VenueHemingway's Cafe 

Date05/03/2011 

Time8:00 PM - 10:00 PM  

Event TypeReading 

GenrePoetry 

Sponsor 

Cost $0.00
 

Description and Reader Names: Tuesdays May through July
3911 Forbes Avenue (in the back room) Oakland
Free and open to the public.
A 21+ series. Jim Cvetic hosts. Poet bios available by email on request: JBauer103w@aol.com

May 3 - Pittsburgh Poetry Society: Edna Machesney, Marilyn Marsh Noll,Liane Ellison Norman, Christine Pasinski, Lucienne Wald, Christine Wolfe


Marilyn Marsh Noll earned her MFA in Creative Writing (poetry) at American University in Washington, DC in 1994. Her poems have appeared in Folio, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Voices From the Attic and elsewhere. Her chapbook, Thirteen Ways of Looking at Bones, won the 2007 Chapbook Award from the Pennsylvania Poetry Society. Her children's book, Jonathan and the Flying Broomstick was published in August 2010. She's been a member of the Madwomen in the Attic Workshop at Carlow University and the Pittsburgh Poetry Society since 2001.

Liane Ellison Norman won the Wisteria Prize for 2006, awarded by Paper Journey Press for her poem, “What There’d Been.” Her poetry has been published in The North American Review, Rune, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh City Paper, and on newversenews.com. Her first book of poetry, The Duration of Grief, was published in 2005 by Smoke & Mirrors Press, which also published her novel, Stitches in Air: A Novel About Mozart’s Mother (2001). A biography, Hammer of Justice: Molly Rush and the Plowshares Eight (1990) and Simpleton Story: A Fairy Tale for a Nuclear Age (1985) were published by PPI Books.

Christine Pasinski, a lifelong Pittsburgher, taught English in the West Mifflin
Area School District from 1970-2006, serving as the English Department Head from
l997-2006. She also supervised student teachers for the Pennsylvania State
University from 2007-2009. Writing poetry for over thirty years, Christine served on the Advisory Board of the International Poetry Forum from 1975-2006. Her poetry has been published in the following journals: The Companion (2001); Time of Singing (1987, 1997); Taproot Literary Review (2000); Chasing Rainbows (1988); the Marginal Review (1982); The Presumpscot Review (1980); and The Heartbeat of Alterra (2001). Her most recent poetry readings have been at Barnes&Noble Bookstores and at South Park for the Allegheny County Department of Special Events. Currently, Christine is a member of the Pittsburgh Poetry Society.

Lucienne Wald writes poetry and fiction and has won awards from the Westmoreland County Arts Festival in both categories. In recent years, she has been working on a novel about a Japanese woman born in the the eta (untouchable) class and living in post-destruction Hiroshima. She is a longtime member of the Madwomen in the Attic program, and the Pittsburgh Poetry Society.

Christine Aikens Wolfe writes poetry and fiction. Christine has published poems in Sonnetto Poesia, a bi-lingual quarterly out of Ottawa since fall 2006. Her poetry, fiction, and articles have appeared in the publications of the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project, including Parachute, the WPWP Bulletin, Riverspeak, and Threads, and in the Pittsburgh Poetry Society's bi-annual magazine, The Potter's Wheel. Her poetry has also been published in Woman Becoming and Poetry Magazine, and the multi-media book, Fission and Form.

Primary Contact PersonJoan Bauer 

Primary Contact EmailJBauer103w@aol.com 

Telephone412 498-7876  

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Is this an open mic event? Yes 

Is this a book signing? Yes 

Will author's books be for sale? Yes 

Address 13911 Forbes Avenue 

Address 2 

Address 3 

CityPittsburgh 

StatePA 

Zip15213 

Days/Hours of OperationMon-Fri: 11AM-2AM Saturday: 6PM-2AM Sunday: CLOSED 

Primary Contact Person 

Primary Contact Emaildrjmchem@zoominternet.com 

Telephone412-621-4100 

Websitehttp://www.hemingways-cafe.com/ 

Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Hemingways-Cafe/43656360946 

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AuthorJoan E. Bauer 

Websitewww.mainstreetrag.com www.squirrelhillpoets.org 

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Short bio: Joan E. Bauer is the author of The Almost Sound of Drowning (Main Street Rag, 2008). With Judith Robinson and Sankar Roy, she co-edited Only the Sea Keeps: Poetry of the Tsunami (Bayeux Arts, 2005). With Jim Cvetic, she co-facilitates the Hemingway's Summer Poetry Series in Pittsburgh.