By the late notice of this post, you might not think I’m as excited as I am about tonight’s reading at Milkboy. But I am indeed psyched. We’ve got three great readers & a genre-bending good time. We’ve got three poets: Tree Reisener is an old friend on the Mad Poet scene who will be reading her dynamic short fiction tonight! Dave Worrell will be reading his jazz-infused poems with musical accompaniment. And Connie Beresin will be representin’ old school-style with a straight up poetry reading. This looks to be one of the most eclectic readings thus far in our mixed-genre series. And I can’t wait. Â Oh, and let’s not forget the awesomeness that has been our open mic contest! Seriously folks — this thing has been a total rollercoaster, and I’m diggin’ the ride.
Here’s some more about our readers:
Dave Worrell’s poems have appeared in Mad Poets Review, U.S. 1 Worksheets, Wild River Review and Fox Chase Review. Â He has performed his jazz-accompanied poems at Chris’ Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia and Cornelia Street Cafe in New York City.
Connie Beresin has been an artist, journaling devotee, secretary, case worker, community organizer/planner, social services administrator, fund raiser, public policy advocate, wife, mother, grandmother and caregiver. Retiring in 2006 after 30 years in non-profit social services, she is focusing on poetry and watercolor. Her poems have appeared in MARGIE, Mad Poets Review, Moonstone Art Center’s Poetry Ink, Voices de la Luna, CC&D and Kotopress Loss Journal. In 2009 one of her poems was selected for a reading at the D & R Greenway Land Trust’s poetry and art event celebrating waterways in New Jersey. Connie particularly enjoys encouraging poetry reading and writing among her 13 grandchildren, produced by her daughter and three sons and their spouses. She lives with her husband, Carl, at The Quadrangle in Haverford, PA.
Tree Riesener has published poetry and short fiction in numerous literary magazines. Â Her work has been translated into Russian and Turkish. Â Achievements include three first prizes for the Short-Short Story and the Literary Short Story at the Philadelphia Writers Conference, Finalist for Black Lawrence Press’s Hudson Prize, Finalist in PANK magazine’s Fiction Chapbook Contest, Best of Wigleaf 2009 , Semi-Finalist in the Pablo Neruda Competition, three short stories staged in the Writing Aloud productions of InterAct Theatre, Philadelphia, a Hawthornden International Writing Fellowship, two Pushcart nominations, and the William Van Wert Fiction Award. She is the author of three poetry collections, Inscapes, Angel Poison and Liminalog. EK, a full-length collection of ekphrastic poetry, is forthcoming in 2012 from Cervena Barva Press. Â Her website is http://www.treeriesener.com and she blogs at http://www.treeriesener.blogspot.com.
Dave Worrell‘s poems have appeared in Mad Poets Review, U.S. 1 Worksheets, Wild River Review and Fox Chase Review. Â He has performed his jazz-accompanied poems at Chris’ Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia and Cornelia Street Cafe in New York City.
Connie Beresin, poet
Connie Beresin has been an artist, journaling devotee, secretary, case worker, community organizer/planner, social services administrator, fund raiser, public policy advocate, wife, mother, grandmother and caregiver. Retiring in 2006 after 30 years in non-profit social services, she is focusing on poetry and watercolor. Her poems have appeared in MARGIE, Mad Poets Review, Moonstone Art Center’s Poetry Ink, Voices de la Luna, CC&D and Kotopress Loss Journal. In 2009 one of her poems was selected for a reading at the D & R Greenway Land Trust’s poetry and art event celebrating waterways in New Jersey. Connie particularly enjoys encouraging poetry reading and writing among her 13 grandchildren, produced by her daughter and three sons and their spouses. She lives with her husband, Carl, at The Quadrangle in Haverford, PA.
Tree Reisener, poet and short fiction writer
Tree Riesener has published poetry and short fiction in numerous literary magazines. Â Her work has been translated into Russian and Turkish. Â Achievements include three first prizes for the Short-Short Story and the Literary Short Story at the Philadelphia Writers Conference, Finalist for Black Lawrence Press’s Hudson Prize, Finalist in PANK magazine’s Fiction Chapbook Contest, Best of Wigleaf 2009 , Semi-Finalist in the Pablo Neruda Competition, three short stories staged in the Writing Aloud productions of InterAct Theatre, Philadelphia, a Hawthornden International Writing Fellowship, two Pushcart nominations, and the William Van Wert Fiction Award. She is the author of three poetry collections, Inscapes, Angel Poison and Liminalog. EK, a full-length collection of ekphrastic poetry, is forthcoming in 2012 from Cervena Barva Press. Â Her website is http://www.treeriesener.com and she blogs at http://www.treeriesener.blogspot.com.
