Hemingway’s Summer Poetry Series
June 5, 2012
Anthony
Ciotoli has been
teaching mathematics, and occasionally, other subjects to at risk teens for
over twenty years. Anthony was born in Rome and
grew up in the suburbs of New York
City. He came to Pittsburgh
to attend college and never left. His poetry has appeared in Italian Americana.
He is a member of the Squirrel Hill Poetry Workshop and in the fall, he will
begin MFA studies in creative writing at Chatham University.
Ann Curran is the author of the chapbook, Placement
Test ((Main Street Rag). Her poetry has appeared in Rosebud,
U.S. 1 Worksheets, Main Street Rag,
Off the Coast, Blue Line, Third Wednesday, Notre Dame Magazine, Ireland of the Welcomes, and others, as well
as the anthologies, Along These Rivers: Poetry and Photography from
Pittsburgh (Quadrant), Motif 2 Come What May (Motes Books), and
Thatchwork (Delaware Valley Poets) She has degrees from Duquesne University.
Nancy Esther
James has had her poems
published in various journals and literary magazines including Christianity
and Literature, Time of Singing, and Poet Lore, as well as in other
publications such as Friends Journal and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Her poem, “To a Friend,” originally published in Christianity and Literature,
was reprinted in the 2003 Poet’s Market. Her collection of poems, No
Time to Hurry, was published by Dawn Valley Press (Westminster College,
New Wilmington, PA) in 1979. She has taught poetry workshops at the St. Davids
Christian Writers Conference and The Writing Academy Seminar and has judged
poetry contests for St. Davids and for the Pittsburgh Poetry Society.
Christine
Doreian Michaels came
from England
in 1971 and is a retired psychologist living in Regent Square. She was an invited reader
at the James Wright Poetry Festival, and is published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The
Exchange, Taproots, Songs For The Living, Signatures 2001, 2003,
2006, and the international anthologies, No Choice But To Trust and
Only the Sea Keeps: Poetry of the Tsunami. She won first poetry prize in
The Labyrinth Society's annual contest 2007 and has a poem in Along These
Rivers, an anthology celebrating Pittsburgh's
250th anniversary.
Randy Minnich is a retired chemist, now focusing on
writing, environmental issues, t’ai chi, and grandchildren. A member of
the Squirrel Hill Poetry Workshop and Pittsburgh Poetry Society, he has
published two books, Wildness in a Small Place and Pavlov’s Cats.
His work has also appeared in Main Street Rag, Pearl, Pudding, Snowy Egret, Blueline,
and other publications.
Pam O'Brien began writing poetry at Allegheny College and was hooked once her strange
response to The Beatles' “Strawberry Fields Forever” was published in the
literary magazine. Her career has included grant writing, community
organization, public relations and advertising, and teaching Spanish. She
currently holds a lectureship in the English Department of the University of Pittsburgh where she serves as the
Associate Director of Public and Professional Writing. She was a 2012 finalist
for the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award and recipient of teaching
excellence awards from the College
of General Studies in
2008 and 2011. She has published three chapbooks, Kaleidoscopes, Paper
Dancing and Acceptable Losses. Her full-length poetry book, The
Answer to Each is the Same, will be released by Dos Madres Press in 2012.
Joanne
Samraney, author of the
poetry chapbook, Grounded Angels, which won the 2001 Acorn-Rukeyser
Award and co-author of Breaking Bread with the Boscos, a collection of
family memoirs and recipes has poems in many literary magazines and journals
such as Main Street Rag, Verve, Voices in Italian Americana, Loyalhanna
Review and most recently in Hudson View, Earth Daughters and
Steam Ticket. Her poems have also appears in both Along These Rivers
and the Sandburg-Livesay Anthologies. Her latest chapbook, Remaking
Driftwood was published by Finishing Line Press (2010).
Shirley
Stevens is a member of
the Pittsburgh Poetry Society and the Squirrel Hill Poetry, and St. David’s
workshops. She serves as a mentor for the Writing
Academy and a poetry workshop leader
for Passavant Retirement Village
and The First Word. Her poems most recently appeared in The
Potter’s Wheel, Honing the Poem, and A Time of Singing, as well as Poet
Lore, Along These Rivers, Fission of Form, The CommonWealth: Pennsylvania Poets on Pennsylvania
Subjects, The Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette, and Squirrel Hill Magazine. She is the author of
Pronouncing What We Want to Keep.
Jimmy Cvetic
reads Chicken Fornicator
Open Mic
