WEST CALDWELL TWP. The virtual Peaceful Poetry Reading Series, hosted by the West Caldwell Public Library and featuring 15 poets from throughout Essex County, continues at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13.

Each poet will read some of his or her favorite poems, which are intended to offer tranquility and peace of mind during coronavirus pandemic.

The reading Thursday will feature poet and English teacher Susan Rothbard of Fairfield, who will read some of her new poems about two of her passions: birds and food.

Her poetry has appeared in the Literary Review, Poet Lore, The Cortland Review, Pif Magazine, the National Poetry Review, Comstock Review, Paterson Literary Review and other journals. It also has been featured in Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry and on Verse Daily.

In 2011, she won the Annie Finch Prize for Poetry. She earned a master's in fine arts degree in creative writing from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Florham Park and a Doctor of Letters from Drew University in Madison.

She teaches English and creative writing at Livingston High School, where she was named Teacher of the Year in 2019.

The Peaceful Poetry Reading Series will conclude Thursday, Aug. 20, when Susanna Rich of Blairstown will offer a poetry reading.

Other poets in the series included series organizer Diane Lockward and Michael Mandzik, both of West Caldwell; Rick Mullin of Caldwell; Elinor Mattern of Bloomfield; Theresa Burns of South Orange; and Marilyn Mohr of Verona.

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