The next Princeton Makes Second Sunday Poetry Reading, set for June 12 at 4 p.m. at the Princeton Shopping Center, features Vasiliki Katsarou and BJ Ward.
Katsarou was raised in Massachusetts by Greek-born parents. A poet, editor, filmmaker, and publisher, she is the author of a poetry collection, “Memento Tsunami” (Ragged Sky) and a chapbook, Three Sea Stones (Lucia Press). Honored as a Geraldine R. Dodge Poet, her poetry has been published widely and internationally. She is poetry curator at Frenchtown Bookshop and a teaching artist at Hunterdon Art Museum in New Jersey. A sample of her work follows.
Ward is the author of four books of poetry, including “Jackleg Opera: Collected Poems 1990–2013” (North Atlantic Books), which received the Paterson Award for Literary Excellence. His poems have appeared in Poetry, American Poetry Review, TriQuarterly, The New York Times, and The Sun, among others, and have been featured on NPR’s “The Writer’s Almanac” and the website Poetry Daily. He is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and two Distinguished Artist Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. He co-founded the creative writing degree program at Warren County Community College, where he teaches full-time. His website is bj-ward.com. A sample of his work follows
From Jackleg Opera: Collected Poems, 1990 to 2013 (North Atlantic Books / Random House) Originally published in 5 AM.
