South Brunswick Poetry Series Returns Sunday

Gail Gerwin, whose poetry has earned four Allen Ginsberg honorable mentions, and Sondra Gash, whose collection of poems, Silk Elegy, tells the story of a young girl from an immigrant family disrupted by her mother’s mental illness, will be the featured readers on Sunday, Dec. 11 at South Brunswick’s monthly series of Sunday poetry readings.

The program, sponsored by the South Brunswick Arts Commission, in cooperation with the , starts at 2 p.m. in the Library, 110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction.

Ms. Gerwin is a Paterson native whose poetry appears in the Paterson Literary Review, Lips, Tiferet, U.S. 1 Worksheets, Caduceus, Edison Literary Review, The American Voice in Poetry, Jewish Women’s Literary Annual and online at the Smith College Poetry Center. Her poetic memoir, Sugar and Sand, was named a 2010 Paterson Poetry Prize finalist. She owns Inedit, a Morristown freelance writing/editing firm.

Ms. Gash’s Silk Elegy was chosen as a Finalist for the 2003 Paterson Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared in the New York Times, Calyx, Paterson Literary Review and US 1 Worksheets. She has read at the Dodge Festival in Waterloo NJ, and is a recipient of fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (for fiction and poetry), Yaddo, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

Admission to the poetry readings is free, though a donation of a nonperishable food item, which will be given to the South Brunswick Food Pantry, is encouraged.

The Sunday poetry reading series will resume in 2012 with the following featured poets: 

Jan  15 – Joel Lewis and Danny Shot

Feb  19 – Paul Sohar and Carlos Pena Hernandez

Mar  17 – Pat Hardigree and Anna Evans

Apr  15 – Priscilla Orr and Marcia Pelletiere

May  6 – Tina Kelly and George Witte   

For more information, including directions, contact the South Brunswick Arts Commission at (732) 329-4000, ext 7635.