This event will feature readings by

Sean Hanrahan
Joyce Meyers

Hosted by Brooke Palma. An open mic will follow.

Barnaby’s West Chester
15 S. High St.
West Chester PA 19382

Sean Hanrahan (he, him, his) is a Philadelphian poet originally hailing from Dale City, Virginia. He is the author of the full-length collections Safer Behind Popcorn (2019 Cajun Mutt) and Ghost Signs (2023 Alien Buddha), and the chapbooks Hardened Eyes on the Scan(2018 Moonstone) 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, One Art, Poetica Review, Serotonin, and Voicemail Poems. He has taught classes titled A Chapbook in 49 Days, Ekphrastic Poetry, Poetry Embodied, and has hosted poetry events throughout Philadelphia. 

Joyce Meyers taught English at the high school and college levels, then embarked on a new career as an attorney. She practiced law in Philadelphia for almost three decades. The legal work she is most proud of is her representation of publishers and broadcasters when they were sued for telling the truth, and pro bono representation of abused and neglected children and victims of domestic abuse.

Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including Atlanta Review, The Comstock Review, Iodine Poetry Journal, Slant, Evening Street Review, Paterson Literary Journal and Muse. She won First Prize in the Atlanta Review 2014 International Poetry Competition, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her published collections include The Way Back (Kelsay Books, 2017) and two chapbooks, Shapes of Love (Finishing Line Press, 2010), and Wild Mushrooms (Plan B Press, 2007). She is currently seeking a publisher for a new manuscript entitled Twisted Threads, which was recently selected as a finalist in the 2023 Blue Light Press Poetry Contest.