Brownstone Poets on Zoom: Hilary Sideris, Gerald Wagoner, Lynn McGhee on Saturday, March 29 at 2 p.m. ET
Brownstone Poets is celebrating National Small Press Month on Saturday, March 29 at 2 pm ET.
Our featured readers are from Broadstone Books :
Hilary Sideris Gerald Wagoner Lynn McGee
Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.
Please follow the directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to read early in the program. Last-minute signup means you will read at the end of the program. The cutoff for Zoom access for an open mic slot Is noon the day of reading. After noon, late registrants are not guaranteed Zoom access to join the open but will receive a link to watch the reading live-streamed on YouTube.
Please follow these instructions:
Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.)
Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D
Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.
Looking forward to seeing you at our reading!
Bios:
Hilary Sideris is the author of Un Amore Veloce, The Silent B, Animals in English, and Liberty Laundry. Her new collection, Calliope, is out from Broadstone Books. She has published in Poetry Daily, Poetry Northwest, Room, Salamander, and, more recently, in Anti-Heroin Chic, OneArt, North of Oxford, Right Hand Pointing, and Rhino. Sideris grew up in Indiana and fled to Brooklyn. She is a co-founder and curriculum developer for CUNY Start, a program for underprepared, limited-income students at the City University of New York.
Gerald Wagoner’s childhood was divided between Eastern Oregon and Montana where he was raised under the doctrine of benign neglect. He earned a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana, Richard Hugo Poet in Residence. After earning an MFA in Sculpture from SUNY Albany: Richard Stankewicz, Artist in Residence, Gerald moved Brooklyn, NY. Gerald exhibited regularly, and taught Art and English for the NYC Department of Education. His experiences from teaching poetry in high school English rekindled his desire to devote himself to the art of writing poetry. His recent books: A Month of Someday, (Indolent Books) andhis most recent collection, When Nothing Wild Remains (Broadstone Books). He currently curates and hosts the series, A Persistence of Cormorants, by the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, NY.
Lynn McGee is the author of the just-released poetry collection Science Says Yes, which looks at a planet reeling with unnatural disasters and the cackle of technology, a panoramic view offset by the pursuit of happiness and gratitude. Earlier collections include Tracks (Broadstone Books, 2019), Sober Cooking (Spuyten Duyvil Press, 2016), and two award-winning poetry chapbooks: Heirloom Bulldog (Bright Hill Press) and Bonanza (Slapering Hol Press). Lynn McGee and José Pelauz are co-authors of the children’s book Starting Over in Sunset Park (Tilbury House Publishers, 2021).