Name: Morning Writes: New Poems for Our Times-A Group Reading
Start: 2025-09-27T18:00:00-07:00
Location: Page Against The Machine

Morning Writes: New Poems for Our Times-A Group Reading

Join us 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟳𝘁𝗵 at 𝟲:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺 for a group reading featuring three of the four contributors to the poetry anthology 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴: 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝗱, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀, and 𝗞𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿.
The 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 anthology was born from a long-standing writing practice between four lesbian poets over sixty. Their poems explore the themes of memory, queerness, grief, aging, caregiving, and the everyday. Shaped by presence, resilience, and the act of writing itself, the volume offers a quiet and honest reflection of lives still unfolding.
𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝗱 is a feminist lesbian award-winning director of four documentary films. She is a former public and commercial radio broadcaster, talk-show host and assistant professor of Communication at Hofstra University. Her poems appear in 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵, 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴, 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦, and 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺. From 1970-1976 she was a rock singer with the New Haven Connecticut Women’s Liberation Rock Band and still sings Jazz in Long Beach, CA.
𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀 is an artist, author, inspirational speaker and Emeritus professor of communication at Cal Poly University. She taught communication at Claremont Graduate University, Chino Men’s Prison, and Universities in Thailand, and China. She teaches and leads workshops in creativity, communication, and spirituality. She is the author of six published books and lives in Naples, California. Her poetry has recently been published in 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 and in 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘗𝘖𝘞𝘌𝘙 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘍𝘌𝘔𝘐𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘌 𝘐 poetry anthology.
𝗞𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗘𝘀𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 is a poet and creative producer whose work explores themes of identity, connection, and witness. Her work has appeared in 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘕𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘰𝘺, and 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮. She produces the 𝘋𝘺𝘬𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘦 podcast with Dr. Marie Cartier and is in post-production on the documentary 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘍𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵: 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘔𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯.
The event is free and open to the public, no tickets or reservations required!