YMCA
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Stephen Kuusisto holds a University Professorship at Syracuse University, and is the author of the memoirs Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet's Journey; Planet of the Blind (a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year") and Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening and of the poetry collections Only Bread, Only Light; Letters to Borges; and Old Horse, What is to Be Done? His latest book is Close Escapes from Copper Canyon Press in 2025. He travels and lectures widely on human rights, disability, literature, and the advantages of guide dogs and human-animal relationships.

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Lynn Emanuel is the author of six books of poetry. Her selected poems, The Nerve of It, was awarded the Lenore Marshall Award by The Academy of American Poets. She has, been awarded the Eric Matthieu King Award from the Academy, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, The National Poetry Series Award, and a fellowship from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation. She has been a judge for the National Book Awards and has taught at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, The Warren Wilson Program in Creative Writing, and the Bennington Low-Residency MFA Program. Her poetry has been published and reviewed in The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, LA Review of Books, and Publisher's Weekly. Her latest book is Transcript of the Disappearance, Exact and Diminishing.

Sherre Vernon is the award-winning author of Green Ink Wings, The Name is Perilous, and Flame Nebula, Bright Nova. Her newest book, Translating Blue, is new in April 2025. Sherre has been published in journals such as Tahoma Literary Review and The Chestnut Review, nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart prizes, and anthologized in several collections including Fat & Queer and Best Small Fictions. She also teaches workshops at the Writers Voice.