CANCELED

Due to the COVID-19 situation, we have canceled our Spoken Word Sundays at the Parkside Lounge until the venue reopens. All features will be rescheduled for later in the year.

Stay safe and be kind.

Featuring Van Hartmann, Jane Ormerod, and Laurel S. Peterson

Hosted by Jerry T. Johnson

Plus open mic

21+

$3 suggested donation. Two drink min, alcoholic or non.

Van Hartmann is a Professor of English at Manhattanville College.  He received his B.A. in History from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina.  His poetry has appeared in numerous journals.  He has published two books of poetry (Shiva Dancing, Texture Press, 2007, and Riptide, Texture Press, 2016) and a chapbook (Between What Is and What Is Not, The Last Automat Press, 2010). He lives in Norwalk, Connecticut with his wife, Laurel Peterson.

Jane Ormerod is the author of the full-length poetry collections Welcome to the Museum of Cattle and Recreational Vehicles on Fire (both from Three Rooms Press), and the chapbook 11 Films (Modern Metrics/EXOT Books). Her work also appears in numerous publications including  From Somewhere to Nowhere: The End of the American Dream, Maintenant, Marsh Hawk Press Review, Post (stranger), The Pedestal, Sensitive Skin, and Paris Lit Up. She is a founding editor at great weather for MEDIA.

Laurel S. Peterson is an English professor at Norwalk Community College and her poetry has been published in many literary journals. She has two chapbooks,That’s the Way the Music Sounds (Finishing Line Press) and Talking to the Mirror (Last Automat Press). Her full-length collection, Do You Expect Your Art to Answer? (Futurecycle Press) was released in January 2017. She has also written a mystery novel, Shadow Notes, which is available through Barking Rain Press. Laurel served as the town of Norwalk, Connecticut’s poet laureate from 2016 – 2019.