Join us for "Celebrating Women in Poetry," a profound event commemorating Women's History Month through verse. Experience the strength, resilience, and beauty of women's voices echoing through the power of poetry. Delve into a tapestry of emotions, perspectives, and experiences woven by female poets. Let us unite in appreciation of their contributions to literature and society. Join this poetic journey, as we honor the creativity, strength, and indomitable spirit of women through the art of poetry. Featured poets: Naomi Bindman, Mary Louise Kiernan and Amanda Russell.
Bios
Naomi Bindman’s articles, essays, and poetry have appeared or are forthcoming in anthologies and journals including Mothering, So to Speak, Friends Journal, Consilience, Import Sky, Honeyguide, Synchroniciti, First Literary Review—East, South Florida Poetry Journal, Lightwood Magazine and El Portal Literary Journal. She was a finalist in the 2023 Stephen A. DiBiase Poetry Contest, and won the 2023 Creative Nonfiction Award from Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose. Naomi has received grants from the Vermont Arts Council, taught memoir-writing workshops funded by the Vermont Humanities Council, and is on the faculty of the Vermont State Colleges. Her (as yet unpublished) memoir, You're the Words I Sing, tells the story of Naomi's journey back to life performing the songs of her daughter, Ellen, whose life ended in a car crash at seventeen.
Website
https://naomibindman.com/
The recipient of a 2015 poetry prize from Arizona State University, Mary Louise Kiernan has been published in numerous print and online journals, with two poems translated into Italian. Most recently, a poem of hers has been shortlisted in an 11th International Five Words Poetry Competition. The proud holder of dual Irish American citizenship, she is thrilled to be reading her entry on April 8th via Zoom in Cork, Ireland. Twice published in The New York Times, Mary Louise Kiernan is a member of Calling All Poets, The Woodstock Poetry Society, and Cultivating Voices Live Poetry. The title of her full-length debut poetry collection is "The Gift of Glossophobia" [published by Kelsay Books]. To read and listen to more of her work, go to Facebook, Instagram, and her website at marylouisekiernan.com. She is delighted to be invited for a second time to be interviewed by the humble poet himself Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram.
Website
https://www.marylouisekiernan.com
Social Media
https://www.instagram.com/postsbymarylouise/
https://www.facebook.com/marylouise.kiernan
Amanda Russell (she/her/hers) is a guest editor at The Comstock Review and a stay-at-home mom. Her poems have appeared in Hole in the Head re:View, EcoTheo Review, Lily Poetry Review, Open: a Journal of Arts and Letters, and elsewhere. To learn about her or her chapbooks, Barren Years (Finishing Line Press, 2019) and Processing (Main Street Rag Publishing, 2024).
Website
https://poetrussell.wordpress.com/.
Social Media
https://www.instagram.com/poet_russell/
https://www.facebook.com/amanda.mahanrussell
