Slapering Hol Press Presents the Debut Poets Reading (In-person at HVWC)

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Ellen Goldsmith’s first full length collection, Are We There Yet? (Kelsay Books) follows four chapbooks. Her first, No Pine Tree in This Forest Is Perfect, won the 1997 Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition and was described by Dennis Nurkse as “an incandescent collection.” Goldsmith’s poems have been published in numerous journals and anthologies. She holds an Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University, and is professor emerita of The City University of New York. She lives in Cushing, Maine.

Richard Parisio lives and writes in the Hudson Valley, where he has worked as a naturalist and educator for over four decades. His chapbook, The Owl Invites Your Silence, won the 2013 Slapering Hol Press Poetry Chapbook Award, and he holds an MFA from Cedar Crest College. His full poetry collection, Trailside Register, was published by Bushwack Books in 2025.   

Avia Tadmor is the author of Song in Tammuz (Tupelo Press, 2026), winner of the Berkshire International…