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An Evening of Poetry At The Green Line Café On Locust

VERY GOOD COMPANY: Poets And Their Influences

Each poet will read their own work and the work
of one poet who has been a major influence on their poetry


With CHRISTINA COOK, DAVID KERTIS & ALINA MACNEAL

Hosted by Leonard Gontarek

Tuesday, November 21, 7 PM
THE GREEN LINE CAFE
45TH & LOCUST STREETS
PHILADELPHIA, PA
greenlinecafe.com    /    215.222.3431

Presented by

THE GREEN LINE CAFÉ POETRY SERIES
        &
POETRY IN COMMON


This Event Is Free




Christina Cook is the author of A Strange Insomnia (Aldrich Press, 2016), Ricochet (Casa de Cinco Hermanas Press, 2016), and Lake Effect (Finishing Line Press, 2012). Her poems, translations, essays, and book reviews have appeared widely in journals including the New Ohio Review, Prairie Schooner, The Rumpus, and Crazyhorse. Christina received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and is the director of strategic writing in Penn’s development office.


David Kertis grew up in northern New Jersey and has lived in Philadelphia since 1978. His first book, Word of the Day, was recently published. From
the introduction: “We are guided from the dark to a recognizable shore which we know in our bones corresponds to how things are. Here we experience wonder and safety and a sense of peace. Certainly the poems … by David Kertis accomplish this magnificently.”


Alina Macneal is a Philadelphia-based educator/writer/poet/translator/former-architect and co-host of the Fourth Wednesday Moonstone poetry series at Fergie’s. Her poems have appeared in Apiary, Poems for the Writing, The World to Come, and Poetry 24.  In 2015 she was a finalists for the Raynes poetry prize.  She has been a part time member of the faculty at Drexel University for over 20 years.