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The River Read Reading SeriesWords by the Navesink
Saturday, October 11, 2025
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ET
The Red Bank Public Library, 2nd Floor
84 W. Front St., Red Bank, NJ 07701
Featuring Michelle Ortega & Alise Versella
WOW! POETRY + ZOW! OPEN MIC!
Michelle Ortega’s latest chapbook, When you Ask Me,”Why Paris” (Finishing Line Press) was released in July 2025. Her writing has been published or is forthcoming at Tweetspeak Poetry, Tiferet Journal, Platform Review, Shot Glass Journal, Paterson Literary Review, Rust + Moth, Humana Obscura, Stillwater Review, Citron Review, right hand pointing, and elsewhere online and in print.
She currently serves on the Board of Directors and is a teaching artist for Arts by the People, a non-profit organization promoting the arts through free community programs for diverse populations. Michelle is published in its collaborative journal Look Up!, facilitates the Writing Lab Ekphrastic Residency Program with Director Paul Rabinowitz, and edits the journal each year. She also co-creates new programming for Arts by the People throughout the year. Read more of her work at www.michelleortegawrites.com
Alise Versella is an International Impact Book Awards Winner and Storytrade Book Awards Finalist. She has been nominated for a Pushcart and Best of the Net. Alise has published five poetry collections her most recent, Inaccurate Histories, released this year with Golden Dragonfly Press. You can find more about her at www.aliseversella.com.
Come to listen, come to share – please join us!
Your co-hosts: Linda ~ [email protected] Gregg ~ [email protected]
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Red Bank Library, 84 West Front Street , Red Bank, NJ, United States, New Jersey 07701
