Robert Zell is the author of two chapbooks (One and Reflections). His work has appeared in Whirlwind Magazine, Danse Macabre, Poetry Ink and a few other local poetry anthologies. He hosts monthly readings at the Pen and Pencil Club in Philadelphia.
Lisa Alexander Baron is the author of four poetry collections, including While She Poses (Aldrich P, 2015), prompted by visual art. Her poems appear in Chautauqua, Confrontation, Fourth River, Potomac Review, and Philadelphia Stories. She is an MFA in Poetry graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts, and teaches advocacy in writing and speech at Lehigh County Community College and Lasalle University in Philadelphia.
Al Tacconelli’s works have appeared in various journals and anthologies. He has read at Hofstra University, Calandra Institute, Free Library of Philadelphia, Fumo Family Branch of Free Library of Philadelphia, Cornelia Street Cafe, Giovanni’s Room, and Churchill’s. Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contests acknowledged him with Honorable Mention and Editor’s Choice. Perhaps Fly was published by Bordighera Press in 2014. Alone at the Bordres in 2018, Finishing Line Press. Twenty One Poems edited by Linda Pizzi, 2018, Rosa Press. Self published chapbook: Scratch Marks at the Kitchen Door, 2018. Several Tacconelli paintings, prints and drawings are included in Passaic County Community College’s Permanent Collection of Contemporary Art.
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