Ellen Doré Watson previous director of the Poetry Center at Smith College and named one of “24 Poets for the 21st Century” by the Library Journal has written five books of poetry and many translations from Portuguese. Robert Pinsky described her work as “interrogative, tender, wildly inventive.” Gerald Stern echoed, writing “The poems are wild, delirious…yet the (smart) organizing principle is this mind, ever alert, choosing and sorting.” Her most recent book is pray me stay eager (Alice James Books, 2018)

George Kalogeris’ most recent book, Guide to Greece ,(LSU 2019) was described as “At once boisterous, ironic and tender” by Michael Putnam, emeritus professor of classics, Brown university.  “The poems fall on the ear and rest in the heart…with consummate ease.”