This event will feature readings by

Phil Dykhouse
Jonathan Koven
Alexis Young

Hosted by Brooke Palma. An open mic will follow.

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

Philip Dykhouse lives in Philadelphia. His first chapbook, Bury Me Here, was published and released by Toho Publishing in early 2020. His work has appeared in Toho Journal, Moonstone Press, everseradio.com, and Spiral Poetry. He was the featured reader for the Dead Bards of Philadelphia at the 2018 Philadelphia Poetry Festival.

Jonathan Koven lives in Philadelphia with his wife Delana and their two cats Peanut Butter and Keebler. He works as a technical writer, and reads poetry manuscripts for Moonstone Arts. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Jonathan has both fiction and poetry published—by Assure Press, Animal Heart Press, 300 Days of Sun, and more. He is the author of the poetry chapbook Palm Lines (2020), the award-winning fiction novella Below Torrential Hill (2021), and the poetry collection Mystic Orchards (2023). He is also one of three co-authors of the novel Spark Bird, forthcoming from Thirty West Publishing.

Alexis Young is a Pittsburgh native who holds a BA in Film Studies from The University of Pittsburgh and an MSEd from Duquesne University. She is a former English Teacher, a sometimes substitute teacher, and a mother of two young children. Alexis has called Swarthmore her home for the last six years, previously living and working in the Midwest, the South, and on the West Coast. Her publishing credits include poems in the Swarthmorean, 2019-2023, and a 2023 Moonstone Anthology. Alexis read at the Mad Poets Festival in 2022 and 2023, Mad Poets First Wednesday in May 2024, and at Elkins Park Free Library in March 2023. Check out her Archival Poetry Project on Instagram, @amillionalexis. When she isn’t writing poetry, Alexis enjoys walking her rescue dog, painting watercolors for friends and family, and writing picture books, which she is endeavoring to publish.