Performance Poets Association Readings, hosted by Jack Zaffos and James Romano at Great Neck Library

Please join us for the upcoming Performance Poets Association Reading at the Great Neck Library. This month’s featured guest poets are Jack Zaffos and Maria Lisella.

Maria Lisella is the author of At the Hour of Now (Bordighera Press, 2026), Thieves in the Family (NYQBooks, 2014), Amore on Hope Street (Finishing Line Press, 2009), and Two Naked Feet (Poets Wear Prada, 2009). Her poem The Lady in 5A aired on NPR-WNYC during National Poetry Month, Still a Man appeared in The New York Times and new work appears in Lily Poetry Review. Poetry editor for Voices in Italian Americana (VIA), she curates the IAWA-NY readings. The sixth Queens Poet Laureate (2015-19), she was awarded a Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets in 2020.

The poetry reading will take place at Great Neck Library Main Branch (159 Bayview Avenue) on Saturday, October 31, at 1:00 p.m. Attendees are welcome to sign up for the open mic session during the meetup. Program registration is not required; seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call Great Neck Library at (516) 466-8055 or email adultprogramming@greatnecklibrary.org.