Hemingway's Poetry Series
June 10, 2014
Michael Albright has published poems in various journals
and periodicals, including Loyalhanna
Review, Uppagus, U.S.
1 Worksheets, The New People, Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, and others. He is a member of the Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange
and the Squirrel Hill Poetry Workshop. Michael lives on a windy hilltop near Greensburg, Pennsylvania,
with his wife, Lori, and an ever-changing array of children and other animals.
Ziggy Edwards grew up in Pittsburgh
and earned a BA in Fiction Writing from the University of Pittsburgh.
Her poems and short stories have appeared in publications including 5 AM, Paper
Street, Nexus, Main Street Rag, The Pittsburgh
Post Gazette, Pittsburgh City Paper, and Ship of Fools. She has also been a guest on the radio
program, Prosody. Ziggy's first chapbook, Hope's
White Shoes. was
published in 2006.
Barry Govenor was born and raised in the steel town of Charleroi, PA, and now resides with his wife and two dogs
in Brentwood. He earned his B.A. in biology at
California University (PA) and split his healthcare career between Nuclear
Medicine and Infection Control & Sterilization Technology. His subject
material draws from his mill town roots and outdoor experiences and has
appeared in The Pittsburgh Post Gazette,Flip Side, The Loyalhanna Review, The Pittsburgh Quarterly and Avocet. He is a long time member of
Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange and has led poetry workshops at Brentwood Public
Library, where he is currently a member of the Board of
Trustees.
As a youngster, Gene
Hirsch studied “New” music
with Stefan Wolpe. He received an MD degree with an academic career in
Cardiology, Geriatrics, and Humanities in Medicine. He has written poetry
since medical school with poems appearing in medical journals, anthologies, Crossing Limits, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and
others. In 1992, Gene initiated a writing program at the John C. Campbell Folk
School, Brasstown, NC,
in which he teaches and has produced five anthologies featuring students and an
active poetry community. He has been resident poet at the folk school,
Consortium Ethics Program (Univ. Pitt.), and Forbes Hospice. He attends
the Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange.
Joe Kaldon lives in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania,
where he has resided most of his life. He works as a product manager for
a steel company and is a graduate of Penn
State. His work has
appeared in the Taproot
Literary Review, Eye Contact, the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, and the blog 99 Poems for the 99 Percent. His chapbook, Rust Belt, is available at his website, www.joekaldon.net.";
Kathy McGregor grew up in a rural Western PA town, left
home for the bigger world, then settled in Pittsburgh long enough to qualify as
“almost a native” She’s worked as an English teacher, union organizer,
non-profit director, social change advocate, and headed her own consulting
business. She currently owns and operates a specialty native plant nursery here
in the city. Several of her poems appeared in the former Mill Hunk Herald. She is a
regular in the CMUOSHER Poetry
class and is active with the Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange.
Edward Murray is the author of Stranger’s Pilgrimage. Stranger
has been published in Dionne’s
Story, two anthologies of poetry and prose for the awareness of violence
against women, as well as other publications. He is a member, and past
president, of the Langston Hughes Poetry Society of Pittsburgh. He is a member
of the Pittsburgh Writer’s studio and the Pittsburgh Poetry Exchange. He likes
avocados. He is an artist, filmmaker, photographer and poet and his work can be
seen and heard at elmurray.com and around the Braddock Carnegie
Library. He welcomes questions, comments, or exchanges of ideas by email: edleemu1@verizon.net.
Stephen Pusateri lives in the South Hills and
works for WYEP-FM on its soul and blues programs. He studied English
literature at the University of Pittsburgh and is actively involved in Pittsburgh's Bhutanese
refugee community.
Squirrel Hill native Stuart
Sheppard hit the road
immediately after graduating from Kenyon College, working as a literary editor,
marketing manager, and technology executive in Santa Barbara, New York City,
and Cambridge, before returning home recently. During his hiatus, he studied poetry
with Gordon Lish (Jack Gilbert’s editor), and published a well-reviewed novel, Spindrift, in 2003. He is currently working on a poetry
manuscript.
Jimmy Cvetic
reads Irish Eyes Don't Always Smile
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