Welcome to the 2020 Mad Poets Festival! We’re taking the show on the virtual road this year because COVID-19 couldn’t keep us from sharing these phenomenal poets and their works with the world. So, sit back, grab a drink, and prepare to be inspired!
View the Group #1 performances here.
Group #1 Bios
Amber Renee, she/her, writes from her home in suburban Bucks County, PA. A fool hopelessly in love with the pursuit of psycheverse knowledge, she often writes autobiographically. Thoughts on This Most Recent Episode was her 2016 full length collection of self-published poetry ruminating on her thoughts & illnesses. As recently as January 2020 she published a Poetry Picture book i feel like i’m nothing available online. Find her on social media @amberreneepoet. The music in Amber’s second poem, "Metronome Mood," is by @ndotreed.)
Nathalie Anderson’s books of poetry include Following Fred Astaire, Crawlers, Quiver, Stain, and Held and Firmly Bound. She received a Pew Fellowship in 1993, and serves as a Professor in the Department of English Literature at Swarthmore College, where she directs the Program in Creative Writing.
At a very young age and against his will, Steven Concert was transplanted from upstate New York to northeast Pennsylvania. He is a three-time featured poet for Mad Poets' series and a regular participant at their annual festival. He currently serves as 4th Vice-President for NFSPS, and Treasurer for PPS.
Prabha Nayak Prabhu, a native of India is a retired language teacher. Her poems have been published in Mad Poets Review, Philadelphia Poets, Schuylkill Valley Journal, The Fox Chase Review, Poetry Ink, Ethnic Voices and the Anthology, Selfhood: Varieties of Experience. Her chapbook Layers was published by Finishing Line Press in 2019.
Cleveland Wall is a poet, editor, and teaching artist from Bethlehem, PA. She is one half of the poetry-guitar duo The Starry Eyes and a founding member of the poetry improv group No River Twice. Her debut collection, Let X=X (Kelsay Books, 2019), is really good. You should definitely buy it.