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IAWA-BOSTON Presents:

Juan Pablo Mobili & Mark Saba

Saturday, February 15, 2025, at I Am Books

124 Salem Street, Boston, MA

6-8 PM EST; Open Mic begins at 6; admission is free

Juan Pablo Mobili was born in Buenos Aires and adopted by New York. His poems appeared in Tupelo Quarterly, Hanging Loose Magazine, South Florida Poetry Journal and Louisville Review, among others, as well as international publications such as Impspired (UK), Hong Kong Review (Hong Kong, SAR), and The Wild Word (Germany). His work received multiple nominations for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. His chapbook, “Contraband,” was published in 2022, and he is currently finishing his first full-length manuscript of poems. In 2025, he was appointed Poet Laureate of Rockland County, New York.

Mark Saba’s publications include his new novel, The Shoemaker from Casa Lago Press, 2025, Flowers in the Dark (poetry), Calling the Names (poetry), Two Novellas: A Luke of All Ages / Fire and Ice, and Ghost Tracks: Stories of Pittsburgh Past. His work has appeared widely in literary magazines around the U.S. and abroad. He is also a painter, and recently retired from Yale University as a medical illustrator and graphic designer. For more, please see marksabawriter.com.

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