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  Let’s Talk About Poetry

  It’s April now and that means National Poetry Month. Parisian Phoenix has three main celebrations scheduled: Speaking of poems, I had a poem (“If I Left My Mom a Suicide Note”) featured in the 2025 Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group anthology, Writing a Wrong.

  7 Apr 2025
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  Poetry celebrations

  April is National Poetry Month and we have lots of events planned. On April 10, we will have our last scheduled FREE monthly writers workshop at Easton Area Public Library. This month’s topic is Poetry in Everyday Life and will feature brief readings by McKenna Graf, Darrell Parry and Nancy Scott. There will be a few brief exercises…

  2 Apr 2025
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  Center Valley and Coopersburg events

  This Weekend at the Promenade Shops Echo City Capers will appear at the Barnes & Noble in the Promenade Shops on Saturday, March 29. Come meet illustrator Joseph Swarctz and author Ralph Greco Jr. The next Echo City title, Tuli Finds a Circle, debuts in May and will be available at the Phillipsburg Comic Con at Phillipsburg (N.J.) High School on Saturday, May 10.…

  29 Mar 2025
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  BOOK EVENTS

  Finding our books in stores: ** Indicates multiple authors available *** Indicates most authors and books in-store Remember to support your local businesses and local writers. We’re a hungry group! Here are some easy ways to do that:

  15 Mar 2025
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  Reflections on Dr Seuss

  For most of my life, Green Eggs and Ham was my favorite book. I brought it home from the school library so many times that my mother would groan, “Oh, no. Not Green Eggs and Ham again.” And when I grew up, I bought myself a copy in French— and as a university student…

  8 Mar 2025
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  Events at Medina Books & Coffee in PA and Tatnuck Booksellers in MA

  Medina Book & Coffee has rescheduled the supernatural book signing for Scream of the Silent Sun and my magic-laden, spicy horror series (Fashion & Fiends) from March 29 to April 12. If you planned on joining us for that event at the bookstore on Main Street in Coopersburg, Pa., note the change on…

  6 Mar 2025
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  Lehigh Valley Writing Community Events

  Please don’t forget, the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group has their annual writers conference, The Write Stuff, March 13-15. Parisian Phoenix authors Angel Ackerman, Larry Sceurman and Dianna Sinovic (all members of the group, Angel also serves as president, and Dianna serves as a board member and anthology chair) will be at the event’s book fair in…

  4 Mar 2025
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  Black History Month and other events

  I recently heard from Wayne Sherrer, the author of Phorgotten No More, his book on the African-American History of Phillipsburg, N.J. Wayne did incredible research into primary source materials and released the book last year. Buy Wayne’s book I thought maybe he had completed his notes on the larger history book on Phillipsburg,…

  25 Feb 2025
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  A poem every hour?

  From the Behind Our Eyes email list for disabled writers, I learned of the 2025 Poetry Marathon in May. This unique event encourages participants to write a poem every hour for 24 hours. (I’m not sure how they handle sleep.) Registration begins April 22. We’re excited to announce the dates for the 2025 Poetry Marathon! This…

  12 Feb 2025
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  Find me on the radio

  This week, I appeared on radio station WVIA’s Art Scene promoting the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group conference The Write Stuff in March. Host Erika Funke interviewed me as the current president of the group and Donna Brennan, our conference chair. For more information on the GLVWG Write Stuff conference, click here. To learn more about WVIA, click here. To scroll through their daily ArtSCENE broadcasts, click here.

  5 Feb 2025