Meet the guest readers for the book launch of 'If you were here you would feel at home'

I am very grateful to the following poets for graciously agreeing to be part of the book launch for my new poetry collection If you were here you would feel at home.

The launch takes place virtually, on July 22, 2022 at 4pm ET. It would be great to see you there. Find registration details here.

HOST

Lindsay Rockwell

Lindsay Rockwell is currently the Poet-in-Residence for the Episcopal Church of Connecticut as well as host for their Poetry and Social Justice Dialogue series. Her work has appeared in Connecticut River Review, Amethyst Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Birmingham Arts Journal, among others. She won first prize in the October Project Poetry Contest, 2020, and the 81st Moon Prize from Writing in a Woman’s Voice, 2021. Lindsay holds a Master of Dance and Choreography from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is an oncologist.

GUEST POETS

Mary Warren Foulk

Mary Warren Foulk has been published in Cathexis Northwest Press, ArLiJo, Palette Poetry, Silkworm, and Steam Ticket among other publications. Her chapbook, If I Could Write You a Happier Ending, was selected by dancing girl press (2021) for their annual series featuring women poets. Her manuscript, Erasures of My Coming Out (Letter), won first place in The Poetry Box’s 2021 chapbook contest. Her manuscript, Self-Portrait with Erosion, was a finalist for the 2021 Gival Press Poetry Award.

Jovonna Van Pelt

Jovonna Van Pelt writes because she has stories to share: funny stories, difficult stories, personal revelations, and casual observations of contemporary life. She has been a featured reader for Straw Dog Writers Guild, the Garlic & Arts Festival, Poets at Large, Gateway City Arts, and the Great Falls Word Festival and a multiple finalist in the Poet’s Seat competition. Jo’s debut poetry collection, Unrelated Questions, (Human Error Publishing, 2019) is the result of serendipity and perhaps good karma. Her volume of short stories Merry and Bright: Christmas Memories is forthcoming in October. She lives happily with her rescue cat in Greenfield, MA.

MUSICAL GUEST

Tommy Twilite

Tommy Twilite is a poet, songwriter and performer who lives in Florence MA. He is the Co-founder and Director of the Florence Poets Society, and Executive Editor of Silkworm, the Society’s annual review. Tommy is the Beat Poet Laureate of Massachusetts and the host of the Twilite Poetry Pub on WXOJ-FM Valley Free Radio. His first full length collection, Fifty Words for Rain, was published in 2021.