Bob Sharkey reading “Waiting for my Load to Dry” "After ODing on Peanut M&Ms during Game 6" at Poets Speak Loud on November 27, 2017 at McGeary's in Albany, NY

Brooke Kolcow reading “Cheery Love Poem While Meeting His Family” and “What Will You Do with an MFA?” at Poets Speak Loud on November 27, 2017 at McGeary's in Albany, NY

Poetyc Visionz performing at the 6th Annual Hud,SON! River Regional Poetry Slam at Casa Del Sol in Nyack, NY on Saturday, July 8, 2017.

Shannon Shoemaker performing at the 6th Annual Hud,SON! River Regional Poetry Slam at Casa Del Sol in Nyack, NY on Saturday, July 8, 2017.

Howard J. Kogan is a psychotherapist and poet. His poems have appeared in Still Crazy, Occupoetry, Poetry Ark, Writer’s Haven, Farming Magazine, Literary Gazette, Pathways, and Up the River. His book of poems, Indian Summer, was published in 2011.

Nancy Klepsch is a local poet and a teacher. Her poems have been published in Oberon, 13th Moon, Poetry magazine, Salvage, 200 Proof and Chronogram among others, and online on Barzakh and Albany Poets. She has been reading at featured readings or open mics in the Albany area for the past 20 years. Klepsch is the co-host, with Dan Wilcox, of the Second Sunday @ 2 open mic for poetry and prose in Troy, NY.

Malcolm Willison is a manuscript editor and teacher who has been writing and publishing poetry for quite a long time in and sometimes about New Orleans, Key West, New York City and upstate New York, and other places around the world.

For the third episode of the Housewife Tuesday Podcast series Mary Panza reads from "A Super Sparkly Day" recorded live at An Evening of Poetry and Prose at the Hudson River Coffee House on December 8, 2016.

For the second episode of the Housewife Tuesday Podcast series Mary Panza reads from "The Next Day" recorded live at Albany Poets Presents at Restaurant Navona on June 16, 2016.

Mary Panza begins the Housewife Tuesday Podcast series with "Step One" recorded live at Albany Poets Presents at Restaurant Navona on June 16, 2016