Assumption College Presents D'Alzon Arts Poetry Reading

February, 2004—Assumption College's d'Alzon Arts Series presents a poetry reading and open mike night, with featured readers Eve Rifkah and Joyce Heon, on Friday, February 20, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. in the d'Alzon Library.

Eve Rifkah is the co-founder and artistic director of Poetry Oasis, Inc., a nonprofit poetry organization. Her poems and essays have appeared in The MacGuffin, Porcupine Press, The Worcester Review, California Quarterly, Re Dactions, Jabberwock Review, Southern New Hampshire Literary Journal, and Literary Lunch - a Knoxville Guild Anthology. Her chapbook, Zodiac of the Misbegotten, was a finalist in the Portlandia and the Main Street Rag chapbook contests. She has been a finalist in the Pecos River Cabin Poetry Contest and a winner in the 2002 and 2003 Worcester County Poetry Association contest. Most recently, Revelever Publications announced that Eve's chapbook, At the Leprosarium, is the winner of their 1st Annual Chapbook Competition. She received her MFA in Writing from Vermont College, and now lives with her husband, poet Michael Milligan.

R. Joyce Heon, from Lunenburg, MA, is active in the Worcester County poetry scene. She is currently involved in the Poets in the Gallery project at the Worcester Art Museum, writing ekphrastic poems about their permanent collection and participating in monthly poetry readings in the galleries. Her poems have been published in Diner, Sahara, The Issue, Tapestries, Voices Along the River, and The Maine Scholar. This past year, her poem "Raspberries," placed third in Worcester Magazine's poetry contest. Her first chapter book, Winter Keeping Apples, centers on the four seasons. She is compiling a book of ekphrastic poetry, aiming for an 2004 publication date. You can view her web site at http://members.tripod.com/r_joyce_heon/index.htm.

An open mike format will be available before Rifkah and Heon take the stage. Anyone is welcome to bring a poem to share with the crowd. Coffee and other refreshments will be served.

For more information on our poets and the D'Alzon Arts Series, please go to: http://www.assumption.edu/dept/Library/events/dalzonartsfuturepoets.html.