Poets Speak Loud Featuring Dawn Marar

The Poets Speak Loud open mic series continues at McGeary’s in downtown Albany on Monday, July 31, with featured reader Dawn Marar.

Dawn Marar has been selected as a finalist in the Nimrod International Journal’s Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry. Three of her poems will be published in the fall 2017 issue. Her chapbook, Efflorescence has been accepted for publication by Finishing Line Press.

Poets Speak Loud is Albany Poets’ long-running monthly open mic for poetry and spoken word with a featured poet hosted by local poet Mary Panza at McGeary’s (4 Clinton Square) in downtown Albany on the last Monday of each and every month.

Sign-up for the open mic is 7:00 p.m., reading starts around 8 p.m.

About the author: Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.