Live Poetry: Bree Bailey, Miriam Kramer, and Sheleen McElhinney

Sunday July 20, 2025 – 2pm – LIVE

Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street

Bree Bailey is a queer Latina poet, a mistress of the music of inflections, pulses, and ironic chuckles. A Jersey native now in Austin, TX, she writes with heart and humor about mental health, love, and resilience. A former educator and 2023 Write Bloody Jack McCarthy Prize winner, her debut collection, Wailing on Whisper Street, is out now and everywhere you buy books. Find her in Exposition Review, West Trade Review, Remington Review, and more. Follow @breebaileypoetry or visitbreebaileypoetry.com.

Miriam Kramer is a queer, Jewish poet residing in New Jersey with her partner, daughter, and two cats. She was the winner of the 2023 Jack McCarthy Book Prize. Miriam loves stick figure drawings, bright sneakers, and embroidery. Her debut full length collection, Built by Storms, was published by Write Bloody Publishing and nominated for The Lambda Literary Prize and The New Writers Award, Great Lakes College Association. Find her on social media: miriadwords

Sheleen McElhinney is a poet living in Glenside, Pa whose work has appeared in lily Poetry Review, Bayou Magazine, Bear Review, and elsewhere. Her debut book, Every Little Vanishing, was the winner of the 2021 Write Bloody Publishing Book Award.

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