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Saturday, May 3, 2014

READINGS BY 2 POETS SHOWCASED IN LONG BRANCH THIS SUNDAY EVENING

LITERARY ARTIST FELLOWSHIP POETRY READINGS

WHEN: Sunday, May 4, 7 PM
WHERE:
New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway, Long Branch
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TICKETS: suggested donation of $10.
All tickets will be available at the door on the evening of the readings.
No advanced ticket sales

Mihaela Moscaliuc is the author of Father Dirt (Alice James Books, 2010) and Immigrant Model (University of Pittsburgh Press, forthcoming), the translator of Romanian poet Carmelia Leonte’s The Hiss of the Viper (Carnegie Mellon UP, 2014), and the editor of a collection of critical essays on poet Gerald Stern (Trinity University Press, forthcoming). The recipient of two Glenna Luschei Awards (in poetry and prose, respectively) from Prairie Schooner, a residency fellowship from Le Chateau de Lavigny (Switzerland), and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Moscaliuc is assistant professor of English at Monmouth University and visiting faculty in the Drew University MFA Program in Poetry and Poetry in Translation.

Be sure to check out our 5 Question Interview with Mihaela!


Michael Waters’ ten books of poetry include Gospel Night (2011), Darling Vulgarity (2006—finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize), & Parthenopi: New and Selected Poems (2001) from BOA Editions, & Bountiful (1992), The Burden Lifters (1989) & Anniversary of the Air (1985) from Carnegie Mellon UP. He has edited several anthologies, including Contemporary American Poetry (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) & Perfect in Their Art: Poems on Boxing from Homer to Ali (Southern Illinois UP, 2003). Shoestring Press in the UK published Selected Poems in 2011. His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The Paris Review, The Yale Review, The Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, The Georgia Review, The Gettysburg Review & Rolling Stone. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fulbright Foundation, & the NJ State Council on the Arts, Waters teaches at Monmouth University & in the Drew University MFA Program in Poetry and Poetry in Translation.

Be sure to check out our 5 Question Interview with Michael!