Live Poetry: Jane-Rebecca Cannarella, Nycir Keen, & Charles O’Hay

Wednesday July 22, 2026 – 7pm – LIVE

Live at Fergie’s Pub, 1214 Sansom Street

Jane-Rebecca Cannarella is the author of Better Bones and Marrow; as well as an editor at HOOT Review, a former genre editor at Lunch Ticket, and a sometimes contributor at SSG Music. She likes: playing toy instruments, the ocean, symbolic use of bathtubs, and hanging out with her cats. Feed her candy and validation to receive her eternal gratitude. She loves Philadelphia

Nycir Keen is a Philly based poet and playwright with roots in slam poetry. A member of the Collective Mic as well as House Poet and a former performer for the Gullah Traveling Theater. Founder of the Day Trolley, a writing circle and yearly open mic in west philly, Nycir has a passion for facilitating creative and safe spaces for writers. In 2024, Nycir wrote and directed his first short screenplay, “Renaissance///Addiction”. Today he is still active in the poetry scene, moving between Beaufort South Carolina and the Philadelphia area to cultivate his own work and find new writers to work with, share with and create with.

Charles O’Hay is a Philly-based poet whose work has appeared in over 250 publications including the New York Quarterly, Mudfish, and Gargoyle. His collections include Far from Luck and Smoking in Elevators. His third collection, The Flame Orchard, is due for release from Rose Violet Publishers in 2026

Anne-Adele Wight Host – Open Reading Follows