The Poetry Society of N.H. is very pleased to sponsor an outstanding double feature at Gibson’s Bookstore, 45 S. Main St., on Sept. 17.
The features are Mark DeCarteret and S Stephanie, and the reading starts at 7 p.m. Mark and S will read first, followed by an open mic afterwards. Everyone is invited. Newcomers are encouraged. We highly recommend the parking garage right behind Red River Theatres. Parking is free after 5 p.m. For further information, contact Don Kimball at prisdon@comcast.net.
Over the years Mark DeCarteret’s work has appeared in nearly 400 different po-reviews including AGNI, Boston Review, Chicago Review, New Orleans Review, and Third Coast, along with the anthologies American Poetry: The Next Generation (Carnegie Mellon Press), Thus Spake the Corpse: An Exquisite Corpse Reader 1988-1998 (Black Sparrow Press), and Under the Legislature of Stars: 62 New Hampshire Poets (Oyster River Press) which he also co-edited. And has had some lit-luck as of late at Berkeley Poetry Review, BlazeVOX, Confrontation, Ghost Town, Hunger Mountain, SAND, St. Petersburg Review and Toad Suck Review. He has 5 books.
S Stephanie’s poetry and book reviews have appeared in many literary magazines such as, Birmingham Poetry Review, Café Review, Literary Laundry, OVS, Rattle, St. Petersburg Review, Solidus, The Southern Review, The Sun and Third Coast. She has two chapbooks, Throat (Igneus Press) and What the News Seemed to Say (Pudding House) and one forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. She holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and teaches in the MFA and BFA programs at the NH Institute of Art in Manchester. She is also Editor Emeritus for The Tower Journal. She lives in Manchester. She invites you to visit her website at sstephanie.com.