Westchester Writers You Should Know
Thanks to a generous gift from Tarrytown poet, Linda Ashear, we start a new series of readings devoted to writers in our midst whom we salute not only for the quality of their work but for their commitment to Westchester's literary life.
Usha
Akella of White Plains has had a book of poems published in India
(... Kali Dances. So Do I...) and some of her poems are due to
be published in Catamaran Magazine. She is the founder of the Poetry
Caravan, funded in part by Poets & Writers, and plans to publish an anthology
of the Poetry Caravan poets in early 2005. She won the 2004 Greenburgh
Supporter of the Arts Award.
Sally
Bliumis of Armonk teaches Fiction Writing and Modern Poetry Analysis
at SUNY Purchase. Her poems have been published in The Paris Review,
Prairie Schooner, Poetry London, Rattapallax, and Nimrod, among
others. She was a finalist for The Pablo Neruda Prize in 2002. She is
a frequent attendee at readings here and elsewhere in the area.
Nancy
Krim of Ardsley-on-Hudson spent 23 years teaching English at Scarsdale
High School, and she continues to teach writing workshops in which both
children and adults are helped to find their own writing voices. Settings
for the latter have included schools and teachers' centers, national conferences,
and a battered women’s shelter. A long-time poet, she has had poems and
other work published in Prairie Schooner, Kenyon Review, and a
variety of other journals. She has occasionally introduced writers at
our readings.
All readings include a question & answer period and a reception with books by the author(s) for sale.
Suggested
Donation: $5 ($3 for HVWC members and those under age 18)
The readings at the HVWC are made possible in part by a grant from the Bydale Foundation; the David G. Taft Foundation; the Orchard Foundation; and the Thendara Foundation; with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and by Westchester Arts Council with funds from Westchester County Government, corporations and individuals.