The featured reader for May will be Connie Post, whose work has appeared in Calyx, Cutthroat Magazine, Comstock Review, River Styx, The American Journal of Poetry, Spoon River Poetry Review, and Verse Daily. Her most recent collection, Between Twilight, was published by New York Quarterly books in February of 2023. Of Connie, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Diane Suess says, “This honest voice, this exiled voice, comes through in poems that strike me as prayer. They seek mercy, not so much from a deity but from the world, and most significantly, from herself.”

Writers Read has been happening in Ukiah since 1999, and occurs on the last Thursday of almost every month. The program focuses on poetry, spoken word, short stories, song, and expository prose. Following Connie, and after a brief intermission, there will be an open mic.

For general information about Writers Read, contact Michael Riedell at innisfreeriedell@gmail.com.