On Thursday, April 16th we will have a group of poets in the shop in celebration of national poetry month! Please RSVP at the link below :)
Meet the Poets!
Shoshana Olidort is a critic, writer, and translator. Her work has appeared in Asymptote, Lit Hub, the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Paris Review Daily, Poetry Northwest, Public Book, and The Times Literary Supplement, among other outlets. She holds a PhD in comparative literature from Stanford University.
Silvi Saxena is a trauma therapist and medical social worker dedicated to supporting people living with chronic and terminal illness, with a focus on hospice and community palliative care. Her work centers on helping individuals and families navigate complex emotional and healthcare experiences with dignity, compassion, and trauma-informed care. Silvi is passionate about improving access to care and helping people feel seen and understood during some of life’s most difficult moments. Writing is both an outlet and a way for her to process the emotional weight of this work. Through poetry, essays, and reflection, she explores themes of grief, resilience, connection, and the human experience. Silvi finds joy in music, traveling and spending quality time with loved ones. She has been published in Poetry Quarterly, Red River Review, The Houston Literary Review and Evanescent: A Journal of Literary Medicine.
Ryan Teitman is the author of the poetry collections Litany for the City (BOA Editions, 2012) and Paperweight (University of Akron Press, 2026), winner of the Akron Poetry Prize. His poems have appeared in Poetry, The Southern Review, and The Yale Review, and his awards include a Wallace Stegner Fellowship, a MacDowell Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. He lives in Glenside, Pennsylvania, with his wife and daughter.
Maria Provenzano (she/her) is a poet based in southern New Jersey. Her work can be found in Conduit, EcoTheo Review, Fugue Journal, Nimrod International Journal, Sonora Review, and elsewhere. You can find her on Instagram at @maria.writes.poems and learn more at maria-provenzano.com.