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@ John D. Calandra Italian American Institute 25 W. 43rd St., 17th Floor, NYC
Tim Gager & Tony Gloeggler
NOTE DATE & TIME CHANGE: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
LIVE 6-8PM EST; Open Mic begins at 6PM; admission is free
Timothy Gager is the author of 20 books of fiction and poetry, which includes his fourth novel, Shadows of the Seen, (Pierian Springs Press, 2025) and his most recent collection of poetry, Almost Bluing for X-Tra Whiteness (Big Table Publishing, 2024). He hosted the successful Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, MA from 2001 to 2018, and started a weekly virtual series in 2020. He has had more than 1,000 works of fiction and poetry published, 19 nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His work also has been nominated for a Massachusetts Book Award, The Best of the Web, The Best Small Fictions Anthology and has been read on National Public Radio.
A life-long resident of New York City, Tony Gloeggler has managed group homes for the mentally challenged in Brooklyn for more than 40 years. His latest collection is Here on Earth (NYQ Books, 2026). Gloeggler’s first chapbook, One On One (Pearl Editions) received the 1998 Pearl Poetry Prize. NYQ Books also published What Kind Of Man, which was named a finalist for the 2021 Paterson Poetry Prize.
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