January 8, 2026
| Reading Billy Collins is a delight. He’s insightful, witty, & a pleasure to read. “Dubbed ‘the most popular poet in America’ by the New York Times.” |
Poet and critic Michael Donaghy called Collins a “rare amalgam of accessibility and intelligence…”
NOTE: Mr. Collins will not be present, his poems will be.
MC: Danny Robinson
February 5, 2026
7:30 pm to 9 pm
Ann Keeler Evansis a thealogian by training, a Peacemaker by vocation, and a Poet and Writer by expression. She writes on many different topics but with a central theme: exploring the Joy, Wonder, and Beauty around which and for which we make Peace and Community. Until she went to Antarctica, she had never thought about publishing her poems — but there was something about that place that demanded she try to convey the beauty of even the edges of this still largely wondrous, mysterious, and unknown planet to more people than her small group of friends. My college friend Faye and I set off to see what we could see (in Antarctica), and we were transfixed by what we encountered and thrilled to accompany one another on this great adventure.
MC: Janet Locke
Craig Czury is from the Northeast region of Pennsylvania and a 2022 Fulbright Scholar to Northern Chile. Craig spent 15 of his early years hitchhiking North America, working odd jobs, and studying poetry with some preeminent poets. He also counts among his teachers myriad European, Middle Eastern, and Latin American poets translated into English.Craig is foremost a poet with over 20 books in publication. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Wilkes University.