First Fridays
The reading series takes place upstairs at the Ragged Edge Coffeehouse (110 Chambersburg street in downtown 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.
We start with an open mic, and follow with the featured poet. Readings are open to the public.
Fall 2026
September 4 — Mel Edden
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
October 2 — Shirley Brewer
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
November 6 — Sandra Fees
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
December 4 — Julia Spicher Kasdorf
7:00pm at the Ragged Edge
Past readers have included Joy Priest, Mat Hohner, Shaheen Dil, Allison Pitinii Davis, David Bergman, Erin Murphy, Esperanza Hope Snyder, Joshua Gottlieb-Miller, Arlene Weiner, Tracy Dimond, Justin Marks, Dan Brady, Brenardo the Sing Song Poet, Maya Mindyck, Taije Silverman, Martin Farawell, Ginny Crawford, Sam Schmidt, Mark Drew, Michael Collier, Virginia Crawford, Sam Schmidt, Lisa Munson, Steven Concert, Cliff Lynn, Marjorie Maddox, David Yezzi, Todd Davis, Laura Shovan, Faye McCray, Linda Joy Burke, Ann Bracken, Sarah Browning, Rosanna Young-Oh, Luke Stromberg, Gary Finke, Steven Leyva, Jim Daniels, Kristin Kovacic, Judy Young, Mike Reed, Bert Barnett, 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.