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Jerry T Johnson is a poet and spoken word artist whose poetry has appeared in a variety of literary publications worldwide. Jerry Is author of three poetry collections: "A Coldness" published by Finishing Line Press, "Poets Should Not Write About Politics" by Evening Street Press and "Bad Fruit" by Gnashing Teeth Press which comes out July 8, 2025. His poetry collecti...

#Brooklyn #born #Italian #American #novelist #poet #author #writer #editor #playwright Catherine Gigante-Brown

Peter Marra has had over 300 #poems #published either in #print or #online in over 25 #journals. Born in Brooklyn, he moved to the #EastVillage in the late 70’s when #PunkRock and #TimesSquare were exploding. Peter’s work often deals with the forgotten hidden civilization usually found in urban areas – people we rarely notice – junkies, the #unhoused, #sexworkers, etc. . His 6th #poetry #collectio...

Carla Zanoni is a writer, poet, and journalist whose Spanish-English chapbook, Knowing/Saber—exploring grief, whimsy, and life in New York City—was published in 2024. She is writing her first literary memoir and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Common, Modern Loss, TueNight, and more. She is a media executive, formerly of The Wall Street Journal and TED, and leads the Engagement Jo...

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright is a New Romantic poet and author of 20 books. He received an MFA in poetry after studying with Allen Ginsberg. He publishes Live  Magazine. Wright has received a Kathy Acker Award and a James Tate Prize. His work was included in the Best American Poetry anthology for 2023. 

The most dangerous woman is an unapologetic funny woman.  This is Evelyn F. Katz—a writer whose voice is both humorous and haunting.  Her work has appeared in Indolent Books What Rough Beast, The Voices’ Project, Coffee Shop Poems, Tell Us A Story Blog, Leisure…Dinner with the Muse Vol. III, Nomad’s Choir, First Literary Review East, Prospectus: A Literary Offering, New York Writers Coalition The...

Leisha Nicole Stanek is a writer, performance poet and publisher. This fall, Leisha debuted her provocative one woman show “What We’re Doing In Iowa Instead of Church,” a biographical dark passage of feminine independence within the the constraints of encroaching Christian Nationalism. Her work has appeared in Peach Fuzz Magazine, Press Pause Press, The Rye Whiskey Review and others. Leisha is cur...

Joe Irizarry was born into a blue-collar family and grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, in the 1980s. He began writing poetry after a moment of reflection during George Floyd's protest.    George's death hashed up many of the inequalities that Joe saw growing up in Brooklyn. It opened up the anger and pain that he saw and also felt. Joe felt a sense of responsibility to his people by telling their st...

Ms. Yvonne Sotomayor, is an internationally-touring bilingual poet, is also an educator, administrator, producer and artist, born of Peruvian dreamers in Jersey City. She blends her spoken word with music accompaniment by her husband Kenn Rowell and has performed at the Iowa State and Kentucky State Fairs, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and the NYC Marathon. Her recordings have aired on rad...

Maria Giura is the author of  Celibate: A Memoir , which won a 1st Place Independent Press Award and  What My Father Taught Me , a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Book Prize. Her writing has appeared in New York Quarterly, Prime Number, I-70, Liguorian, Presence, Midstory, Voices in Italian Americana, Lips and the Paterson Literary Review. An Academy of American Poets winner, Giura has taught wri...