Friday, March 8th, 8:00 PM
The Writers Place
Nonprofit Village
31 W. 31st Street, Kansas City MO 64108
Please join us for our March 8th reading featuring Diane Silver, Sarah Worrel, and Anthony Procopio Ross.
Diane Silver is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet who publishes weekly essays and produces a podcast called
Poetry & Life on Substack. Her work appears in
Ms magazine, The Progressive, MockingHeart Review, an upcoming anthology from Flying Ketchup Press, and many other publications. Her books include the
Daily Shot of Hope meditation series. In her previous incarnations, Diane worked as a newspaper reporter, editor, communications consultant, and political operative. You can find her at
dianesilver.substack.com.
Sarah Worrel’s poems have appeared at
150kansaspoems, The Daily Drunk, Winedrunk Sidewalk: Shipwrecked in Trumpland, and in
365 Days: A Poetry Anthology vol. 1 & vol. 2 with more in vol. 3. She co-authored her first book of poetry,
Misfits in the Front Row, with James Benger. Her short stories are in
Coal City Review, James Gunn’s Ad Astra, and
The New Normal.
Anthony Procopio Ross is a poet born in Kansas City, Mo. where he now teaches writing to college students at KCAI and JCCC. He has proposed and conducted multiple grant projects to create and uplift art in the communities he serves. Most recently, he ran Literary Lens: a zine-making endeavor, supported by ArtsKC, showcasing KC’s local poetry scenes through the creation and curation of shareable art objects. He thinks zines are just the coolest and that you should make one. His work is published in the
Laurel Review, McNeese Review, Inflectionist Review, among others. He serves as a co-editor for
Bear Review.
Suggested donations: $5 non-members, $4 members, $3 students.
All suggested donations go to the artists.