Join us for a poetry marathon with Mimi Ch enfeld\, Fred Andrle\, and friends! Enjoy an afternoon of poetry at the li brary from some of Columbus's most revered and celebrated poets\, includin g: Jerry Roscoe\, Charlene Fix\, Jacqueline Smith\, MJ Abell\, Linda Fulle r-Smith\, Karen Scott\, Rikki Santer\, Scott Woods\, Paula Lambert\, Steve Abbott\, Jack Burgess\, Kathleen Burgess\, Fred Andrle\, and Mimi Chenfel d.
\nPoet Bios:
\nMimi Chenfeld \;- Raise d in NYC\, Mimi and family moved to Columbus in 1970. A teacher\, dancer\, writer\, she has been actively involved in the arts community for decades . Beside her lifelong teaching career and dance activities\, she writes po etry\, fiction\, essays\, and education books. Her latest \; book\,&nb sp\;Still Teaching in the 'Key of Life\,' \;was published by NAEYC and is widely used. Her poems are included in the recently published \;Pu dding Magazine \;- The Journal of Applied Poetry. Her creative writing sessions at Cultural Arts Center and Bexley Library are always enjoyed.\n
Fred Andrle&rsquo\;s current poetry book is \; rocking in the cradle of the moment\, \;a collection of haiku and othe r short poems. Fred was host of WOSU Public Media&rsquo\;s \;Open Line \;talk show for 20 years until his retirement in 2009.
\nRikki Santer&rsquo\;s poetry has been published widely and has received many honors i ncluding several Pushcart and Ohioana book award nominations\, a fellowshi p from the National Endowment for the Humanities\, and in 2023 she was nam ed Ohio Poet of the Year. \;Her twelfth poetry collection\, \;Resu rrection Letter: Leonora\, Her Tarot\, and Me\, is a sequence in tribute t o the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington. \; Please contact her thro ugh her website\, \;https://rikkisanter.com.
\nSteve Abb ott \;was a co-founder and co-host of The Poetry Forum in Col umbus for nearly 40 years\, during which it became one of the nation&rsquo \;s longest-running poetry series. He has published five chapbooks and two full-length collections\, \;A Green Line Between Green Fields \;a nd \;A Language the Images Speaks\, 46 ekphrastic poems \;accompan ying the artworks that inspired them. He has edited two anthologies\, \;Cap City Poets\, a collection of work by 74 central Ohio poets\, and&nbs p\;Everything Stops and Listens\, a showcase of work by Ohio Poetry Associ ation members. He edits OPA&rsquo\;s annual member journal \;Common Th reads.
\nPaula J. Lambert&rsquo\;s fourth full-leng th poetry collection\, \;As If This Did Not Happen Every Day\, \;i s forthcoming from Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. She has authored five chapbooks \, including \;Uncertainty (The Only Hope We Have)\, just out from Bot tlecap Press. Lambert is also a visual artist\, small-press publisher\, an d literary translator. Her work has been recognized by PEN America and sup ported by the Ohio Arts Council\, the Greater Columbus Arts Council\, and the Virginia Center for Creative Arts. She lives in Columbus\, Ohio\, with her husband Michael Perkins\, a philosopher and technologist. More at&nbs p\;https://paulajlambert.com.
\nJerry Roscoe \; is the author of three collections and a chapbook. He has received an Ohio ana Book Award\, two Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Coun cil\, published widely in literary magazines\, given numerous readings\, a nd had poems read by Garrison Keillor on \;The Writer's Almanac. \ ; \;For ten years he was poetry reviewer and columnist for the \;C olumbus Dispatch.
\nCharlene Fix&rsquo\;s poetry co llections are \;Jewgirl \;(Broadstone Books 2023)\, \;Taking a Walk in My Animal Hat \;(Bottom Dog 2018)\, \;Frankenstein&rsquo\ ;s Flowers \;(CW Books 2014)\, and \;Flowering Bruno \;(XOXOX 2006). \;Her prose homage/film criticism is \;Harpo Marx as Tricks ter \;(McFarland 2013). Emeritus English Professor at Columbus College of Art and Design\, co-coordinator of Hospital Poets at OSU Medical Cente r\, and activist for peace and justice\, Charlene is mother of three and g randmother of two. Her website is \;charlenefix.com.
\nJ acquelin Smith \;won the Chiron Review Chapbook Contest in 20 00 for \;My G-Rated Life. \; \;She has been published in a var iety of literary magazines. Jacquelin has given readings and taught classe s on creativity and poetry at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center as well as at local bookstores.
\nMJ Abell \;is a catalys t for personal growth and creativity\, drawing on her experience as a poet \, SoulCollage®\; \;facilitator and leader of professional developm ent workshops. \; She has received an OAC Individual Artist Fellowship for Poetry and won the Thurber House humorous essay contest.
\nKathleen Burgess \ ;has \;received national awards as well as four Pushcart and two Best of the Net nominations for poems in \;many journals and anthologies. E ditor of \;Reeds and Rushes&mdash\;Pitch\, Buzz\, and Hum\, Burgess ha s authored four poetry collections including \;The Wonder Cupboard&nbs p\;and \;What Burden Do Those Trains Bear Away\, while serving over 20 years on editorial staff for two journals. The retired public school musi c teacher and husband Jack Burgess live amid Hopewell World Heritage Site earthworks. \;kathleensburgess.com.
\nKaren Scott \;is a poet living in Columbus\, Ohio. She is a member and ardent s upporter of the Ohio Poetry Association (OPA)\, a past participant in the Women of Appalachia Project\, and a proud member of the SALON writing grou p. Her work has been published in \;Common Threads \;[annual OPA m embers anthology]\, \;Women Speak \;[Women of Appalachia anthology ]\, \;Delirious: A Poetic Celebration of Prince \;(2016)\, the ina ugural issue of the \;Northern Appalachia Review \;(2020)\, \; Quaranzine \;published by OPAWL (https://www.opawl.org/quaranzine). Sh e has also been included in the anthologies \;American Graveyard: Call s to end gun violence \;(Read or GreenBooks)\; \;The Dead Pets Poe try Anthology \;(Transcendent Zero Press)\; and the Final issue of&nbs p\;Pudding Magazine.
\nLinda Fuller-Smith \;- O nce a professional ballet dancer\, Linda Fuller-Smith now enjoys a more se dentary writers&rsquo\; life. A Central Ohio native\, she also lived a dec ade in Southern California and nearly a year in Florence\, Italy. Linda&rs quo\;s poems engage with both personal experience and history\, and she is currently writing a book of poems related to the 1927 school bombing in B ath\, Michigan that killed her grandmother&rsquo\;s sister. The poet recei ved an Ohio Arts Council&rsquo\;s Individual Excellence Award and has two grown daughters who amaze her.
\nJoin us in person\, or live stream this \;program \;on \;BPL's YouTube channel.
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