I will have the distinct honor and privilege of reading with two of Ohio's finest poets, Pauletta Hansel and Jonie McIntire, on Thursday June 2nd, 7 p.m., at Visible Voice Books in Cleveland.
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Jonie McIntire, John Burroughs and Pauletta Hansel
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Pauletta Hansel’s nine poetry collections include Heartbreak Tree, a poetic exploration of the intersection of gender and place in Appalachia, published in 2022 by Madville Publishing, and Friend, Coal Town Photographand Palindrome,
winner of the 2017 Weatherford Award for best Appalachian poetry, all
from Dos Madres Press. She is 2022 Writer-in-Residence for The Public
Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Her writing has been featured
in Oxford American, Rattle, Appalachian Journal, The Anthology of Appalachian Writers, American Life in Poetry, Verse Daily and Poetry Daily, among others. She recently served as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Cincinnati.
Jonie McIntire,
Poet Laureate of Lucas County, Ohio, is the poetry editor at Of Rust
and Glass and Membership Chair with Ohio Poetry Association. Her most
recent chapbook, Semidomesticated (Red Flag Poetry, 2021) won Red Flag
Poetry’s 2020 chapbook contest and is being re-released by Sheila-Na-Gig
Editions. Her prior chapbooks are Beyond the Sidewalk (Nightballet
Press, 2017) and Not All Who Are Lost Wander (Finishing Line Press,
2016). Her poems, published in print journals, anthologies, online and
even into cement, have been nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart
prize. McIntire hosts a monthly reading series called Uncloistered
Poetry from Toledo, Ohio.
Visible Voice Books
2258 Professor Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
visiblevoicebooks.com
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