West-East (W-E)
Poets of the Pandemic and Beyond
The W-E team includes the poets Susana H. Case, Lynn McGee (series founder), Carolyne Wright and Sandy Yannone. Poet William (Bill) Mohr was an early host. Our series has celebrated hundreds of poets from communities across the U.S., as well as in the Caribbean, Ireland, England, Brazil and Argentina. The W-E team looks forward to hosting more readings of poets across and outside the U.S.
Friend the W-E hosts and our series on Facebook, to learn of upcoming events. Meanwhile, browse our archives, below. In most cases, if you click on the date, it will link to a video of the reading.
COMING UP: May 10, 2025 at 3 p.m., east coast (stay tuned for Zoom link):
Sarah Giragosian, Lynn McGee and Barbara Unger
Bonnie Jill Emanuel, D'or Seifer, Hilary Sideris
Contributors from the anthology, Braving the Body, released from
Small Harbor Publishing in 2024 and edited by Nicole Callihan,
Pichchenda Bao and Jennifer Franklin.
Kathy Nelson, Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Laura Smyth
Sheila Black, Anna Leahy, Jason Schneiderman, Joseph Zaccardi
Garrett Hongo, Mary Oishi, Christina M. Rau, Alex Simões
Kai Coggin, Peggy R. Ellsberg, John Philip Drury, LaWanda Walters
Jennifer Conlon, Letisia Cruz, Lily Greenberg, Sandra Yannone
Grace Cavalieri, Barbara Crooker, Ryler Dustin, Amy Holman
Book Launch Reading: From the Belly, Poets Respond to Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons, Vol. 1: Karren Alenier (editor), Susana H. Case, Nils Michals,
Brad Richard, Carolyne Wright
Jennifer Franklin, Karen Friedland, Dorianne Laux
Lana Hechtman Ayers, Dzinia Orlowsky, LJ Sisko, Meredith Trede
Risa Denenberg, Alison Hedge Coke, Mervyn Taylor, Bruce Whitacre
Liz Ahl, Lisa Badner, Lauren Camp, Anne Harding Woodworth
November 13, 2022
Susana H. Case, Andre Bagoo, Philip Memmer, Kim Ports Parsons
Jessica Mookherjee, Beth SKMorris, Eugenia Toledo
July 10, 2022
Abdul Ali, Judith Kerman, Susan Rich
Meg Kearney, Raul Sanchez, Elaine Sexton, Margo Taft Stever
Anna Leahy, Myra Malkin, David Rigsbee, Sean Singer
Andrea Carter, Don Krieger, Heidi Seaborn, Ravi Shankar
November 14, 2021
Kai Coggin, Ed Madden, Connie Post, Carolyne Wright
Richard Blanco, Barbara Goldberg, Gustavo Hernandez, Gail Newman
Cal Freeman, David Lehman, Michael Montlack, Hilda Raz
Kim Addonizio, Suzanne Cleary, Gary Copeland Lilly, Beth Ruscio
Grace Bauer, Carol Ellis, Erin Murphy, Sandra Yannone
Claudia Castro Luna, John Guzlowski, Dayna Patterson, Paul Vangelisti
Ellen Bass, Gary Copeland Lily, Jessica Greenbaum, Bertha Rogers
Allison Blevins, Tina Cane, Robin Myers, Anthony Seidman
Kai Coggin, Marsha de la O, liz gonzalez, Gerry LaFemina, Mike the Poet Sonksen, Barbara Ungar
June 14, 2020
Indran Amirthanayagam, Laurel Ann Bogen, Jennifer Franklin, Alexis Rhone Fancher, Mervyn Taylor, Lynne Thompson
