What a wonderful month October has been both personally and professionally. I celebrated my two-year anniversary on September 27^th of If There Is No Wind and on October 17^th Even the Dog Was Quiet will turn one.  If you find yourself in Mountain Lakes NJ, Paterson, NJ or NYC it would be great to see you at one of my readings. 

Hope to see you soon.

Upcoming Events  (Events are free unless otherwise noted.)

• 10/8/24, Poetic Voices: A Night of Poetry at the Library. Host: Ray Cicetti. Mountain Lakes Public Library, 9 Elm Road, Mountain Lakes, NJ. Mary Brancaccio and I are the featured readers. Tuesday, 6:00-8:00 pm. Open mic. 

• 10/12/2024, Paterson Poetry Festival: Words Around the World. Host: Talena Lachelle Queen. Great Falls Amphitheater at 72 McBride Ave. Paterson, NJ, within the Great Falls National Park. My reading begins at 1 pm. The event goes from 1 to 4 pm. There are many events the organizers are holding throughout October in Paterson. 

• 10/20/24, Moving Words: A Project Between Writers and Filmmakers, an ARTS By The People Project. Screening at the Quad Cinema, 10:30-12:30. Limited seating. (Sold out.)

• 10/27/24, WordShed NYC.  Host: Leah Elimeliah, at P & T Knitwear, 180 Orchard St, NYC. Featured reading (with Paul Rabinowitz.) Sunday, 5:00-7:00 pm.

• 11/2/2024, Paterson Literary Review, #52 journal reading. Host: Maria Mazziotti Gillan, The Hamilton Club, 32 Church St, Paterson, NJ, 1:00-4:00 pm.

• 11/7/24-11/8/24, New Jersey Education Association Convention. I will sell and sign books at the NJEA convention in Atlantic City. You must be a member of the union to attend.

• 11/14/2024, Parkland Poets. I will host this event. Ron Bremner, David Brydges, & Rena Joy are the featured poets. Open mic. Virtual reading. 9:00-10:30 pm (EST).

• 11/16/2024 Black Dog Books. Philippe R Hebert and I will be signing books, which will also be available for purchase. 103 Route 15 South, Lafayette, NJ, 12 pm – 4:30 pm. 

• 12/07/2024 Brownstone Anthology Reading, Hosts: Patricia Carragon and Roxanne Hoffman, virtual, 2 pm. $5 admittance fee.

• 01/09/24, Parkland Poets, Feature. Open mic. Virtual reading. 9:00-10:30 pm.

Recent and Upcoming Publications

• “Enough is Enough” and “Phoenix is Falling, April 2010” (Fixed and Free Quarterly: December 2024 issue.) Journal available on Amazon, once published.

• Over the summer, my poem, “Confrontation Rant” appeared in the Hobart Festival of Women Writers literary journal, NOW.

• “Glen Falls, NY 1979” Poetry is Dead Anthology, Volume II. My poem, “Eyes of the World,” appeared in volume I. Thrilled to have another Dead poem published in volume II. 

CONGRATULATIONS TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

There is always good news to share, if you have something you’d like me to mention, drop me an email.

• Many poetry friends are taking part in the Dodge Poetry Festival this year that takes place in Newark, NJ from October 17-19^th.

• Congratulations to ARTS By The People, who just celebrated their 15^th anniversary! Kudos to Paul Rabinowitz, Founder and Executive Director, and all the good people at the organization that make the programming at ABTP possible. 

• Pre-orders are available for Theta Pavis’ chapbook, The Red Strobe (Finishing Line Press). Congratulations Theta!