“The purpose of the New York City Poetry Festival has been to liberate poets and their work from the dark corners of bars, bookstore, and coffee shops and their halogen-lit college campuses, and to bring together as many NYC poets as possible, in the bright light of day, to meet, mingle, and collaborate.”
Here’s Jeanne-Marie Osterman, with copies of her poetry collection, Shellback, and Christopher X. Shade’s Shield the Joyous, at the 10th Annual Celebration on Governors Island!

