Please join Mike Jurkovic with his guests James Casey, Leslie Gerber and Bruce Weber for the Thursday, February 11 Calling All Poets (CAPS) Live Stream at Green kill at 7 PM on Youtube. To gain access to event go here.

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James Casey

James ‘Séamus’ Casey is a 1st generation Irish American from Staten Island. His father, John Francis Casey, was an hereditary Seannachie & the official poet of the old Irish World newspaper. James has an MA from Hunter College & has performed mostly on the 74th longitude from NYC to Albany for over 50 yrs. He was the winner of the last Day of the Poet challenge in 1995 at SUNY Ulster. 

He’s published sporadically using the excuse that in his lineage, speaking out loud to listeners amplifies its meaning & is more transcendent than the printed word.

Leslie Gerber

Leslie Gerber was born in Brooklyn in 1943 and graduated from Brooklyn College. He has been a book cataloger, owner of a mail order classical record business, and a classical music DJ. He is still writing poetry and publishing classical music CDs. After his wife Tara McCarthy died in 2018, he published the book Losing Tara: An Alzheimer's Journey. He lives in Woodstock with his excellent dog Winnie, and visits in Kingston with his friend Barbara and his step-cat Poppy.

Mike Jurkovic

CAPS president Mike Jurkovic hosts the monthly Livestreams. AmericanMental (Luchador Press, 2020)

is his latest full length book. Read CD reviews at All About Jazz and Lightwood press. His work can be found at www.callingallpoets.net and www.mikejurkovic.com

Bruce Weber

Bruce Weber is the organizer of Perfect Pitch: The New Year’s Day Spoken Word/Performance Extravaganza. In addition to being a poet he is an art historian, currently specizlizing in the historic Woodstock art colony (see learningwoodstockartcolony.com). Bruce’s most recent book is THERE ARE TOO MANY WORDS IN MY HOUSE (Rogue Scholars Press, 2019).