This month, poets Sally Boyington, Claudia Stanek and John Mannone will read their own original work.
Meet Our Guests
Sally Boyington
Sally has had poems, novels (most recently Rainbow Knife, 2022), book reviews, and nonfiction articles published. Her poems have appeared in Spank the Carp, Academy of the Heart and Mind, and Qwerty. As a copy editor, she has helped several hundred authors see their words in print.
John has poems in North Dakota Quarterly, Poetry South, New England Journal of Medicine, and others. He was awarded a Jean Ritchie Fellowship in Appalachian literature; served as the celebrity judge for the National Federation of State Poetry Societies; and edits poetry for Abyss & Apex and Silver Blade. He has three chapbooks and four full-length collections: Disabled Monsters, Flux Lines, Sacred Flute, and Song of the Mountains.
Claudia’s Chapbook, Language You Refuse to Learn, was a co-winner of Bright Hill Press’s annual contest. Her poems have been published in Ekstasis, Solum, Book of Matches, Atticus Review, and Rust + Moth, among others. She was awarded a Writer’s Residency in Poland. And, her poem “Housewife” was selected for a commissioned libretto by Judith Lang Zaimont for the Eastman School of Music’s Women in Music Festival.
John Mannone
