June 03, 2019

Publication Celebration Reading for the Lips Poetry Journal's 50th Issue June 6




On Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 6pm, the Montclair Monthly Poetry Series will hold a Publication Celebration Reading for the Lips poetry journal's 50th issue.



Lips poetry magazine was founded in 1981 by Laura Boss who is its editor.

In that ime, Lips has published poems by Robert Bly, Allen Ginsberg, Ruth Stone, David Ignatow, Marge Piercy, Michael Benedikt, Nicholas Christopher, Anne Waldman, Ishmael Reed, Gregory Corso, Lyn Lifshin, Ted Berrigan, Paul Hoover, Jana Harris, Toi Derricotte, Joseph Bruchac, Alice Notley, Warren Woessner, Robert Phillips, Hal Sirowitz, Theodore Weiss, Alicia Ostriker, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Stanley H. Barkan, Michael Weaver, Molly Peacock and Richard Kostelanetz.

More than 20 readers will be sharing work from the publication, including:

Stanley H. Barkan ● Norma Ketzis Bernstock ● Amanda J. Bradley
Rachel E. Diken ● Jane Ebihara ● Maria Mazziotti Gillan ● Jim Gwyn
Raymond Hammond ● Joan Cusack Handler ● Linda Hillringhouse ● Charles Johnson
Laine Sutton Johnson ● Adele Kenny ● Michael Lally
Maria Lisella ● Francesca Maximé ● Wayne L. Miller ● Lisa Coll Nicolaou
Wanda Praisner ● Ken Ronkowitz ● Kenneth Silvestri ● Emily R. Vogel
Joe Weil ● Sander Zulauf




This series is held at the Montclair Public Library Auditorium and hosted by Maria Gillan and and Laura Boss.

All readings in this series are free and open to the public.

Location: Montclair Public Library (Auditorium), 50 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ    For location information, contact the library at 973-744-0500.

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