Liz Chang, Bernadette McBride At Poetry Reading In Princeton March 12

PRINCETON, NJ — The second Sunday poetry reading by Princeton-based artist cooperative, Princeton Makes, will be held on March 12 at 4 p.m.

The reading will take place at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center and will feature Liz Chang and Bernadette McBride.

Chang was 2012 Montgomery County Poet Laureate in Pennsylvania. Her poems have appeared in Verse Daily, Exit 7, Breakwater Review and Stoneboat Literary Journal, among others. Chang’s translation of Claude de Burine’s poetry is anthologized in Paris in Our View from l’Association des Amis de Shakespeare & Company. She is Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Moravian University.

McBride is the author of four full-length poetry collections. She taught creative writing and literature at Temple University, served as poet-in-residence at DeSales University, and as poetry editor for the Schuylkill Valley Journal. Her writing honors include winning second place for the International Ray Bradbury Writing Award, recognition in the UK, Canada, and on PRI’s The Writer’s Almanac, and three Pushcart Prize nominations. She is a Pennsylvania Poet Laureate Emerita for Bucks County.

The poetry reading will be held in collaboration with Ragged Sky, a small, highly selective cooperative press.

After Chang and McBride's reading, an open mic will be held for attendees who would like to read their original works.

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