First Fridays

The reading series usually 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 followed by the featured poet. Readings are open to the public and currently, for obvious reasons, online. Watch the Ragged Edge Facebook page for the link a couple of days before each reading. 

​Winter/Spring 2021
 
Friday, January 8 — Voices of Woodlawn
Patrick Washington, Ladi Di Beverly, Hiram Larew, and Diane Wilbon Parks (with Cliff Bernier on the harmonica) 
Join us online
7:00pm

Friday, February 5 — Barbara DeCesare
York-based poet/performer. Learn more here
Join us online
7:00pm

Friday, March 5 — Fred Shaw
Check out his new book and read this 
Join us online
7:00pm

Friday, April 2 — Passager Poets
Celebrate National Poetry Month with our feature from Passager Books
Diana Anhalt, Gilbert Arzola, Harry Bauld, Moira Egan 
Join us online 
​7:00pm

Friday, May 7 — Dorothy Trench Bonett
Reading from her new translations of China's First Great Modern Poet, Xu Zhimo
Join us online 
​7:00pm

Friday, June 4 — Joseph Ross
Washington, D.C.-based poet. Visit and read this
Join us on the patio behind the Ragged Edge. Masks required.
​7:00pm



​Some past readers have included Sarah Browning, Luke Stromberg, Gary Finke, Steven Leyva, Dan Vera, Maria James-Thiaw, Aaron Angelo, Christopher Kempf, Hiram Larew, Matthew McBride, Mark Brazaitis, Joseph Ross, Laura Shovan, Bill Jones, Kendra Kopolke, James Arthur, Dorah Malech, Gerry LaFemina, Elizabeth Knapp, Adrienne Su, Brian Fanelli, 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, Marty Esworthy, Michael Hoover, 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 15 years ago!