Dan Vera is featured poet November 6 at Harrisburg's Midtown Scholar

“The poetry of Dan Vera is clear, strong, honest and funny. He’s the sharp-eyed observer in the corner who doesn't say much but makes every word count.” --Martín Espada

Dan Vera is the featured poet November 6 at Harrisburg's Midtown Scholar Bookstore. The Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel hosts this community reading series, held every Thursday from 7:00 to 9:00 pm

Dan Vera's a writer, editor and author of Speaking Wiri Wiri (Red Hen Press). He's the inaugural winner of the Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize, and The Space Between Our Danger and Delight (Beothuk Books). His poetry has appeared in various journals and anthologies. He's the co-creator of the literary history site, DC Writers' Homes, and on the board of Split This Rock Poetry.

“To read Dan Vera is to believe the world is actually a good place after all – a place where the reputation of poetry is redeemed with humor and kindness. In the deepest part of the heart where we truly reside, there is always a wish that poetry will rinse off artifice. This is it.” --Grace Cavalieri

Poetry Thursdays is hosted by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel, at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102. Every Thursday! Phone: 717.236.1680

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