Spoken Word Series

Presenting artists from academia and industry, with voices from traditional to modern, co-hosts
Siobhan Barry-Bratcher and David Vincenti will introduce you to a panorama of poetry that will stretch
not only your view of the art, but your view of your world as well.

Each featured writer will read selections from their collection and then the microphone will open to the
public to share their work. This series is at 3pm on the first Sunday of each month at Symposia
Bookstore, 510 Washington St., Hoboken (unless otherwise noted). All events in this series are open to
the public and free - with a suggested donation of $3.

Past artists who have been featured include: Diane Lockward, Brian Bradford, Stuart Greenhouse,
Shanna Compton, Valerie Schermerhorn, Sintora Regina Vanderhorst, Sander Zulauf, Deena Linett,
George Harvilla, Meg Kearney, BJ Ward, Faith Vicinanza, Joel Lewis, Renee Ashley, John-Paul Marotta,
postmidnight, Edmund Conti, Peter Murphy, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Laura Boss, Jack Wiler, Mike
Fleming, and David Messineo.

This Season We Welcome

Siobhan Barry-Bratcher - Irish figure skaters, city dwelling possums, Jerry Garcia's
artwork, recalcitrant old houses, and mornings in small towns are just a few of the
topics Siobhán Barry-Bratcher has covered in her poetry, prose and articles. Born in
Brooklyn, New York in 1954, Siobhán writes about everything because she believes
there are no boring subjects. Her first book, a memoir titled, Brushstrokes: A Work In
Progress was praised by reviewers and readers alike for its wit, sentimentality and
realism. Her second book, Golden, a young adult historical novel set in the late 1960s,
was released in October 2007. Siobhán's articles and poetry have appeared in various
publications such as The Greenpoint Gazette, Waterfront Week, The Hudson Current, and
Recreational Ice Skating. Her short story, "The Mayor of Pigtown", was the first-place
winner of the Brooklyn Board's 2002 Best of the Brooklyn Diary contest. Siobhán's
latest projects include another novel and a screenplay titled "Winfield". She resides
with her family in Hudson County, New Jersey.

David Vincenti has always devoted his energy to the making and publishing creative
writings, including poetry to class magazines and original speeches for forensics
competitions in high school, editorship of the campus literary journal and articles for
the newspaper in college, and publications in regional and national arenas since then.
His poems have appeared in such journals as The Journal of New Jersey Poets, The
Paterson Literary Review and The Christian Science Monitor. He has been nominated for a
Pushcart Prize, and has contributed articles to Poetic Voices and The Stevens Indicator.
David is an alumnus of Stevens Institute of Technology and lives in New Jersey with his
wife and daughters. www.davidvincenti.com