Poets In Port: May 29, 2009

Poets in Port will feature Gloria g. Murray at 7:30 pm on Friday, May 29, 2009 at Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theatre. There will also be an Open Reading -- the audience is encouraged to bring their poems and music and participate. For more information, contact Steven Schmidt.

Gloria g. Murray has been published in various literary journals, including The Paterson review, Poet Lore, The Long Island Quarterly, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Amelia, Bardic Echoes, and others. She is a member of Poets & Writers, has wone various awards and was presented by Ted Kooser on-line in 'American Life in Poetry'. A playwright as well: two of her one-act plays were performed off-Broadway and on Long Island. She has read at many Long Island veues including The Mill Pond House, Locust Valley library and the JCC Plainview Y. Her book, In My Mother's House, was funded by a grant from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation.