2025 Spring Reading
April 24th @ iegallery in Edison!
We are thrilled to bring this series back. Here are our wonderful poets that will be joining us in April at the iegallery in Edison.
Admission is free and there will be refreshments! Reading starts at 7 PM.
J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg
Three-time Nominee for Pushcart and Best of the Net awards, Bellingham- based J.I. (Judy) Kleinberg is an artist, poet, freelance writer, and co-producer of the SpeakEasy poetry reading series. Her poetry has appeared in print and online journals and anthologies worldwide. Her chapbooks include The Word for Standing Alone in a Field (Bottlecap Press, 2023), How to pronounce the wind (Paper View Books, 2023), Desire’s Authority (Ravenna Press Triple Series No. 23, 2023), and Sleeping Lessons (Milk & Cake Press, 2025). A full-length collection of visual poems, She needs the river (Poem Atlas), was published in 2024. More at chocolateisaverb.wordpress.com and on Instagram @jikleinberg.
Jory Mickelson
Jory Mickelson (they/them) is the author of three books of poetry Picturing (2025), All This Divide (2024), and Wilderness//Kingdom (2019). Their work has appeared in journals in the US, Canada, and the UK. They live in Bellingham, WA. To read more about them and their work visit www.jorymickelson.com.
Alexandra Teague
Alexandra Teague is most recently the author of [ominous music intensifying] (Persea 2024) and Spinning Tea Cups: A Mythical American Memoir (Oregon State University Press 2023). She is previously the author of three books of poetry and a novel, as well as co-editor of Bullets into Bells: Poets & Citizens Respond to Gun Violence. A recipient of fellowships from the NEA, Civitella Ranieri and elsewhere, she is a professor at University of Idaho, where she co-directs the MFA program. https://www.alexandrateague.com/
Tennison S. Black
Queer, transmasc nonbinary writer Tennison S. Black is the author of Survival Strategies (winner of the National Poetry Series, UGA Press 2023) which was also awarded the Arizona Book Award in Poetry. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in SWWIM, Hotel Amerika, Booth, Wordgathering, and New Mobility, among others. They are also the editor of the anthology on contemporary disability, A Body You Talk To. Black resides in Bellingham and teaches writing at ASU. https://tennisonblack.com/