The Poet and the Poem
2026-27 Series

Featured Susana H. Case, Margo Taft Stever, Sandra Yannone

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Susana H. Case is the author of ten books of poetry, most recently, Matinée Girls (Broadstone Books, 2026). She is co-editor with Margo Taft Stever of I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe (Milk & Cake Press, 2022), Honorable Mention for the Eric Hoffer Book Award, and with Margo Taft Stever and Sandra Yannone of Unsinkable: Poetry Inspired by the Titanic (Salmon Poetry, 2026). The Scottish Café (Slapering Hol Press, 2002) was re-released in English/Polish as Kawiarnia Szkocka (Opole University Press, 2010) and in English/Ukrainian as ??????????? ???'???? (Slapering Hol Press, 2024). https://susanahcase.com

Margo Taft Stever’s full length collections include The End of Horses (Broadstone Books, 2022), winner of a 2022 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award; Cracked Piano (CavanKerry Press, 2019) shortlisted with honorable mention for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize; and Frozen Spring (2002 Mid-List Press First Series Award for Poetry). Her latest of five chapbooks is Bareback Rider (Broadstone Books, 2025). She is founder of the Hudson Valley Writers Center and currently serves on the board of directors, and she is founder and editor of Slapering Hol Press (SHP) margotaftstever.com.

Sandra Yannone, Poet Laureate of Old Saybrook, CT, is the author of Fire at the Big Top (MoonPath Press 2026). Her other collections are Boats for Women (2019) and The Glass Studio (2024) from Salmon Poetry. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including Booth, SWWIM Every Day, Lavender Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Ireland Review, and Prairie Schooner.. She serves as series editor of Seven Kitchens Press’s A.V. Christie Chapbook series for women poets over 50 and on the advisory board of Poetry by the Sea. Since March 2020, she's hosted the international online reading series Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry. Visit her at www.sandrayannone.com.

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