Bonnie Naradzay’s poems, which have been nominated three times for a Pushcart Prize, have appeared in AGNI, New Letters, RHINO, Kenyon Review, and more. In 2010, she was awarded the U. New Orleans Poetry Prize – a month’s stay in Northern Italy in the South Tyrol castle of Ezra Pound’s daughter. She has led poetry sessions at day shelters and a retirement community. Her manuscript, Invited to the Feast, will be released early next year by Slant Books.

Claire McGoff, a graduate of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers, is a poet, wife, mother, and grandmother. Her work has appeared in Image Magazine, Innisfree Poetry Journal, Beyond Words Literary Magazine, and Snowdrops, a collection of winter poems. Her poem, “Fawn” was awarded honorable mention Bethesda’s Urban Partnership Poetry contest in 2023. From These Outskirts, published in 2022, is Claire’s debut collection.

Come for the poetry, stay for the gallery, reception and art, complimentary food and wine, and brief open-mic!