First Fridays
The reading series takes place upstairs at the Ragged Edge Coffeehouse (110 Chambersburg street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) at 7:00pm on the First Friday of the month. We take a break in July and August.
We start with an open mic, and follow with the featured poet. Readings are open to the public. Check the schedule to confirm if the reading will be via Zoom or on-site.
We start with an open mic, and follow with the featured poet. Readings are open to the public. Check the schedule to confirm if the reading will be via Zoom or on-site.
Fall 2024
September 6 — Joseph Ross
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
October 4 — Todd Davis
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
November 1 — Jim Daniels and Kristin Kovacic
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
December 6 — Linda Joy Burke
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
Spring 2025
January 3 — Allison Pitinii Davis, Joshua Gottlieb-Miller and Rosanna Young Oh
7:00pm on Zoom***
February 7 — Sam Schmidt and Virginia Crawford
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
March 7 — Lisa Munson
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
April 4 — Martin Farawell
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
May 2 — Barrelhouse Evening with Tracy Dimond, Dan Brady and Justin Marks
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
June 6 — Bert Barnett, Judy Young, Mike Reed
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
Past readers have included Shaheen Dil, Allison Pitinii Davis, David Bergman, Erin Murphy, Esperanza Hope Snyder, Joshua Gottlieb-Miller, Arlene Weiner, Maya Mindyck, Taije Silverman, Mark Drew, Michael Collier, Virginia Crawford, Sam Schmidt, Steven Concert, Cliff Lynn, Marjorie Maddox, David Yezzi, Laura Shovan, Faye McCray, Linda Joy Burke, Ann Bracken, Sarah Browning, Rosanna Young-Oh, Luke Stromberg, Gary Finke, Steven Leyva, Voices of Woodlawn: Patrick Washington, Ladi Di Beverly, Hiram Larew, and Diane Wilbon Parks (with Cliff Bernier on the harmonica) Dan Vera, Barbara DeCesare, Diane Sahms-Guarnieri, g emil reutter, Maria James-Thiaw, Aaron Angelo, Christopher Kempf, Hiram Larew, Dorothy Trench Bonett (translations of Xu Zhimo), Matthew McBride, Mark Brazaitis, Joseph Ross, Laura Shovan, Bill Jones, Kendra Kopolke, James Arthur, Dorah Malech, Gerry LaFemina, Elizabeth Knapp, Adrienne Su, Brian Fanelli, Diana Anhalt, Gilbert Arzola, Harry Bauld, Moira Egan Daryl Sznyter, Shara McCallum, Hugh Martin, Renee Nicholson, Elizabeth Hazen, Marc Harshman, Anne Higgins, Nina Forsythe, Corey Van Landingham, Kenneth Vincent Walker, Ryan Teitman, Kim Roberts, Dustin Nispel, Le Hinton, Richard Kearns, Jeff Rath, Carla Christopher, Christian Tiede, James Arthur, William Heath, Jan Beatty, Marty Esworthy, Michael Hoover, Eliot White, Michael Simms, Ned Balbo, Anne Harding Woodworth, Dana Kinsey and Brent House.
Currently I co-host with the awesome Alan Bogage and Marty Malone. Our co-host emeritus and consultant is Gary Ciocco. Dana Larkin Sauers founded the series.