William Carlos Williams Poetry Cooperative of Southern Bergen County presents:
“Second Wednesdays”
Poetry in Rutherford
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
7:00 PM
Featuring Roxanne Hoffman
Plus the words of
William Carlos Williams
& open readings from the floor
Roxanne Hoffman worked for 20 years on Wall Street, now spends her days writing and editing, and nights answering a patient hotline for a major New York home healthcare provider. Her poetry has recently appeared in Amaze: The Cinquain Journal, Danse Macabre, Hospital Drive, Liquid Imagination, Lucid Rhythms, Luciole
Press, MOBIUS The Poetry Magazine, Shofar Literary Review, and Word Slaw, among others. Her writing been anthologized in The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology By Gang Members And Their Affiliates (Soft Skull Press) and in Love after 70 (Wising Up Press) both released in 2008. Her vampire poetry can be heard during the
2005 independent film, “Love & The Vampire,” directed by David Gold and starring Rick Poli. Her live spokenword performances have been aired on cable (Poetry Thin Air, The Art House Show), with interviews on UHF-TV (The New Yorkers) and WKCR 89.9 FM NY (Art Waves), and most recently podcast on the internet on IndieFeed: Performance Poetry. She and her husband own the small press, POETS WEAR PRADA, and live and play in Hoboken, New Jersey.
This program will be held at the Williams Center for the Arts
One Williams Plaza, Rutherford NJ
All are welcome to this free event. No registration required. You are invited to bring 10-12 copies of
the poem you plan to share in the Open Readings. Be sure your name is on your work. To submit
your poem for consideration on A Red Wheelbarrow website, visit
http://redwheelbarrowpoets.wordpress.com/about/ and click on Submission Guidelines for details.
Call the Rutherford Public Library at 201.939.8600 for more information.