Woodstock Poetry Society Featuring Dennis Bressack and Judith Saunders

The next gathering of the Woodstock Poetry Society takes place this coming Saturday afternoon at the Golden Notebook starting at 2 p.m. Host Phillip Levine has two great poets, Dennis Bressack and Judith Saunders, lined up as the featured readers for this great Hudson Valley poetry series.

Here is more info from the host himself:

Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival as part of the Woodstock Arts Consortium is sponsoring the following poetry event as part of the Woodstock “Second Saturdays” Art Events. For a full listing of “Second Saturday” events, see: www.artsinwoodstock.org.

Poets Dennis Bressack and Judith Saunders will be the featured readers, along with an open mike when the Woodstock Poetry Society & Festival meets at Golden Notebook (Upstairs), 29 Tinker Street on Saturday, September 10 at 2pm.

Dennis Wayne Bressack is a retired dentist who lives in Woodstock, NY with his wife, Abby. They have two sons, Justin and Noah. A writer for 50 years, he has been a featured reader at many venues in New Jersey, Manhattan and The Mid-Hudson Valley. His essays, short stories, poems and songs have appeared in a variety of publications. He has self-published seven books of poetry, and produced two CDs of music. His poetry website, www.denniswaynebressack.com, contains samples of his writing and music.

During the past twenty-five years Judith Saunders has published poetry, humor, and creative nonfiction in a wide variety of little magazines and literary journals. Her work has appeared, for example, inThe Mathematical Intelligencer, Snowy Egret, Chiron Review, Blue Unicorn, The Gay and Lesbian Review, The Christian Science Monitor, and The North American Review. She is the author of two prize-winning poetry chapbooks (Panhandler and Red Berry). She will read from her most recent collections, Seizing this Chance (Kattywompus Press 2014) and Lost Partners (FutureCycle Press 2015).