11:30-11:35 a.m.

Welcome

11:35-11:45 a.m.

Melissa Lucken, LCC English Professor, her essay “Caveman for the win” from “All I wanna do is go the distance”: Essays on the Rocky Franchise and Its Enduring Cultural Impact

11:45 a.m.-noon

Jeanne Donado, LCC Grant Development Coordinator, own poetry and more

Noon-12:15 p.m.

Cheryl Caesar, own poetry

12:30-12:35 p.m.

Diane G. Gardin, local writer/poet/motivational speaker, “Fading Woman in the Mist”

12:35-12:50 p.m.

Robin Melay Pizzo, author, reading from D-Nice, a YA short story collection

1-1:10 p.m.

Katie Hinko, LCC Math Instructor, reading a selection of poems with physics metaphors

1:10-1:25 p.m.

Susan Serafin-Jess, poet and retired LCC English Professor, from her collection, Bisou

1:25-1:45 p.m.

Linda Peckham, retired LCC English Professor, reading from The Equivalents

1:45-1:55 p.m.

Nan Jackson, retired LCC Math Professor, reading two poems from Rose Black’s Winter Night, and one of her own poems

2:10-2:20 p.m.

Rob Edwards, Media Specialist and DMAC Professor, reading from a work of fiction co-authored with his late wife

2:20-2:35 p.m.

Dedria Humphries, retired LCC English Professor, her own prose

2:35-2:50 p.m.

Tari Muniz, poet, her own poems

2:50-2:55 p.m.

Kim Griffin, reading her own poetry and “A New National Anthem” by Ada Limón

2:55-3:10 p.m.

Isabella Mansfield, poet, her own poems

3:10-3:20 p.m.

Holly Mayes, author, “Saturday Night,” a work of creative nonfiction

3:20-3:35 p.m.

Curlada Eure-Harris, LCC Professional Mental Health Counselor, reading from Raw Health, Pathways to Natural Healing, which she co-authored

3:35-3:45 p.m.

Jill Reglin, LCC English Professor, reading some poems by Rosalie Petrouske, former LCC English Professor and poet

3:45-4 p.m.

Teresa Purvis, LCC English Professor, reading selections by various authors and closing