Joseph O. Legaspi & David Livewell POETRY READING
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Sunday December 13, 2026 at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues at Bird in Hand (Baltimore) with poets Joseph O. Legaspi and David Livewell! The reading includes an open mic so bring a poem (1 poem, 3 min. or less). Now in our eighth year, the reading series is the work of Smartish Pace and Baltimore Poets Theatre. Hosts: Clare Banks, David Yezzi, and Stephen Reichert.
Joseph O. Legaspi authored the collections Amphibian (Northwestern University Press, 2026) Threshold (CavanKerry Press, 2017) and Imago (CavanKerry Press, 2007) and the chapbooks Postcards (Lulu, 2019) Aviary, Bestiary (Organic Weapon Arts, 2014); and Subways (CreateSpace, 2013). He works at Columbia University, teaches at Fordham University, and resides in Queens, New York.
David Livewell was raised in the Kensington section of North Philadelphia and works as a medical editor in Philadelphia. He won the T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for his last book, Shackamaxon (Truman State University Press, 2012). His poems have appeared in The Hudson Review, The Threepenny Review, Poetry, The Hopkins Review, and other journals. He received a 2025 fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. His new book, Pass and Stow, was published this year by Paul Dry Books.
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Joseph O. Legaspi authored the collections Amphibian (Northwestern University Press, 2026) Threshold (CavanKerry Press, 2017) and Imago (CavanKerry Press, 2007) and the chapbooks Postcards (Lulu, 2019) Aviary, Bestiary (Organic Weapon Arts, 2014); and Subways (CreateSpace, 2013). He works at Columbia University, teaches at Fordham University, and resides in Queens, New York.
David Livewell was raised in the Kensington section of North Philadelphia and works as a medical editor in Philadelphia. He won the T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for his last book, Shackamaxon (Truman State University Press, 2012). His poems have appeared in The Hudson Review, The Threepenny Review, Poetry, The Hopkins Review, and other journals. He received a 2025 fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. His new book, Pass and Stow, was published this year by Paul Dry Books.
#Poetry #PoetryReading #HOTLPoetsSeries #SmartishPace #Poets
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Bird in Hand Charles Village, 11 E 33rd Street,Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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