GLASS LYRE PRESS
AUTHORS' POETRY
READINGS
Website: dinaelenbogen.com
Dina Elenbogen
(she/her)
Dina Elenbogen is author of the poetry collections Shore (Glass Lyre Press) and Apples of the Earth (Spuyten Duyvil, Press) and the memoir Drawn from Water (BKMKPress).
(Moderator)
Website: ignatiusaloysius.com
Ignatius Valentine Aloysius is named in Newcity Magazine's LIT50 list for "Who Really Books in Chicago, 2025." A naturalized U.S. citizen from India, he is a songwriter and the author of a novel and three poetry collections, including Bone Dust Mother, his newest collection from Glass Lyre Press. Ignatius hosts the popular reading series Sunday Salon Chicago, is a board member of Ragdale Foundation, and the curator and director of the inaugural South Asian American Literary Festival, 2026.
Ignatius Valentine Aloysius
(He/Him/They)
Website: kashianasingh.com
Website: virginia-bell.com
Virginia Bell is the author of two collections of poetry, and numerous poems, essays, and reviews in journals and anthologies. She is the Editor of RHINO Poetry and teaches at Loyola University Chicago, and occasionally at DePaul University and Northwestern University.
Virginia Bell
(She/her)
Kashiana Singh is an award-winning poet, TEDx speaker, and author of four poetry collections. She serves as President of the North Carolina Poetry Society, Managing Editor of Poets Reading the News, and Program Ambassador for the Matwaala Collective.
Her work and literary leadership foster diverse voices and thriving poetry communities.
Kashiana Singh
(She/her)
