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Kathy Curto teaches at Sarah Lawrence College/The Writing Institute and Montclair State University as well as several nonprofit organizations and writing centers in the metropolitan area. She is the author of Not for Nothing-Glimpses into a Jersey Girlhood and her work has been featured in The New York Times, on NPR, in the anthology Listen to Your Mother: What She Said Then, What We’re Saying Now, and in many other publications. Kathy’s piece, “Still Cooking Side by Side” considered a “Modern Love in miniature” by The New York Times, was included in The Best of Tiny Love Stories in August 2021. Kathy lives with her family in the Hudson Valley and her website is www.kathycurto.com.

Saara Dutton is a writer, performer, and gadfly about town. She's been published in The New York Times, The New York Observer, Salon and Writer's Digest. She's happy to be here to share some stories with you.

John Pietaro and Laurie Towers have been performing over decades in duet or as the Red Microphone (with saxophonists Ras Moshe Burnett and Rocco John Iacovone, plus others) or protest song combo the Flames of Discontent. Pietaro’s latest book, Innocent Postcards: Poetry, Ciphers, Verse, will be launched April 1. He’s also an active percussionist and arts journalist: JohnPietaro.com. Towers, in addition to being a uniquely gifted musician, is a nationally recognized publicist sitting at the helm of public relations firm New Masses Media, balancing work on both east and west coasts: LaurieTowers.net. The pair host Beneath the Underground on WFMU.

Jane LeCroy is a NYC based poet, singer, performance artist and home-birthing mother of 3, who fronts the avant-pop band, The Icebergs, and the spontaneous experimental music project, Ω▽Ohmslice.

Among her many publications and recordings, her chapbook, “Names”, was published by the art-book house, Booklyn, in the award winning, ABC chapbook series, that was purchased

The Smithsonian has many of her poems included

Sparrow lives in a trailer in the snowbound hamlet of Phoenicia, New York with his wife Violet Snow. He has published 11 books, including Small Happiness & Other Epiphanies (Monkfish) and The Princeton Diary (Vinal). His poems and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, The New York Times, the Sun, and Reptiles of the Mind. Each month Sparrow writes an art review for Chronogram. He is currently running for President for the ninth time. Sparrow plays slide flute in the tempestuous pop group Truffles.

Felix Guzman is a New York City native, homegrown poet, community organizer and advocate. He is the author of three chapbooks, Savage Garden Concrete Jungle: A Chapbook to Remember Me By, Shakur&Bronte&Hughes&Angelou&Shakespeare: Under the Influence and Scars: A Love Letter to Yesterday. Felix writes on the themes of redemption, transformation and the importance of building healthy communities inclusive of all. With an upcoming full length poetry collection, You Hold Space, You Have Value, You Are Loved! to be released in 2024, Felix is sure to captivate audiences everywhere.