Locust Valley Reading Sat March 16
Locust Valley Library Poetry Society 2013, almost Spring, series begins
CHRIS NICOLA and PATRICIA CARRAGON
Reading starts at 2pm and followed by open reading, plus snacks!
Locust Valley Library 170 Buckram Road Locust Valley, NY 11560 516-671-1837 http://www.locustvalleylibrary.org Susan Goldberg, Director
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Chris Nicola – 2012 winner of PPA haiku contest, has performed at Wyld Chyld, Best Bargain Books, Oceanside Library, Gallery 125 in Bellport, Sachem Library. Published in 2013 Haiku Calendar, Co-host: Performance Poets Association reading in Patchogue. Chris has produced the CD “Novus Digester”. https://soundcloud.com/chris-nicola-music
Patricia Carragon is a New York City writer and poet. Her publications include BigCityLit, Long Island Quarterly, MÖBIUS, The Poetry Magazine, The Toronto Quarterly, and more. She is the author of Journey to the Center of My Mind (Rogue Scholars Press) and Urban Haiku and More (Fierce Grace Press, 2010). Her latest book, The Cupcake Chronicles is forthcoming from Poets Wear Prada. She is a member of Brevitas, a group dedicated to short poems. She hosts and curates the Brooklyn-based Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of the annual anthology. For more information, please check out her Web sites at http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com and at https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
Hosted by Mankh (Walter E. Harris III), writer, small press publisher, and Turtle Islander. He hosts a weekly literary audio show, “Between the Lines.” http://www.allbook-books.com
Open Reading follows
This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
April 13 – Duane Esposito & Jeanne Marie Beaumont May 11 – Kathy Donnelly anthology