Suzanne Zweizig and Greg McBride read from their poetry. Includes brief open mic and literary trivia quiz.

Suzanne Zweizig’s poetry has appeared in journals such as RHINO, Subtropics, 32 Poems, Beloit Poetry Journal, Poet Lore, Verse Daily, and others, and has been supported by fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Washington D.C. Arts Commission. She was a semi-finalist for a Nation/Discovery poetry prize and nominated for a Best-of-the-Net award. She is currently working on a memoir, the first chapter of which appeared in Grace and Gravity: Grace in Love (2023), and is the Founder and Director of District Writers’ Academy for young writers.

Greg McBride is the author of Guest of Time (Pond Road Press, 2023) and Porthole (Briery Creek, 2012). His awards include the Boulevard Emerging Poet prize, the Liam Rector First Book Prize for Poetry for Porthole, and grants in poetry from the Maryland State Arts Council. His work appears in Alaska Quarterly, Bellevue, Best American Poetry, Boulevard, Gettysburg Review, New Ohio Review, Rhino, River Styx, Salmagundi, and Southern Poetry Review. A Vietnam veteran and lawyer, he edits the Innisfree Poetry Journal.