Sometime in the early 2000s I wound my way up Philadelphia’s narrow, steep Green Lane through Manayunk and into Roxborough to attend a poetry reading at…
Board member Alice Wootson, author of eleven romance novels, Mad Poet, and former teacher has been in this business for years. She shares her process for…
Brian Fanelli’s most recent book of poems is Waiting for the Dead to Speak (NYQ Books), winner of the 2017 Devil’s Kitchen Poetry Prize. He is…
This year’s Poetry Master Class leader is Christopher Bursk, the multiple-awarding winning author of eleven books, including “The Improbable Swervings of Atoms” which won the prestigious…
Dr. Kenneth Pobo is a rennaisance man. Well-versed in verse, peerless in prose, Kenneth teaches courses in literature and creative writing at Widener University, where he…
As a new semester approaches, I’m thinking again about how I will balance my work as writing teacher with my “real” work as a writer.…
Just before this year’s Philadelphia Writers’ Conference, I was reminded of experiences from my youth that helped to shape the poetry I have been writing most…
Multi-talented Philadelphia Writers’ Conference Board member Lisa Lutwyche talks about how she added playwright and director to her repertoire. Read more after the break!…
Author of Uncommon Geography and recipient of Pudding House’s “Greatest Hits Chapbook” award, Therese Halscheid has turned her attention to creative nonfiction in recent years. Her…
A.V. Christie is the author of “Nine Skies“, which won the National Poetry Series, and “The Housing,” winner of the McGovern Prize. Her poems have appeared…