, please click here.
For the complete article on Wilkes University's website, please click here.
9/1/07
Katie Hays & Erinn Batykefer: Bucknell: 9/25/07
Tuesday, Sept 25, 7 PM:
Two poets on staff at the Stadler Center for Poetry will read together on Tuesday evening in Bucknell Hall.
K A Hays, the 2007-08 Stadler Emerging Writer, earned an M.F.A. in the Literary Arts at Brown University and studied as an undergraduate at Bucknell and Oxford Universities. Her poems have appeared recently or are forthcoming in Southern Review, Mid-American Review, Florida Review, Gray's Sporting Journal, Missouri Review, Antioch Review and other magazines. Hays is also a fiction writer and verse translator whose work in those genres has appeared in Hudson Review, Gulf Coast, Cimarron Review, and other magazines.
Erinn Batykefer, the 2007-08 Stadler Fellow, earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Art History from the University of Delaware and an MFA in Poetry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was the Martha Meier Renk Distinguished Poetry Fellow. She is currently at work on first collections of both creative nonfiction and poetry; her poems and essays have appeared in such journals as Gulf Coast, Denver Quarterly, Threepenny Review, and Maisonneuve Magazine, among others. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information please contact the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853.
Two poets on staff at the Stadler Center for Poetry will read together on Tuesday evening in Bucknell Hall.
K A Hays, the 2007-08 Stadler Emerging Writer, earned an M.F.A. in the Literary Arts at Brown University and studied as an undergraduate at Bucknell and Oxford Universities. Her poems have appeared recently or are forthcoming in Southern Review, Mid-American Review, Florida Review, Gray's Sporting Journal, Missouri Review, Antioch Review and other magazines. Hays is also a fiction writer and verse translator whose work in those genres has appeared in Hudson Review, Gulf Coast, Cimarron Review, and other magazines.
Erinn Batykefer, the 2007-08 Stadler Fellow, earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Art History from the University of Delaware and an MFA in Poetry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was the Martha Meier Renk Distinguished Poetry Fellow. She is currently at work on first collections of both creative nonfiction and poetry; her poems and essays have appeared in such journals as Gulf Coast, Denver Quarterly, Threepenny Review, and Maisonneuve Magazine, among others. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information please contact the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853.
River Poets: Whitman Sampler: Bloomsburg: 9/11/07
[from the River Poets Calendar]
SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 - Whitman Sampler - Danny Robinson of Bloomsburg town and University will conduct a multi-media presentation of a premier American poet, Walt Whitman. There could be chocolate, but there will definitely be words. Open Reading will follow. MC: Scott Hemingway.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 - Whitman Sampler - Danny Robinson of Bloomsburg town and University will conduct a multi-media presentation of a premier American poet, Walt Whitman. There could be chocolate, but there will definitely be words. Open Reading will follow. MC: Scott Hemingway.
G.C. Waldrep: Bucknell: 9/4/07
Tuesday, Sept 4, 7pm:
Poet G.C. Waldrep will read his poems in Bucknell Hall at 7 PM.
G.C. Waldrep holds degrees in American history from Harvard and Duke and a MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa. He is the author of Southern Workers and the Search for Community (2001 Illinois Prize for history), Goldbeater's Skin (2003 Colorado Prize for Poetry), The Batteries (a poetry chapbook from New Michigan Press), and Disclamor (due in September from BOA Editions). His poems have appeared in many journals, including Poetry, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, Gettysburg Review, New England Review, Colorado Review, American Letters & Commentary, and West Branch. He has just joined the creative writing faculty at Bucknell University.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information please contact the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853.
Poet G.C. Waldrep will read his poems in Bucknell Hall at 7 PM.
G.C. Waldrep holds degrees in American history from Harvard and Duke and a MFA in poetry from the University of Iowa. He is the author of Southern Workers and the Search for Community (2001 Illinois Prize for history), Goldbeater's Skin (2003 Colorado Prize for Poetry), The Batteries (a poetry chapbook from New Michigan Press), and Disclamor (due in September from BOA Editions). His poems have appeared in many journals, including Poetry, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, Gettysburg Review, New England Review, Colorado Review, American Letters & Commentary, and West Branch. He has just joined the creative writing faculty at Bucknell University.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information please contact the Stadler Center for Poetry at 570-577-1853.
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