Hosted by Thomas Fucaloro.

Bob Heman lives in Brooklyn where he constructs collages and writes mostly prose poems. His words have been translated into Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, Italian and Hungarian. He has been published on every continent except Antarctica. His most recent books include The House of Grand Farewells (Luna Bisonte Prods, 2019), The Number 5 Is Always Suspect [collaborations with Cindy Hochman] (Presa Press, 2019), and Cone Transformed (Poets Wear Prada, 2021). His e-books Demographics, or, The Hats They Are Allowed to Wear (2009), and How It All Began (2007), are available as free downloads from Quale Press. In the late 1970s, he was an artist-in-residence at The Brooklyn Museum.

Vijay Ramanathan is the head librarian at Kristine Mann Library. He is an MLS graduate of St. John's University and is currently studying at Naropa University to receive his Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. He is also a poet with a new poetry collection Breakdown Dancer released by Poets of Queens Press and he hosts a LIVE talk show streaming on Radio Free Brooklyn every Sunday at 11 AM called The Truth to Power Show.

To watch directly on zoom and to read on the open mic, you must register for this event by 3:30 pm and you will be sent the link. This event will also be live-streamed to the great weather for MEDIA facebook page.

The host will be taking open mic signups during the event.

Bob Heman and Vijay Ramanathan, plus poetry open mic