Four wonderful writers read selections from their work followed by a relaxed discussion and light refreshments in Freeman Hall.
Meet the Writers
Lake Angela’s books of poetry include Scivias Choreomaniae, Organblooms, and Words for the Dead. Her German-language collaborations with Georg Amsel are included in this year’s Best Literary Translations anthology, and her nonfiction essays and poetry-dance works with Companyia Lake Angela advocate for the value of schizophrenia spectrum creativity. Lake is the 2024 Bucks County Poet Laureate
Luray Gross, a storyteller as well as a Bucks County Poet Laureate, has published five collections of poetry, most recently With This Body, Ragged Sky Press. Named a Distinguished Teaching Artist by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, she has worked with thousands of students ranging in age from three to 83.L
Vasiliki Katsarou is the author of three poetry collections, Memento Tsunami, Three Sea Stones, and most recently, The Second Home (Finishing Line Press). Her award-winning 35mm short film Fruitlands 1843 was screened at the Newtown Theatre in Bucks County in 2024. She has been a Teaching Artist at Hunterdon Art Museum, and collaborated with many local arts organizations including the Dodge Poetry Festival, Hopewell Theater, ArtYard, and Princeton Humanities Council.
Melissa D. Sullivan is a fiction writer, journalist, editor and attorney. Her fiction can be found in Dappled Things, The Coil Magazine and elsewhere, and her flash historical fiction “Dear Jacqueline” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her essays on arts and culture have appeared in Rivertowns Magazine, Suburban Life and Hippocampus Magazine. In 2023, Melissa was proud to take on the role of publisher of Neshaminy: The Bucks County Historical and Literary Magazine.
Literary Arts Salons are presented by the Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County.
