Leah Falk is the author of To Look After and Use. Her poems and essays have appeared in The Kenyon Review, FIELD, Best New Poets, Poetry Daily, Electric Literature, and Los Angeles Review of Books, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She’s received support for her writing from Sundress Academy for the Arts, the Yiddish Book Center, the Vermont Studio Center, Asylum Arts, and the Helen Zell Writers Program at the University of Michigan. She lives in Philadelphia and directs programs at the Writers House at Rutgers University-Camden

Leonard Gontarek coordinates Peace/Works, Poetry In Common, Philly Poetry Day, hosts The Green Line Reading & Interview Series, is Poetry Consultant for Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy and contributing editor for The American Poetry Review.

Joanne Leva is an advocate for creative writing and community service, founder and Executive Director of the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program (MCPL), Executive Director of Caesura Poetry Festival & Retreat, Host of First Thursday Poetry Reading Series at Farley’s Bookshop in New Hope.

Jim Mancinelli is the founder/moderator of the Moveable Beats Reading Series in Philadelphia.  He has published two chapbooks, Primer, and In Deep.  His most recent work is entitled The Bartimeus Poems for which he also did the drawings.  His poems have appeared in The Connecticut River Review, Philadelphia Poets, The Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts, Sea Change, Mad Poets Review, Fox Chase Review, and issues of Poetry Ink, an anthology of Philadelphia poets. He has been a featured reader on Live from Kelly Writer’s House.  He was a finalist in the Atlanta Queer Literary Festival, judged by Mark Doty, in 2011.

Michael Miller is a Chester, PA native who served eight years in the Marine Corps and seven years in the Army. After a tour in Afghanistan he was honorably discharged and opened his own business in his hometown. A poet himself, he wanted to focus on his diverse community and create change through the arts. Open Mike’s Internet Café showcased various art forms. Mike has performed around Philadelphia and new Jersey and at the Dodge Poetry Festival.

Larry Robin, Host, Open Reading Follows