Experience the richness of the community t hrough the presentations of award-winning poets and authors. November 14th features Alan Abrams and Joseph Ross \;with an Open Mic Segment.
\ n\;ALAN ABRAMS \;took up writing after a long career in build ing and building design. His stories and poems\, including a Pushcart nomi nation\, have been widely published in literary journals and anthologies\; most recently in The Garden of Neuro Institute Publishing&rsquo\;s Bread: What We Break Together\, Casa Urraca Press&rsquo\;s A Year of New Mexico Poetry\, and Maryland Writers Association Pen in Hand. In 2024\, Abrams fo unded Sligo Creek Publishing. \;
\n\;JOSEPH ROSS\, often d escribed as a &ldquo\;poet of witness\,&rdquo\; \; is the author of fi ve books of poetry. Most recently\, Crushed &\; Crowned (2023)\, Raisin g King (2020)\, and Ache (2017). His poems appear in many publications inc luding The New York Times Magazine\, The Los Angeles Times\, Poet Lore\, F ledgling Rag\, The Langston Hughes Review\, and the 2022 anthology\, WHERE WE STAND: Poems of Black Resilience. He won the 2012 Pratt Library / Litt le Patuxent Review Prize for his poem &ldquo\;If Mamie Till Was the Mother of God.&rdquo\; He currently serves on the editorial team of The Skinny P oetry Journal and on the Poetry Advisory Committee at the Folger Shakespea re Library in Washington\, D.C. He teaches English to high school students and writes regularly at www.JosephRoss.net.
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