Saturday, April 24, 2010
1.00 - 3.00

The Walt Whitman Birthplace Association proudly presents a Poetry Reading by reknowned poets Charles Fishman and Mario Susko.  Charles Fishman is a poetry editor of "Prism:  An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocause Educators."  His books include The Death Mazurka, An American Library Association Outstanding Book of the Year that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry.  Mario Susko, a witness and survivor of the war in Bosnia, is the recipient of several awards, including the Nassau Review Poetry Award, the premio Internazionale di Poesia e Letterature "Nuove Lettere" and the Tin Ujevic Award for "Versus Exsul" for the best book of poems published in Croatioa.  WWBA members attend free, $5.00 suggested donation for non-members.