Cynthia Manick is the author of No Sweet Without Brine (Amistad-HarperCollins, 2023), editor of The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry, and author of Blue Hallelujahs. Her work has been featured in the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day Series, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and other outlets.

 A life-long NJ resident, James Hoch has been a professor of creative writing at Ramapo College since 2006. He’s the author of 3 award-winning poetry collections, most recently, Last Pawn Shop in New Jersey.

All readings are free and open to the public. No reservations are needed.

For more information on the Dr. Carl Calendar Visiting Writers Series, please contact Professor Suzanne Parker, Director of the Creative Writing Program, at sparker@brookdalecc.edu