Guest Poet: Dan Simpson.

Dan Simpson is the winner of the inaugural Propel Poetry Prize for his latest poetry collection, Inside the Invisible, published by Nine Mile Books in November 2022. In 2017, he and his wife, Ona Gritz, collaborated on two books, as co-authors of Border Songs: A Conversation in Poems and as co-editors of More Challenges for the Delusional, an anthology of prose, poetry, and writing prompts. School for the Blind, his first collection of poems, came out in 2014. His work has been anthologized in About Us: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times, Welcome to the Resistance: Poetry as Protest, and Beauty Is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability, and has appeared in Prairie Schooner, The Cortland Review, and many other journals. “Let’s Walk Together,” a composition for bass soloist and choir, based on a text written by Daniel Simpson, received its premiere performance by Voces8 in London in December 2020. Voces8 and four other choirs also performed “A Song Everyone Can Sing, for which he served as lyricist in March, 2019. The recipient of a Fellowship in Literature from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, he tends a blog, Inside the Invisible, which can be found at insidetheinvisible.wordpress.com.

Dan's visit will include readings of his award-winning poetry, a lively discussion on the writing life, and a brief writing exercise* with Q&A.Poets and poetry lovers are invited to our meetings. Many of our members write poetry. We welcome all ages, abilities, and interests and enjoy listening to what each member shares. For more information, go to www.montcopoet.org or email the reference desk at refdesk@ivpl.org.

When: First Saturday of every month 

Time: 1pm - 3pm

Where: IVPL Reading Room