On June 14th, Livin on Luck welcomes another knockout lineup, with Sibelan Forrester, Sean Hanrahan, and Beverly Romain.

Reading begins at about 7 PM. Open Mic will follow. The event is hosted by Brooke Palma.

Barnaby's West Chester
15 S. High St.
West Chester, PA 19382

There is a cheap parking lot directly across the street from Barnaby's.

Bios
Poet and translator Sibelan Forrester has been hosting the Mad Poets Society's First Wednesday reading series since 2016. She has published translations of fiction, poetry and scholarly prose from Croatian, Russian and Serbian, and has co-translated poetry from Ukrainian; books include a selection of fairy tales about Baba Yaga and a bilingual edition of poetry by Serbian poet Marija Knezevic. She is fascinated by the way translation follows the inspirational paths of the original work. Her own book of poems, Second Hand Fates, was published by Parnilis Media. In her day job, she teaches at Swarthmore College.

Sean Hanrahan is a Philadelphian poet originally hailing from Dale City, Virginia. He is the author of the full-length collection Safer Behind Popcorn (2019 Cajun Mutt Press) and the chapbooks Hardened Eyes on the Scan (2018 Moonstone Press) and Gay Cake (2020 Toho). His work has also been included in several anthologies, including Moonstone Featured Poets, Queer Around the World, and Stonewall’s Legacy, and several journals, including Impossible Archetype, Mobius, Peculiar, Poetica Review, and Voicemail Poems. He has taught classes titled A Chapbook in 49 Days and Ekphrastic Poetry and hosted poetry events throughout Philadelphia.

An avid reader from an early age, she developed her love for writing and performing and regularly participated in high school performances. Beverly has served on the board of the Delaware Literary Connection and the Newark Arts Alliance. She has led poetry workshops at Ferris School. In years past, she was a featured reader at Barnes and Noble Bookstores. She has won poetry prizes at the Grand Opera House in Delaware. Beverly has been an attendee at Second Saturday Poets for many years and has been a featured reader on several occasions. Beverly initiated two writing groups. A prose group which is still going strong for almost six years now, and a Jamaican diaspora writing group. Beverly’s writing style is adventuresome and unrestrictive. Some of her stories and poetry are flavored with her Caribbean background. She writes for the pleasure it gives her. See less