In March of 2020, we had an exciting reading scheduled with two Michigan writers. Then COVID hit. Now, more than 5 years later, we are excited to finally announce that we’ve rescheduled the visit of Holland poet and essayist Susanna Childress and New Buffalo poet Marci Rae Johnson to our living room. At last!
We’re pleased to welcome these two Michigan writers, both of whom have published new books since we last invited them.
We’ll gather in Jon & Hannah’s living room at 7:30 p.m. for drinks, snacks, and poetry. Please RSVP using the form at the bottom of this post, and we will get you location information and directions.
Susanna Childress lives in Holland, Michigan. After publishing two collections of poetry, Jagged with Love and Entering the House of Awe, Susanna’s memoir-in-fragments, Extremely Yours, was released by Awst Press this past March with endorsements from Lia Purpura, Alicia Jo Rabins, and Traci Brimhall.
Marci Rae Johnson works as an editor for a book publisher and as the poetry editor for Windhover literary journal. In her previous life she taught college English. Her poems appear or are forthcoming in Image, Mid-American Review, Moon City Review, The MacGuffin, Rhino, The Louisville Review, and 32 Poems, among others. Her third full-length collection, Questionable Baggage, was released in the fall of 2024 by Main Street Rag.
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