A Homecoming Farewell—A Weekend of Readings and Reunions in Riverwest

1 pm CDT: Bryon Cherry, Siwar Masannat, and Bethany Price—We begin a tremendous final day of programs on Locust Street with three inimitable poets, each of whom have been steady fixtures of Woodland Pattern’s programming and community for many years.

Bryon Cherry is a poet and musician. He is the author of two chapbooks of poetry, death moan (Aquarius Press/Willow Books, 2023) and Funeral Journey (The Quail Press, 2019), and a full-length collection of poems, Ruins, Ruminations, and Rituals (Anarcho Welfare Press, 2019). His work was also featured in Return to the Gathering Place of the Waters anthology (VA Press) and South Florida Poetry Journal. Born and raised in Milwaukee, he is of and shaped by his evolving home city. He is guided by what he considers the magical forces of listening and love.

Jordanian writer Siwar Masannat is the author of cue (Georgia Review Books, 2024) and 50 Water Dreams (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 2015). A former Woodland Pattern volunteer, Masannat holds a PhD in English from UW–Milwaukee, where she was a Distinguished Dissertation R1 Fellow and a Distinguished Graduate Student Fellow. Masannat now lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where she works as Managing Editor of the Caribbean Poetry Book Series: Calabash and Assistant Director of the African Poetry Book Fund. She teaches Literary Arts at Brown University.

Bethany Price is a woman of many hats, just like everyone. She is from Wisconsin, but currently lives in upstate NY. Find her work through the small publishers Papeachu Press, VA Press, and pitymilk press. She feels most at home around palm trees.

Reading: A Homecoming Farewell—Saturday @ 1 PM CDT