Author Reading with Jerrice Baptiste and Sandra Arnone – Sept. 18
Stamford Library is excited to announce an upcoming Author Reading and Conversation with authors and poets Jerrice Baptiste and Sandra Arnone on Wednesday, September 18 from 3 to 4 p.m.
About Jerrice J. Baptiste
Jerrice J. Baptiste is the founder of Authentic Poetry workshops in The Hudson Valley, NY for the past 20 years. as well as a teaching artist/poet at The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. Jerrice has been a recipient of a CREATE Grant for poetry performance & Teaching in Prattsville, NY in 2022. Jerrice has been Poet-in-Residence at The Prattsville Art Center for the past three years. She is also a recipient of a residency for the Women’s Leadership Program at The Omega Institute in 2019. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for 2024 and as Best of The Net by Blue Stem for 2022.
Jerrice has been the featured poet on Planet Poet: Words in Space in Roxbury, NY, The Woodstock Poetry Society, and The International Women’s Writing Guild. Her poetry has been published and forthcoming in Urthona: Buddhism & Art, Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality & The Arts, Artemis Journal, The Yale Review, Mantis, Poetica Review, The Minetta Review, The Banyan Review, Kosmos Journal, The Caribbean Writer, Big Wing Review, Chronogram & hundreds of others. Her poetry and collaborative songwriting are featured on the Grammy nominated album, Many Hands: Family Music for Haiti.
About Sandra Arnone
Sandra (Sandi) Arnone is an elementary school teacher. She received a B.A. degree in English Literature and an elementary teacher certification. Her M.S. degree is in early childhood education. Teaching has, and always will be, her passion.
Sandi is an avid reader, wordsmith, and lover of canines large and small. She enjoys hiking, listening to music, and sharing her dinner table with her wonderful family and incredible friends. She resides in upstate New York on eighteen acres of heaven on earth.
Her first collection of poetry, Breathless Soul, was published in 2021 by Xulon Press. You may find her selected poems published in Pure in Heart Literary Magazine for Families (PureinHeartStories.com) ad in Spirit Fire Review (www.spiritfire.com)
