# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry Reading @ The Falafel Shack
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 12 Jul, 2026 at 04:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Come join us for the Falafel Shack's first poetry reading! 

Local peoples/poets Matt McBride and Nicole Santalucia will be reading from their latest collections (At the Mercy of the Flies and Lesbian Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Lesbians), both released this year.

The reading starts at 4 and will last an hour. Please feel free to mill around afterwards and talk with the authors. And, of course, buy books!

For more info on the authors, see below:

Matt McBride is the author of two full-length collections, City of Incandescent Light (Black Lawrence, 2018) and At the Mercy of the Flies (Half Mystic, 2026) as well as four chapbooks. His most recent, Prerecorded Weather, co-written with Noah Falck, is available from Survision Books. He is the winner of the James Tate Prize, the St. Lawrence Book Award, and the Ohio Chapbook Award. He is the recipient of an Ohio Arts Council grant, an Elliston Poetry Fellowship, and a Writers in the Heartland residency. Currently, he lives in Chambersburg, PA, where he teaches composition, literature, and creative writing for Wilson College. Find him online at www.mattmcbridepoetry.com. 

Nicole Santalucia is the author of Lesbian Dinosaurs / Dinosaur Lesbians (Bordighera Press), The Book of Dirt (NYQ Books), Spoiled Meat (Headmistress Press), and Because I Did Not Die (Bordighera Press). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in publications such as The Indiana Review, Colorado Review, Los Angeles Review, North American Review, The Rumpus, The Normal School, Out Magazine and elsewhere. She is a Professor of English, the Director of First-Year Writing, a member of the LGBTQ+ Advisory Council, and she serves on the steering committee of the Institute for Social Inclusion at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. She has led poetry workshops in the Cumberland County Prison, Cumberland County Public Libraries, Boys & Girls Clubs, nursing homes, the YWCA, LGBT Center of Central Pennsylvania, and she’s the founder of The Binghamton Poetry Project (now called The Binghamton Writers Project). Santalucia received the Faculty of the Year Award and the Gender Study Program’s Vagina-Warrior Award for fostering inclusiveness at Shippensburg University. She received her M.F.A. from The New School University and her Ph.D. from Binghamton University. She is currently working towards a master’s in science in social work.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chambersburg/poetry-reading-the-falafel-shack/200030350856704
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, lgbt-pride, science-fair
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 33

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200030350856704?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=chambersburg-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Chambersburg
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Falafel Shack
- **lat**: 39.9376897
- **long**: -77.661398
- **full address**: Falafel Shack, 7 N Main St, Chambersburg, PA 17201-1810, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Poetry Reading @ The Falafel Shack being held?
  - **A:** Poetry Reading @ The Falafel Shack takes place on Sun, 12 Jul, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Sun, 12 Jul, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Falafel Shack, 7 N Main St, Chambersburg, PA 17201-1810, United States.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Poetry Reading @ The Falafel Shack is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Chambersburg, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Poetry Reading @ The Falafel Shack sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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