Oddmonth Poetry Reading --- Arlene Weiner, Karen Lillis, and Matt Borczon

Reader bios:

Arlene Weiner has been a Shakespeare scholar, a cardiology technician, a den mother, and an editor for the “Nation’s Report Card.” She was awarded a MacDowell fellowship. Arlene also writes plays. Her most recent poetry book is More (Ragged Sky, Princeton, NJ, 2022).

Karen Lillis is a bookseller, photographer, and the author of four novellas, including “Watch the Doors as They Close” (Spuyten Duyvil). She writes in a variety of forms, including short stories, micro fic, poetry, poetic prose, and memoir. She received a 2014 Acker Award for Avant Garde Excellence in Fiction, and once wrote a story on the side of a freight train. She lives in Pittsburgh, where she runs Karen's Book Row.

Matthew Borczon is a poet from Erie Pa. He has published 19 books of poetry , his next book All the ghosts in my hometown will come out later this year through Spartan press. He publishes widely in the small press and has been nominated for both the pushcart and best of the net. Matt is a nurse and the father of four chilren.

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