There are there are over 50 organizations that promote poetry in the Philadelphia area. They represent every poetry form, ethnic background, age, gender and community. This series consists of a panel of guest poets and artists discussing the opportunities which their group or organization provides for poets in Philly as well as the themes that influence them.  The program is broadcast live on the first Tuesday of each month. The program is free and open to everyone, please join us!

The program will focus on three leading poetry reviews in Philly: Apiary Magazine, Schuylkill Valley Journal, and Painted Bride Quarterly.

Lillian Dunn is Program Manager of SPACES, an artist-in-residence program at The Village of Arts and Humanities, she co-founded APIARY, a free local literary magazine which has a circulation of 30,000. She writes poetry with the Rogue Workshop.

Peter Krok is the Humanities director of the Manayunk Roxborough Art Center  and editor-in-chief of the Schuylkill Valley Journal (SVJ, now in its 27th year,) and the SVJ Online at svjlit.com. Writers in the SVJ are featured in readings at the Manayunk Roxborough Art Center.

Paul Siegell is the author of three books of poetry: wild life rifle fire, jambandbootleg and Poemergency Room. He has contributed to American Poetry Review, Black Warrior Review, Coconut, Rattle, and many other fine journals. Paul is a copywriter by day and a senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly by choice. – Host: Charles S. Carr