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C E L E B R A T I N G 7 2 Y E A R S
FALL 2018
NewsletterSeptember - November
MISSION STATEMENTThe mission of the Center is to promote poetry and its appreciation, and to stimulate the writing of poetry, in the St. Louis area.
POETRY SUMMER CAMP WITH ST. LOUIS PARKS & REC
Thomas Dunn Learning Center was the host site for the 2018 Summer SLPC Poetry Camp. It was indeed a place of learning, creative freedom and FUN! We had ten students in attendance, and one who has attended from three previous years. From the word “GO,” the students embraced the camp with much vigor and energy throughout the entire week. As instructors,
we really had to put on our “A-game” due to the high-spirited, energy-filled vibe of our participants. It was a worthwhile pleasure!
Moreover, our camp culminated on Friday with a well-attended public reading to their parents, guests and guardians. This was the largest parent audience we have ever had! Our students were able to shine in all their creative glory! Snacks and juice were available for guests and everyone in attendance.
Clearly, the goals of the poetry camp included exposing children to the creative styles of poetry, improving their vocabulary and broadening their understanding of figurative language. (And having fun!) These goals were definitely met and exceeded. Our week could have easily morphed into a two-week learning experience for these emerging young poets
— Glendal Wallace & Meru Muad’Dib, SLPC Teaching Artists
POETRY INSIDE OUT GROWS
2018-2019 School Year includes:
7 St. Louis schools
14 classroom teachers
400 students
Grades 3-12
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INSIDE
Education Spotlight ...................... 1
Events Calendar + Board Members + Fall Festivals .............................. 2
Seven Poets + Sunday Workshop ......................... 3
Observable Readings .................... 4
Poetry at the Point ........................ 5
Kudos + Community ..................... 6
Our Supporters ............................. 7
SLPC Membership ........................ 8
THE ST. LOUIS POETRY CENTER NEWSLETTERThe newsletter is a quarterly publication of the St. Louis Poetry Center, P.O. Box 300167, St. Louis, MO 63130, 314-973-0616, [email protected]
Member events, readings and kudos are printed as a benefit of Membership. Join using the back of this newsletter, or using PayPal at stlouispoetrycenter.org/membership
EDUCATION SPOTLIGHT
KNOW A YOUNG POET?
ST. LOUIS POETRY CENTER’S 2019 BEVERLY HOPKINS MEMORIAL POETRY CONTEST FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
FIRST PRIZE: $225
SECOND PRIZE: $125
THIRD PRIZE: $75
JUDGE: Naomi Shihab Nye
SUBMISSIONS OPEN:
November 1, 2018
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
March 1, 2019
Contest coordinated by Robert Lowes, [email protected]
9/10 | OBSERVABLE READINGS Mary Szybist & Jerry Harp
9/16 | SUNDAY WORKSHOP David Clewell (submissions due 9/9)
9/25 | POETRY AT THE POINT Robert Lowes, Paul Stroble & Ned Randle
10/1 | OBSERVABLE READINGS Dana Levin & Jay Hopler
10/5 | SEVEN POETS FROM ST. LOUIS & BEYOND
10/21 | SUNDAY WORKSHOP Pamela Garvey (submissions due 10/14)
10/23 | POETRY AT THE POINT Sarah Wilson, Alice Azure & Eugene Budnitsky
11/5 | OBSERVABLE READINGS Nathan McClain & Andrea Scarpino
11/18 | SUNDAY WORKSHOP Paul Tran (submissions due 11/11)
11/27 | POETRY AT THE POINT Travis Mossotti, Stef Russell & Victoria Wall
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dwight Bitikofer President
Mary Ruth Donnelly Past President
Ron Fredman Treasurer
Jennifer Adams Secretary
Joshua Kryah
Ted Mathys
Nancy Powers Pritchard
Erin Quick*
Jason N. Vasser-Elong
Glendal Wallace
Amanda Wells
*ex officio, non-voting
STAFFErin Quick Executive Director
Thank you to the following whose board terms ended recently. We appreciate their service! Vincent Casaregola, Alison C. Rollins
SCHEDULE OF EVENTSMark your calendar for these upcoming St. Louis Poetry Center events
SPEAK OUT: A SPOKEN WORD POETRY SHOWCASE
With Cheeraz Gormon, Paul Tran & Jacqui Germain
LOCATION: Dressel’s Pub (419 Euclid Ave.)
TIME: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
THEY SAID: CROSS-GENRE COLLABORATIONS
Featuring poets Amy Ash, Dana Levin, Carlo Matos, Gillian Parish and more!
LOCATION: Dressel’s Pub (419 Euclid Ave.)
TIME: 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
St. Louis Poetry Center is excited to be a sponsor for the 2nd annual BookFest St. Louis. Poetry events include:
8th Annual 100 Thousand Poets & Musicians for Change – St. LouisPRODUCED BY SUSAN “SPIT-FIRE” LIVELY
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 294:00 P.M. – 10:00 P.M.
URB ARTS | 2600 N. 14TH STREET, ST. LOUIS, MO 63106
FREE WWW.100TPC.ORG WWW.URBARTS.ORG
BOOKFEST ST. LOUIS IN THE CENTRAL WEST END
September 22, 2018
BOOKFESTSTL.COM
PRESENTED BY THE LEFT BANK BOOKS FOUNDATION
AARON COLEMAN
KEEGAN LESTER
JENNY YANG CROPP
STEVEN D. SCHROEDER
STEPHEN FURLONG
VICTORIA WALLS
JACQUI GERMAIN
(NEXT DOOR TO THE MAIN PUB) 3711 S. KINGSHIGHWAY ST. LOUIS, MO 63109
Free admission
Food and drink will be available for order onsite
Friday Oct 5 • 7pmSouthtown Pub Nano Pub & Event Space
Seven Poets from St. Louis & Beyond
September 16(submissions due September 9) 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
DAVID CLEWELLDavid Clewell is the author of several poetry books—most recently, Almost Nothing To Be Scared Of. His work appears regularly in national magazines and
journals. He served as Poet Laureate of Missouri from 2010-2012. He currently labors as a professor of English and director of the creative writing program at Webster University in St. Louis. His collection of Charlie the Tuna iconography is currently the largest in private curatorship.
October 21(submissions due October 14) 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
PAMELA GARVEYPamela Garvey is the author of the poetry collection Seven Miles Deep and two poetry chapbooks. Her work has appeared in Missouri
Review, Margie and elsewhere, and she was a semi-finalist for the “Discovery”/The Nation prize. Garvey is professor of English at St. Louis Community College and was co-founder and chair of Words on Purpose, a committee of socially concerned writers who organized a benefit literary reading series.
November 18(submissions due November 11) 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
PAUL TRANPaul Tran is a 2018 “Discovery”/Boston Review Poetry Prize winner. They are Poetry Editor at The Offing and Chancellor’s Graduate Fellow at Washington
University in St. Louis. Their work appears in The New Yorker, Poetry, and elsewhere. Paul is the first Asian American since 1993 and first transgender poet ever to win the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam, placing Top 10 at the Individual World Poetry Slam and Top 2 at the National Poetry Slam.
St. Louis Poetry Center’s signature program, the Sunday Workshops are lead by a guest poet critic, who provides critique on a selection of pre-submitted poems. All poems submitted will receive written comments.
Guidelines: Submit one poem, one page in length. Provide name, mailing address, and email address. Those submitting poems are expected to attend the workshop.
To submit poems by mail:Workshop Submission St. Louis Poetry Center P.O. Box 300167 St. Louis, MO 63130
To submit poems by email:[email protected] “Workshop Submission” in subject line Attachment as Microsoft Word document
Regional Arts Commission Conference Room A 6128 Delmar Blvd St. Louis, MO 63112
Curator: Sally Van Doren
Sunday Workshops
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The 2018-2019 Observable Readings Season Kicks Off!
September 10
MARY SZYBISTMary Szybist is most recently the author of Incarnadine, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Poetry. She is the recipient
of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Rona Jaffe Foundation, and her work has been awarded two Pushcart Prizes. Her first book Granted won the 2004 GLCA New Writers Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A native of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, she now lives in Portland, Oregon where she teaches at Lewis & Clark College.
JERRY HARPJerry Harp attended Saint Meinrad College, Saint Louis University, University of Florida, and University of Iowa. He is a frequent contributor to the
Kenyon Review Blog. His books include Creature (2003), Gatherings (2004), Urban Flowers and Concrete Plains (2006), A Poetry Criticism Reader (2006, co-edited by Jan Weissmiller), and For Us What Music: The Life and Poetry of Donald Justice (2010) and Spirit Under Construction (2017). Harp lives with his wife Mary Szybist in Portland Oregon, where he teachers at Lewis and Clark University.
October 1
DANA LEVINDana Levin’s new book of poetry is Banana Palace (Copper Canyon Press, 2016). Her poetry and essays have appeared in many anthologies
and magazines, including Best American Poetry 2015, The New York Times, Boston Review, The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and The Paris Review. Her fellowships and awards include those from the National Endowment for the Arts and PEN, among others. A teacher of poetry for over twenty years, Levin currently serves as Distinguished Writer in Residence at Maryville University in St. Louis.
JAY HOPLERJay Hopler was born in San Juan, and educated at NYU, Johns Hopkins, Iowa, and Purdue. He is the author of Green Squall (chosen
for the Yale Younger Poets Series prize by Louise Glück) and The Abridged History of Rainfall (a Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award for Poetry), and editor, with Kimberly Johnson, of Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry. He is the recipient of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award, the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, a fellowship from the Lannan Foundation, the Whiting Writers’ Award, and the Rome Prize in Literature, among others. He teaches in the writing program at the University of South Florida.
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NATHAN MCCLAINNathan McClain’s debut collection is Scale (Four Way Books, 2017). He is the recipient of the 2017 Gregory
Pardlo Fellowship from The Frost Place, and a graduate of Warren Wilson’s MFA Program for Writers. A Cave Canem fellow, his poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Callaloo, Ploughshares, Broadsided, The Southeast Review, Tinderbox, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn and teaches creative writing at Drew University.
ANDREA SCARPINOAndrea Scarpino is the author of the poetry collections Once Upon Wing Lake (2017), What the Willow Said as it Fell (2016) and
Once, Then (2014). She received a PhD in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, and an MFA from The Ohio State University. She has published in numerous journals, is co-editor of Nine Mile Magazine, and served as Poet Laureate of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 2015-2017. Her upcoming edited anthology is Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice (MSU Press).
Dressel’s Public House 2nd floor 419 N. Euclid, 63108 Central West End
Curators: Jeff Hamilton and Joshua Kryah
Donations of $5 welcome
Please note: No elevator access
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September 25ROBERT LOWESRobert Lowes is an independent journalist. His poems have appeared in The New Republic, The Christian Century, Big Muddy, december, The Journal of the American
Medical Association, and The Tampa Review as well as two anthologies: An Introduction to the Prose Poem, and Floodstage: An Anthology of St. Louis Poets. A former board member and president of St. Louis Poetry Center, he coordinates its high school poetry contest. He and his wife Saundra live in University City.
PAUL STROBLEPaul Stroble is adjunct faculty at Webster University and Eden Theological Seminary. He’s a former grantee of the National Endowment for the Humanities and
the Louisville Institute. He has four poetry chapbooks with Finishing Line Press: Dreaming at the Electric Hobo (2015), Little River (2017), Small Corner of the Stars (2017), and Backyard Darwin (forthcoming in 2019).
NED RANDLENed Randle’s poems have appeared in The American Poetry Journal, The Spoon River Quarterly, Poydras Review, The New Poet, West Texas Literary Review and others. Running at Night-
Collected Poems was published by Coffeetown Press (2013). A chapbook, Prairie Shoutings and Other Poems, was published by The Spoon River Poetry Press.
October 23SARAH WILSONSarah Wilson is the author of 9 nonfiction books, appeared on PBS Nature, quoted in Oprah, and is a writer for Parade Magazine. Her poetry bio includes the standard poet CV:
loved, lost, betrayal, forgiveness, reflection, wonder, left wondering. Made tolerable by friends, a constant sense of human, a level of resilience that came fully installed and poetry, which never left her side.
ALICE AZUREAlice Azure’s most recent poems have appeared in Yellow Medicine Review, Aazhoomom: Convergence Indigenous Art Exhibition, Thinking Continental: Writing the Planet One
Place at a Time and Dawnland Voices 2.0. Her books include In Mi’kmaq Country: Selected Poems and Stories (2007), Along Came a Spider (a memoir, 2011), Worn Cities (a chapbook, 2014) and Hunger Feast (2018). She lives in the St. Louis metropolitan area and is a member of St. Louis Poetry Center.
EUGENE BUDNITSKYEugene Budnitsky was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He lived and was educated in Russia, Canada, and the United States. Eugene’s many hats
include those of an avid reader of poetry in five languages and a writer in two, a widely published translator, a digital humanist, and a data choreographer. Eugene divides his time between St. Louis and Toronto, Canada, when he is not traveling elsewhere.
November 27TRAVIS MOSSOTTITravis Mossotti’s latest collection of poems Narcissus Americana was selected by Billy Collins as the winner of the 2018 Miller Williams Prize
(University of Arkansas Press, 2018). He teaches in the writing program at Webster University and works for the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at Washington University.
STEFENE RUSSELLStefene Russell is a St. Louis-based poet, actor, and editor. She is also a member of Poetry Scores, a collective dedicated to translating poetry into
other mediums, including visual art, film, and music. Her books include the poem/ essay/CD art book Go South for Animal Index (Poetry Scores, 2007) the chapbook Inferna (Intagliata Press, 2013), and The Possum Codex (Otis Nebula, 2015). She currently serves as poet-in-residence at Laumeier Sculpture Park.
VICTORIA WALLSVictoria Walls holds an MFA from University of Missouri–St. Louis, where she served as poet laureate and president of the Graduate Writers Association. She currently
teaches at Saint Louis University and is assistant editor for Boulevard Magazine and WomenArts Quarterly. Her poems have appeared in Slippery Elm, Architrave Press, The Seattle Review, Big Muddy, and december; and in “Voices at the Corner,” a blog for The Center for Social Empowerment where she served as Poet in Residence.
Poetry at the Point
The Focal Point, 2720 Sutton Blvd. St. Louis, M0 63143
The fourth Tuesday of every month
Reading at 7:30 p.m.
Curator: Andrea Scarpino
WELCOME ANDREA SCARPINO, NEW CURATOR FOR POETRY AT THE POINT
Andrea served as poet laureate for Michigan’s upper peninsula from 2015 – 2017, and as one of her initiatives, she began a monthly reading series called Bards and Brews, which were hosted by a local brewery in Marquette, Michigan. We are very lucky to have her join us as Poetry at the Point’s next curator.
A special thanks to Jennifer Adams, series curator 2016-2018, for all she has done for this series and for St. Louis Poetry Center. THANK YOU!
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Alice Azure’s new poetry collection Hunger Feast was recently published by Albatross Press.
Walter Bargen’s new poetry collection My Other Mother’s Red Mercedes is forthcoming from Lamar University Literary Press in September. His poems “Institute of Eyes,” “Great Moon Hoax” and “Arm and a Leg” were recently published in The Broadkill Review.
Michael Castro’s poem “We Need to Talk” will be premiered as a composition by Fred Onovwerosuoke on March 24 at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Rita Chapman’s poem “Looking Out at Clinton-Peabody” was recently published
in Connecticut River Review.
Katelyn Delvaux’s poem “I Will Not Waste You” was recently published in Barren Magazine.
Kerry James Evans’ has several poems recently published: “Meditation on The Fool After Moving to St. Louis” in the recent Centennial Issue of River Styx, “Herb Garden” in SALAMANDER and “Asterisk” in Washington Square Review.
gaye gambell-peterson’s poem “Careless is too small a word” was recently published in The American Journal of Poetry.
Cory Lovell’s poem “Terms & Conditions” was recently published in After the Pause. His poem “Cuts & Bruises”
was recently published in Fence.
Kim Lozano’s poem “Praise the Bird” was awarded the inaugural Bennett Prize from Wells College Press and will appear in a limited-edition broadside this fall.
Alison C. Rollins is a 2018 recipient of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award. Her poem “Five and a Possible” was recently published in New England Review.
Paul Stroble’s fourth chapbook, Backyard Darwin, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in January 2019.
Kirk Swearingen’s poem “Splitting Logs” was recently published in The American Journal of Poetry.
Every Monday - Venice Café, 1903 Pestalozzi. 9 p.m.
Every Tuesday - Acoustic music and spoken word open mic at The Wolf, 15480 Clayton Road, Ballwin. 7 p.m.
Every 2nd Tuesday - Station Open Mic. St. Louis Writers Guild has a poetry and prose open mic at Kirkwood train station, Argonne Drive and Kirkwood Road. 7 p.m.
Every Wednesday - Stone Spiral Coffee & Curios. Poetry and music in Maplewood at 2500 Sutton Blvd. 8 p.m.
Every Friday - URB Poetry Open Mic at Legacy Books & Café, 5249 Delmar Blvd. Doors open at 8 p.m. Admission after 9 p.m. $7. Slam competition the last Friday of each month.
Community Readings and Events 100 Boots Poetry Series at Pulitzer Arts Foundation. Sep. 21, Nov. 16, 7 p.m. at Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 3716 Washington Blvd. Reading on Sep. 22: Geoffrey G. O’Brien & Aditi Machado. Reading on Nov. 16: Jen Bervin & Julian Talamantez Brolaski.
Laumeier Sculpture Park Cocktails & Conversation: Light & Language. Sep. 20, 6 p.m. at Kranzberg Education Lab, Terrace, 12580 Rott Road. Poetry reading with Jacqui Germain, Drew Gowran & Anna Guzon. Hosted by Stefene Russell. Free.
Lindenwood University Craft Talk: Susan M. Schultz. Sep. 15, 7 p.m. Old Post Office Building, 815 Olive Street. Free.
Metro Arts in Transit hosts MetroLines poetry reading and reception for Poetry in Motion winners, with featured reader Jason N. Vasser-Elong. Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. Regional Arts Commission, 6128 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112.
River Styx Reading Series now at Rooster on South Grand. Sep. 17, Oct. 15, and Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m. Rooster, 3150 South Grand Blvd., Admission $5. Reading on Sep. 17: Travis Mossotti and Danielle Dutton. Reading on Oct. 15: Judy Jordan and Lee Martin. Reading on Nov. 19: Justin Phillip Reed and Victoria Chang.
SLU Sheila Nolan Whalen Series: Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Sep. 25, 4:00 p.m. Sinquefield Stateroom, 221 North Grand Boulevard, DuBourg Hall, Room 409. Free.
St. Louis County Library - Headquarters, Local Poetry Night. Oct. 16, 7 p.m. at Headquarters, 1640 S Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63131. Get inspired with an evening of local poetry from the library’s first online poetry compilation.
St. Louis Poetry Slam at UrbArts. Sep. 20, Oct. 18 and Nov. 15, 8 p.m. Poets compete to win a chance at making the next national slam team. Takes place on
third Thursdays at UrbArts, 2600 N. 14th Street, St. Louis, MO 63106. Hosted by MK Stallings. $5 admission.
St. Louis Small Press Expo, 5th annual. Oct. 13, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. St. Louis Public Library Central Branch, Great Hall, 1301 Olive Street, 63103. Bringing together books, comics, zines, litmags, poetry, and more in an annual indie publisher showcase.
Washington University MFA Program presents visiting Hurst professor Jericho Brown. Poetry reading Oct.4, 8 p.m. Washington University, Hurst Lounge, Dunker Hall, 201.
Washington University Writing Program faculty members Aditi Machado and Martin Riker read from their work. Nov. 29, 8 p.m. Washington University, Hurst Lounge, Dunker Hall, 201.
Kudos
Open Mics
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METROLINES 2018 WINNERS - AWARDS & PUBLIC READING
2017 - 2018 Annual Giving With GratitudeWe are profoundly grateful to those who help St. Louis Poetry Center build capacity through very generous gifts and multi-year pledges.
Thank you
Loy Ledbetter Society
Dwight Bitikofer
Mary Ruth Donnelly
Donna & Ron Fredman
Missouri Arts Council
Regional Arts Commission
Saigh Foundation
Sally & John Van Doren
Trio Foundation of St. Louis
President’s Society
Anonymous
Dierbergs
Saundra & Robert Lowes
Edward Kindley
Walmart Foundation
Webster Kirkwood Times
Laureate
Elizabeth Ballard & John Murray
Erin Quick & Heath Harris
Nancy Powers Pritchard
Gianna Jacobson & Todd Siwak
Webster University
Benefactor
Jennifer Adams
Alice Azure
Glenn Boothe
Sandy & Tom Brady
Julia Bramer
Allyce Bullock & John Richards
Dr. Keith Byler
Katherina Cahoon
Rita Chapman
Marie Chewe-Elliot
Lorin Cuoco & John Fowler
Mark Currington
december magazine
Jon Dressel
Rebecca Ellis
Thomas M. Eschen
Renee & Kerry James Evans
Drew Foster
gaye gambell-peterson
Jennifer Goldring
James Goodman & Susan Talve
Susan Grigsby
Richard Hadley
Marian & Maurice Hirsch
Kathleen Irwin
Gianna Jacobson & Todd Siwak
Mary Ann deGrandpre Kelly
Mary Kelly
Carolyn & Lloyd Kropp
Patricia Krosch
Kim Lozano
Pat Magee
Lynn & Joe Kuss
Jill McDonnell
Ronald Montgomery
Regina & Travis Mossotti
Jenny Mueller
Arthur Perry
John Quick
Catherine Rankovic
Rebecca Richardson
Taulby Roach
Barbara DeCoursey Roy
Mark Sableman
Leslie Scheuler
Marvin Schneider
Keith Spoeneman
St. Louis Community Foundation - Give STL Day
Patrick J. Stafford
Robert Stewart
Beth & Paul Stroble
Benjamin Strohmeyer
Nanora Sweet
Ann & Jim Tuxbury
Georgia Van Cleve Colwell
Edward Vastola
Kelly Waters
Rhona Lyons & David Warren
Renea Williams
Nancy Williger
Sarah Wilson
Rebecca Wright
Wanita Zumbrunnen
Member
Paul Acker
Penny Allen
Jeanne Allison
Carol Armstrong
María Té Balogh
Denise Baker
Melissa Gurley Bancks
Jessica Baran
Walter Bargen
Robert Boyd
Maria Brady-Smith
Eugene Budnitsky
Evelyn Buretta
Mary Ann Campbell
Vincent Casaregola
Don Corrigan
Katelyn Delvaux
Eleanor
DesPrez
Joe Dino
Katherine Dunlop
Dawn Dupler
Gail Eisenhart
Joan Elkin
Elsevier Foundation
Jill Evans
Ruth Evans
Jennifer Fandel
Victor Farwell
Mary Ellen Feagan
Barbara & John Finch
Richard Fisher
Matthew Freeman
Sydney Goggins
Katherine Gordon
Debora Grandison
Abigail Fox Green
Carol Haake
Peggy Haldeman
Jim Hanson
Elisa Hastings
Carol Hemphill
Mary Pat Henehan
Jacob Hight
Steven Hiler
Michael Hopkins
Paula Hopkins
Eileen Hulsey
Donna &
Spencer Hurst
John Burroughs School
Carl Kontak
Amber Withycombe & Joshua Kryah
Tim & Joanne Leach
Shari J. LeKane-Yentumi
Caroline & Barry Liebman
Art & Barbara Lind
Cory Lovell
Gail Marshall O’Brien
Katy Friedman Miller
Joel Minor
Katherine Mitchell & Michael Hathaway
Jamie Nelson
Niki Nymark
Mary Elliot O’Reilly
Stan Plake
Regina Popper
Kenneth Pruitt
Nicole Rainey & Christopher Alex Chablé
Sarah Raske
Jane Reed
Suzanne Rhodenbaugh
Lou Robinson
Stefene Russell
Andrea Scarpino
Barbara &
Nathan Simon
Jamieson Spencer
Richard Spencer
Leonard Smith
Linda & Richard Smith
Rachel Smith & Ted Mathys
Mary Steinau
Marjorie Stelmach
Jyll & Kirk Swearingen
JR Tappenden
Diane Tennent
Dan Tobben
Gabriela Vaduva
Jason N. Vasser-Elong
Glendal Wallace
Pamela Wallace
Rebecca Weingart
Amanda Wells
John Alfred White
Elizabeth Wiley
Susan Woods
Lynn Wynen-Chamberlain
Carol Ziel
October 11, 2018 • 7 p.m.
Regional Arts Commission • 6126 Delmar Blvd.
15 winners in the 2018 MetroLines poetry contest sponsored by Metro Arts in Transit will give a reading of their winning poems. Featured poet and SLPC board member Jason N. Vasser-Elong will also read from his new collection. Free and open to the public.
Congratulations to the winning poets:Brigid DolanJohn SavoieRachel ShieldsKatelyn Delvaux
gaye gambell-petersonDavid ClewellDwight BitikoferRobert LowesRebecca Ellis
Steven D. SchroederDena MolenEllen RohmanDawn DuplerMarkie Jo CrismonBen Moeller-Gaa
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